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dred thousand dollars in liis business, and makes ten thousand 

 dollars outside of his family expenses, he says that that capi- 

 tal has made ten thousand dollars, or ten per cent. He does 

 not take his living out of that to get at the interest on the 

 investment. 



Mr. Flint. He does not reckon his labor any thing, and 

 ^Ir. Paul says he offsets the value of his labor against his 

 living. 



Mr. Williams. I know. So I say that he makes a larger 

 per cent than the merchant who reckons his interest in the 

 way I have stated. In addition to his living, he makes his 

 fifteen per cent. 



Mr. Whitakee. I am glad that Mr. Flint and Mr. Wil- 

 liams have found another subject to disagree upon. We all 

 disagree about farming. Mr. Cheever said that he had 

 almost given up, because there was so much disagreement 

 that it seemed as if farmers would never come together. 

 Now, I think that if as many men were brought together 

 representing the mercantile interest as come together repre- 

 senting the farming interest and they began to discuss any 

 subject, we should see quite as remarkable a disagreement as 

 we see among farmers. 



I do not like to disagree with any man who comes from 

 out of the State ; but Mr. Humphrey said that up in New 

 Hampshire they came down to practical questions, and threw 

 scientific matters out of the question ; that they liked to 

 have scientific men up in New Hampshire, but did not care 

 much about scientific men. 



Mr. Humphrey. I think you misunderstood me. We 

 appreciate scientific men ; but we do not have them among 

 us so much, and we come down to practical questions. 



Mr. Whitakee. I am glad I misunderstood you ; for I 

 was going to say, if you ever have a scientific man come to 

 New Hampshire, who is not a practical man, send him home 

 as quick as possible. I tell you, if science is not practical, it 

 is good for nothing: you might just as well dispense with it 

 at once. 



There is another point that Mr. Paul made, which is an ex- 

 cellent one, of which I want to speak. He says that he has 

 lost by changing from one crop to another. I think there are 

 a great many losses made in that way. If you go to our manu- 



