PRICE OF LABOR. 161 



for any required purpose; or these flues may be en- 

 closed in others of wood, leaving space between, for the 

 purpose of warming by currents of heated air. These 

 reservoirs, or manufactories, for heated air, may serve 

 by means of flues for warming our own apartments in 

 winter. In early spring, other flues may be connected 

 for the purpose of warming the green house, or house 

 for early vegetables, and during cold days and nights in 

 summer, when needful, the same economical apparatus 

 may warm the magnaneries for the silk-worms, inspiring 

 them with new life. 



In some private families in the vicinity of Boston, as 

 well as in some large public establishments, almost the 

 whole process of cooking is performed by steam, and 

 in vessels remote from the boiler, with important saving 

 of time, and of labor. 



SECTION XLVIII. 



PIUCE OF LABOR, POWER OF AUTOMATA OR 

 MACHINERY. 



At page 120, I have shown on high authority, and 

 endeavored to demonstrate by conclusive evidence, and 

 many important facts, that in those countries where la- 

 bor is dearest, more ingenuity, more talent, skill and 

 industry are brought into action, and that those coun- 

 tries are thus enabled, almost invariably, to undersell 

 other nations where labor is cheap. Thus, in ships and 

 in navigation, who can compete with the free maritime 

 states of America, and especially those of New Eng- 

 land? Do they not navigate their ships cheaper and with 

 greater economy than any other nation, in every sea? 

 and yet in no great maritime country on earth are the 

 nominal wages of seamen so dear. 



