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BENEFITS OF COHdERcE.-The people of the United States inhsbit varied clinaie and almost boundless territory, prolific that il yield, without but lille aboi, far of raw produce than the wants of the inhabitants require The surplus is of value only when il can De exchanged for the pecu- liar products of other csunlries. This was done in the year 1S44, as follows

 Imports. Exports

 .S3,96a9o5 Prod. of forest $5s 7l2 Coffee ........ 6,972g3l animals l45379 Sugar Molasses 9,36a646 Vegetable food i239,437

 Total. 2a,3Il4gl 231s7 52s

 This produce expored is an excess above the wants of the Union, bnt becomes valuable when ex- changed for the tropical produce imported, much to the advantage of the farmer. wealthy citizen can consume more four, pork, Sc. than poor one, and he therefore buys no more. lf, however, lie can exchange il elsewhere for tea, silk, or wIne, he will purchase an almost indefinite quantity, greatly to the advantage ofthe producer. Yet we find lan- guage like the following put forth

 GOT this large amount of necessaries fr $9, ,368,- 646 worth of of life from other connries The Ten and Coffee are, far as the susienance of life is concerned, 80 much loss, and in practical ] view, must be put down as uxuries, although by long use they have come lo be regarded, along wllh To- bacco and Opium, necessaries of ife."

 To carry out this view il ia loss to live at all A man of large property may consume ln his family ten barrels of flour in year, and have desire for any more. If, however, he can obtain what are called luxuries. or 10 him necessaries, in exchange for it. he may buy 1000 barrels per year. Fms is sent of the country for that which he wants, and the result to the farmer is the same if he actually consumed Ihe 1000 barrels of flour. Yet we are told that everything but pork and beef is ga oss." Happily, however, the producer of Coffee in the Bmzils is aware that barrel of Richmond flour ia very desirable luxury, and the producer of four is equally gratifed with d cup Of coffee. The ex- change is therefore made to their mutual advantage, notwithstanding that demagogues tell them that their indulgence in such uxurIes will be their ruin, and that government should destroy the trade by n high tariff 10 encourage "hone industry ."-[New- York Morning News