Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-20

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may lead to apparent discIepancesn aggregates ana II
nos.l oven after the utmost care, that errors MAJ
have been committed TO the extento ten or even TWEEN
~ thousand IN LARGE sums; hut Of thousands where
the results are millions, cannot materially ahec' Tue
conclusions to which We have arrived
y reference TO the returns OF The SKIN census, JUST
maie i will be perceived that III eight States which
lie oreer in the Northern and Northeastern sections
of the Union Ito vii: New Hampshire, MASSACHUSETTS,
Rhode Island Connecticut, Vermont, New YORK, New
Jersey and PENNSYLVANIA with Tree population OF
6 os ian tho va.ue Of ma nufactures Of wool 1eS4o
COO he the value o. the same manufacture IN al lne
rcmainipo States and Territories, including the lsct
of Columbia containing Tree population oi o,oio",u
and slave population o: 2,l-ooUo-in all, lo,cV-ooo
ia onlv I'll -2 600 1t viii be further seen, that the
on,r,;,r - domestic fleece wool produced in the year
sao IN the same eirht States is u, 26O,OoO pounds;
part Of which according 10 Mr. schencks statement,
found market at his factory at a cents per pound
or accoraior 10 the statement Of Mr. Cults was worth
IN Vermont IN the same year. an average OF III cents
Lc, l 500 ,dopl as The basis o! our estimate, and al
which r,a ihe above quantity OF wool vas worth So,-
lo6 COO while in all the residue OF the Union me pro-
duci;on was only - 3o ESQ POUNDS, worth So@iiuoo,
showing difference in favor OF the eight States oil
II 500 mao II will also appear, by reference to The
rano,t If the Secretary Of the Treasury of the i'm
norris and exports from the LIST October, lo39, 10 the
both Se,em Der, $780, Qhe latest report we have)
that ofmanuacnres Of wool there were imported, Tree
of duty 600; goods subject 10 cd rai0rcm Duly
Sc 227 000 and of those sueect 10 specc ou'y, Sio''
60lI-in NIL subject to duty, $669O,000 II will fur.
Their appear ,a, there reexpored OF the above,
FREQ nj du,v 2l 0O0 of duabe goods not entitled to
drawback 800; and of goods entitled to drawback,
S3I6, OOO-making, in all, Of goods manufactured OF
wool which were imported and paid duty, S6,Al Oo0.
The result s that the whole import OF wooens winch
remained in the country for consumption Tor that year
was only 81 $4,000. After careful examination, We
cannot find that there was any export oil the uoes-
tic manufacture in that year. The whole domestic
production OF course remained IN the country iof con-
sumpon and which, added TO the foreign import not
rc yported, gives for the whole consumption OF the
In,on in that year. SOD 3So, 900; Of which Slos@1O0U
was the production of the ght States above named
This consumption will give, as the consumption oil
each individual in the U. ST. about 81 1O; which,
from our experience is not the average consumption
of the slave population, scarcely So ana Is SO small
as to induce the belief that foreign wooens must nave
bee Struggled that the census returns are lar below
the truth We will however, take this as the average
per head The result is, that according TO population,
The eght States consume ST. 134 600, while Tie whole
residue of the Union consumes Sl7,O3l ,0O0 worth
Having disposed for the present, OF the subject
of wooens, let US proceed in like manner 10 ,he sup.
ect of manufactures of iron. By the census returns
that the aggregate manufacture OF cast IRON IN
he Union is 2SG, 903 TONS and that of bar iron 10
Io7 o3 tons; Of which the same eight States produce
6Gl} tons of cast, and 15S,3lo of bar, while the
product of all the rest Of the Union l2oo IONS Oh
cast, and 3S,7lS of bar BY the statement OF Mr..
Oakley,
pears that the cast ron when converted INTO certain
forms is worth about $50 per ton in the home Market
and bar and other wrought iron about $50 per ton ave-
rare and he estimates the whole wrought and cast IRON
made in the u. S. in 1910 at S25000,0O0 Taking his
values and referring the returns for data on
which TO found proportions of production, we believe we
ore below the truth when say that the eight states
produced g. parts l6,7o0OOO while the rest OF te
Union produced 33 parts, or Ss,2oO000 by the taole
of exports Of the produce OF IRON, Tor lSao DOC
hat hat phplp nnrt M
states of the domestic products of iron was 81 O0o
leaving for home consumption So, oa6O00. by the
summary table of imports, included IN The above aocu
ment, page 1872 it appears that the amount oil manu-
features Of iron imported IN that year, paying aa rao
rem duty was 600; that paying specific duties,
81 65G 000-u,akng in all 81, 23l ,000 of which was
re exported, entitled to drawback, Sl3l,00o and not
entitled, $4,000; leaving amount paying duty, So
0g7 OOO and leaving for consumption, S7,O10,0Ou and
leayin, for the whole home consumption both oil domes-
tic and foreign S3I O3O coo; of which, according to
the ratio of population of parts of the eight States,
and OF parts of the residue of the Union the former
consumed say Sl2, 4l2000 and the latter 81
This estimate, even in this article, IS probably iar
one, from the we'll known destructive character oil Inc
slave population
Passing. now, from the manufactures Of iron, we will
proceed 10 those of leather and here again, we rely
upon the of 1S4O though SAID TO De Tar
below the truth. The whole leather manufacture oil
The IT, s. is stated to be in value So, l34 0O OF this
IL,
the residue Of the Union produces only s., ooo-
The committee Of convention of dealers, manuiactu-
rers and operatives in leather, assembled IN boston IN
March last, reported 10 your committee, as wiii De
found in the statement annexed to the report OF the ma
orty that they estimate that this manufacture produces
IN the IT, s. emore than $50 900, 900 worth annually
Iemploying 100000 persons We will, however, con-
oursclvesto the amount stated in the census returns
because il exhibits the particular amount OF production
in each State; promising that the above committee STATE
,,o ri If Mass IL alone
600 600 or more than one-haf of the whole, as shown
by the census The import Of manufactures OF leather
into tie United States in 1910, paying an ad vaorem
duty, Si13,09l and specific duties So940I, ana
the whole re-export $50, (Which re-export OF SoO
worth went to Texas leaving S542, 900 for consump
ton, paying Ity The domestic exports were OF shoes
and boots SILL 800 and of saddlery S59,3l7, beng
together 1878 s00 and being more than halt OF oil The
import; leaving Of domestic and foreign production,
for home consumption in the United States $50, 4O3
900 about 81 average to each person, and which, nc
cordng the ratio above adopted, OF parts to y, VIII
give for consumption TO the eight States Sl3,oo ,ooo
and to the residue of the Union S20O4l OO0; and this
last certainly cannot be incorrect, II the whole con-
sumption, estimated by the manufacturers, OF S"o,
900, 600, is correct. .
Passing from the manufactures of leather, we will
proceed the examination of those of cotton BY the
census returns appears that the whole value OF cot
ton goods manufactured in the United States IS $40
$50 OO of hese the eight States produce Sal 3S00O0,
and the residue Of the Union $4,970,000 The value
of like manufactures imported into the u s in le4O IS
Sc 504 600; and the amount reexported 81 lO3Ooo;
leaving for home consumption the value OF S34oi ooo
OF the re p0Itation the value of $685. 700 was entitled
TO drawback, which, being deducted from the whole
import leaves S5,5l5,000 subject TO duty The exports
OF the domestic manufactures 600; which,
deducted from the value of the domestic manufacture,
leaves for the consumption S42 cOl ,OOo when,
added TO the foreign, makes the whole consumption OF
the United States, 1910, equal to S4S 2o9 600, about
equal 81 so each person and, adopting the above
ratio of parts to 6, gives for The consumption OF The
eight States 000 and for that of the residue OF
the Union the sum s 92l eco. Now, when we recol-
ect that cloth used substitute for all other
cloths for every which cloth be applied, and
is of more common among the poor than any other,
we do not think that SO so per head exceeds the ave.
rage consumption of any section of the country; and
if we are right in this, the census estimate must be
entirely below the TRUTH any individual can ascer-
tain by calculating lie average consumption OF his own
family be they white or black. Time will not permit
ne IN oo into similar examinations of other branches