The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01

! f54 were from New England, and 9,713 from
the middle States. And here Massachusetts stood
first, and then Maine, and next, in their order,
New York, Connecticut Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Louisiana, and New Jersey. In looking,
also, to the States which owned the tonnage en-
ployed in this navigation, we find, by table No
a. from the treasury report, that the New Eng
land States stood first, and then the middle States
and that the largest amount was owned by Mas
sachusetts and next, in their order, by New York,
Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Con-
necticut, and New Jersey When we consider
The products of the fisheries consumed, and that
will be consumed, by Texas, and the tonnage and
crews employed in that trade the remuneration
must greatly augment our mercantile marine, and
thus enable it to supply navy, whenever He-
Icessary, with ain adequate number of skilful,
fbraVe, and hardy seanen, to defend, in war, our
flag upon the sea. The number of persons en-
poyed in internal navigation, (ncfuding our lakes,
rivers, and canals,) by the census of 1910, was
80, ,076; more than one half being from the mid
die States, and next the States of the Northwest
The largest number was from New York, and
next, in their order Pennsylvania Ohio. Virginia,
Maryland and Missouri. Here, the States which
have constructed great canals, on which are trans
ported the exchangeable products of the Union,
have vast interest in the remuneration of Texas.
OF these canals, the great works IN New York,
Pennsylvania, and Ohio are already completed !;
and those of Indiana, and Illinois approach
completion, whilst Maryland and Virginia are
pausng in the construction Of their great works,
the value of all of which would be greatly aug
mented, and business increased by the reannexa-
ton of Texas. And here let me say one word of
the Old Dominion. She borders upon the Ohio,
and Atlantic, and when her great works shall
unite their waters by one direct and continuous
canal, her connection with the West, and with
Texas, as part Of it, will be most intimate and
important; and through the very heart of the
State would float a vast amount Of commerce con-
nected with the Ohio and the Mississippi. And
she also has other great and peculiar interests con-
nected with the remuneration of Texas. The
Iamount of cast and bar iron furnished by her in
1910, was 24,696 tons; of bituminous coal, TO-
622 345 bushels; and of domestic salt, 1,745,61S
bushels; of wheat S3345.783 in value of the
product of animals, S8,9S2 278; and of cotton
manufactures 81 ,692, ,04O; of all of which articles
Texas, as the table of exports shows, is very
large consumer.
From the official treasury report of 1S40
give the table No. g. for the year commencing the
lst Of October, 1888, and closing on the 3Oth of
September, 1889, showing our commerce that
year with Texas and all the other nations of the
world. This shows that the total of our exports
of domestic produce to Texas that year, was ST.
$40 065, and the total of all our exports to Texas
that year, S. .6e7 062; that the imports the same
year from Texas were S3l8,116 leaving an ex-
cess In our favor, of exports imports, of ST.
368,966. Thus the extraordinary fact is exhibit
ed, that in the very infancy of her existence the
balance of trade in our favor with Texas, exceed
ed that of each of all the foreign countries of the
word-taco only excepted and these two were
colonies of an empire, our trade to the whole of
which presented balance of several millions
against u.s. Texas then, that year, furnished
larger balance of exports over imports in our IA
vor, than any other one Of the empires of the
oeorld. The totality of our exports that year 10
Texas was greater than to either Russia, Prussia,
Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Scot
land, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sicily, or
China. 1t was greater also than to each of fifty
six of the sixty-sx enumerated countries of the
world. 1t was greater also than the aggregate of
all our exports to Spain, Prussia, Denmark, Italy,
Sweden and Norway, Portugal, New Grenada,
Australasia, French Guinea, Sardinia Morocco
and Barbary States, and Peru combined.
BY table No. 6, it appears that the exports of
our domestic products in 1889 TO Texas was-of
the fisheries S43 1885, of the products of the for
est Sl57, ,474; of the products of agriculture
S205, $50; and of our manufactures 1929, OIL.
Now, by table No. of the treasury report the
total exports, the year, of the products of the
fisheries TO all the world, except Texas was ST.
864, ,543; and consequently the exports of the pro-
ducts of the fisheries to Texas that year, amount
ed to about l-2 per cent of those exports to all
the rest Of the world The exports of the pro-
ducts of the forest that year, to all other countries
except Texas, by the same table, was So, ,6O7, ,O85;
consequently the export Of those products, that
year, to Texas, amounted to per cent of those
exports to all the rest of the world. The exports
of our agricultural products, Excluding cotton,
rice, and tobacco) that year. all other countries
except Texas, land including molasses inaccurate
ly placed in the table of manufacturers was Sill
156, ,057 and consequently the exports of these
products that year to Texas, amounted to more
than 2 per cent. of the agricultural exports that
year TO all the rest of the world By the same
table, the export of all our manufactures in 1889
exclusive Of gold and silver coin) to all other
countries, except Texas. was 1921, ,562 Now,
the exports of our domestic manufactures, that
year, to Texas being 1929, 9,O71, consequently TEX
AS CONSUMED OF OUR DOMESTIC MANUFAC-
TUREs, IN 1889, AN AMOUNT LARGELY EXCEED
ING oNE-FoURTH, AND NEARLY EQUAL TO ONE.
THIRD OF OUR DOMESTIC MANUFAcTUREs Ex-
PORTED ABROAD, AND CONSUMED THAT YEAR
BY ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD Such are
the astounding results established by the official
report of the Secretary of the, Treasury under
date of June 25th, 1910, and to be found in VOL
Senate documents for that year, No. SIT. Such
was our trade with Texas the year ending 3Oth
September, 1889, before her independence was re-.
cognized by any other power except by this re-
public, and before she had entered into CONNER
ri al treatv with anv other ,baraEora