The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-23
THE DAILY UNION

considerable portion Of which Including sugar
wool hemp, &c,) 10 also protected, and AS, 1871.
700 Tor commerce. IL 10 clear, frsm a reference 10
these tables that at least $40 600 of the above
products are protected, leaving nearly 500.
oooooo OF inc smoant chiefly agricultural products
VOW II mas been often clearly proved
that, under the census Of l640 the returns of The
various products of the United States arc very i'm
perfectly giyen-hrst, because the requisite number
OF questions were not propounded; second because
answers were often refused to these questions from
lear OF direct taxation, and other causes; and
miro, rom want OF accurate knowledge, or mad
yertence In many Of those collecting Inc infoma.
ton. From all these causes as we'll A. from many
known iacts, the total amount of our products has
been estimated by practical men, as well as distn-
guishea statesmen, at not less the present period
than " 200 OOOOOO being nearly double the amount
SHOWN oy the census of 1910, and much larger than
would DC the mere result Of the progress Of pro-
uuctS, athough ihey accumulate more speedily
than population. That this amount does exceed
2OoO,OOO 600 sbeeved to be rendered nearly GER
tain oy the following facts. There was complied by
the authority ofthe legislature Of Massachuset sta
usues OF tbs condition and products of the sew.
erai branches OF industry in that State, for
c enc year sn ss.Sg April lst ls46.l By the
Massachusetts, Of s75,470, 297, which, according
70 the returns OF l945, had been increased to siI7
O4z,oio' That this amount, large as il u.s. 10 very
Tar below the actual result is distinctly announced
In the publication Of the work by the secretary Of
state OF Massachusetts Taking, however, the
amount returned, and estimating the present popu-
iauon OF the Union at twehty-one millions Of poo-
ple, ana OF Massachusetts, In i645, al 6ll 40, il
would make IN the United States an aggregate pro-
duct OF 5000, $50, 900, as shown 10 table (E)
hereto annexed. Now whilst manufactures have
not increased 30 speedily in other States as in Mas
saehusetts yet population and agricultural products
nave augmented In much larger ratio in many
States and Territories Massachusetts in thar
being lar below the medium increase.
The official table Of the statistics of
Tor ls45 Is given, (marked F.) A similar Official
statistical return Of Connecticut for the year ending
october LIST, ls45, 10 hereto annexed marked table
In any view Of the case, the totality of the annual
products OF the United States, at this time cannot
lie less than two thousand millions of dollars. and
the protected articles five hundred millions, upon
which the people are compelled to pay a tax Of
Sli2,O9l 1885, the rate be the same on the Ave hun
dred millions, comparing the total tax Of s94 l2O-
ooI, with the amount OF 1891 ,l96, 659 being the
value OF protected articles, enumerated IN table A.
Table II IL hereto annexed, being a statement of
the protected and unprotected products by the CEN
sus for Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ohio, New
York, and North and South Carolina. Such table for
all the States would be interesting; but in the brief
period allowed, there is time to communicate the
results for each OF the States separately. Sufficient
examination, however, has been made by this de-
partment to ascertain the fact that neither under the
census Of 1910 l645 do the protected exceed the
unprotected products, IN any Of the States or Terri
tories, except IN Massachusetts, Rhode island and
Connecticut Comparing Massachusetts in lS45,
with Mississippi in 1910, and several other States
there Is exhibited the following results