Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-20
BRUCE's AGRICULTURAL ADDRESS.
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On the subject:
BRUCE'S AGRICULTURAL ADDRESS.
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In the Rich nond Enquirer OF the 9th Of August IL,
In address delivered beiaro the Agricultural Clubs
Of Mecklenburg and Granville at their annual mec,,
on the 4th July, 1871 al thn Buifaoe Springs by
James c. Bruce. Of llallaA" Much of this address !,
taken up in drawing "a comparison between ihr value
of slave lab in Virginia and in the State Of Louisiana
MY impression is that the difference has been greatly
overraed Mr.. Bruce gives US some statistics AMI some
estimates and then comes tn this conclusion rhus
we see thai the profits OF slave labor In Louisiana are
than four tunes greater than the profits Of slave
labor in Virginia The inference seems tn me 10 be-
very clear there be the approach to accuracy
In these calculations that large pl,on Of our nepr,c
should be sen, N the Southwest The removal should
commence with the large stakeholder
Let us make few more extracts:
"rhe product Of Louisiana, the average pr,lnc, fr
five years from w 1915 inclusive, was 600 OOO
Sup sing the slave population of .,nsana To be 200
900 during the five years iron Is 10 10 1915 inclusive rs
the of 40 gave her los ie2, aud that estimate
makes the production Of each slave IN the Slaie-m,n
Woman and chiid--ameunt 10 the sum Of eighty eight
doarsand furiy- five cents The slave labor of Vlr
giua Mr. Bruce estimates at 9 ,92 76 dollars He saw,
"Ths calculation makes The average production htIr
over 22 dollars II Nv did Mr. Bruce come at this IS
dllars and 45 cents for 1usiana and % das for Vr
ginal Il was by dividing the Whole supp sed agrcul
tural pr IuctJn Of ga State by lis slave population
should have been divided by lis whole popuaiion-r Al
least by that PARTON engaged ID agriculture This would
have given the diff renee IN the value OF the agricultural
l.bor the two States, per head whether performed
by whites or bl cks. Agreeahly 10 the prnciple by
which Mr.. Bruce governed IN his ESTIMATES the
fewer slaves In State, the more profitable they would
be: had there been only eighteen III Louisiana '.thr
production Of each slave in the late, man. woman and
child would have been million of dollars per
head. Had the supposed production of each State been
divided by its whole population IL would have given
much larger per head OF Louisiana than
that staed by Mr. Bruce-but the OF production is
sometimes greater than the thing Produced Before we
get through this subject, shall tina; this has some
BEARING on he question before Mr. Bruce estimates
the agricultural production of Louisiana al $50 600
aud says ''thls may seem ex,ravagant" By no means
When nearly the whole population Of State is fed and
co.hed by other States, the be enon us 10
pay even the debts justly due 10 others.
We now come 10 that part of the address where Mr.
Bruce draws a comparison between the labor o. slave
In Louisiana and il Virginia. with view To show
the nett proceeds for the labor OF slave for year,
Mr.. Bruce says: but that there may be mistake ct
Us lo'k this subject from another point of view FROM
Jsfsnai observation, aied by the stricest enquiry be
lieve that hand the good sugar lands Of Louisiana
VIII pr'ince m an average, sx hgsheals Of sugar weigh
Ing iOCO lbs each, which, a. cents per pound, The
prrsea p'.e,is $500 90
And Z4o gallons molasses, al % cis., is 60 90
$40 90
From which. after deducng for clothing
taxes, pJrk, mules, machinery, SC. xlOO 90
W..uld leave nett proceeds for the labor
- ~ a slave f,r a year 1920 90
On the best llds ia Virginia. fair crop ~ eac hand
w"ulihc ] 900 lbs. u tpfacc1, al . cents. $75 10
Ati " bashels Of wheat, at 30 cts. per
en.hel, 81 90
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