The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-12-19

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- ably ia the Central, and
ioy ~. I n The Eastern SECTIONS"
In I!ya. NaElh Carolina hegas with . po-
pula,ion of 393,3Tl. Massachusetts with
s7s.7l7. From thai time 10 le3a. Tor
forty wears. North Carolina continued 10
widen the gap. coming out By die eensns
&C 1890. with population Of 7J7.ysI.
while the old Bag Stale was short Of her
By l27.s7s--her population being iheg
but Clio, iOS. But how was IL 10 1870!
say IN fourteen reafs after Nj. Jefferson
said Il wss slime 10 place The manniac-
tarer by The side OF the agrieufinrisi!'
The paliry Of protection being established
by he votes Of the South. Massachusetts,
wisely determined. as Il was forced npon
her, 20 make the most of Il, and hogan, se-
e.riinsIy, 60 draw the loom aud the anvil
close around The plough and the harrow.
Though she had not the great material al
coal. iron, leather or colton. or wool. 30
corn, or beef, she set 10 work 10 build lac.
tories; and now she makes shoes. and
ploughs, and spades, and screws aud Jack.
planes. and pals and piggins and hrooms'
and broom.hsndles, and combs md al.
panacs-in short. what does she mol make
for the people Of The good old North Stale
except iurpraiina and corn: and what Il
the result Why, al the last census she
had nearly closed The gap between them
and instead Of being l97, os7 behind her
in population, she had reduced the excess
ovcr her 10 1920; and viii pass the pol
ahead Of her in 1850. Aud then. will hel
eous Who refuse 10 read " The Plough
the Loom and the Anvil" because wi
peint out these things. more ~ sorrdS
ilan reproarh. still shout for free trader
Very vol. we know the advantage en-
loved hy Massachusetts Ia her sea-porisi
bs, Why did tina, advantage never Tell. I'M
III She determined 10 seize the benefits
held out, even by prcrarions system .
protection. instead Of crying for free trade
And has not North Carolina always en-
ioyed the freedom Of being compelled Il
send away her corn 10 he eaten, and he
cotton 20 be worn. and her tobacco 10 b
smoked in old England and New Eng
land; bringing back half their value !
hoes aud ploughs, and shoes and blankets
and cloths, and molasses and onions
while hsr sons AID her grandsons prld
themselves on all holding ON esrnsivrl
mon the plough, the hehl-pea. and "
nine Tree. Has she not had free trade
with vengeance!
Now lol US see sgain sihe effect of d
versfyiny employnen,s, and Of briagin
the consumer 10 take his place by The SID
of the producer. Here we behold Ties
Two States maintaining their relative pos
ton il The race Cor forty years; Massaehl
sets in fact rather giving back. her poop
being, even as late as 1920, employed
large proportion in agriculture, compare
with their empioyments in other pursuit
Previous TO that time, when the OLD Nor
State was not only holding her own, b
rather opening Daylight between them. Y
sons Of Massachusetts, in want ot cnsto
for the products Of the plough, we
SwlrTrtllI vi w iUUh iui VIVA Hon
the West. They thought tho hive "
crowded. Thus we see, that in 1920, 81
had employed at the plough and the spad
63,46O; and .. the loom and The anvil, Q
ly 33.i6i. Then she stood l27,0OO b
hind North Carolina in population. b
gR- when she changed her system, al
Determined 10 diversity employments-
bring the consumer near to the produc,
that she nigh, lessen the cos, Of transp'
taiion and exchange, and return TO !,
land THE great machine oC productivity I
r.fnse Of lis rils!ae,si &c hov like mag
a change ~ 'seam At
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agf vic, Il aclnres.
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ao Il hese co
a4ss fitm il
NJ a .720
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a: ne Il 1912
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