The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-20
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The S6aie Of Ohio, new Slate and an
agricultural one, and very prosperous, may
be presumed to enjoy ,olerab'e equal DIS
tribatlon of property. There are IN thus
State, by ille last assessment, about nifty
Sffioasand pleasure carriages. and the posses.
sias OF dne of these, is an indication ot
comfortable condition Of family. In Nr-
oiuia there were IN lS47, over 10000 and
rfist m white popufrt---L--'r~ '''o '+'srr rs
great as ours is now. This proves that the
desree of comfort which such establishments
Indicate. is more diffused in Virginia than IN
Ohio. The proportion of dwellings built in
q wear. is another indication ct comfort and
the deerec of its diffusion among people
According to the returns ofthe marshalls N
1910. Massachusetts,, whose white p"pula-
ton is nearly the same with that OF Virginia,
buiit 324 brick houses in that year. Virgin
ia built 4O2, or nearly one fourth more
Massachusetts built l,249 wnndcn houses
in the same year Virginia, 2.6o4, or more
than double. The cost of the houses IN
Massachusetts, was S767, ,234; in Virginia,
onIv 81 ,367. .393, or about half. Now 1t tins
excess in the cost Of the houses of Massa-
ehrse,ts be attributable to the excess ofbus-
ness, or manufacturing structures Among
them, il swells the proportion OF dwellings
built in Virginia, and thus displays still
greater progress in comfort among the popu-
iation of the latter, But if the excess of cost
in Massachusetts IS owing To the superior
styIc of her dwellings, it proves, since tho
number is so much less, a still greater ine-
quality of property. A comparison ot the
houses built in New York, the same year.
with those of Virginia, exhibits similar res
ults. And will add that tho same thing is
true, by a comparison between Virginia and
OHIO. although one is considered the most
declining. the other the most advancing
State IN the Union one supposed to be the
most unequal in the distribution of property;
the other the reverse. In 1910, Ohio built
97o brick. and 2.764 wooden houses, at a
cost of SO, 1888 Thus, whilst we had
twice the white population, we built only
fourth more of houses. Kentucky, also, as
well rs Virginia surpasses Ohio in this re-
spect. Kentucky bull, 4s5 brick and l.737
wooden houses thus with only 40 per cent.
ofthc number of houses Ohio did The TACT
is tina, Virginia and Kentucky constructed
in that year more buildings IN proportion I"
the whole population, black and white man
Ohio and Massachusetts. This rerut does
not appear, indeed. IN the cities, or IN the
principle streets of cities, and therefore has
not ccmc to the knowledge Of fugitive and
superficial observers. or newspaper licm-
mongers, but it is demonstrated by the Ia
bors of the officers Of government who were
required to visit the country as well as lhe
towns, the by-ways as well as the highways
and It is triumphant evidence of the extra
ordinary aggregate prosperity and vide
spread individual comfort of the States
which have been selected by the new school
Of politicians and political economists as the
objects of their sympathIes and the victims
of their theories.
The same relative condition of comfort in
the two respective sections OF The Union is
indicated in their food. Although Virginia
is MT an exporter Of animal food, she is one
one of the greatest producers of it, of all the
States. In 1910, she possessed l,902,l5
hogs. which is almost identically the same
number that Ohio had. although Ohio has
twice the white population, and as is well
known, is large exporter ofpork, whist Vir'
ginia imports, in addition to her own stock,
a large quantity. New York, with three
times the white population, was materially
behind Virginia IN this respect. Now 1t Is
we'll known that the great mass oi provisions