The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-03

The iormsdon Of the cotton States, with Cuba into .
great cotton ob;cco seesI and coeep.oducl9g unon'
ting the West India slands with the labor OF the blacks
OF the southern States in those hands in which their Ia
Dor and numbers have hrven so WE'LL and this empire
annexed 70 Britain oy treaties Of perfect reciprocity CIV
of Nicaragua and all the benefits Of possession, without
the responsibility Of slave ownership, would be msgnih
cent exchange for the useless province o. Canada Inc
tered feelings which must necessarily exist before its pos
sibe consummaon. would cut of the former from its sup
ply Of raw materials deprive It's ships thirds its eus,
ness close the whole southern market to the sale OF lis
wares, shut up It's factories, depopaale US whaIyes
and reduce il speedily TO the present condition Can
ada. The possession Of the mouths o. me MS x.
sssippi would give the South absolute control OF the
West. There are those now living n the valley who
can that the possession Of the Delta OF the Mis-
sssppi BY Spain was fast separating the East and wes
delay OF five years in the purchase oil Louisiana would
have dsmembered the Union and created separate gov
eminent in the valley II the influence Of that avenue Of
trade was so great then, when the settlements OF the
West were few, and their surplus products unmporant
what would il be- when 5o. 900 900 worth OF west
e produce, become Indispensable to England is annually
borne by to maketl With such connexion, il can
not be doubted thai England would return 10 her excu
sve SYSTEM and the crushed industry OF the New Eng
land and Middle States would struggle in vain for reward
Nevertheless this is what desperate sectional politicians
are striving, In connection with British enissares to
bring about seeking their reward IN political advance
ment among ruined people
If we endeavor to form estimate of the interest
which the Norm mas IN southern pOspey we may ucBh
with the most obvious item, Wiz the shipping This is,
according to the official tables. owned in the following pro-
portions:
Owned. Registered tonnage Enrolled tonnage Total,
s ssss st1 asssass
y Sss, ..s ss.s, is5sSs ' ssSa
Deducting the whaling and fishing tonnage from that
owned at the North leaves loo9,75o registered, and
1895, ATS coasng tonnage, applicable to the anspora
ton Of merchandise More than thresiourths Of this
.aoss spss pol. re saa q
being cotton its movement is as follows {s
ls's Bales Pounds T ss;.sS e. Per b. A recount, O
sssSsd a,aa,s4 ssl,lmsoo ss7,as Hct slss1.sa
1 soss.wise, 7sya4 s4s,eoo sos47 let l,s7os4s
TOTAL ..s,olales iaoS,as7,aOo s7e,sa sI4s47,7la
This coastwise export is merely the first movement
ton in small vessels As Indication Of the reghts
other articles It may be stated that the quantities Of the
eleven articles Of sugar molasses, -four pork bacon lard
Orleans for the year is49 both foreign and coastwse
required 10i 900 tons, and the reghts were worth 81
40749 OF the quantities sent coaswise Of these art.
abroad from northern ports giving new freight to ship
ping Inasmuch that OF all the exports OF the coun
try rs per cent is based upon southern produce and a.
we have seen in the above table, which is from Official
sources, nearly ali the shipping Is owned at the North
and the of freight in usual years, are graduated BY
that of cotton estimate may be made OF the whole
lelghte From northern pOrtS these are mucn less aI
from the South thus, while the average is about $21
from the South with primage abroad it is about ~ pei
ton 10 the northern ports tits also the case that vessels
are built to carry nearly so per cent than their reg
istered tonnage and also that many Of the voyages
The provinces and the West Indies Hence the average
outward freighs are not over $lS per ton The Amer
can tonnage cleared from the United States in 1913
was 2,46l ESQ, which, at us per ton allowing two
thirds for southern origin gives the following sums:
Tons Northern origin Southern origin Total
Outward 24sI $50 Sl5 S2,3ooH 400 8a4Sl2eoo Sslso 90
Inward, 2399,4a2 g 9,57392s SCISSORS l9Jf7e5