Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-29

.,.en ya,s from 1890 to 1900 Inclusive, the exports
f ra, cotton rice and leaf tobacco amounted 10 nney-sS
il,nns we use round numteIs out III three hiace anu
-, ,S,nn. nj dollars Ut The balance. the South pio-
dc,d one hundred and four millions tie Norm IL ieI
IN, cynor,s of Southern produce Were IN al -ou minors,
.nd e Northern Ill millions Inc imports were oou4'
n - ynnrte-,,crc in fact, their price, and, as such
nn l., and ought 10 BE- divided amongst Tie producers
Of H.. - yos; tie ratio oil thrir eNo.iloh. w
of dollars n the returns TOT Southern irodHf'
IA 5is r Northern The whole produce oil Southern labor
in the foreign trade both the exports am imports pau ~ ~
change amounted to 59l millions Wlisi No,,in ,a,5'
welded $50 But during the same crod the ac'ud, eA's
- Jcs,ic prolucc and imports in return rom Southern
norts were only Ill millions Of dollars III vanc ana nom
Northern ports they reached = nv i ne Ilans If
die Productions of Southern labor curing ms PERIOD ana t
South LOST The use OF equal amount; IN otcr w"Fa7 M
North raiuc, the and the S"ulh lost me U.s. III h.
more nm nm average than l6. millions Of Southern caia
every wear from 1890 TO 1900 Instead oi remaining IN inc
hands If tc Southern planters merchants, snip oM,Iis; "
agents importers wholesale dealers ana rc'il u'n'' "',
Ia. ~, Sou,hern cities and giving life and employment, 10
hundred, al Southern people thus lb5i niio's ~ n'n
worth u The produce OF their Labor v 'S 'ia'si, ~
ctnn If the Government the North AMI lis ahnui w.,
w,n CHARGE ar equivalent was given bounty To N"r'-
ern labor 10 build mp Northern wealth i' even '''s ~
moi all or we have taken account oil thc exports ~ "
reign produce Yet the foreign goods mus eNPTt'ea
first bought either with domestic produce OF Inc 'i'a'
rounded domestic produce. They were tr ''s'.' =,
mate apendage Of the trade in domestic riodu'' anu
NAV b., taken III part index OF what The cr'ai'
and command al that trade Mas worth-a value "hi'.,
was OF greater during thu European wars man y
therefore be divided like the imports amongst me pro-
ducers domestic exports in the ratio OF their production
The whole legitimate Southern trade would mus or s"c
TO millions Of dollars aud the Northern to 404 whlie me
actual foreign trade I66 and 65 millions esectTry
making the gain TO the North and The corresponding loss 10
the Snuth OF the OF Southern capilal averaging oNei
% millions of dollars year.
Ii apply the principles OF calculation 10 me n'Sl
ten years from 1901 To 1910 inclusive, find that The
North had the use - Millions counting the exports 81
foreign produce Of SO millions year OF Southern capital
while The South course lost The ls1 oi mat amount VI
the produce OF her yearly labor ..
From Sll IL 1870, the war with England diih''u W.
,I,ien merchandise During th. period The North lad
hr . II - millions the produce al southern -
nor o., uciina the foreign goods exported u 10 millions
The South lost the use OF the same amount
In the decennia period lS2l-3O tins gam 10 me norm
md lass 10 the South amounted 10 G3 millions Of dollars
annually or if we ald the exports Of foreign produce u
70 millions In the period 1871 ~ The prott ard his
,moun. 10 the enormous sum Of % millions per annu
the exports ol domestic products and return imports sd
I'M millions on the whole foreign commerce mus lht
South lost the Of the fourth part OF the whole annual
nrodcs of her industry estimated by Prof Tucker i;"n
The census OF $780, aud The North had all that could be made
by trading on ths share OF the fruits oi Southern
slave labor The value the North ol this trade Which
nyonIl belongs the South is still Increasing Tor IN LIS
W. find that the free States had the Use 81 ~ millions u
dollars worth Of the produce of Southern labor for ioFclnr
commerce. or oi l33 millions ii add the exports Of ipr
eien merchandise The slave States lost the use OF iii:
erit capital, and the North gained il without paying any
-urr o! equivalent in return
10 ,-nac the value oi The Union 10 The North IN TIM
regard. Il2aby aud JUSTLY lei ~ see what II has !" y
wu.i. cscry family o SIX persons IN each rcennli ~
nod counting The population AZ an average between the zen
the BEGINNING and al thr end "' each period W.