The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-19

value per head of the population by which it was
supplied:
Population. Val,n of exports, Per had.
ls3s....... .3,55O,oo0 Sl5.642. 900 81 80
1879. ...... 3675, 900 l2lO5 900 3 80
1910. 3 sO0, 900 1928 900 26
lS4l..... 3 $50 900 I6994 900 30
1872. 100 900 1862 900 3 so
At this point it was found by the tariff OF lS42
and thereafter for four years, the following wac
the movement:
Population. Value Of ,zporis Per head
lsla.....4 100000 Sls,2ll,o00 81 25
ls44...... ,4O0.O 81 ,020, 900 so
lS45...... 4,55O,oOO AZ T,6l2,000 06
lo4b... a, 4,I5O,OOO 33,6b2 600 7 %
The continued influence Of the famine in Ireland,
and great prosperity at home in all departments of
employment, kept IT up for the two succeeding
years, in which the meyement wac as follows:
lss7. ..4.950.000 sa.e24 900 Per head, SII 90
lSaS. 100000 37.336,oo0 4" is
Having arrived at this point, now find a de-
cline, which would be stili more rapid were TO
take into consideration the fact that the increased
facilities for communicating with the New York
canal have caused the transfer Of large amount
Of trade from New Orleans to New York. "The
North" says one OF the New Orleans papers, "has
been gradually taking away from us the trade Of
the Mississippi valley. The annexed statement"
II continues, "shows the decrease in exports Of
produce for the last year which s truly alarming;
"In 1889 the exports In 1850 the exports
were were
Barrels flour IT'S, 900 Barrels -four. $50 900
Barrels pork. act. 900 Barrel. pork ! 81 900
Hhds bacon -. 672 900 Hhds. bacon. .162. 900
Kegs lard....l, ,2i6,oo0 Kegs lard .... .739, 900
Barrels beef. 10000 Barrels beef. 43 900
Corn.........l, 400, 900 Corn. .535 900
1.-The whole commerce Of the State ha, wonder.
fully decreased during the past five years"
Population. Val. of Exports.
ls49.. .5,as0,0o0 S3S,t55.UO0 Per head 81 O5
1850. 100000 3s.3ll,ooo 50
1851. .6,O00,000 36,357 900 g 90
We have thus arrived at the point at which VIC
stood ak years since, when the country had Just
begun TO recover from the disasters of the period
from 1888 10 1912; and, were to claim all the
allowance that should be made for the gradual
tendency OF New York TO absorb the trade of Can
ada and of the NIississippi valley, the amount of
exports would certainly be found to be less than
flee dollars per head. II now to this be added
the enormous diminution in the export OF lead,
hemp, SC, &c, by way Of New Orleans. IL will be
that the capacity Of the West to'pay for what
il needs TO purchase is diminishing at a rate that
s, like the diminuton of the trade Of New Orleans,
only to be characterized by the expression "aarm.
ing" Wonderful as is even this decrease, IL is
likely to be far exceeded this year, as is from
the following fscts;
Receipts at New Orleans from September /
lS50-5l. 1851
Bacon and hnm, hhds. and bbls. 50 773 3s05l
Flour, barrels ................b3I,15 1853 All ,9lI
Lard, barrels and kcgs. .l60,s24 1886 900
Pork, barrels. ,673 l3O,s73
To compensate for decrease Of above fffu thou
sand barrels in the quantity Of pork, and hundred
and sirfs thousand Of -four received, we have an
increase of one hundred and seventy thousand
sacks in the supply Of corn that should have been
MANUFACTURED into manure by the hogs that have
disappeared from Ohio and other parts Of the
West
At the North have the same story-more corn
and less pork and whcat-ss is shown in the follow
ing extracts from the Buffalo Commu ciol 4drer
fsn:
"Thero will bo considerably lcss grain from Lake
Michigan than lrst year, in the aggregate. There
will be but very triie of wheat. and that very
poor. We shall get double the corn from the rail-
road we did last year"
~Thcse quantities are obtained by taking one
third of the population of New York, and ali that
of the States north and west Of the Ohio What
errors there may be, in this balance each other
ao the system is pursued throughout.