The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-23

ssn.f: snd thSs u..ala Be the railroad
cyst IL getting 20 market. saving tuo
misiiors, fares Lraircd and sesentye
i've thoesaad snnaally of tax paid fnr
the exports. The t>x Tor Eve or six
miliials Il iInparts woald be Al least
half mlIlipa; and one-tuentieth Of
ilis Hasld be twenty-five thousand
dollars.
Now sir, the c0snties named can east.
Nv export ten millions worth annually,
and this xOul: not be an average Oh
more thar four hundret thausznd dull
lars, an amount lea, than that realized
IN the county &C Brittle from exports.
while Berthe l. very thinly settled. and
net tenth Of the productive lands in
cultivation. Then, sir. we may safely
estimate thatniddle and western North
Carolina loses annually two millions Of
dollars fer want Of internal improve
ments, and in Eve years the sum would
amonnt 10 twice a.. lerge as that which,
by the help of individuals, il Is calcnla-
ted would cover the State with improve
ments.
This is startling calculation, but.it'
Is literally true. Every western coun-
", if il had TIE inducements. could
easily export as much as the rich and
delightful county Of BERTHE exports,
and what the aggregate would be any
gentleman can cypher out.
Take for instance, Orange, Alamance.
Guilford. Stokes. Forsythe, Randolph,
Davidson, Sarry, fadkin, Ashe. Watau.
ga, Davie, Rowan, cabarrus. lredell,
Alexander. Cleveland. Burke. Wilkes,
Caldwell. Buncombe. Rutherford. Me-
Dowell, Yancey, Haywood, Macon,
Henderson, Cherokee, Madison and
Jackson, and suppose that they could
export an average Of $500, 900. land the
liz lie county Of Pasquntank does this
il would make over 50 100000.
IL such is the present amount OF their
exports, they pay Tor ii s2.a5O. 900, oI
which. by railroad. they would save al
least s2.lO0.0aO; and il they do no.
now export half Of tins amount. ii is al
for the want Of means Of getting t.
market.
Nor will il do to say that railroa,
would destroy the vocation and tn
profss Of wagoners. IL is singula
fact that, though the producer pay
one-fourlh Of the value Of his article &
get it TO market, the carrier makes no
thing. A railroad w0rld actully in
oraa,, "a Z, hu,,..ass 80 shaoa Thai nu,a
Der would be multiplied, and haulin;
shorter distances, with more 20 do, an,
sure, certain business, their profit
would be enhanced. Sir, when the pro
Queer is making, all those Who carr,
]. and trade IN his articles can make wheI
he can make nc;ning, the carrier can
not make. Now, thcy share the l9sse
and labors between them; with bette
state Of things they would share th
profits.
And, MIR Speaker, let me tell you
secret--a secret worth knowing, an,
one which. If generally known. woul
change the sentiments OF many gentle
men on this lloor in regard to the pro
posed bill. That secret. sir, is this
that the Lio-c yor tax State. up to
certain point, for works Of internal i'm
provement, the lighter you make I'll
taxes in proportion to the means Of tn
people. This, sir, il not paradox
and LET nc proceed at once, and wit
very few facts, to demonstrate it
truth.
hold in nv hands memorandum
which | will read:
The report on TIE last census show
that 'fhe Farm lands Of the Unite,
States are set DOWN as amounting t
l13,4j7 ,6s2 acres of impru, ed, an
1862 ,345 Of unimproved; total 20S
O78,91e acres, worth in the a,erag
SlO per acre. The average value q
the Farm lard Of Massachusetts,, Rhod
Island, Coarecticnt. N. York, New Jer
sew and pennsylsziia, is about $50 pc
acre New Jersey highest, Pennsylvani
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