New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-22
HdE-HEPhLD-HELPER
To n. E4ifoy al T1<E Y. TYtbpse.

To TIE Edito, Of TIM. T. Tyl5vne-
SIR: Oyer the shoulders Of Tie lillian, Erentre
JouYnol The her. Y0rk HerGId Of the 26tn ult., de
parting from the state OF mastery inactivity which it
bas 30 long Insntained toward my Impending Cnsis
Of the South" administered TO me- it probably
supposed, very thorough gerteel dTubbing, which,
however ain pleased to inform you have survived,
without damage to either CLOTH cuticle, or Uranium,
and With an appetite tina. manfests most keen and
huge appreciation of the good things of this goody
cry.
In it's futile-not lees futile than funny-efort to
defend Slavery from the shame of imbecihty and
meannes which characterize its present and past
istepce, The Heraid finds fault with Of my sta
tistics in regard 10 hsythe whole force Of ts crti-
cIn in fact turning the pivot OF the price OF hay.
Now wish il 10 be distinctly understood that three
years ago, when ! proved, conclusively, / believe,
that the hay crop alone of the Free St. SITES was and is
worth money thsn ali the cotton, tobscco, rice,
hay, hemp, and cane sugar produced In the fifteen
Slave States used, in every instance "a can be seen
by reference 70 the authorities which q1Ote, the pre-
else quantities and prices which emenated from Pro
Slavery officials in their respective Departments at
Washington. IT, therefore, The Herald Is deter
mired TO quarrel about the pnee OF proyender, IT
should il seems TO me- quarrel with its save-iryins
tutors who in hour Of uncoDscous integrity III
xir the prices of other agricultural produces hHe1
the price OF hay asO-sod not with me, nor with IAs
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patent 10 the world the fact that according to their
own solemn official statements and admissions, the al
vocates and users Of igucrant black slave labor are
in every important pursui, in life, greatly surpassed
by the friends and employers of intelligent tree white
labor.
Tie Borean Of gricuture in Washington fixed the
price Of all tie agricultural products which form fea-
lures Of NY work and with regard to hay still con-
teId ard prove, that the average price a which
the estimated 30 per tun is far below its ordinary
average value througto out the leading commercial
markets OF the country. Through the medlamsbip OF
THE TRIBUNE, beg leave to call me Herdtfs atton-
ton TO the following ex racts which show Whist said
Of hay, while here preparing the manuscript of my
"Crisis' some three years since:
We prove intend from facts in
session, that the hay Of the Free States worth conder
bly, dollars and oents than oil he cotton tobacco rice
hsy end beup prod ced in fifteen slave sste Tins statement
for the regard IL 80 quite iucredibe bnt IL true
Ieyeitheles and rha proceed to confirm Tbs si1
Gle Free State # New YoIk produces than three time, the
quantity of hay that is produced in all the Slave stA ono
produces larger humber OF uns than all the Sou'hetn aud
Southwest States and does Pennsylvania Vermont
little ard unpe,edns she is doe. the same thing "1 the
be. and let your eyes phy'cs and Intellectual conh'm
Next to Virginia Maryland the creates, Southern hsypo
duDe Safe sud yet it IS the opinion Of seyers of the ms
extensive hey and grain dealers IN Baltimore with whom we have
d the demand and 'h. tue balance required for home
Pernsyv.ls and Massachusetts A, ,hshae Maryland receive.
aud not less than hreo and heen thousand
Of Northern hay every year and this are ufsmed
by the dealers shove mentioned coat 20 the last
purchase by The ZINE slowed in the NOW Of :. least tween
five dollars II would thu, appear that this most popi
ar sLd valuable Provehde one Of s :tape o. ns
of million eight hundred and sevenhye thousand dollars
per annum . =,
a worth Of cotton finds market the whos number OF bales
sold here in 1850 amounting 10 Only twenty three thousand three
thous'nd four hundred dollars B.y then aud IA tca NUN
beIs state the thus: Maryland buys annually seven
Of dollar. worth Of cotton from Souh .svehoieI. snd
their fawnps defenders read, ponder and compare
ntlsfso NJ he last
Bow able and Superintendent IN making up the
bsy tables allowed 22O pounds Tn. price tim
% which we should estimate ito value puzzled
1tet Dealers in the article a. Baltimore think w avefsse
per tun At very we though there ess sctyJ
article usual learn from an examination OF slnay
ysnnsh at per tuD; Mobile and Newoieans at so in
s2S The these prices toentysI dir rIen
thrds cents aud we suppose would be fair TO employ
single tun in calculating the tots. market value Of the en're
crop. Were 70 do with the oIeso.e fac. IN vis~
to whether should not listiu-d
in dcips THE hsyoroP of ,fe Free sa,es zoss'! tng
ISL Cs ea~mo. than four the value Of all cotton
produced in the United States during The same period
TO be- the average value per tun throughout the country "s
them shall be agreed upon a. basis OF Soupi 'o9 wen
truth Of declaritontha the for
exceed. the value Of all the cottoa Tobacco nee
hay and hemp produced IN the fifteen ssye states 50
SIS 6 just half the average value as The ngtP N
half te value, and sin have large margin LEFT ior
mskr hnng display Of the incompatible seaine" OF
the tTee'Staes
In estimating value Of the agricultural produ,s Of
The sections Of the country have been glide1 ~
prices suatipg from the Bureau II Agriculture In Nashins M
ana catalogue Of those prices now before u. We perceive that
sverige value Of throughout the nation supposed be
than half Mt pound-$lln per tln"hch as
above considerably lees than hall the present
maie value Ii will be adm ted all sides hoS-v-r. that
fixed by the Bureau OF Agriculture taken a.
a for section oftfe country for the Other
and that bsmessy deyiste FROM them In one par
without devscg from them in smother Eleven dollars
81 ~ shall therefore be the price
and Notwithstanding these greatly reduced figures nov
new adden3un declaration sad promise, thit-Ne
can prove shall proceed to prove that the annual
hay crop Free States worth considerably IN dollar,
all the tobacco rice hay hemp aud cane
sug annually produced IN the fifteen Slave States
TIE rRkE STlTFs-ls5o .-
sUNpRY PRODUCTS OF THE SLAVE STArtS-l8,a
Cotton 2445779, st fS2 Dol gls
Tobacco lbs.......lS5 O25 96 l0....... 1882 800
Rice II, ushL lbs...2l5 5S4s7. at 4....... 8el25S
hay. llS778a, at II N....... l27+5lss
Hen D tuus S4675, al liz 20 1888 SO
Cane sugar lbs.....27 $4,000, 7......." l6,@'Slo
Total. 5loS,oO' 10
RTcAPITVLATIoN. -
Hay crop Of the Free aztec ~ lo.s
Sundry products Of the Slave States lSS to ~
BAlArce in favor Of the Free States IS S3 rs
Now, 1t is certain, | think, that The Herald csn