Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-06-28

Free States received an increase q
more than the whole accumulated val
uation of the Slave States at tha
time. Looking at details, we find tn
same diSproportions Arkansas an,
Michigan, eqnal in territory, were al
mitted into the Union in the sam,
year: and vet, in 1855, the whole valu
alton OF Ark, including its property il
human flesh, was only S64 240, ,726
gle slave. was SIG. 593. $50. Tn,
while that of Michigan. without s:n-
whole accumulated valuation of all the
Slave States. deducting the asserted
property in human flesh. in 1880, was
only 81. .655, ,945 49, but the valua-
tion of New York alone, in 1855,
reached the nearly equal sum of 81.
40l. 2s5. 2I9. The valuation of Vir-
ginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia. Florida and Texas, altogeth
er, in 1880. deducting human flesh.
was 1913, ,332. $50, or simply 81 81
per acre-being less than that Of Mas
sachusetts alone, which was 573, ,342,
2S6, or Sll4 80 per acre.
The Slave State boasts Of agricul-
ture; but here, again, notwith>tand-
ing their superior natural advantages.
they must yield to the Free States at
every point. in the number of farms
and plantations, in the number of
acres of improved lands, in the cash
value of farms, III the average value
per acre, and in the value of farming
implements and machinery. Here is
short table:
Free States. Slave States.
Number OF
Farms -. s77,7s6 52l ,2o3
Acres of i'm
proved lands. 81 ,6ss, ,o1O $3.50 ,42I
Cash value of
farms. a,I43, ,344, ,437 sI,ll7,G46, $40
Average value
per aese sl9 50 So Is
valdc of farming
implements. SIS 5,736,G5s sG5, ,s45, ,G25
Such is the mighty contrast. But
it does not stop here, Careful tables
place the agricultural products of the
Free States. for the year ending June,
1850. at 1888, ,634 ,334 while those of
the Slave States were S631 211 All;
the product per acre in the Free States
at 81 Oh, and the product per acre in
the Slave States at So 40; and the
average product OF each agriculturist
in the Free States at S342. and IN rhe
Slave States at Sl7l. Thus the Free
States, with smaller population en-
gagged in agriculture than the Slave
States, with smaller territory, show
an annual sum total OF agricultural
productS surprising those Of the Slave
states by SD coo, 600, while twice
as much is produced on an acre, and
more than twice as much is produced
by each agriculturist. The monopoly
OF cotton, rice and cane sugar, with
climate granting two and sometimes
three crops year, are thus impotent
in the competition with freedom.
In manufacture es the failure of the
South is greater still. 1t appears at
all points-in the capital employed,
in the value of the raw material, in
the annual wages, and in the annual
product. \ short table will show the
contrast:
Free States. Slave States.
Capital. 81 o ,24j ,05l S95, 5,039, ,e79
Value OF raw
material 49,. 4G5,s4l,c92 e6,l9o,629
Annual wages g5,976;4l3 81 ,:257 ,560
Annual product. sI2 2;5e6,c5S l65, ,423, ,0a7
This might be illustrated by details
with regard to different manufactures
whether of shoes, cotton, woolen,
pig iron, wrought iron, and iron cast
ings-all showing the contrast. 1t
might also be illustrated by compar-
ison between different States-show-
ing, for instance, that the manulac-
lures of Massachusetts, during the
last year, exceeded those of the slave
States combined. !
In commerce, the failure of the
slave States is on yet a larger scale
Under this head the census does not
supply proper STATISTICS, and we are
left, therefore, to approximations from
other quarters; but these are enough
for our purpose. 1t appears that, OF
the products which enter into com
mcrce. the free States had an amount
valued at 81 ,377, 100, ,96S; the slave
States an amount valued only at
SHOT, ,992; that of the persons en-
gagged in trade, the free States had
1856. 500, and the slave States o., 622;
and that of the tunnage employed, The
free States had 2.790. l95 tuns, and
the slave States only 126. 2S5. This
was In 1890. But in 1855 the dis
proportion was still greater, the free
States having 5,252,6l5 tuns, anil the
slave States $50. 5l1 tuns, being diff
ference of five to one; and the tunnage
OF Massachusetts, alone being 970,727
tuns, an amount larger than that of all
the slave States. The tunnage built
during this year by the free States
was 52S, S44 tuns; by the slave States.
52.959 tuns. Maine alone built 2l5,-
905 tuns. or more than four times the
whole built in the slave States. The
foreign commerce. as indicated by the
exports and imports in 1853. of the
fee States. was Sl04 36S. 503: of the
slave States. S132. o67,2 ,2l6. The cx-
ports ofthe free States were Sl67 .520,
693; OF the slave States. including the
vaunted Gotten crop. 1882 0O7. .2l6.-l
The imports OF the free States were
5236. s47 $40: of the slave States,
S24. .5S6.52S. The foreign commerce
OF New. York alone was more than
twice as large as that of all the slave
States; her imports were larger. and