The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

107, 1872, 1913, while in the Slave States it
was 1886, ,090,73 or, if we deduct the
asserted property IN huulau flesh, only
81 ,655, ,945, l37--showing an enormous
difference of billions in favor Of Freedom.
In the Free States the valuation per acre
was $40 Al. in the Slave States only So
04. This disproportion was still greater
in 1855, according to the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury, when the val
uation of the Free States was So, T70,-
1914, $50; or Sl4 Y per acre; and of the
Slave States, $3,977 1853 ,946; or, if we
deduct the asserted property in human
flesh, 81 2,505, lS6, 6,346, or 81 50 per acre.
Thus, in FIVE years from 1850, the yalu-
alton of property in the Free States re-
ceived an increase of more than the whole
accumulated valuation Of the Slave States
at that time.
Looking at details, we End the same
disproportions. Arkansas and Michigan,
eqaal in territory, were admitted into the
Union in the same wear; and yet, in 1855,
the whole valuation of Arkansas, includ-
ing its asserted property i'll human flesh,
was only S64 ,240. .726, while that of Mich
igan, without single Slave, was Sll6,-
| 593, $50. The whole accumulated valu-
alton OF all the Slave States, deducting
the asserted property in human flesh, in
1850, was only 81, I,655, ,945, 1877; but the
valuation of New York alone, in 1855,
reached the nearly equal sum of 81 ,40l,-
2S5,279. The valuation Of Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida, aud Texas, all together, in 1850, de-
ductiag human flesh, was $573, 1872 800,
or simply 81 81 per acre, being less than
that of Massachusetts alone, which was
1884, ,286. or S1l4 85 per acre.
The Slave States boast Of agriculture J;
but here again, Notwithstanding their sn-
perior 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 in the average value
per acre and in the value of farming
implements and machinery. Here is a
short table:
Free ,S'ates--Number of farms. 877,-
1876; acres of improved land, 81, ,698, ,040; !;
cash value of farms, S2.143,344, ,437 av-
erago value per acre, sl9 So; value of
farming implements, sS5,736,658.
,SLaUe NateS.-Number of farms, 564
203; acres of improved land, $3.50, ,427 !;
cash value of farms, S1,117 ,649, $40; av-
erage value per acre, So Is; value of farm
ing implements, $50, ,345,625.
Such is the n.ighty contrast. But it
does not stop here. Careful tables place
the agricultural products of the Free
States, for the year ending June, 1850,
at SS58, ,634 ,334, while those of the Slave
States were $631: :277,417 the product
per acres in tie Free States at 81 o., and
the product per acre in the Slave States
at s. 40 and the average product Of each
agriculturist in the Free States at S342,
and in the Slave States at S17l. Thus,
the Free States, with smaller population
engaged in agriculture than the Slave
States, with smaller territory, show an an
nual sum total of agricultural products
surprising those of the Slave States by
two hundred and twenty-seven millions
of dollars, while twice as much is produc-
ed on an acre, and more than twice as
much is produced by each agricrlturist.
The monopoly of cotton, rice, and cane
sugar, with climate granting two and
sometimes thee crops in a year, are thus
impotentin the competition with Freedom.
In manufactures, the failure of the
Slave States is greater still. 1t appears
at all points, in the capital employed, in
the value of the raw material, in the an
nual wages, and in the annual product.
A short table will show the contrast;
Free ,Sfates.-Capltal, $3.50 ,240, ,051;
value of raw material. $465 ,844 ,092 an
nual wages. 95,976,453 annual pro-
duct, S842, ,586,058.
Siave Stotes.-Capital, s95, ,029, 879;
value of raw material, $50, 1910 639 an
nual wages, s33 ,257, $50; annual pro-
duct, S165, Alb, ,057.
This might be illustrated by details
with regard to different manufactures
whether of shoes, cotton, woolen, pig iron,
yroughtiron, and iron castings-aIl show
ing the contrast. 1t might also be Illus
trated bv comparison between different
States showing, for instance, that the
manufactures of Massachusetts,, during
the last year, exceeded those of all 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, there
fore, to approximations from other quar-
ters; but these are enough for our pur-
pose. 1t appears that, of the products
which enter into commerce, the Free
States had an amount valued at 81 l,377,-
1895 ,96S; the Slave States an amount