The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-12-29
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e,r.l toe ether IN J'.osv clements ess.-ati..
n . ust'oa prgsre11tyt There can ~ 10
doubt hat that q beef I'D r,-k. corr. srt
wheat the $orto produces sufficient f5r
L.r own consumption. SD suEpius -
send abroad Fat Il g not uncommon 70
vsa aud hear tae --r.i1u that ne ~os's
-,not saifsEst siujug in the mater q
trea5~tr-t. and tha u-cpssari~s Of lie
The statistics f7- the r.er,1si ending n he
year -. ,uoS risy rao Southern States
produced iu ne year l>i' three hundred
millions II bushels Of Indian corn. which
would allo~ thirty hasheis a year 10 every
man. woman and Child in the South, black
aui white II addition TO other articles
o. food. rice. potatoes and >uc-r. she also
proiuce-; fifty millions Of bushels The
returns for the last con years X III un9ount-
edlr show S large increase Of sll the pro
ducticns that constitute the principal food
Of nation. Texas, Arkansas. Nistcuri,
Tennessee kestUcky and Virginia. can
raise enough 70 .ce6 The whole south. while
the labor of the Gulf States Is concentrated
to the production Of those large elements
Of commerce -sus2r and cotton.
Assuming then that each CoI!eJaIacy
could feed i;E own population what would
lie their relative position in relation 20 eur
plU. productions and articles Of es?pr'a-
ton! The trading capita! OF nation bring
lie exports, ]; follor.s that t'e Interchange
of the productions of foreign countries
must dsnend upon ia expectations.
Wha; does the Moth export? nat
does the South export? WhIcii furnlshes
tbs clement. of our cOmmerc@'
The statistics fpr the year ending June
so 1850 shows tha. cur expectations. eX-
elusive Of spac;a. amounted 70 :3i622er
6I0: Of this amount. ;hsTe was furnished
bv the free States exclusively E2li a., SO;
OF productions furnished by both free and
slave States so sos, ,:2,:.'9; OF the amount
furnished bv The free and slave StatSs, one
third is the production of .iAve labor. s.
that out o' s3l .2p6lU of expectations OF
domestic industry, nearly so, G0p, ,00.FO arc
furnished by tie slave States, end only
Ss6 600 W@ by the free States, cur i'm
portatiars for The sane period amounted
70 S36l 1924 Assuming ihe population
and wants Of the South 10 be one half :.
those Of the North, the apporticument e
:npol tat;o:.s would 10 as follows;
70 III South .,, f&:' ,9s GO
To ti.9 Soith-. F%i' 'i9'o'
We can very ~.ll see how the Southern
Confede1acv exporting $2J4,UjJ,G'J could
import SIG, So, ,0jt,: but how a Northern
confederacy exporting orly $t6.s}U,oCt
could import s:il l9S, l32, j. problem we
are not able to solve
One great advantage that Southern
coniederacy would have over Northern
csnsist- il. this, that while the coil and eli
mate of the North is adapted only 10 tiI'
production of br4ads;uis, that the Sout.
Is adapted not only 10 the production o
the neccssaries of life sufficient for hcn'
: consumption, hut also to the production o
goo 0D0 900 IL the single article OF co,to,
: alone, which is equal 10 30 much gold, anC
: has the sror}d tor its market
: While the North furnishes bat li,t.A q
| our national wealth as exhibited by IN
: eypor,s. how is her industry em,l"yco
and in wha. consists her wealth! In he
= manufactures
:. Bat in the event OF Northern an
e Southern Cen;ede,scy. the South viii ,lay
: no necessity 10 protect domestic indusu.
l. auI! hence the interests OF her people ~!
d be that OF free trade What then woul
e become OF the manufacturing interests
= the North, the chief source Of rer wealth
}. Iii. Pacific conisderacy would have i
t, cold, the Southern its cotioR, the Nortael
ie It's manufactures. The world wants II
~ gold, the world wants the cotton, but whel