Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-21
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The census Of ls5Oststes the val
ne Of domestic maputacturss
in the southern States to have
/ --- Slo4rESS'
/ Estimated crpasa----.--- SfdUJoloH
/ Amount or value II northern
msnufacur s sent South In 4,
ls'' -- so4,5759n
Amount or value of European goods, import
ed mostly through New YORK and sold
South at a profit Of a. least twenty per
lLAilfp 4S
Tota .s6l5 ,758l8
The census Of 1880 states the vaIuo Of
States to have been 5s,5n,loa
The cotton crop 81 1853 Was sold
mcreaze yerIs55 I3l,s65,asi
The sugar crop Of Is59, including
moiasses sold or------ S3l-892il
The value, ar stated in the cen
sus of lsJJ, was then only l6r539,3l0
Increase in ten l4,1S9lH3l
Ditto in the value Of ,he crop Of tobacco l~2,350,Oo0
Increase in the quantity and value OF grain
and other agricultural products since 1880, 25OOOU10
Total value Of agricultural products in la9, ssla9 ,4ls
The census OF 1850 shows that Of those grains which
are common 70 all sections, the Southern states produced
IN value equal to thirty dollars, and that the Northern
States produced in value equal TO only twentyhy col
lars per head Of the whole population.
The New England States, which are SO largeiy manu-
featuring. do not, with the exception Of a small quantity
% wool produce any of the ray materials which they
require, nor do they produce coal. or Iron, or wheat. III
census Of ls50 shows that the value Of their agricultural
products is only fifteen dollars per head 81 tue popuia-
lion. a quantity unequal TO the support Of life. An able
writer in Boston states that in lo5S onethird Of ali the
-four and fvereveuths of al the corn sold IN Boston was
received from the commercial ports Of the southern
states In addition 70 the great staple afuces' yot'"u-
tobacco and sugar the Southern States send Nortn Fast
quantities Of Indian corn, rice, sweet POTATOES, hemp.
naval stores, timber, wool Hour, wheat, ave SOCK ana
Vgr0uz uher products.
The census Of 1850 gives the number Of live
stock in the Southern States Al that time 4Jrs2di2i
Difference Ia favor OF the South. 44l3,5s3
The concentration Of commerce and tarde in the city Of
New Yors. and TIE extraordinary development of manu-
featuring industry in the Northern States, produced by
the protective ~ sem, hes caused the annual lnigrauon
from the South TO the North, in summer, OF men OF
business Of ali classes, from the shipping merchant 10 the
country shoukeeper. The summer and autumn months
are also devoted 70 travelling and amusement by the
planters. with their families The estimate has been
made, 90 wei authenticated data, that more tran oae
hun1red thouSaad people vii The Northern irol the
Southern states annually. during The summer months, N
an average expense Of i've hundred dollars each
The account between the North aud the South for 1859
may thus be stated: /
The South sent North
Bills and raw materials SS2Jh2&l
Other produce A5hO'uupo
Money expended by travellers 5a0oo0Oo
Total Si625623 g4
The North sent South
Domestic go0ds.....4 S-s5f5b IA
Imported nc uO3o09
Interest, brokerage, commissions etc.. 2@OGO
Si52 55a2i
This statement approximstss the vast amount of trade
and iutsrcolrse between ihe Northern and Southern
States.
An examination Of the census shows that northern
commerce sud navigation, like northern manufactures,
have been fouRied upon, and grown mp with southern
agriculture,
In tho year 1920 ,he exports Of the United States amount
ed 20 Sl9boo,l l
The cotton culture had Just con-
menced. and tie export Of that
year amounted 10 only 3 422J
Inbacco-- f-Ag-o4
Roe. LhA4so
s6Il56ls
The three great southern products forming but about
onethrd OF the en.re e4pOr = The tunnasp Of the corn
ny hsd not begun to be Influenced by the cotton crop
The total exports in 1921 amounted to s436H,sH
Cotton S~2oIJL4si
l2sl4,OI0
l4943s7
s3446os7l
More than threeTou7hs OF the entire expors
The tunnsge in lS20 was L,ll9,D tuus
In 1886 she exports vera. ---..----.- sion. 6.65OI
-7l,2st9J
Tobacco ---------. IG,OG664O
25+Ss50
s53,gaaI5
Tuunae I.G26,7l9
In 1859 the total exports were --s27 5J2,o5o
Cotton SZ72.52f.gTi
2957,i4s
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