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/ be richer in farms alone, if slavery were

| states was W, 5T0. 4b6, 935, and the ntimbe
OF acres PAS, 72l ,062, worth $40 46 per acre
In the free States, the value of the farm
lands was g. 067, ,947 1856, and the numbe
OF acres l6l ,462, COS, worth $25 10. Now
it, as certainly in the absence of SLAYER,
would have been the case, the farm land
Of the South had been worth as much pe
acre as those of the North, their total valu,
would have been So, ,ls9, ,7I3,55l and do
Quoting the present price, the additiona
cash value would have been $3,6ig, 246, GIG.
BY census tables Of 1860, 33 and 36, the
total value of the products of agriculture
mines, and fisheries, in the free States, was
81, 100, 900, 900, and of the slave States,
81, l50, 900, O0O--making the products Of
the free States, in 1850, nearly 4 to of the
slave States, and S2l6 per capita for the
free States, and for the slave States $94 pc,
capita. This is exclusive Of commerce
which would greatly increase the ratio il
favor OF the North, that Of New York alone
being nearly equal to that Of all the slave
States.
Now, multiply the population of the slave
States by the value ofthe products per cup.
ia OF the free States, and the result is So,
GAL 1871, OBJ, making, by emancipation, the
increased annual product of the slave States
81 49l ,63l, 1872, and in ten years, exclusive
Of the yearly accumulations, $l4,ol6,3l0,.
800.
BY the table 35, census of 1860, the tota
value OF all the property, real and personal
OF the free States was 0,S52, ,0Sl, 1851, and
OF the slave States, $5,225, 307, ,034 Now,
the product, in 1860, Of the free States, be.
ing 81, 100, 900, 900, the annual yield on the
capital was 80 per cent; and, the product
Of the slave States being i,l5O, 600, 600;
the yield on the capital was % per cent.
This was the gross product in both cases.
RAtT.RoADs.-The number of miles oI
railroads in operation in New York in 1860
including city roads, was 2, S42 miles, cost
ing $l3S, 305, ,055, and in Virginia, LII
miles, costing S64, 95S,8 Census table
Of 1860, No. 80, PIP. $50 and 233 Now
by the same census report D. los, the value
Of the ffeights of the New York roads fol
1860 was as follows Product of the forest
tons carried, 1873, 424; value per ton. $23;
total value, 81, 1852, ,4S0. Ofanimals-S95,
5l9 tons; value per ton, $500; total value
$l79, lO3, 800. Vegetable food, lO3, 64C
tons; value per ton, $50; total value, 500.
$4,000 Other agricultural products
49, ,2l0 tons; value per ton, $l5; total value
~, l4S, 055. Manufactures ,9l6 tons:
value per ton, $500, total value, 80, $685..
800. Other articles-930 pa tons; value,
$50 per ton; total value, 50, 3O2, 40. Grand
total, 4,74l 773 tons carried value per ton
slG3; total values, STA, ,OS9, 275. Deduct
ing one quarter tor duplication, makes 3,
556, 339 tons carried on TIE New York road,
IN, 1866 and value, $579, ,GSl 100. The
values OF the freights on the Virginia road.
as estimated, is 800, 900, 900, giving an excess
to those OF New York of $5l9, ,6Sl, 100 on
the value OF railroad freights in 1850. The
passenger accounts, not given, would large.
y increase the disparity in favor of New
York.
CANALs.-Thc number Of miles of canals
In New York is l,03S, and their cost $67,
567,9 In Virginia, the number of mile.
is l7S, and the cost $7,Sl7,O0O. (Censu,
table 80, p. 1851 The estimated value Of
freight on the New York canals is 10 time.
that OF the freight on the Virginia canals. =
| (Census
TONNAGE. The tonnage of vessels built
in New York in 1860 was 81, 936 tons, and
in Virginia ABR Census, p. 1917
:, BANKS The number OF banks in New
York in 1860 was 303, capital, $lll,4il,.
320; loans, 500, 35l 1882; specie, $40, 92l,
40; circulation, $29, $50, 500; deposits,
$lOl ,070, ,273; and in Virginia the number
was %; capital, SIG,005, l56; loans, $24,
9!5, 7O2; specie. $2,9i3, 652; circulation, 50,
Sl2, 1877; deposits, S7,729,652. liable A,
p. 1913, Census
INSURANCE. COMPANIES. The risks taken
IN New York were S9l6, ,474, 956; or nearly
third OF those in the whole Union =
Virglnia, estimated at 800, ,O00, 900; differ
ence in favor of New York $Sl6, ,47i $50
Census, p. 79.) 80 ...
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, &c.-Our OK.
ports abroad from New York for the fiscal
year ending Both June, 1860, were $l44,-
300, 440, and the foreign imports $24S, 4S9, =
s77; total Of both $349, ,045, 326. The
clearances same year from New York were
4,o74,2 ,2o7 tons, and tho entries 4,S36, ,44S
tons total OF both, 9,4l0,733 tons. In
Virginia tho exports the same year were
10, ,S5S, 1924 and the imports 81, 1926, 249; to-
tai Of both lS4 27S; cloarances, 81, 33I
tons .entri 97, 763 tons Of both, us.
l4S TO- tble IA, Register Of United
States Treasury. Revenus collected from
customs same year 10 New York, $37, ,7sS,-
069, and in Virginia $lS9,Sl6, or 200 to 4
IN favor, Of New York. tables, United
States CO. OF Customs. ~ 4
Nor esu !he tariff account for these -
suits; Virginiasae we have seen. p6l6sa1
far gresloo a7tages than New Yoyk lor
mspufsc( .Ies. Besides, tho comm erce of'
New ,k tar surpasses that of Virginf1t
and this is the branch of industry IMPOSED
to be most injuri0usly affected BY hixh tar
/ It's, and Nav York has general voted
against them with as much unanI~ I'm as
Virginia; But there is still more conclusive
proof The year 1884 was tho commence.
ment Of the era OF high tariffs, and YET from
1870 o1S20, as proved by the census. the
per centage Of increase Of New York over
Virginia was greater thsn (tom 1920 to 1860.
NEWSPAPERS ARr PERroDIoALs. The
number OF newspspors and periodicals in
New York in 1860 was 542, of which 365
were political, SO religious, 63 literary, 5Sl
and the number of copies
circulated in 1860 was 800, $3.50, 1884, (Censns
tables, Nos IS, 37.) The number in Vir.
ginia was lS9, Of which | IL were political,
lS religious, 3 literary, miscellaneous
and the number of copies circulated in 1880
was 26,672,5 ,56S, Thus tho annual oircula,
ton OF. the press in New York was twelve
times as great as that Of Virginia. As to
periodicals.; New York had so monthlies,
q which were political, 20 religious, "A
,i!sefary, and IL miscellaneous: 10 quarter.
lies, OF which were religious and s literary;
Q annual', Of which 1.-TWO were political. 4
religious and miscellaneous; Virginia had
o monthlies; on which WAS political , rai;gi. |