Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-02
WHAT TaE N0RTm Is FIGETsNG
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From sha London index, june l..
. he fact was drst annouass5 70 The Britisa
public some msnths since BY Commander 81 +.
Mary, ia letter to ths Tialss, but has sinca
been abandautly confirmed BY the afieial ststs-
n-ents Of the C0nfsdeHats States Treasury, that
the receipts from customs at the pert Of Charss-
ten have been larger sincs the commencement
Of the blockade than at any previous perisd
within thirty ysars. In other wsrds, the block
ads5 C8nfs5erzts part, under reduced and sZ
ccedingly moderate tariff, imPsrts larger quau-
tity Of foreign msashaRdise thsR il die u ths
same space Of tins as an opsn pert Of The UEltad
States Or, to state the ease still mere clearly,
the commercial system Of the eld Union proved
a more effective blockade upon the direct inpor-
tasioa Of European goods ints Southern POrts,
than do the fleets Of msa-el-Esr actually STA
tened st thsir entrances. 1 this pregnant TACT
viii be fsuud The solution Of most Of the mys-
teries which sill snshrsud, TO the eyes Of many,
the .reat Trsns-Ahautc ravslution. II we ex-
anime it ever so little in detail, we skaA be at 10
loss % discover what i is that the NeTth Is 50
o5sGosssly AID desperately Sighting for
We have now before as the sfhsial report,
yublished BY order of the Unibed- States Coz
zress of the Secretary Of the Treasury, sn the
/ q Cemuaree and Navigstien Of the Uaitea
States fer the year ending June 80, 1889. Frem
shis report It appears that in that year, the last
but one Of the existence of the Uaion, the total
value Of tha forsign Imports Of all tao States
was S33S 96e 40. OF this amsunt the twenty
two Southern psrts Of entry imported eDly
$50 S65, ,557, or less than one-teath. Ia the
same year, according to the same report, tho
value Of the total expectation sf al tue States
70 foreign countries, WAS 1886, ,S94 3e5, ei
wkieh ths Southern ports furni1hsd $780,
/ 50, ,527, or more than oRe half IF, the", ne
assums that the South consumed, Of forsigA
imP0Tssd merchandise, only its pro rata share
Z according to It's white population, emitting tse
( negroes sltogsthsr ss consumers ct foTsign msr-
! ehandfse saw eight t-tvonty-sixths Of the while,
I it follows laat Il bought from the North, st
second hasd Of sues merchandise TO the value
of 81 least / a 600 600, that being tbs Differences
( in round numbers between the amount directly
I imported aud actually c0nsUasd If however
! We estimate the capacity Of The South for COS
sumiug foreign goods by its share Of the exports,
( the anopnt Of such goods bought fron the
I North OF Of N0gthsTn mznufaeture substituted
ia their place, swels ts largely upwards sf
( $50 600 600
Elodue1t as these figures are, they DO not
nsorly tel the fal truth Of the enormous gains
annually derived fom the Southern trade.
\ First. because the direct fOreiga exPortation
I f.om the Southern ports, large though it is, dees
not represent the whole amsgRt Of oxportabls
Z snd exported values annually produced By the
I South The cotton and tobacco crops ere eI-
/ clusvaly Southern, bat not the enly SsutheTR
staplas, and these two alone are estimated IN
tie of sial statistics at S2J7 7l0 l02, 20r nors
/ th=n the snsire Southern exportssion to ioreigs
countries. A vast portioR Of SouthSrH pro-
dacts-eotsn, tobacco, sugar, rice, naval
stores ots ARE therefore sent to the NORTH
as raw material for its manufactures, Or are
consumed there, or are .sreshieped rem
Northern ports. Secondly, the North has itseit
long been the most successful comPetitsi
With EHepe ia the southern market, ana las
supplied tbst market with is own manufactures
far mere tdan With thoss Of its rivals. Th'
value Of the annual product Of nineteen lead
isg manufacturing purauits 10 al the States,
was, by the census Of 1850, estimated At ever
one thousand million dollars in round numbers
deduction being made for expiration abroad
AS Tho same authority plaeos the value Of the
entire Misunderstanding industry Of tha South q
less tkau enc hundred and hfty millions, it Ii
clasr-evea If We were agaia 70 omit from th'
calculation the 100000 Of blacks-that, 6
bsve consumed its share Of the Domestic mana
fseuces the South must have bought from th'
North. 10 these nineteen articles alone, to tn
value OF over $l50,000000.
We have thus the means Of forming al idea
albeit sin an inadequate enc, Of the truly mag
pifcent priSs for which the North Is contsndl1g
a writer sho has profoundly stuaied tbs com
mereisl statistics Of the United States, an
whose figures have never been impagned' he
drawn he International balance sheet betwseI
North and South with nearer approach 70 pre-
eisioa shan We "a q newspaper article soul
. venture 60 DO He estimates the credit SIDE
the Southern account, Annually, ana iSf pii
uuon Europe for produce shipped directly an
81 rsvy material sad produee Of every eessuf
ltion fsrnished the North, at Slo20UV,oUV
against which be places The debts as follows
n .stic goods Sortheru Hanufact1re) s240 900 z.
1pportsd goods lsupped BY The 6srtb) ).''. Lg9950.
Iptersat brokerage, and commissions - ~ y y
southern travellers '.s''''' % e0'o
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