The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-12-13
The Cssi Of the h,erp.


II any person dssires to know Jus. how
much ne is paying for The negro, says The
n. I. Doy Book, let him keep 90 account Of
me purchases Tor his family, and strike a
balance between the prices be now pays
and what the same articles could have been
bcaght for prssious to the war. Tha, ball
ance viii represent the exact cost of the me-
gro 20 him. For instance, we have before us
bin for musIins for family use, purchased
during the pas. week in New York city, as
follows:
Nil DR.. To-
To 3o2 ydS. Canton flannel, 47c. sll SO
To 43 yds. muslin, 4sc. 10 SIS
sss e5
Before the war these goods would have
cost as follows:
309 yds. Canton flannel, ilc. So 3s
43 yds. muslin, lO3c. 4 81
Cost before the war for the negro. 81 SO
Gee. since the war for The negro. SO 90
Cost OF T5e negro. S2e o6
While this is the amount Of money ab-
sracled from the pockets of the consuming
classes through the agency of the war, in
one way or another, yet il must be remem-
bered that it finds its way into the hands oil
The manufacturing and capital classes. For
instance, it is said that the New EngIand
mills make profit on all light goods Of one
dollar upon erery pound Of cetton usei. The
stock of all these manufacturing com pasiies
are double and treble their par rates. The
Newburypott Herald states lhs. The James
Steam Mill OF Iha. city, with capital of
$3.50. oeo, has during the pas, four year, paid
SiI2 SEQ 10 lis stockholders! The same
Journal states shat should cotton good. fall
ffly per cent. lower than they now are, they
will make profits never dreamed OF rnlil
since the war commenced. IL should ever
be borne in miud lhs, the shrewd Yankee
CoDgressmen bad no sooner driven The
Southern States out of Congress in ls6 /, than
they proceeded a, once 10 psss The blackesI
tariff ever pu: Uu the statute book-and they
seen determined 10 keep them out for lear
u will be repealed.
They fought Ihe Souih TO sGree" the me-
gro with one hand, and filed their pockets
by moncpoIies with The oiher In counting
mp lie cost, il is impossible 10 cay bow
much hss been wasted by war, and how
mnch hes gone into the pockets of the mo-
nopolists, bu, i: makes little difference to
the man that has il 10 pay. Whcever has
il, he realizes the fact ii,st he is jus, 80 much
the poorer. The cost OF the negro !. now
constituent element IN every purchase. He
exists in every yard of ninslin, in every
pound OF -four, in every beaisteak, in every
potato the poor man eats, AMI every pound
OF butter he buys-in his coat, hal, panta-
looms and shirt There is no article which
is not advanced in price TO allow The negro
10 lol in ijleness and New Engls nd cotton
lords 10 revel in their one hundred per cent
profits. Tbs poor man ekes out scaniy
substance in tho tenem ent house and the
shsniy-Ihs farmer ceprives his family OF
Books and newspapers, and brings up his
children in ignorance, because iheiI sweat
is distilled from their orows to pay the taxes
which makes Sambo a vagrant and the
Yankes a nouo2oliss aud millionaire.-
Times, however, cannot last very long as
they are. The day will come waen the
cost of The negro will be felt even by those
now rolIing in purple ard 6ns linen.
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