Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-05-04
Agriculture VS. Manufactures.


as reported to Congress is $685.
759. the amount proposed 10y inc CON-
mittec in Congress to be repaid the
State at $50 per man, of those furnish
cd for the army is s1,5ST,86O the
number of men to each congressional
representative is 1854, and the debt
for each man is $3O3,13; which shows
that Vermont furnished less number
of men to each representative in Con-
gross. than any other state sending
troops to the Union ranks, except
Rhode Island, Maryland, West Nlr-
ginia and Missouri, all of which except |
one, we're slave States and tempered
more or less with the element OF
secession. One of two things Is ap-
parent from the foregoing; either that
Vermont was not so patriotic during
the late rebellion as some OF her sis
ter States. which fact We should blush
to conccdc. or that she was actually
deficient in able bodied men, which
was without doubt true: and is bccom-
inc more sadly the truth every day,
and will in the future, while the manu-
featuring interests of some, and agrl-
cultural thrift Of other ncighboring
States make such serious drafts upon
her population.
Unless we can manage to check the
Westward bound tide Of emigration,
and ncutra!izc the invitations OF the
spindc. and other manufacturing In
dusty OF New Hampshire, Connecticut
Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the
census of the present decade will not
only disappoint but greatly mortlty
us. Let US glance at the decade tol
which the Sth census was taken; trou
1850 to 1850 Vermont improved 81,
O34. Massachusetts, 22,0T6 and Hi
nois S.2l1,92S acres of land; durin!
the same time Vermont increased he
population 9TS, Massachusetts, 234
553 and Illinois S60,081. Why dun
inc the above ten years did MassachuS
cts gain nearly one-forth as niue
population as Illinois, and all the wa
from 9TS to 236.553 more than Wen
mott, when during these ten year
Vermont improved more than twic
as many acres of land, and lllinoi
more than 800 times as many, an
how is it to day that Massachusetts
cultivates fewer acre Of land tina
Vermont, and yet has populatio
nearly four times as large, and viii
Illinois cultivatcs more than six time
the land which Massachusetts, doc
has population Only about 10000
larger? Good and sufficient answer
arc found for the above question
the fact that Massachusetts is man
featuring State. 1t is true she h;
extensive commercial interests, but
must be remembered that they arc c
HANGED materially by her manutact
rics. and Illinois a State which rcli
mainly upon its agriculture for
wealth and prosperity, is hardly 81
ond to Massachusetts in commerce
enterprise, and while Illinois is qui
as busy in the mart, and moro th
six times as extensive in agricultul
development, yet the proportion viii
the population Of The latter bears
the former, in point of agriculture
commerce, or both, is very uncqu
The reason of this dispropOrtion
that Massachusetts has thickly scttl
thriving towns. villages and cities, a
numerous markets, all, Of which ;
crowded with the young men of oil
States and to q great extent doing
business. Her manufactures inv
and hold as citizens many. Her ma
which always have the manufactul
article to give in exchange, attr
the produce of her sister States, q
while buying it and giving cloths, DO
&c, in return furnish a place Of bl
ness for many more, and the two
gcthcr command a more rapid
crease of population than the IN
iujicious and extensive devclopm
of the richest and most available ?
tons of mother earth. Then is it
PLAZA that the agriculturist can
successfully compete with the ma
facturer. Though Vermont can be
of her thorough bred Durhams,
wooded merinocs, and fancy Nor
horses, yet she realizes any other f
ing than that of pride, when she
members that from 1850 to 1860
gain in her population was only M
nal,with prospects for the coming
sus no more encouraging. Nerm
with ,402, 1856 acres of land to day
broken by the industry of the set
and her young men and even 70
women taking up the emigrants IN;
for the South or West, in pursui
homes, labor or something which t
native State does not afford, is at |
quite significant. Now We ask is
cause for this inherent with the ST;
We onsWerro. Docs she lack nat