American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-22
The South the Place for Immigrants

The South was we'll represented
in meeting of the New York Fruit
Growers Club, which met in that
city on Wednesday last, Generals
Imbodcn, Cabral and Tochman being
among the speakers. The address
Of the last mentioned contained
many interesting statistics, showing
the relative productions of the two |
great sections of the Union, which |
will be read with pride by the South
ern people. We quote from the
Herdjd's report:
The first who addressed the meet
ing was General Tochman, of North
Carolina, native of Poland, but
long a resident Of the South. He
said that the question under consid
eralion was prompted by the inten-
ton to obtain direct information as
to where gardeners should GO; and
he could only say that farmers, gar
dcncrs and others tilling the land
should go South. He was not biased
! by the natural feeling of nativity, as
he was not a native of the South,
but of the North of Europe. But he
has been long enough in the country,
and through every pant of it, to en-
abe him to judge.
From statistical tables the infor-
nation is gained that the rate OF
mortality is less and of longevity
greater i'll the South than in the
| North and West. The exports of
the South are larger than those of
the North, Ea-.4-...I EhL---.------L:.,Aa,
!.Afarn the war, and il is
so now. The war has impoverished
the people, but has not changed the
climate nor destroyed the fertility of
The soil. lie would read from the
report of 1861 OF the Statistical Blu
reau at Washington, that the popu>
latiOn of the Southern States for that
: year was 9,56S, 900, while their ex.
ports were 1928, 406,757. The popu
lati0n of all the other States in the
same year was "a, GIG, 755, and their
exports S243,201 ,243; hence while
, the Southern States had but twenty
eight per cent. of the entire popula
t tion, they furnished siXtynine pei
cent. of the total value of exports, Of
$34 80 per head, while the pro rata
, share in the other States is but S25
, IS. This is not an accidental OF al
isolated instance.
The same difference has been main
, tanned since the beginning of til,
government Before the war, in 1860
according to the United States census
taken in that year, the population o
the Southern States was 1O,259,007
= of all the other States, q, 1S5 1868
The average amount of corn raiset
per head in the South was SO . 10t
; bushels, in the Northern and West
. ern States only 10 bushels. Afte
l the war, in the year 1868, the popu
latiOn Of the South had decreased II
= 9.j6U, 200 and yet, while one half o
e their newly made 3 fellow-citizens o
t African DESCENT refused to work
r. expecting each the gift of land ant
c mules from the Federal government
! the average yield of corn for each in
habitant, white and black, of til
South, was 334 bushels. The popu
IatiOn Of the Northern States in tn
same year was 24,016,767, and til
o average yield of corn for each, =
; bushels. These figures are baSet
{ upon the census of 1860 and upol
:. reports OF the Statistical Bureau
n at Washington. This can be attrib
!. uted to 10 other cause than the gem
O. ality of climate and greater produc
tivrneSS OF soil.
I Some may consider this viev
= wrong and reply that the larger SUI
, plus in the South results from TIL
o fact that the consumption is less an'
q that the farmers of other States con
$ sumo more of their products. Thi
d is true, but it only proves what h
) would demonstrate. The NOrthcr
farmer consumes only during tn
If one hundred days Of winter and pre-
# duces nothing, while during til
"a same time even the Southern tarmn
produces more than he consumes
And this is one of the additions
reasons why labor is better TENT
q nerated in the South. True, 10
IS every spot is feI tile and healthy
y is the same in this regard as in othe
/ States, aud such localities should b
5 and are avoided.