The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-11
.rHE EAST AND THE wEsr."

Opens hs cyes to tho truth q d0resu y. Ou1'
ing the late war nothing was more apparent than
the fact that the East while making 90 osten'
tatious parade Of ito superior patriotism, was
diseustinaly intent upon filling its Golfers, not
only out OF the abundance Of the South. out
out Of the well. filled treasures Of ito adroitly
blindfolded dupe-the West. This latter TACT
has at last entered tho mind of Hon. I. l..
Critteuden, member Of Congress from Mis-
souri,. who lately took pains to exhibit the OPP
GRAFTON and effects of some Of the financial
enactments during and since the war. Mr..
Crittenden shows BY statements tabulated from
the last census and other official sources equal.
" reliable, that the whole DRIFT OF legislation
fur the last twelve years has been with clear
design to benefit the East ut the expense and
to the injury Of tho West und South; and be
has also discovered the proper and only effect
i've corrective Of tho evil-The election Of
Western born men to rcprcscat Western States
In Congress.
According to Mr.. Crittenden's showing. in
1873, the six New England States paid into the
Treasury Of tho United States $5.575,554,
while Missouri alone paid N.259. $40. To
make the inequality still more apparent: In
1870, real and personal estate Of New England
was put down at s4.0s9. 1885, 47 90; that OF
Missouri at 81 .2s4.32 s97 90. or little more
than one fourth 40 much ~ New England
Thus it will b. seen that the New England
States possessing four times a. much property
a. Missouri. pays less than one sixteenth NOR"
revenue. But the comparison keeps on and
grows worse 40 it proceeds The Western
Middle and Southern States. classsd together
IN this wise give the results below: Western
Stat.s-Ohio. Indiana. Illiaois. Michigan. Wis
consin, Minnesota. Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas aud
Missouri. with an aggregate wealth Of &c..
$40. 49,. 900. . population Of 1864 .696. pay
into the treasury $a7.0is.2s2. nearly 81 per
capita Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont.
Massachusetts,. Rhode Island and Connecticut.
with nm aggregate wealth Of % .039. $40 900.
a population Of 1897 .9aa. pay but s5.575.s5A
Of revenue. q little more than 81 so per capita
The Middle Stases-Ncw York. Pennsylvania.
New Jersey and Delaware. valued At Sll .3i7..
xs7 900. and population Of 1895. 66l. pay in.
to the Treasury $300la.6l3. upwards Of Ss
psr capita. The Southern S,a..s. with prop
erty valued at Si.i77 400 .9i6. and q population
Of IL 90. 9a5. pay sso.75l .36s. nearly 81 IS
per capita; which. considering their mpov"r.
h.l - -. phor
tables show that the manufacturing industries
of the East. BY judici"us ''pr"t.ction." are
made 10 yield their favored proprirtors the
snus little SUN. annually. If little over $s32..
~. 100000. and BY an equally judici"us PRO.
lection" contributed toward the g. 900 900
of exports for the years Of 1923. only u lit
tic over ISL 10000. The agricultural pro.
auctions of the Wrst and South for the
same period amounted to only s2.ai7 .O0O. 900
annually. exported over si53.OOO. 900. land
thereby" says Mr.. c.. kept the nation from
going into bankruptcy" Again. there were
engaged in agricultural pursuits during the
same period. 5.91s.a7l persons with a capital
in land. stock and implements. of Si1.l2a,s5s.
7ti5; and 2.o53.996 persons engaged in manu-.
featuring with capital stock Of 81. lis. 205 796.
Nearly three times ~ many persons engaged
10 agriculture. n in manufacturing. with Eve
times the amount Of capital invested, and yet
the value Of the products II the manufactures
exceeded. for the year $50, the value Of the
products Of agriculture by one half The St.
Louis Republican employs these forcible coin.
parsons which are quoted by Mr.. Crittcnden
If we divide" saysthe Republicans. 1.-THE whole
amount Of agricultural capital BY the total
number Of persons engaged In agriculture. we
have an average Of 81 1873 u each; and il we
divide the gross product Of agriculture by the
total number Of persons engaged in that bust.
ness, We End that each person thus engaged.
on m average Of q 1913 capital produced $4l2
Of gross values. BY similar computation we
end that the average capital to each person en-.
gagged in manufacturing was ,2ll, and that
each person thus engaged on this average
amount Of capital produced eight hundred and
forty eight dollars. Tho labor and capital u .
farmer therefore yielded less than half ~ much No
the labor and capital Of . manufacturer. The
census figures do not tell 10 what the net profits
Of agriculture were, but Il will not b. claimed
that they were over 10 per cent. on the capital
involved. Indeed. IL We estimate farm hand's
labor at fifteen dollars per month. and his hoard