Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-28

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FARMS lf4
The value Of the farm lands OF the
South, taken by themselves, was !, ,579
millions in 1850, and but G07 millions
in 1870, decrease Of 80 per cent, or
more than onc-half =
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
In 1860 the vain. oc tbc fa,mine i'm.
nlements emnloveJ in tho south was
"A millions n is7o n was but ri Mill.
IONS or less tbnn one-balf As all
these jmplements were made at the
North md they required renewal
almost every wear n lcllowstbat their
dimuut;on tlurino tLe conrse of 40
many,yea,s- has inyolyod n loss. to A
sinpie branch of our Trades and manu-
hctures of several hundred million
dollars sa
4 LIVE STOCK.
ma ,.al,.oe .,;,.o .s,,o,, =, ANN. i,
,ha Son,h ,Sos 100 ,n;,l,ons Il, 1eco ond
but l97 millions in 1870, n decrement
of 30 per cent, Yhis dccfcmcnt repre-
sents not only dkcrease Of value, but
of quantity For example the mum
per ~ o,S ' 4; ~ ,o5n . L', "vu 90, ~ oT Tr T
io, ,ia ~ io'o ""a a, 80, =, ,oco NY s
rSt zoo n % rsso omlv % EN-, q az T.. The r%o
u,,,,hor of ,m;loh COW ~ teeo voc
q a.s,s ,ss 40, $50 III. !, oot iox ~,
number of working'oxen in 1860 WINS
75G 336 in 1870 only 5O6 353 and so on
an tLcse horses mules asses worl,
.ing.oxen etc reouired harness and
shoos ~ ,yaa,. NO oono AMI ,,lova In draw
and many more articles all of which
came from the North and helped Ia
support thousands of implement and
tool makers, machinsts. wheel.wrights
warders, salcsnen clerks and othors
The dry rot has now attacked these
industries, and no man can ioresec
where II will stop.
INpusrRy..--f ARMS.
rbe ;nd,s,,y ortbc Sop,h Z mainly
oor;cnltnrni and the stat;s,;cs ., he,
S aS9,.;cui,n,C aren t,bereeorc ,hose orhc,
;ndns,';al oondi,;on IT, 1sGo al,
son,h hod ieo nill;on scras IN farns
n te7o I'm, "a, m;n;on acres sbow;no
an ahondonment oe',he t,rs, ,o,sans 3
subsis,cncc to tho cx,cnt Of obsolutclv
% per cont and rclat;ycly to nonuls
lion o. nc,. cont II win nrcsentIv i,
soon ihoi tbere 4 moi only less land i
Arms hnt ,hat III nrodnctions ofthes,
Grms have ali diminished In ouontitv
so mai ~ ,ba Soutb each ncrson',
sbore of fho means of subsistence !,
,awch less thon I, was hcsnrc ,ha wa,
tsc, u,hicb fnv corrnbora,es IN,
v,,.etehednoss and dccov alrcodv show,
hv other tcs,imonv
r. -.
eoiiVN
IN iooV WIN a popuia.ioh oi ',''o'
o3l persons the Soulh produce.
o,3o' Voz paies ol COTTON III 1901 =,
win apopulation presumably ,sal no smail S,l
CT, she produced put f'l,o'7oo p"les''
y ialiihg on OF 20 per cent
TOBACCO.
In 1860 the South produced lGl
million mounds Of tobacco: in 1872 onl,
GA million pounds a loss or waste 0
60 per cent
SUGAR.
In 1860 the south produeed 23o57,
hoosbeads of cane sugar IN 1870 onl,
s5 bsi hogsheads A loss or waste of q:
ner cent gT'r''
= MorAssrs
t,f,eeo a Soa,,, orod,,ool ~ NIL,
a., H.. L. ns ne aa'n ',o"" ,,ia,asses IN is7,
'oh io,; ;,,; n, ."ny aI, - ~ ao, =,
oet, os 70 " ~. "'a'o' nn', s''V' VI '"''
- % ~ WV .,,,
.-. n''h v.
In 1860 the south produced -
''',,,,O" po""" ~ - ~ y V' a,
non non,
J Those voro borevnor,;,o c,ons Tn,
,,.a,a,.o,;n,, ,,aol,;n,, cnr,.so ,,i;n, sL;n
ping sale cxcbange and manuiSctnr,
or Conversion of these nroducts inf,
Others, formed the basis Of an immens,
commerce and series Of industries, il
all of which we of the North took I
leading part. many Of them we entircl,
monopolized No implements but thos,
we made We're employed in the cult
walton, preparation, or conversion o
these products no vehicles or vessel
but those which we constructed Were
used TO transport them IN.
The stagnation IN our cotton ant
wooien manuiactories' ourironiurnace'
ana iorges, IN railway bars cars ant
materials, IN the lumber trade, IN th'
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