The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-30

that the Republican party should succeed in No
vember. Yours very truly, U. S. Grant"
Lord Chesterfield said that letter shows the
man it is written to- well as the man it is writ
ten by. This letter bears Lord Chesterfield out.
1t Is written to General Arthur and it reveals the
him, informed by many years of intimate ac-
quaintance. General Grant knew and felt, as we
know and feel, that he was writing not only to q
friend, but also to one of the most genuine, patri
q text tor many sermons. The Democratic party,
as now constituted and controlled-how it is con-
stituted, how controlled. There is vast number
OF upright, patriotic men in it; q vast number Of
men who gave all and did all they should have
given and done to uphold their government and
their flag in the supreme and dire hours Of trial;
vast number who imperied their lives rs other
Democrats laid down their lives for their country.
Many northern Democrats who cast all their
weight and sympathy on the nations side, after
the war was over returned to their former party
associations. Many others never did return.
were such Democrats to guide and influence a
Democ ratio Congress and Democratic admins
2ration their party would not be CONSTITUTED and
controlled" as it is. Because such men and their
views and interests will not and cannot control in
the event OF Democratic success much grave peril
arises. AS the Democratic party is const tuted,
not the men Of the north, not the men Who'll were
for the Union and the Constitution, bet the men
OF the south who were against the Union and the
Constitution, men whose policy and purposes are
still hurtful to the country, and bound and pre-
destined to control Democratic administration
and y Democratic Congress. The south has on
troll OF Congress. This is true in this way: On
every committee there is majority Of Democrats:
and OF these ma ority in all cases consists OF
southern senators. The same condition prevails
in the House. There are forty-two committees,
The chairmen of twenty-five from the south.
All the committees constituted that the ma
jority is Democratic, and of the majority more
than half is southern. During the two years
while this absolute power in both houses has been
so lodged the existence Of the veto power and thu,
approach Of the Presidential canvass has suggested
urgent reasons for "Going slow" Many expected
bills have not been introduced: many that have
been introduced have not been passed; some that
have been passed have run against such obstinate
opposition rs to secure present postponcment or
some notification But whenever the hour strikes
that the veto power is in democratic hands, put
there by southern votes whatever the ''solid:
caucus DEGREES will be written. That caucus will
be controlled by those who represent less than
one-seventh Of the people Of the Union.
OFFICIAL FIGURES.
1 have said, also, that they represent not more
than one-fourteenth of the producing CONNER
clal industrial, tax-payng, and property inter-
est OF the country. Let me prove this by the OIL
cial figures Of the bureau Of statistics, 1872 Gus
toms duties, $137 $50 ,o4s; collected at Southern
tieth part. Internal revenue: 1872 SIG s48 ,22l;
paid by twelve Southern States, $50 1892 1854.
This is II per cen. Or One-siXth part. Since the
war, Ohio alone has paid more internal revenue
than all the late confederate stntes united; so has
Illinois. New FORK alone has paid nearly twice as
much. If custom duties were added the COM
parison would be more striking still Our domes-
tic commerce exceeds foreign commerce
twenty fold. Railways move 80 per cent of it.
In 1879, 423 013 freight cars carried this traffic:
Of these cars the late confederate states employed
81 ,24S; this 1-25 per cent. or one fourteenth
part. In 1879 the tonnage OF vessels engaged in
in internal traffic was 2,G7S ,O67 tons. The late
confederate states employed PIP ;54S tons this is
$ per cent. or one-eleventh part. In 1879, to
June 90, 1880, our exports were 1895 $685.
The South exported $lSs 629,717: this is 22>z
per cent. or two-ninths part. OF this, 81 PEI
cent: was cotton, and the New York Cotton
Exchange reports that very little of it was moved
by Southern capital. All that came North was
handled by N orthcrn capital. That exported d.
rectly was moved mostly by Northern and for
eign capital. In 1859 to June 30, 1880, orr inn
ports were $667 1888 1902. The south imported
third part. Exports and imports together were
81 ,503 1856 .S97. The share cf the South was
$204, 564 los; this is IL 3-5 per cent. or one
seventh. In 1872 Oct. 2, bank loans were $S79,-
QUO, wv loans OF OOuthern Danks, p4O,o OOVOt
this is per cent. one-nineteenth. In 1879
Oct. 2, state and natioal bank circulation was
$314 1O2 223 Southern Banks, 1923 AIS, 1885, this Is
~ per cent. or one thirteenth. In 1878, for the
six months ending May 81, the latest returns de-
posts in savings banks, were this is 4-lO OF per
cent. or one-two hundred and tieftieth part. In
1879 the cost of railroads in the United Statss
was 81 l67 1881 ,921; cost Of Southern railroads,
$3.50 274 ,979; this is Is ll3 per cent. one-sev-
enth. The latest returns show the weight OF the
mails carried on railroads 55l $40 l6S pounds;
on Southern roads, 81 1874 1853 pounds. This is
TX per cent. or one-sixth part. In 1870 our
manufactures were 81 ,232 1925, 442; the southern
portion was $277 ,72O, 637. This is 81 per cent.
or one-sixtcenth part. In 1870 the production yf
our mines was 1852 SOS, 1914, of southern mines,
s., ,o52. This is ~ per cent. Or one1thirty-
first part. From June 80, 1870, to June 80, 1880,
the number of immigrants who came to the Uni
ted States was 2,s12, Ut. Of these, 1862 came to
southern Atlantic ports and II 230 to ports Of the
Gulf Of Mexico making for the whole south 49,
49,901. This is 77-l00 per cent. or 1-60th.
ton states the total income of the public schools
Of the country at S697S ,lO1; the south paid for
public schools s. $3.50 797. Thisis l-l2 per cent.
or 10th part. This item is presented here be-
cause it belongs to the industrial interest.
Looking into this mirror of the country's bust
ness we see impartially and exactly reflected
the
RESPECTIVE PROPORTIONS
average we see that production, industry COM
merce, capital, md revenue are found 1-l4th
in one section of the country and 13A14th in the
other sections These are hard stubborn facts They
are not recited with pleasure; far from it. They
rected with deep regret; yet their recital will
hostile, invididous criticism. It will be said the
south was tainted with her poverty. All this