Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-24

they represent not more than One-fourteenth
of the producing, commercial, industrial,
ax-paying, and property interest of the
Let me prove this by the official
figures of the Bureau of Statistics:
REVENUE.
1Ss9-Customs duties, Sl37, $50 4S.
Collected at Southern ports, -, l35, sos.
This is l! per cent or. one-sixtieth part.
1S79-lnternal revenue, GIG, S4S, 221
Paid by twelve Southern States $50, 3d.
1854.
This is II per cent, or one-siXth part.
Since the war, Ohio alone has paid more
internal revenue than all the late Confeder-
ate States united. So has Illinois. New
Ork alone has paid nearly twicc as much.
If customs duties were added, the compari-
son would be more striking still
COMMERCE
Our domestic commerce exceeds our
foreign commerce twenty-fold Railways
move 90 per cent of it. In 1879, 423,Ol3
freight cars carried this traffic. OF these
cars. the late Confederate States employed
81 24S. This is I les per cent, or enc
fourteenth part.
In 1879 the tonnage of vessels engaged in
internal traffic was 2,67S, 067 tons. The late
concentrate t'tdtt5 CiiiBiotNu t'h7.
This is per cent, or one-eleventh part.
In 1879 Ito June 30, 1880 our exports
were $685., 633, 595. The South exported
SlSS, G29,7 III. This is 22t per cent, or
10Th part. OF this, 81 per 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 Northern capital. That exported direct
" was moved mostly by Northern and
foreign capital.
In 1879 TO June 30, 1880 our imports
were 1861, 953302 The South imported
S15,934 ,39l. This q per cent, or 1-43d
part.
Exports and imports together were ST.
503, $50, S97. The share OF the South was
S2O4, 56i. los. This is - 3-5 per cent, or
18th.
In 1879 October q bank loans were
1878, SOB, O97 Loans of Southern banks,
SAG, 36O,007 This is per cent, or 1-19th.
In 1879 October q State and National
Bank circulation was S314, lob, 223. South
cent or 1-13th.
In 1878 (six months ending May 81, latest
returns) deposits in Savings Banks were
1878, 1876, SIT. In Southern banks, 80, 521,-
423 This is 4-10ths of per cent, or -2j0th
part.
In 1879 cost of railroads in the United
States, was a, 166, 33l, 9l2. Cost of South
ern Railroads, 1856, ga 979. This 10 1-3 per-
cent, or 18th.
The latest returns show weight OF mails
carried on railways was 551 $40, 15S pounds.
On Southern roads, 1884, $50 pounds.
This is l75 per cent, or 10th part.
In 1870 our manufactures were 81, 2322
325, 442. Southern portion was S217, 120,-
637 This is 81 per cent, or 1-16th part.
In 1870 productions of our mines was
S152, sos, 994; of Southern mines "a, $685.
O52. This is 81 per cent, or 1-3lst part.
From June 80, 1870, to June 30, 1880, the
number of immigrants who came to the
United States was 2,S12, III. of these
1859 came to Southern Atlantic ports, and
ii, 239 to ports of the Gulf of Mexico, max
ing for the whole South 49,90l. This is
l 71-100 per cent, or 1-6Oth
The latest report of the Commission of
Education states the total income for the
public schools of the country at $50, 91S,-
l01. The South paid for public schools
IS, $50, s97. This is 3 LIZ per cent, or 1-10th
part. This item is presented here because
it belongs TO the industrial interest.
Looking into this mirror of the country 5
business we see impartially and exactly re-
Elected the respective portions and features
of the two sections. By analysis and aver
age we see that production, industry, COM
merce, capital and revenue are found l-14th
in one section of the country, and 13-liths in
the other sections
THE SOUTH NOT TAINTED WITH HER POVERTY.
These are hard, stubborn facts. They are
not recitcd with pleasure-far from it. They
are recited with deep regret, yet their recital
will be denounced as evincing a spirit Of eX-
ultation, of hostile, invidious criticism. 1t
will be said that the South was tainted with
her poverty. All this, will he untruly, un-
Justly said As an American, profoundly
do | deplore the langour, the misfortunes,
and the wasted opportunities of any and
every portion of our land. The ruinous
course of affairs in the South comes home
to every citizen of this great State, whose
interests and whose grandeur are 50 dear to
me- The welfare and interest of the South
and West, and of every portion of the coun-
try, is tine interest of New York. Whose
capital helped to build Western and Southern
railways? Who holds the bonds and obiiga-
tious of Southern communities? Whoever
will answer these questions will know that
New York and her people, from love of self
and love of gain, saying nothing of other
reasons, earnestly long that the South may
be peaceful and prosperous, and able to pay
her share of taxes and bear her share of the
public burdens. From the wheat fields of
Minnesota to the pastures Of Texas, there IS
not an acre whose fertility does not benefit
New York, nor could she profit by the mis-
fortunes or poverty of hamlet in all our
borders.
1t is not needed to the argument at this
moment even to relate the causes of the mil
dew and sterlity of the South, sunny, fertile
and blessed by nature, rs she is. Were
speaking TO Southern men, with hope that
they would listen, it would be well indeed
to beg them to reflect upon those causes.
| When the war was over, had there been
hearty, manly acceptance of the most gener-
Gus. magnanimous terms the world ever saw
accorded by victors in any case--not in any
like case, because there is none like it in
history; had politics and thirst for power
played less part, wasted less time, and done
less wrong; had industry, enterprise, thrift
and humanity ruled the hour; had there
been more mending and building. and plant
ing and sowing; had there been less ostra-
cism and hate to repel Northern capital and
keep back and drive back Northern men
had fair days wages been paid for a fair
DAYS work had there been no persecution
or exodus of labor had reputation been
loathed and Stunned, and not embraced
how high in the armament of the Union
would glitter the constellation of the South
-Senator ConkHng, at the Nee York
Academy of Music, Sept I'm.