The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-30

world, has fallen TO the rank Of ten
rate provincial village.
MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CAROLINA.
In 1890 Massachusetts, contained S7s,7
inhabitants, and North Carolina 89S,76
lin 1870 the former had / $4,000 and h
latter l,O7l 900. The area Of the form
is 1900 square miles; the latter 50,7
square miles, or more than six times
great as the former. Boston and Bea
fort, with c4pacious harbors, had an ECU
start In the struggle for commercial q
prelnacy.y The former has reached II
position OF second in commercial impor
ance, while the latter has no commert
worth speaking OF. The value Of the re
and personal property Of Boston Is to-da
greater than that OF the whole State {
North Carolina. And so the compariso
might be extended between correspondent
States OF the North and the South to th
end OF the list II we had time, and !
every instance II would be found MOI
favorable to the former, and adverse TO tn
latter.
Let us group the three States OF Ohio
Indiana and Illinois together and CON
pare them with Georgia, Alabama, an,
Mississippi, to ascertain their relaiiv
prosperity. The latter have 10000 NOR
sQuAre miles OF territory than the former
with population Of only 1907, 200 Will
the former have q, SS5, 900, according y
census OF 1870, as yet the only reliable
statement to be had. The latter have les
than 20 persons TO each square mile, Will,
the former have s. to each square mile O.
more than q times as dense population
The former support l 200 newspapers, To,
latter $40. The former have 5000 mill
ions OF wealth, the latter $50 millions o
wealth; the first named over $500 per cap
ia, while the latter have only $3.50 70 eacl
person. nhe latter have population
over 10 years Of age who can not read ant
write Of over l,l64 900. or over So pei
cent; the former have 4S3, 900, or about
per cent, Of the total population, who can
not read and write, Of the sameage.
~, RAILWAYS.
Take another illustration. There are
nearly five thousand million dollars in.
vested in railwaysin the United States,
or nearly two and hall times as much as
the National debt, and represented by q
little over $1,000 miles Of road. The popu.
ation of the Southern States Is nearly
thirty per cent Of the whole population,
but the aggregate gross earnings Of the
OF the South are less than ten
81 anIn to on
ieIIals more thsnlit New England. with
! territory less than one.third as large as
Texas, or one.tweltth as large as the Solid
south. l-,r' ~" ., =
The total gross earnings for the year
ust ended werei
icy England q s,gooS
storm statos,...,.'~.... 2I7SSGS
aS,Ss aS SSS
'''''''''''''''' -, - -
H9s asV0'
axe tne zee census Sss o. 1871 nS tHs
uniting Delaware and MARYLAND from the
lst Of Southern States, only 81 per cent Of
III the productions OF manufacture were
n the Southern States, or 5000, 900 out
u total oil S,2S2,oOOVO0. Inc
MINING PRODUCTIONS
II every kind 10 tue Southern States
.mornting to 81 per cent only OF the
'nole mining pfouuc.loh Oh Tue county,
FOREIGN COMMERCE. REPORTS. ~
The statistics OF the export trade for the
,a,. ending Jpne On 1850 sbow that over
,Ss r,ilIions ~ mo,oh. rd;.a yora ovno,,sd
~ 49, ~ - ~. ,as. r. 90
,s S cant sn' vas sent FROM norts sonth Of the
Potomac river, and that cotton constituted
" per cent of this latter amount.
Nposrs'
During inc same year me imports Oh
amounted 70 oof miiiions' Q,
which less than three per cent entered
ports south OF the Potomac river.
CUSTOMS REVENUE.
Fo,.,ba voa, and;ng Jnne aotb 1870
T'. ~ -. -. a. ,.,..as'
ne latest teiiaois feporsS BLOW .ne custom
luties amounted to over SlS1 OOO,O 600. aud
ess than two per cent OF thia sum was COL
ected at Southern ports.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Tho ,acs;n,s from Internal Revenue for
be wear ending June so, 1850. which can
"a snbortioned among the States,
mounted to s7ls 600 200 according 10 Off.
,ial reports, and only II per cent Of this
ZANE from the Southern States heretofore
named, ana 70 per cent o. this was from
Whisky anu 'ooacco' a'Af
MAIL NATTER.
The total weight Of mail matter carried
=, RAILWAYS during the the last wear was
- 900 900 .onnd. al onI, 10 no. non,
'ol,%VVV9 pouuus' anu Guy 10 POI S9A'
OIL TINS was ra,fieu ~ sHs sseteo na'ueu u,
Tue oank i0ans anu u,seoah1 IN 'ne
sa oe ,Sa Sba sns and
cHTI Of the State and National
Banks in those States Is less than y per
cent Of the circulation o. the whole eou 70
w snr yns Wy Iep9 and;n ~
SAVINGS p1 iosS r.s S70s 5na SnS W. ,ha =
May stst, to % nsr st ssnt ~, . smann,
ohe nan ls.o u 4, ,ha RsnLs ~ tba baSs,o.
was uepOslleu III tue oanho Vi tno neietV'