The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-13
Comparisons Between Northern ant
Southern states.

Comparisons Between Northern ant
Southern StRtes.
The chief OF the Bureau Of Statistics a
Washington has, at the request OF Secre
!. tary Sherman, prepared answers TO certain
questions proposed by Mr.. E. Mcpherson
;. Secretary OF the Republican Congressional
Committee. The answers show the fol
lowing comparisons:
"The only means OF measuring the
, relative magnitude OF the internal com
merce OF the Southern States Is by the
number OF freight cars employed. Ac'
cording to PoOr's Railroad Manual iol
: 1879, the total number OF freight cars en-
ployed on the railroads in the United
States was 423,0l3 cars, OF which number
81, 24S cars, or "A per centum were en-
ployed on railroads In the Southern States
referred to.
"The total tonnage OF vessels employed in
the internal commerce ofthe. United States
on water lines transportation, including
the coastwise trade on the ocean and the
inland trade on rivers and the great lakes,
Amounted, during the year ended June 30,
1879, to 2,67S,067 tons, oil which 242, 54S
tons, or per centum, were owned In the
Southern States mentioned.
1.-THE total value Of the exports OF mer-
Chandise from the United States, dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1850,
amounted to $685., 633, sos, and the value Of
the exports from points south of the Poto.
mac river amounted to SlSS ,629, III, or
90 81 per centum OF the total exports OF
merchandise from the United States. OF
the total exports OF the South the value OF
the exports OF cotton amounted TO $685.
1856, 500, or eighty-iour per centum OF the
total exports OF the Southern States.
1.-THE value OF the imports Of merchan-
disc into the United States during the
year ended June 80, 1880, amounted to
1851, 953, 500, OF which the value imported
at ports south OF the Potomac river
amounted to Sl5, 9S4, S0l, or 2,SS per CEN
tum.
1.-THE total revenue OF the national gov
eminent from customs, during the year
ended June 80, 1870, amounted TO $l3S,-
2S1, 04S, Of which s., 800, 1893, or l.6 per cen.
tum, was collected at ports in the South
ern States named.
1.-THE internal revenue receipts OF the
United States during theyear ended June
80, 1880, which can be apportioned among
the severa! States and Territories,
amounted to sll6,s4S,22l. 0fthis amount,
sc, $751;, 1854, or II por centum was COL
lected in the Southern States. OF the
amount collected in the Southern States,
$40, 49,, 1854 or 95 per Centum, was from
spirits and tobacco.
"The total weight OF mails carried on
railroads in the United States last year
amounted to 55l, $40, l5S pounds, OF which
o.. l04,S 1856 pounds, or l7.12 per centum,
were transported on railroads in the
Southern States.
SIN 1870 the total value OF the manufsc-
lures Of the country amounted to 81, $780,
1885, 42, Of which S277, 720,6 37, or 81 per
centum was the product OF the Southern
States.
1.-THE census OF 1870 shows that the
value OF theproduCts OF mining amounted
to $l52, 50S, 800, OF which 81 800, 052, or 81
per centum, was the product Of the South.
ern States.
According to the last report OF the
Comptroller Of the Currency, the total OF
discounts OF the entire country on the Cd
Of October, 1878, was SS7S, 1908, 097, OF
which SAC, 800, 0O7, or 5.S per centum, was
Of banks in the Southern States. The
total amount OF circulation OF the State and
national banks Of the country on the I'd
of October. 1879, was 1914, l03, $50, Of
which S23 AIS. 1875, or 747 per centum, was
issued by banks in the Southern States.
"The total deposits in savings banks in
the six months ended March 81, 1878,
amounted to S7S3, 1856 ,Sl7, OF which ST..
527 ,423, or not quite 4-l0 OF per centum,
was deposited in banks OF the Southern
States.
"The total cost OF railroads and their
equipments in the United States, as stated
by Mr.. Poor, amounts to 81, l66, 1891 |, 1921, OF
which the cost OF the railroads and equip
ments Of the States referred to amounts to
$3.50, 274 $40, or 1885 per centum.
"From the latest report OF the Com
missioners OF Education 1t appears that
the total income for public schools IN all
the States and territories amounted to $780,
979, l0l, OF which the income for public
schools 10 the Southern States amounted
to S, 500, 497, or o s 10 per Centum.
IAN important change has within few
years taken place in the course OF the
commerce OF the United States and parts
OF States situated south OF the Ohio river
aud South Of the State OF Missouri, viz:
Kentucky, Tennessee, Western Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana, Texas
and Arkansas. Twenty-Five years ago the
chief commercial entrepots OF the States
mentioned we're Mobile, New Orleans and
Galveston, but to-day this trade Is domi.
mated by the cities OF Cincinnati, Louis
vile and st. Louis. The commercial front
OF those States has been changed from the
shores OF the Gulf Of Mexico "a, the shores
OF this great interior East and West cur.
rent OF trade over railroads. The aggregate
population OF the three interior cities
Is nearly three times as great as
the aggregate population oil the three
Iulf cities. Cincinnati, Louisville and st.
Louis have received almost all the trade
Of the States referred to with respect to
the sale OF breadstutfs and provisions, dry
goods, groceries, hats, caps, clothing and
manufactured goods oil every description.
In return there is being shipped to those
cities large proportion oil the surplus
products OF the South. During the present
cotton year 1.000,0 bales Of cotton have
been shipped overland by rail, the greater
part passing through these cities, This is
one OF the direct results OF the establish.
ment OF the great East and West current Of
trade over the trunk railroad lines north
OF the Ohio River, and OF the fact that
Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis now
enjoy the advantages OF system Of rail-
roads permeating into all parts Of the
Southern States, st. Louis has already
grasped from New Orleans and Galveston
the trade OF southern Missouri, OF Arkan-
sas, OF the Indian Territory, OF northern
Louisiana, and Of large part OF Texas,
and this trade is growing rapidly"
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