The Republican journal., 1881-07-14
New England in the Census.


An array of facts relative to New Eng
land, gathered from the census of $780,
by the enterprising Boston Journal, is
worthy Of attention and study. The ex-
cess OF female population is the first fact
noted, this excess appearing in every one
Of the New England States excepting
Vermont In the country as q whole the
male population is in excess, but the male
population emigratcs Westward, and as
a result females predominant in all the
Atlantic coast States with the exception
Of Delaware. A comparison as to wealth
and taxation, made between fifteen cities
and towns in Massachusetts and a like
number in the South, results in favor of
the former, showing that while the valua-
ton in Massachusetts cities and towns is
greater per capita than it is in the South,
the rate of taxation per $1,000 is less.
The Massachusetts cities and towns are
better Oft also in the matter of their bond
ed debt, the total for the fifteen being
Sl4, 1896, while the total for the fifteen
Southern cities and towns is 500, 752, IA.
In this connection it should be stated
that the total population Of the Massa-
chuSettS cities and towns selected for
comparison is 36l, $50, while that OF the
Southern cities and towns is 400, 9I2 The
assessed value of real and personal estate
i'll Massachusetts is 81 ,534 ,756, SOP; the
total bonded debt of the State, counties,
cities and towns is : 100, 933, 94S the float
ing debt is 4ll ,65S, 297 deductlng $40
463, I73 Of sinking funds from these two
sums leaves Il net debt of sol, $50, l72,
or S5l.l2 per capita for the population
Of ,zo3,O76. The debt per capita in the
cities is more than double that in the
towns, the amount being @7O.SS and
S30.l4 respectively. A very important
fact presented is that in relation to cereal
products in New England. Between 1860
and 1870 there was a decrease of I7.62
per cent, but in the next decade there
was an increase Of 2.ll per cent. This
increase has been made in Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con
nccticut, the other two States continuing
to fall Oft in their yield. The total pro-
ductlon Of wheat, rye, oats, corn, buck
wheat and barley for 1880 was 20, $50, 1886
bushels. The yield Of wheat in New Eng
land was greater in 1880 than it was in
1860, the rate of increase being some
thing like 10 per cent. There has been
4 large increase in the yield of tobacco
during the past decade, the bulk Of the
gain being made in Connecticut, where
the yield for 1890 was / l6l,G52 pounds
against o,}22- ,797 pounds for 1870. The
increase in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Vermont is comparatively in
Significant us tobacco culture is carried
on to avery limited extent in those States.
The Yield in Massachusetts fell of from
7,3l2,SS5 pounds in 1870 to 1868. 5;ti
pounds in 1880. The silk industry, which
is rapidly increasing in Importance all
over the country, is established in New
England and there are factories in each
OF the States, Connecticut taking the lead
and Massachusetts following Figures
given, based upon reports from fifty -ioul
factories, show that the capital invested
in this industry in New England amounts
to S5,19), 100, that rs many as 1926 hands
have been employed in 1880, and that the
| value of the finished GOODS turned ont
| that year was $50. ,OGS. The cotton in
dustry, in which Massachusetts leads the
other New England States, was repres-
cntcd in 1850 by o,1Ob, III spindles, / !
l4O,972 bales of cotton used and 100 2,3I
persons employed.
At Il special meeting Of the New York
Chamber of Commerce Thursday, resou-
tons were unanimously adopted setting
forth the unspeakable grief and indigna-
ton at the attempted assassination of the
President. After the adoption of the re-
solutions, Cyrus W. Field announced that
Il number Of gentlemen had determined
to raise $25U, 900, which is to be invested