New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-01
INDUSTRIES or NORTH AND SOUTH

To The Editor % The Tribune
Sir Tho census reports FOR 1880 furnish some In
p'rtan f-c's n regard 20 the relative condition Of
the manufacturing industries In me Northern and
Southern states. These statistics show that tho
total number of factories In tho United States IN
lSU was ,ti.iN. Of these only Is s9s are in the
southern states and oS5 '15 IN the Northern States:
there being 7.go more In the North than In the
South. The tota. amount Of capital Invested In the
Unitel States WAS @.62i.E6.So5: OF this only $3.50
01ifG was invested In the Southern states. while
there WAS S.G7la39SiS In the Northern States. The
total number Of hands employed was a7ll.s2: OF
which 1881 were In the Southern states while
&gisG were IN 'he Northern States Tho total
wages PAID annually % tho employees IN these manu-
featuring industries WIS S.22 2Gj. Of which only
S,c.7.G5o was paid Ia the southern States. white
;i.e~'l'G125 was paid In the Northern States The
anoint paid f,r material IN The United States
e. is u.s. OF which sG72 OF 29 was pall In the
southern STAG while 81. isj so $50 was paid IA the
Northern States. The total amount OF manu-
ileurel products WIS s93oi7oG24 OF which only
rs WAS In tho Northern States.
New-fork state alone has G@2l more factories than
rs more CAPITAL invested In manufacturing establish
mrnts l. has ll5l3l more employees. Il pays these
tl.5%cC,l more FOR cost ~ material. and ihe value
% III products OF NewYork state factories Is $l7l
kentucky, New-York City has nearly as large
combined NcwYork brooklyn AMI Philadelphia
have i.1sN less factories and .6.lI less employees
than are employed In the factories Of the Southern
State. yet these three cities have xllJ.9G 439
money invested In manufacturing estnblsnments
Thy pay tho employees In their factories. although
ess I'm number. 500 -. 7S5 more IN wages they
paw out $2i..S199 moro for raw material. and their
Manufactured products amount annually to $40.
ca. ga more than those OF tho sixteen Southern
States. Tn" manufactured products OF the sixteen
Southern States amount 10 si2j00lc0 more than
their farm products. whl," value Of the manufac-
turcd products OF the Northern States Is nearly
three times that ~ the farm products
Now the question arises. shall the southern States
with less Interest. be- allowed To dictate the policy
81 the nation IN regard 10 the tariff If the du-
ties on MANUFACTURED products are reduced 10 any
great extent the result Will be- disastrous only
- the Northern States. but also - the Southern
States. These enormous manufacturing Industries
should BE- protected More than half 81 the people
of this dependent upon these Industries
for q livelihood. \ vast number OF people are EN-
pioys1 as merchants. mechanics middle men.
ploycs In al, the manufactures. railroads and
transportation. In the express business IN banking
AMI other directions. that directly dependent
our manufacturing Industries for their support
oar representative In Congress should stand firm
for the protection Of these gigantic Industries. The
Mex in,ey b.ll r. OF the most Invaluable tariff
bills passed 10y Congress- and the Wilson BIZ
OF the most damaging II u IL passed. Let Con-
grcss adjourn and give the people another chance
vote the Issues. and prosperity Will return
Onc' T.. L. MILLER
Nsw-York Nav