The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-01

soma Northern states Michigan
5000. ohio. $24.f. Wisconsin. scot
Illinois. S11-o. Indiana. <1a.s. Mime
sofa. $1$.s. Iowa. $l3-3.
The p rcentage of increase Of CAPT
tai invested in manufacturing. from
1880 To 1850 Wa for all the New Eng
land states 80 per cent Ia contrast
place the stand stir southern states
Their increase was I6 per cent, or ~
per cent. more than New England
How Jared ii with the operatives, th"
working class employed The average
price per day for carpenters in tn.
South was 500: in New England.
$1-GI. In the United States. cXclui-
Ing the South. California and Oregon.
was $751;. In Virginia there We're
manufacturers Of more than tWcntg-
kinds i'm 1860. l give one more
instructive citation from Mr.. Dyer b
little volume. In 1860 there was Of per
capita wealth in the South x5l2.Sl-
the slaves not Ouuted In the North
$4S9.0o.
Rhodes. a popular Northern histo-
rian, is pleased to state that the lack
of schools was painfully apparent in
the South" Another Of the historical
ignoramuses Numbered in the old way,
and said. Every one knew that the
schools in the South We're rare ana
poor What ignorance this, / can not
go into it at length. but a few eX-
amples will answer. In 1860, they Wee
twice the number of students in thc
Southern colleges that We're in those OF
p~uffed-up New England, and they
nearly doubled also in incomes. TIL
South led the North and by far IN
advance of the total amount spent an
nually for public schools, academies
other schools not including col
Ieges." Oyer. page So In 1860, the
South had 27.5S2 schools, 29,179 teach
ers, and 954,678 pupils. with an an
nual income of $5,269,642. New Eng
land had 1918 schools, 16, 97S teach
crs. 653.234 pupils, and $2,972,S2 an
nual income. While Mr.. Dyer devotcs
much of his space to Virginia he says:
perhaps no other state in the Union
made greater progress in perfecting
the state Free Public School system
before the Civil Wa than North Caro-
lima. Certainly in no other State was
the interest in public education deeper
or wider than here" I hope Mr.. Dyer's
little octave of 30 pages will do much
good. and especially in helping to
cure Northern ignorance that so
abounds. He expects to publish here
after a larger work of the kind. /
should have mentioned that Mr.. Dyer
is a Professor in Vanderbilt Universe
ty at Nashville, Tenn.
L ave .'1tii ~ WY III I'll I if'N -
not been able to write any thing for
publication except the above during
the present mont of April. n I
have published had been previously
prepared, fortunately by me. | am
still sick. and | wish to say to my cor
respondents whose unanswered letters
are piled upon my table, that | do not
know when | shall be able to consider
them. if ever. / am gratifed to be
able to resume my neglected pencil.
| received recently, and read with
profit. q Thanksgiving Address 1T
was delivered in far away China, by
an able and we'll equipped North Care
Iinian long resident in that country
Hon. Thomas r.. Jcrnigan. It was de
iivered at Thanksgiving service on
first of January last. The present
ConsuI-General, as | learn from the
announcement in the journal of
American Association 70. China" of
January. 1906, invited q former Con
Sul-Gcneral. appointed under Il DEM
ocratic administration, to deliver The
address. Mr.. ~Jecrnigan, who spoke
with eloquent force. gave such a clear
exposition of the Constitution of the
United States and the progress our
country has made, that We are sure
our readers will be glad to see it in
the columns of his Journal ] found
it entertaining, clear, and instructive.
and like all ever read from MIR JcT-
nIgan, in good taste and excellent
style. hat address. not very elabo-
rate. will instruct most Americans
who may chance to read it. There
are one or two points to which L could
not assent. Mr.. Jernigan has been
in China for probably ten or twelve
years. I have Il volume he sent me
that should have been referred to be-
fore this. l will cndeayor to say
something soon about it. l hope lrc
VIII be able to return to his native
Carolina and resume citizenship.
Wilmington, Y. G.