The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864: Devoted To Literature And National PolicyVarious
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864: Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Periodicals
We have seen the actual results in 1860, but if Kentucky had increased
in population from 1800 to 1860 in the same ratio as Ohio, Kentucky then
would have numbered 11,175,970, or nearly ten times her present
population; and if the product had been the same as in Ohio, _per
capita_, the value would have been $1,612,804,230, or more than fourteen
times greater than the result. Thus it is demonstrated by the official
Tables of the Census of the United States, that if Kentucky had
increased in wealth and population from 1800 to 1860 in the same ratio
as Ohio, the results would have been as follows:
Kentucky: population in 1860, 11,175,970; actual population in 1860,
1,155,684; value of products in 1860, $1,612,804,230; actual value in
1860, $115,408,000.
Some attempt has been made to account for these marvellous results, by
stating that Ohio has a border on one of the lakes, and Kentucky has
not. But to this it may be replied, that Kentucky borders for twice the
distance on the Ohio River, has a large front on the Mississippi River,
and embraces within her limits those noble streams, the Cumberland and
Tennessee Rivers, making, together with the Big Sandy, Licking,
Kentucky, Green, and Barren Rivers, the natural advantages of Kentucky
for navigation, superior to those of Ohio. But a conclusive answer to
this argument is found in the fact that, omitting all the counties of
Ohio within the lake region, the remainder, within the valley of the
Ohio River, contain a population more than one half greater than that of
the whole State of Kentucky.
LANDS.-The farm lands, improved and unimproved, of Ohio, in 1860, were
worth $666,564,171. The number of acres 20,741,138, value per acre
$32.13. (Census of 1860, p. 197, Table 36.) The farm lands of Kentucky,
improved and unimproved, were worth $291,496,953, the number of acres
19,163,276, worth per acre, $15.21. (_Ib._) Difference in favor of Ohio,
$375,067,165. But if to this we add the difference between the value of
the town and city lots and unoccupied lands of Ohio and Kentucky, the
sum is $125,009,000, which added to the former sum ($375,067,165) makes
the difference in favor of Ohio $500,076,165, when comparing the value
of all her lands with those of Kentucky. We have seen that the value of
the products in 1860 was, Ohio $337,619,000, Kentucky $115,408,000. But
these products embrace only agriculture, manufactures, the mines, and
fisheries.
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