_Val. or am't Val. or am't exported. consumed_. Bread stuffs, meats & drinks, D. 13,500,000 270,000,000 Provender for horses, &c. (say) 50,000 60,000,000 Manufactures, (in general) 2,000,000 220,000,000 Product of the fisheries 1,500,000 9,000,000 -------------- forest 6,000,000 60,000,000 Cotton, lbs. 85,000,000 40,000,000 Tobacco, hhds. 75,000 25,000 Rice, tierces 80,000 80,000 The value of the cotton, tobacco, and rice consumed in the United States, being considered as included in the aggregate values of the manufactures used, or other stuffs consumed, will give a value to the consumption equal to 619, say 620 millions of dollars per annum; and assuming our population at 9,500,000, the average for each individual is 65 dollars a-year. This amount includes ALL sorts of disbursements needful to the subsistence, convenience and comfort of the people, except the product of the value of labour directly applied to the _erection_ of buildings or other permanent works. The amount, though it appears enormous, I am satisfied is less than the actual value consumed. It brings out the general result, that our exports stand to our consumption as 45 is to 620--or as _one_ is to _fourteen_, at the present time. When the price of commodities was higher, the rate was as _one_ to _seventeen_. The ratio of each of the preceding items are about as follows: _Exported. Consumed._ Bread stuffs, meats & drinks, as 1 is to 21 Provender, 1 -- 200 Manufactured articles, 1 -- 110 Product of the fisheries, 1 -- 6 ---- forest, 1 -- 10 Cotton, 2 -- 1 (nearly.) Tobacco, 3 -- 1 Rice, 1 -- 1 It would be excessively tedious to attempt to detail the multitude of items that affect these general conclusions. Accuracy is not pretended in either of them. Probabilities only are aimed at. From these facts assumed as being pretty near the truth, we may estimate the importance of the home trade, or internal commerce and consumption of the people, and arrive at a multitude of highly interesting considerations. Take the following for an example: