The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-07-24

.tinction between sassessedp value and atrues
value being carefully observed VI The grand
result was TINT the strue value" of NIL the prop
!erty in The States and Territories excluding
lions Of dollars ($14 ,QO0, l 600, 600 Ihisag-
.gTegate was the net result OF the slabor and
the savings of an the psople thin the area
of the United States from the; time the first
British colonist landed in ] 607i down to. the
year 1850. 1t represented the fruit Of the
After 1860 the business Of the country was
encouraged and developed by Q protective
tariff At the end of twenty years the total
property Of the United States, as; returned by
the census of 1880, amounted to the
enormous aggregate Of forty four thou
900. GOO This great result was attained.
notwtthsta nding hefaet that countless mil;
lions had In, the interval been wasted in the
progress of "a bloody war. 1t thus appears
that while our population between 1850 and
1880 increased go per cent, the aggregate
cent showing a vastly enhanced wealth per
capita among the people. Thirty thousand
millions Of dollars $3.50, 600, OOO, OOO)3 had
been added during these twenty years to the
permanent wealth of the nation. ;.s 3 !...
These results are regarded by the older
nations Of the world az phenominal. That
our country should surmount the peril and
the cost Of b gfgantic war and for an entire
period of twenty years make an average gain
to its wealth Of $125, 600, 900 per month
SURPRISES the experience of all other nations.
ancient or modern Even the, opponents OF
the present revenue system do not pretend
that in the whole histoty Of civilization any
parallel can be found to the material progress
of the United States since the accession Of
the Republican party to power. n Ssss2
y The period between 1860 and to- day has
not .beenfone Of material prosperity only AT
no time in the history Of the United States
has there been such progress in sthess moral
liable institutions, schools, semfnnries and
colleges, have been founded and endowed
far more generously than at any previous
time in our history. Greater and more varied
relief has been extended to human suffering
and the entire progress ct the country IN
by q broadening and elevation OF our ma
Honal character as apeople. Il.
Our. opponents find fault That our revenue
system produces surplus But they should
notforgeb that the law has given o specific
purpose (Which all Of the surplus is profit
of the public debt and the consequent relief
of the burden Of taxation No dollar has
been wasted, and the only extravaganza
with which the party stands charged Is the
generous pensioning of soldiers, sailors and
their families-an extIayag ance which enl-
UOCuSbF llC J1sbltSS LuG I6lS-
.0gnition and payment Of g sacred debt
When reduction Of taxation Is to be made.
fhesR6pubi team pi{rty Gun Sas trustee to ne
icomplfsft it In such FORM rs Nh moss effect
Jyely MD the jndustrie les OF the ma zion,
- 4 5SsS e souR FOREIGN COMMERCE
NJ "a frequ ent accc nsatior by our opponents IL
Tint the foreig .comIne cree Of the, country
has. steadily decayed under the Influence of
the protective tariff. III thisewayt they seek
ito array the importing interest against the
RepubG can party. It is acommon land yet
radical error TO confonnd The commerce OF
the, country with ICY rying trade an error
often commit ted limo ently and sometimes
desgnedly but an error 30 gross that it does
not distinguish between the ship and the
cargo Foreign commerceirepresen the ex-
ports and imports Of q country regardless OF
the nationality OF the vessel that may carry
the commod ities Of exchange n Our carrying
trade has from obyio causes suffered many
disco ragenaents since 1860, but our foreign
commerce has in the same period steadily
and prodig iously Increased increase IN
deed ut a rate aud to an amount which abso-
SI1tely dwarf all previous developments oi
:o1r trade beyond the sea Front 500 to the
present time the gSoreig commerce Of Thu
equality between exports and imports3
reached the astounding aggregate OF twenty,
four thoneand mi Hons 0ft dollars [S24 900.
400. 00Q The balance Of this yast com.
merce Inclined IN onr favor bnts II you'd
have been much Iarg er ii Our trade with THE
countries OF America eiseWh ere!t referred to
had been more wisely adj nsted ;.ss 5as "
! II ii difinult even tonpp rcciate the magni.
tude OF oar export trade etnce 1860 and G.ses
can gain 81 correct conception of IL only by
comparison With preceding results La the
s1aa Held The total exports from tia
United States from the declaration OF indie
pehdence in 1776 down to the day Of LIN.
coins election In II 800, addct TO all tAat had
Previously Been exporfe from the American
colonies from their ginal settlement,
Of dollars COS, 000; 9OO, 90 Dt on tbs other
hsnd oHr axnoxta from 300 II the ecIose -ot