The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-11-01
Review of Our Savings Banks.

TO the Editor of the Banner Il am
surprised that the superintendent of
your savings banks in his interesting
report, should have made the error that
he did in saying the savings banks in
Vermont had more deposits per capita
than any State except Rhode Island. If
he will turn to the United States Comp
troler's report for 1887, or to the tenth
number of the statistical abstract of the
United States, 1887, printed by the Gov
eminent. page 80, he will find that for
1861 that nine states beside Rhode
Island had more deposits per capita
than Vermont.
In lSS6-S7, the number of states in
making onlv partial returns gave rs
depositors 3,4lS,013, and the amount Of
deposits at 1885, PAT 81. Average to
each d.positor 1861 80. There is moth
ing like this elsewhere in the wide
world. The State of New York with its
9, 900 600 of people has more deposits in
It's savings banks than Great Britain
has with its 5000, 900 of people mall its
savings banks. These facts ell Of our
prosperity as people.
give you the number of paupers in
England and Wal of all classes; in
1886, and the cost of supporting them,
stated in the Reform Almanac, page 147,
London for 1888. Number rf paupers
S07 $50. Cost Sal, 4Sl $50. The expen-
diIures for the rel eff and management
Of the poor in the United Kingdom for
1886 was $50, 1853, $40. Welt does the
Reform Almanac ak whence aIi'ts
this appall ng mass of puupersm IN the
richest country and among the most in
dustTinus people in the world Z"
Democratic papers tell us that in the
United Kingdom the people are consum-
ing more quantities of the leading att
cles OF food than they used to a few
years ago per capita Let us see
Bacon and ham, IN 1880, 1896 lbs, IN
1886. II o.. Butter, IN 1880, 1.39; IN
1886, Z II. Cheese. 1880 5.SG; 1886 II
Golf e, 1880, 092; 1886, 0 &c. Corn
whea, and wheat flour. 1880, 2l042;
1886, 1856 ~ Potstoes, 1880 81 SO 1886,
$50. Rice, 1880. 14.l4; 1886, 10 Is
Sugar. raw 1880, SAGE; 1886, A 81,
refined, 1880, 946; 1886. 1878,
Tea, 1880 450; 1886, A 81 The guam
tity of beef consumed in 1881 was q as
gallons; in 1885 % IS gallons. We are
the best fed. best clothed, best lodged,
btoA ldll ptNllt III lllN "'iibH uhh - 20
because we protect our own labor, and |
have lppislated for ourselves ami not
for the world Thomas jefferson, the |
third President of the United States, |
supposed to be Democrat of the strict |
est sect, said, That to be independent |
for the comforts Of life, we must fabri- |
cate them ourselves" This is as true
now as when he uttered the sentiment,
and when It was taught me year after
year by Darius Clark, o. g. Merrill,
David Robinson and Others when | was
an apprent ce on the eVermOHt Gazette
from 1925 to 1928, Democratic paper.
Men may talk and wire OF free trade,
but this fact | know to he true, that
since 1924, the periods when we have
had the highest rate of duties, have been
the periods Of the greatest property in
all the departments of American indus
Try. This is true and every man Of my
,ge knows it.
Let us stand by the party that stands
by the policy of Protection To American
Labor, and saved this Union for us. and
Tor all the generations to come after us, I
4 we are true to the faith OF our fathers
md our God who guided the May Il over
o Plymouth instead of jamestown,
Yours for Harrison and Morton,
JAMES A BRIGGS.
BrOOkIyu n Y Ost % 1888