The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-11-02
THE VESTS PROGRESS,
uyprR rnE BENEFICENr INFLUENCE
= or PROTECTION.


what q High xafiM Has Done Tor the Great
Notwithstanding and Instructive
Faots aud Figures-voters, Read Them
and Ponder Them.
rspsecho Of MI. Blaine at Indianapnls.]
Il 10 tho studied and persistent effort Of the
Democratic party In this Presidential campaign
TO prsjudice the West against tho East on the
subjsct OF the tariff. maintaining, that the East
en- States get the benefit Of production end the
Western States get Its burden. Now, IL the tariff
for protection 90 operates that one section gets
whole system Of protection ought to be aboi.
lshed; aud II the advocates OF q protective tariff
osnnotp prove that 1t ts Of IS great advantage to
to the south as 1t is to the North, and that It Is
Q national and not 2 sectional policy-if, l say,
they oaunot establish those points, then the
policy ouQht to be abandoned. But 1 maintain
and In the few minutes l shall occupy your ct.
toution I shall endeavor to prove by figlres aud
p fsSssC ,,ross. the West. the great, growing,
ct the protective tariff than any section Of the
whole Union.
Gentlemen. I know that involves questions of
facts and not questions Of fancy: and i cali
your attention to the census of 1850, and IL there
arc any Democrats present they will not wish 10
vas taken under tho administration of Mir. Bu-
chsnan. ! qno,e the figures of that census as to
TIE wealth OF eleven Western states-Ohio, ln-
lows, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado
The last two were Territories when Mr.. Lincoln
came into power. but wero long since mado
states. Accounting to the census of 1860 the AZ.
6re0ete wealth OF these eleven Western States
vas aomethins under $1,000. 9 O.0oo. and in 1881,
twenty years aitcrward, by the national census,
It has increased and or .wn four-fold In twenty
years. and in the last eight years enough hns
eleven States tar beyond seo.O Oo,oo0.M o or a yast
deal larger sum than tho whole wealth II the
United States the day Lincoln was insugurntod.
You CON test this question In another way. In
.1es0 these eleven States had lO.COu miles OF rail-
road. or scarcely that; and to-day, twenty-eight
years afterward. they have nearly 5000 miles
g, railroad; MINI you. these eleven Western
wy within their borders as the whole Union
had before the civil war. Something or othor
mas ena aaeI,, you Western people to get along
N 9 degree lar beyond that of tho old Eastern
States, in a ratio far creator than tho Eastorn
states haye maintained. As another proof Of
that progress l have hero q singular table from
the ohlctal census of 1850. in which the princi-
pal own and cities in tho United States are
gwen ! viii quote those Of the eleven Vest
ton at that time: Cleveland was ls.OOD.
Toledo was not large enough to be included in
the statement ut all. Detroit was 5000. Grand
Rapids. that now has 5000. was not mentioned,
Cnica9o-wlat DO you say the population of Chi
csgo was In lsto2-luo oo9 Its growth docs not
seem to have been much impeded by the protec-
tive taria. for 1t Is now ,three-quarters Of a mill
ion at least. Milwaukee was 45,ON. ST. Paul
and Minneapolis had not grown o enough colise-
qI1enSe IN as6o to be mentioned in this table at
people. Columbus o., had 1870. o, now some
75,0OO; Cincinnati had 10000; Louisville. 6s, OOO;
notknow there was such n place; Denver-ithad
never been heard of in the census; indianapolis
much do you suppose it was in 1860? I'm.
Omshap Well. Omaha lad no mention ut Nil.
The aggregate of these cities was 67OO1O in
1850. and is to-day three and q half million. This
has been retariing the growth and DEVELOPMENT
OF the West. This is the great hardship the