The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-28

gan was fourth. $3.50, 0O0, 900, and she
owned Off but 81, $40, 600 600, showing that
some one owned her wealth outside OF her
borders S2l0,00 900. Illinois was actually
worth S2,2l0,000, 900, showing that some
one else outside her borders owned OF her
wealth and property SllS,000. 900; Wiscon-
sin was worth 81 ,239, 600 900, and actually
owned OF it but 5000, 600, 900, showing that
some one else not within her borders
owned Sl70, 100000; Minnesota was worth
S792, 900, 900, but her people owned of her
wealth but $685., 600, 600, showing that people
outside OF her borders owned So, 900, 900;
Indiana was worth 1851 ,000 000 but
owned only Sl,049 1000, 600, SO that some
one outside her borders owned OF her
wealth $751;, 100000; Iowa was worth
81, 72l 900, 900, and her own people owned
81, 4l5, 100000, showing that there was
owned by people outside OF her borders
y, JOG 100000 OF property. SO that we
find that OF the wealth OF those six north
western States the enormous sum of 81, 405,-
600, 600 was owned by people other than
those citizens. All these figures have
enormously increased since 1850. Who
owns the wealth OF the six northwestern
States not owned by their own citizens?
We do not have far to look. 1t is prob
lem OF easy solution. New England owns
S607, 600, 900 OF it. The wealth owned by
New York and Pennsylvania outside OF
their borders was SLICE, 600, 900. owned
undoubtedly in the northwest and in other
States not named there own sufficient TO
make the amount.
UNLIKE Mr.. BLAINE.
cite you the authority for these statis-
tics. They will be found in work known
as Twenty Years in Congress, volume
|, page l6S and following, bearing on its
title page the assurance that its author is
James q. Blaine, of Maine. | commend
my citations because they are extracted
bodily from the census OF the United States
and under, presented by Mr.. Blaine 10
show the advantages which have accrued
TO New England from protection, manu-
features and governmental authority TO
levy and collect taxes on the necessities OF
outlying provinces, as the northwestern
States have been considered. In connec-
ton with these figures, showing the
enormous wealth OF New England as COM
pared with the wealth Of three times her
population in the northwest, and with the
northwest not owning her own wealth, IL
is interesting to note that We are besides
mortgagcd 10 the east TO the enormous
amount in farm mortgages alone.
Michigan, Sl20, 220, 5ji; Minnesota, Sl22,-
800, 0G0; Wisconsin, STA, 900, 900; Illinois,
SIZE, 900, 900. With all this wealth, with
all the resources within our borders, what
explanation is there for this ownership aud
Indebtedness TO the east, with our i'm
mense output OF products TO sell in OK
oh lIhts IL 10 that tla balance IL
own wealth and the balance Of indebted
ness against us is 80 great, when on the
wealth produced We should be self sup.
porting, should own our own property,
and should owe nothing? Let us sce. In
1880, according TO the census, the output
OF finished manufactured products for the
three States which take for illustration
was rs follows Massachusetts,, 1851 ,5ll,-
600; Pennsylvania, S7I7, lSl 600; New
York, -, los, 00O,0O0 and tho tariff on the
manufactures, which were Of such articles
as we need, at AZ per cent, was the sum
Of ~, l5i, $3.50 Estimating the north
west as containing population Of about
1000, 900, one-sixth OF the present csti-
mated population Of the United States, IL
is fair 10 assume that we took one-sixth Of
the manufactured products OF these three
great manufacturing States, which is si00,-
4il.O00. II only 20 per cent, instead OF AZ
per cent, represented the tarin enhance
mcnt Of the price II shows
Sl23, 900, 600 MORE TO TnE PROTECTED STATES
than we should have II they were regu-
lated by the value OF the property we own.
These are the figures for one year. You
can easily figure how our property may go
from Us and our indebtedness increase
with these conditions continuing from
year TO year. But Mr.. Blaine says that
New England raises only about 10 per
cent. OF the wheat needed for brcadstuils,
and that she takes immense quantities OF
provisions, butter. eggs, poultry and other
produce OF the west In return for trade. IL
seemed 10 me rs | read Of the enormous
consumption OF western produce set forth
as consumed by the i.OOO,OOO people OF
New England that II would have struck
his audience that the Yankee appetite was
phenomenal, and that without reflection
the statement OF Mr. Blaine upon lis face
bears Blaiae's own familiar stamp. Let
us see as 10 brcadstuils. In 1871, "a
shown by the census OF 1880, New
England's product oi wheat was ,227,-
O37 bushels. There were 100000
people. The average consumption Of
the year 1880 ~ found by deducting the
exports from the entire crop was "a
bushels pcr individual. Allowing this
average 10 New England she would have
required 100000 bushels, or IN round
numbers, about 100000 bushels more
than she raised. But according 20 Mr..
Blaincs official statistics she needs over
81 .2jO. 600 bushels for her people, or 30
per cent more than other people In the
county. This Is not ignorance. You
can characterize IT, Even II she took ~
much wheat rs Mr. Blaine estimates, Il
would only be the surplus yield OF either
Of the northwestern States OF Ohio or In
diana, m to the supply half the yield Of
Minnesota would GIL the demand. One
third Of the crop Of
DAKOTA WOULD sTUFF TurM
~ full OF wheat ~ Blaine IL Of east wind.
Mr.. blaine further declares that New Eng.
land buys oil her butter IN the northwest.
Now, the truth IL that New England pro-
duced herself Ia 1883, in round numbers,
%, 500, 900 pounds, which WIS over Xix
teen pounds per head Tor her population,
and the total products for the country
that year was 77S,OOO,OOO. OF this, about
30,OO0,OO0 were exported, leaving for
average consumption In this country (the
most accurate data by which 10 attain the
consumption, per head, fifteen pounds.
OF the total production In 1885 Of Sl02,-
900, 900, the New England states, ~ usual,
made their full proportion. Instead of
paving the western States 5000, 900 for
butter 10 put on her bread, ~ stated 10y
Mr.. Blaine, she actually competed with
the northwest In the foreign markets with
a surplus to sell Of over l,250,0OO pounds.
While Mr.. Blaine would have you believe
that the people Of New England eat three
or four times the average per capita Of