Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-09-01
JAMES G.. BLAINE TALKS.
SOME FACTS PRESENTED FOR DEMO
Gratis TO THINK ABOUT.
Mr. Blaine Answers the Contradictions
Aade by the Democratic Press ON
His Speech in New York
Recently.
fhe Condition of the Wage Workers of
Great Britain and Massachusetts,
he shows the Results Of
Free Trade.

From Bangor, Me-: After two day
Of rain to-day opened clear and cool ant
but for the muddy streets the conditions
would have been as perfect as could be de
sired for the republican demon stration. Mr.
Blaine, accompanied by his sons, Walker
and James, Colonel Coppinger, Hon. Georg'
B. Loring and DR.. Doane, of Massachusetts,
arrived on the train from Augusta at moor
and was escorted to the residence of Hon
@. A. Boutelle, by uniformed clubs, accom-
panied with band. The speaking of thu
day took place in Center PARK, where stand
had been erected and seats placed. Ths
crowd, estimated at from 5000 to 6,OO(
persons, had assembled and packed the
space in front of the speakers stand.
When Mr.. Blaine was seen approaching
the audience broke into applause and the
band struck up Hail to the Chief" Al
Mr.. Blaine stepped on the platform ringing
cheers were given. The meeting was called
to order by NJ. g. Trask, CHI ,irman of the
city committee. He introduced Hon. Levi:
Barker, who introduced Mr.. Blaine as the
'tgrand agamemon of the republican forces
the shepherd of the people, our own James
G. Blaine" (Applause and cheers.) Hi:
speech was written and he confined
himself closely to the manuscript
which he had in his hand. A slight hoarse.
ness was noticeable during the latter par!
of the speech, and once he stopped for q
minute to ask President Barker for troches.
The speech was as follows:
made in the city of New York on the day
of my arrival from abroad, remarked, as
illustrating the superior condition of labor
ing men in the United States, that the wage
workers in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland did not have
in the savings banks of that country
as large a sum to their credit as
did the wage workers of the comparatively
small state of Massachusetts in the savings
banks Of that state. a day OF two after
wards this most significant fact was vio-
lently contradicted by many democratic
papers. They one and all perverted my
statement by imputing to me the declara-
ton that there was larger aggregation of
money in the savings banks of Massachu-
sets than there was in the savings banks of
the British Isles. As I happened to know
quite as well as the gentlemen who contra
dicted me the exact figures in both cases
was very careful in making my state
ment, and l confined myself strictly
and Ireland, and the amount to the credit
of the wage workers in Massachusetts as it
will be shown by the report of my speech
in the very papers that afterwards mis-
quoted it. 1t is really in that special feature
of the deposits that the pith of the whole
question lies. Let me now give the figures
for Great Britain and Ireland, and in so
doing I will use dollars instead of pounds.
SO as to make all comparisons the more
oJl v,o I mil bo
British depositors the advantage of 3per
cent in reckoning the pound equivalent to
$500.
The total amount at the clase of the last
year in both the savings and postal banks
of the United Kingdom was in the round
$500, 100000. But the whole of
this sum was by no means to the credit OF
the wage workers of the kingdom. Under
the English law various other classes are
permitted to make deposits both in the saw
ings and postal banks. From an authori-
tive British publication you may learn that
persons of independent means, professional
men and their wives. may deposit in these
institutions as also may policemen,
pensioners and also their wives,
so also may minors having accounts in
their own names, so also may females,
only as married women, widows
or spinsters," so also may "trust accounts"
be deposited, including all joint accounts
of principals for minors, also may persons
engaged in education, male and female,
which includes professors in universities and
colleges, principals and teachers in all other
schools. The limit for any one depositor is
$50 per year, and the amount cannot ex-
coed 81, 600 with interest. What proposition
The deposits of wage workers bear to the
whole is not :, officially reported,
this cOuntPv
simply estimated. I found in
England that the amount belonging to ac-
tual wage workers was varioIsly stated,
some putting it as low as 10 per cent of the
total deposits, while most of those from
whom sought information put it at about
Is per cent. For the sake of being just and
even liberal in the comparisons, let US esti-
third of the total deposits, a sum equivalent
10 $1S2, 0OO, coo belonging to actual wage
workers in the kingdom. That is an esti-
mate many millions higher than was made
By any Englishman, of whom made in
luiry:
Let us now turn to Massachusetts Tor the
other side of this comparison. At the close
IF last year the total amount Of. deposits in
he savings banks OF that commonwealth
% $58,OOO,OCO in trust companies and CO.
operative banks, which always receive de-
posits from wage workers but of
which / shall take no note, combining
myself to the savings banks proper, as
n England there is no official state
nent as to the occupation of depositors, but
It the treasury Office of Massachusetts, it is
estimated that IS per cent. of the whole
amount or $237, 100000 belong to the wage
workers Of the state. In the case of the
British depositors, assigned them ten per
,ent more than any estimate which l re-
,eived in England. So now let rs reduce
he estimate of the treasury of Massachu-
,etts by ten per cent, and assign only sixty
i've per cent to the credit of the wage
workers of that state, and the amount will
be- found to be $206 1000, or 81, 100000
more than the amount of the credit Of the
wage workers of the United Kingdom.
beg you to take in the full force OF this
statement I am making comparisons be-
;ween the savings of the wage workers OF q
kingdom accounted the weaithiest OF Eu-
rope, with population of g, 0O0, 900 on the
3ne hand. and on the other hand the savings
3f the wage workers in one of the smallest
states, territorially, of the American union.
With population at the last census of l, 75O,-i
100, and only q little moro perhaps than
J, 100000 to-day. The British artisan,
working under system of absolute free
trade. the Massachusetts, working under q
we'll organized system Of protection, the
figures have such portentious meaning that
z ia no wonder that the free trade democrats