The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-05-10
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roKlEH oN III srBucI
Gdsr NJ" above beadi .. gnurr>seIlei#
paper IN" british American rHiI.u sIte-
currency to some statement II aII.aef
fact, which seem 10 eall for correction
Yon say .--
W other nation IN this or any ..r fH.
hade anything Ike the sam pi92r,.-- in
material prosperity that ha. br-u made il
England during tie last haif pcutHr.....z
A7As II free trader, ar il error uIaftf1i.
ui.Ha Ia. commercial supremacy Of fna
land 10 her system Of free imports il j.
Incumbent on TIL ad8uratr~ Of hfvh faf
ill., 10 show that Free Trade ha- not e4n.
irlanird 10 this result. and that luelaa#
Ia. become wealthy aud prosperous, II
in consequence Of Free Trade. hai ii
spitc Of IL. Whatever may be the lraa
eanscs, the fact is indi>puiablc sud + To-
Important to be iguored-the only atr5i
Free Trade nation in the world ha. b..
come the richest and the greatest tradiH4
nation IN the world.
! he statements which are erroneous a.
! that no other nation has madr the
salne progress in material pro- peri,y. =
thai Great Britain has become the rich,-.i
aud the greatest trading nation in til.
world With no wish to utter a word
that will drtract from the greatness aud
uudoubicd prosperity Of Great Britain.
rs indicated by large Accommodations of
Wealth->o called, | merely direct eo4r
attention 10 the facts a cptomizrd IN TIE
reports of the Tenth Censns l.-p.. an
by the generally accepted authority Mn
hall ll) As to the relative progress IN
material prosperity: In $500 the t1tai
wealth Of Great Britain was q. jlu.0aa.
09o.or S9i.jOu. 900 800; Of the United
States, Gloss .o9J,ooo. or - 4an. uoe. Una.
In lNN2, when reliable figures were nt-
tanned, the wealth Of Great Britain had
become ts.72o,0do oo9or $500, uJo.oi1,
while at the date Of the tenth ctu-ti~. iNa
years before, lSsn, the wealth Of the Uni
ted States had risen to 60, 80 coo Oou. or
SIS ,9j0uOU, 900. Doubtless the same ten
deney continues II the present time IL IN
dieated by all statistics obtaiuablc Of a
Trustworthy character. - 1t j. general
" conceded, ! believe. that in l~~1 tie
United States was the greatest trading
nation, the largest manufacturing nation
and the richest agricultural nation where
of accurate figures could be had. Here
is the record -
IoiV' II Manufactures
Great Britain. tsll 600, o00-s4 Uj5 au9.-
ooo, Uni.od States. El,ll2,U0Oouo -.
5G0 ,Q1o, 900.
The per ceutln of increase in thir'y
years was for Great Britain, something
over luo per cent: for United States, al.
most 600 per cent.
lSsO: Value of agricultural and pasto-
raj products :-
Greaf Britain. LIT .000 900 81 - non
ono United States. fGoI 900 coo. -S.;.o2a.
oQoolO.
Bearing upon the total trade Of the two
nations, here are the central facts i'm the
case -
The amount paid for railroad fr5ght.,
at the period named. in the United States
was GlluO00. 1000, or s55O.OoO. 600. which
exceeds the entire amount of roilro9d
freightagc Of Great Britain. France. and
Italy, and it is greater than the sum
earned by all the merchant ships in thp
world-othcr than those of the United
States.
The internal commerce of the United
States is greater than the entire foreign
commerce of Great Britain and ireland.
France, GERMANY Russia Holland Bel5I-
UNI. and Austria Hungary. The PcnnSvl.
vania railroad system alone TRANSPORT ,
mpr tonnage than all the merchant ~hins
Of Great Britain. The river trad1r Of
this country contributes no incou,fderahlr
quantity In 1874, it is computed hy com
potent authorities the commerce on the
Ohio River alouc. from Pitt>hrg f. New
Cairo, WAS valued at cleo 600 900. or