New-York tribune., 1888-08-24
MR.. BLAINE AT BANGOR.
ZEE SHOWS WHAT Protection has DONE.
u7oUREs FROM WHICH TIE rREE-rsAoxRs oAx-
not FLY-soME pEMocKATro CRITICISMS
ANswERgp-raE couyTRY's UH.

not FLy-soNE DEMOCRATIC CRITICISMS
ANswERgD-TaE couSTRvs CS.
P,RAILvLEr GROWTH
INT TELEGRAPH THE rRInuSx
Bangor. Aug. 23.-If IL was ever doubted that
Ahe REPRESENTATIVES OF this section OF the country
were lukewarm that doubt has been expelled to-
day by the magnificent outpouring OF the masses
on the occasion Of visit from James q. Blaine
here Mills and factories shut down, the country
peopIe left their harvest fields, all thronging TO
town. and since the visit OF General Grant no such
welcome was ever accorded any man rs was given
Names honored son. Not only this, but those
who were with him. and who stand high in the
councils Of the party, and who like MIR. Blaine,
spoke for Harrison and Morton and protection
70 American labor and American industries were
erected IN O manner which must convince them
that 81 the Pine Tree State when she speaks in
November will send out uncertain sound.
The day was auspicious Train load after
trsn load OF hardy farmers lumbermen and work
men came and at noon when Mr.. Blaine arrived on
n regular train and IN a common car crowds were
out TO greet him An incident illustrates how
near he gets to the common people. and how we'll
they know him. An Indian OF the Penobscot tribe
made his way 10 the baruuchc In which MIR. Blaine
sat and held out his hand Mr.. Blaine took 1T
and shook 1t heartily, and then. as the masses
Of the or rginal dwellers of this land Walker
Blaine, Colonel Coppinger James q. Blaine, jr'
and some intimate friends accompanied Mr. Blaine,
and all were the guests of Congressman Boutelle.
In an address before immense throng IN the
afternoon Mr. Blaine said in part:
Fellow Citizens In a brief speech which made in
the city Of New-York the day OF my arrival from
abroad remarked. nusra ing the superior con-
dition Of laboring in the United States that the
T-pf,e I'D Efr~h of CfQa
and Ireland did have in the savings banks OF that
country As large q sum to their credit as did the
wacr-workers of the comparatively small STATE OF
sSachusetts In the savings banks Of that State
day or afterward this poDderous and most sig
nihcani fact violently contrsdlced by many Dom
ocratic papers They one and all perverted my sate
ment By imputing the declaration that there was
larger aggregation OF money in the savings banks OF
Massachusetts than there In the savings banks OF
the British Isles. AS happened to know quito Is
well as the gentlemen who contradicted me the exact
figures both cases, very careful In MAKING my
Abatement and confined myself strictly to the WACO
workers in Great Britain and ireland, and the amount
to the credit Of the wagc-workers In Massachusetts
II will be shown by the report of my speech In tho
very papers that afterw ard misquoted IT, II is really
in that special feature OF the deposits that the pith OF
the whole question lies. Let me now give the hgures
for Great Britain and Ireland, and in so doing VIII
use dollars instead Of pounds so as TO make all COM
give the British dspostors advantage OF per cent
IN reckoning the pound equivalent to Ave dollars
The total amour, at the close of last year in both
the savings and postal banks Of the United hingdotn
was in round numbers, $500 600 600 but the wnSe S
Of this by no means TO the ledt OF lhe "Ss
workers Of the kingdom. Unde the t;ngllsh "a"
various Cher class are are peeb ban M uAA' From an
authoritative British publication you may earn ma
Of ind y nds15 Do! Tean' IN css
also may policemen lctercarriers revenue
secounis In their own names also may females
described only as married women wd9%e w. denosited
Including all joint accounts or prfneipay lot minor, ai
90 aso may persons s"ega m IN UNIVERSITIES and
colleges and principals and teachers IN az o'neI
sono"is, sra the smo.nt cannot exceed 81 900 with
interest
wAGE-woRKERs SAVINGS IN GREAT BRITAIN
What proportion The deposits OF wage workers bear
10 the whole Is officially reported but, rs IN ,hs
country is simply estimated. found In England tha
the amount belonging 10 actual wage-worRers was
variously statcd-some putting as low as ten per
cent OF the total deposits, while most OF those from
whom sought information put IT at about twenty-five
per cent For the sake Of being Just ana even
llbe | a III, comparisons Il: US estimate al 'nTty-he
per cent or than onethird OF the to'a oeposiC
sum equivalent to one hundred and eishtyt~o M
lions OF dollars (sl 80 900 OC0) belonging 20 actusI
wage workers in the kin gdom. Thai : an estimate
many mill ons higher than vas maze nie oS sN
Lnglishman OF whom made inquiry. o,A.,
Lei turn 10 AAssae huse,s ioI tns , ou.er .e
The toal amount Of deposits in the savings banks Of
thai Commonwealth va more nan e sse oo0and his
In addition hny-eight millions $500 IN ~
svs Ssi depoSifs from wsse workers but Of which
shal take no note, connnng myself TO the saslngs
nenf a. 10 the occupation Of depostors, but at the
Treasury Office OF Massachusetts, II Is esiimSec that
,se ws~eworEers of the state In the of the
British depositors assigned them 10 per sem more
et Us reduce the estimate Of the Treasury of Masss.
shusetts by 10 per cent and assign only % per cens
the amount VIII be found to be S208 600 600, or
ga OOo, 900 more than the amount to the ereot OF
The wage workers Of he United kinHSm ,Sn , orcs o.,
this sta'cment. ] am making comparison oer"een s.
the savings of the waee-TorEers o. a'nsIOm s
OF IS 1000 600, the one hand. and on .,ale rae
other os 6spG q. ST tmas ssY9 States erOnay Of tho
American Union, with a population a. the last census
OF a million and three-quariers u7s3, oo5I, and Only
a little moro. pei haps, than two millions foday-tne
Dri,ish arr san wo ting under svstem ~ absolute
lee-trsde the Massachusetts, workman working under
welLn Ganized system OF proiectlon. Ihe ngures
have such porenlous meaning that It IS no wonder
the free trade Democratic papers hy from them anu
reject their conclusions.
NO ESCAPE FROM THE FIGURES.
But they cannot escape, for am willing after
eindlcating as | have the correctness OF my own
statement, as made IN New-York TO take the state
ment which they imputed to ne and ask them 10
publish the ngures and the comparisons which are
so readily reduced Admit. for the argument that
the whols sum OF five hundred and twenty
millions ts02oOoo,oo0I in the savings
banks belongs to tie age-workers OF the
United hlngdOn, and that on the oihe hand the en-
tire S3l7 900 900 In the savings banks OF Massachu-
setts belong 20 the wOrkers OF that staie What
then, the increncel Thai the wage WOrheIs among
ihi eight millions Of people have say ed The one sum-
while the wage-workers among two millions OF people
have saved he other; that nineteen wage workers
10 England have saved $500, wi.le one WaSe-"orAcr
in Massachusetts has saved s15s 80, that one wage
worker 10 Massachusetts, has saved much as twelve
Hsge-wUrkers IN England.
But ! anticipate the hing from the Democratic o.
ltors hal these startling sites Massa huset,s
ana thai she hae always ally Ia, oieI n the
RccumUla ion o ~ealih By the protective tarn. and
has grown rich al the expense OF other States OF the
Union Let them, then. turn 10 New York. whose
electoral transferred the National Admi istrs ioB