The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-09-07
THE; FRUITS or PROTECTION.
The Savings Of English Makers Compared With
American. @y

BANGOR, Maine, rSpecial].- Five thou
sand people attended the demonstration Ia
Mr.. Blaine, he was loudly cheered when
he took the platform to make . sheech.
He was in perfect health, but having Z
slight hoarseness. His speech was written,
and he confined himself to the manuscript.
He began his remarks by stating that the
Democrats al over the country had perverted
his statement made in New York when he
compared the savings in the banks Of En-
glish w%orkingmen to those in Massachusetts.
They had said he mean the aggregate of
savings British banks, when, in fact, he had
said the working people. He had found
those in England amounting to $182, OOO,O 900,
while in Massachusetts they amounted to
$3l7,OO0, 600. England. be begged his audi
once to remember, has = population Of 80.
O0O,OOO, while Massachusetts has only ] $780,
600, inhabitants. Remember that English
workingmen live in = free trade country and
those in Massachusetts, in . protected coun-
try, 1t would be impossible to fly from the
force of the argument. He was willing.
however, to admit the aggregate savings In
the British banks, amounting to $52O,0OO,.
600, all belonged to English workers ; and
then take into consideration the proportion
of the population, and then what consolation
do the Democrats find? The speaker then
went on to make like comparisons between
England and the states and his
FIGURES MADE THE REsUL THE SAME.
He showed that after twenty eight years of
protective tariff the wage workers of New
York and New England have $7l5,O0O,000
on deposit. against an aggregate Of al say
ings of $500, 0 900 in England. He said
that it showed the American w%orkingmen to
have saved five times as much IS English
men. The Democrats, he said, made .
point that the prosperity of manufacturing
in this country was at the expense Of
To refute this, Blaine furnished statistics
showing the growth of the western or farm
ing states. The southern states had recov-
cred from the bankruptcy and devastation
of four years Of war, and for fifteen years of
protection now had $200, 900 more of
property than they owned in 1860, and still,
continued the speaker, these are the every
ones who are leading the fight against pro-
lection. Continuing he said: "Nor must 1
omit in this hasty review Of the condition
of our country under . protective system, to
call your attention to our splendid
rArEs ON THE SHORE OF THE PACIFIC.
In 1850 the mines of California had great
~ diminished in value; immigration had
fallen of: agriculture had not been Largely
developed and manufactures were not fairly
started. The total property Of California
and Oregon was but $233, 900 900. A new
career opened to them with the enactment
ofthe protective tariff in 1881. The ranch,
farm and vineyard were everywhere devel-
oped aud cultivated, manufactures grew
rapidly, and the region which . few years
before had been one great miners camp be-
came one of the most prosperou US and most
promising of the whole union. California
and Oregon had in twenty years, by the cen
sus of 1880, added more than 81, 900
to their wealth and have been accumulating
in far greater ratios during the last eight
years. Of those results We have no official
returns. Besides al immense product of
cereals and enormous growth Of wool, Cali
fornia is entering upon the cultivation of
tropical products which have been brougt
home to us over both oceans and if not ar
rested in her industrial progress in the
workshop, on the farm and in the orchard,
she will acquire q prestige and wealth which
will put her in the front rank of the states
Of the union. Imperial in extent, the Pacific
slope is destined to be imperial in the
strength and splendor Of her full! develop
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