Nevada County picayune., 1888-05-30
Some Plain Questions.

all accumulated in the last twenty five vears-arc to be found in them
 How is it that the nine industrial states. having only onefourth of the population of the country, own more than one-half the true wealth-the estimated figures being; True wealth of the nine industrials states S24. G3O, ,OOO .OOO, of all other states S19. 9.1O2. .OOO GOO?
 Why is it that one-half the wealth in the great states of the West is owned in the industrial states:
 Why is it that the average true wealth in the industrial states is about sl. 76O per capita, while in the other states it is only s52S:
 Why is it that those great modern accumulation. wealth and political power. the railroads and telegraph lines of the country, are nearl y all owned and controlled in the indus trial states:
 How is it that the farm on which the Kansas farmer raise his wheat is mortgaged to money Ioaning corpo- ration is an industrial state, and the railroad he ships it to market on is owned in an industrial state also.
 How is it that also:
 How is it that all the industrial states report large savings in banks, while twenty-thrcc of the agriculture al states report none at all How Is it that the little industrial state of Rhode Island reports nearly three times as much savings on deposit as the three great agricultural states of Ohio. Indiana and Minnesota togeth- cr-the figures being for Rhode ls- land. S5l.Sl6, ,0OO: for Ohio. Indiana and Minnesota Sl7 .723. GOO: How is it that the industrial state of Massa- chuSctts alone reports S2I5, ,OOO. .OOO on deposits in savings banks. and while twenty three of the agrl- cultural states report none! And how is it that the nine industrial states have large aggregate of Sl,- O33. OOO. .OOO in saving banks and all the other states and territories only nc. .OOO. .OOO, or less than one ninth as much!
 How is it that the insurance com panies of the single city of Hartford, Conn.,. hold S7O. .OOO GOO in Western farm mortgages. the loan companies of Boston SIG .0OO, ,OOO and the money lenders of the little state of New Hampshire S35 ,OOO. .OOO, How is it that the seven Western states of Kansas. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Michigan. and Ohio are cum bercd with real estate mortgages to the estimated enormous amount of S4 .i2l ,0OO. .OOO-t -three-fourthS of which are held in the industrial states. with one-sixths as much cap tai and one third as many persons employed in manufacturing as all the states have in farming. show q total product of manufactures nearly as great in value as the entire farm product of the land: The census of 1880 shows an aggregate of S1.1SO.- OOO. .OOO invested in manufacturing and a total of 2,l1O, ,OOO persons em' ploved in that vocation. and all the states show SlO. .605 .OO0. .OO0 capitSI invested, and 1,61O, ,OOO persons em' ployed in farming, yet the manufac' turing product of the industrial states (less the cost of raw material was Sl.2l6. .OOO. .OOO. while the entire farm product of the whole country was only s2,2l3.OOO, ,0O0.
 Why is it that the average product of one persons labor in farming k $500 a year. and the average pro- duet of one persons labor in manu- featuring is S76O-morc than twice as much:
 Why isit that the gross product value of manufactures i'll the indus trial states (Sl,2lG, ,OOO, ,O0O) is 70 per cent. on the capital invested G0, 0,6O3, ,oO0. .OOOD
 Why is it that the net profits in farming in 1880 were only ;! per cent.-more than seven times as great.
 The answer to these questions is to be found in the protective tariff. Thi. tariff not only builds up mann- lecturers at the cost of all other yoca- tions, but it favors the nine indust- rial or manufacturing states located in the northeastern corner of the Union, al the cost of all other state, and territories II iS iSrsscntiallv sec tional partial and in equitable. Its ad-