St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28

the wealth of the six Northwestern
states the enormous sum of 81, lac, 600, 900
was owned by people other than her
own citizens. All these figures have
enormously increased since 1880. Who
owns this wealth of these six North
western states which is not owned by
their own citizens? We do not have far
to look. 1t is a
PROBLEM OF EASY SOLUTION.
New England owns S201.000.000 of it.
The wealth owned by New York and
Pennsylvania. outside of their own bor-
ders. was 81, ,762, ,OO0, 900, owned undoubt-
etly i'll the Northwest, and in other
states not named there is sufficient
owned to make the amount. The ten
dencV is constant towards making these
conditions worse instead of better, and
we will shortly look for the cause. Un-
like Mr.. Blaine, l cite you the
authority for these statistics. They
will be found in work known as
Twenty Years of Congress-" vol
ume /, page 61S, and following,
bearing on Its title page the assurance
that its author is James q. Blaine, of
Maine. l commend my citations be-
cause they are extracted bodily from
the census of the United States, and are
undoubtedly presented by Mr.. Blaine
to show the advantages which have ac-
crued to New England from protection
when her manufactures had govern
mental authority to levy and collect
toxes on the necessities of outlying
provinces, as the Northwestern states
have been considered. Mr.. Blaine
further declares that New England
BUYS ALL HER BUTTER
Of the Northwest. Now the Truth is
that New England produced herself in
1880, in round numbers, G5,500,000
pounds, which was over sixteen pounds
per head for her population, and the
total product that year for the country
was 77S, 100000. OF this about $4,000, 900
were exported, leaving for average con-
SUMPTION in this country Che most accu
rate data by which to ascertain the con-
SUMPTION per head fifteen pounds.
OF the total production in 1856 of
SlG.OOO,000 worth the New Eng
land states, as usual, made
their full proportion, instead of New
England paying the Western states
s3,OO0,0O0 for butter to spread on her
Bread" as stated by Mr.. Blaine, she
actually competed with the Northwest
in the foreign markets, with a surplus
to sell of over 1,2s0, 900 pounds. While
Mr. Blaine would have you believe that
the people of New England eat three or
four times the average per capita of the
other portions of the United States. |
commend for your consideration, i'll re-
ply, the undoubted evidence taken by
the Republican senate committee of
1888, which shows that her large manu-
featuring population is not a
consumer of western products.
That committee extended their
inquiries into the mills of Fall River.
Mass, and witness called because of
his knowledge, unimpeached and COM
petent, gave testimony. He testified
that he was a workman in the cotton
mills and that there were thousand
men, OF more, with families in Fall
River who lived as he did and with less
than $3.50 year. The speaker then
proceeded to mass statistics and facts
in contradiction of Mr.. Blaine'S figures
on New England's consumption of
Western produce and as to the effect of
protection upon wOrkingmen and farm
erS. He further argues that the great
natural markets for the Northwest were
the Southern states and by the Western
waterways and railroads to the gulf to
the billion of money and trade with
South America.
The largest political demonstration
ever held in this city occurred this after
noon and evening. In tO-night'S parade
there were 1,500 horsemen and forty
torch bearers, and the streets
were literally packed with hu-
manity. A large wagon loaded
with fireworks caught fire and James
PeltOn was dangerously burned. The
horses ran away and injured a dozen
people, but no one seriously. P0stmas-
ter General Dickinson was the speaker
of the evening and was received by an
audience that filled the biggest build
ing in the city. His speech elected up
roariOus applause.