The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

with his opinions, but little enthusi.
asm was manifested. and even the en-.
|livening music Of an imported band
was not enough to save the gathering
from the impression Of dismal and de-
pressing failure.
Sol1 ouIsIIoNs.
IA young Protectionist" sends %
the following questions which he
picked up among his protection
literature, and which he would like to
have some free trader answer.
We share his curiosity to some
extent, and space in the REGISTER
will be cheerfully given to anyone
wishing to undertake the task. Here
are the questions:
Why an official report recently pub
liahed bv the London Daily Telegraph
shows that 80 per cent Of the children
/ of British workmen In London 60 to
school every morning without .
mouthful of food?
Why half penny Zone cent( dinners
for school children failed In Birming-
ham and other industrial centers, be-
cause the children could not procure
money to pay for them?
Why thousands ofmen are constant
Ily walking the streets of the great
Industrial centers without food or
work?
WHY more than 1,O00, 900 In popula-
ton of IS, 900 600 are out of work un.
der free trade?
Why does John Bright admit that
under free trade the English farmer
has lost In recent years $l,OOO,OOO,OOO.
Why does Joseph Arch admit that
lin fifteen wears SOO,O 900 persons have
given up the cultivation Of the soil?
Why have the number of persons
ENGAGED in the gainfal occupations in
ENGLAND decreased In Is years from
IA, 7s6, 1856 to II, ISL, 584?
Why does Mr.. Hoyle say that the
Iforty-second report Of the registrar.
general shows that zone out Of about
levery seven of our population end
their DAYS az paupers?" And turning
to Ireland, why did one in every four
of the inhabitants of Connaught(pOpu-
lation, 500, 0OO) apply in 1885 for pool
law relief?
Why do women working at thu
forge and anvil the whole week max
ling nails only earn $2.15?
Why does the report Of the British
acknowledgement show that In ISL
: artisans and laborers constituted 22.4S
+, | 100 per cent, of the depoeitors in poetal
. savings banks, and In 1882 only 1851
e per cent?
4 Why does the current rate of wage
Q fol .he common laborer rarely exceet
SO cents per day?
ri Why does Mr.. Chamberlain say
"Never before was the misery OF tn
y very poor more intense, or the condf
+ lions of their daily life more hopeless
Tor more DEPRIVED" # free trade hi
been successful?
Why has the cost Of pauperism an
lcrime under free trade Increased no!
q $50, OOO, 900 in 1S40 to $S2,Oo0,OOO
l. 1881?
2. Why did Mr.. Golden receive durin
!. his lifetime 81 ,000, 900 CASH Morley
Life Of Cobden) from the manufactu
" ers of Manchester In payment TOR hl
er services to bring about free trade. II
Id was q grand principle calculated
mr. benefit the .w0rkingmen OF all c0u
tries, and not q means to cut down Il
vages of labor and increase the prof
Of of monopolists?
D.; Why does one iron and coal firm
he the north of England control Il
A annual output of more tons ofiron Q
than the total annual output Of Il
entire Lake Superior regions, II fr'
" trade does not create m00OpOlies?
Why has the number employed
ut the I'VE principal textile industrl
o. declined from 9l9, 8l8 in 1851 to 1853 8
m. in 1885 in England, and the number
employed doubled in the same perl
"o In the United States?
~ Why has the silk industry practic'
o. ~ gone TO the WALTZ
he Why has the linen industry declin
in England the last twenty years .!
increased 800 per cent In protecti
Germany?
Why have the number Of workm
ID. employed in the iron and steel ind'
he tries In Germany increased since {
~ return to protection 40 per cent,
wares paid 81 per cent. and tho Az
er' age paid to each workman ia
en-, cent?
Why are these facts substantial
lea. true In many other industries In q
the many?
~ Why has Germany increased her
port OF manufactured goods under p
teo lection when FREQ traders said
IN, would ruin her export trade by retu
tes ing to protection?
.vj Why do the official reports Of Brit
- lconsuls inform us that the Germ
-. empire has been 20 benefited by p
I'M tection that it IL in tho atmOsphs
ted that il the strongest of the COVE
M ments policies?
..t.i II protection has been 20 ruinoua
." 1.-The United States, Why have We,
'l0n TWENTY-FIVE years Of 1t, increased
population 10000, 00R Doubled
m. nonulation of our cities? Increa
lt.d our coal product from II, 000, 600 ton
FL lOO. OOO, 900 tons? Increased our
, :" orc output from COG, 600 IONS 70 90
+ 600 tons? Increased the number {
Mr.. Iployed in our metal industries II
m. IS, DO to $50, 900? Increased tho nj
- ber employed in our wood fndust
.s'o from ia, 900 persons TO $50, 900 persO
|ous The number employed in our WOO
rty. industries from g, 900 to 160, 600? r
he'd England Of IS, 200, 900 customer
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