The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-24
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The Federal census OF 1850, showed q
very equitable distribution OF wealth,
INC farmers owned about onehalt OF
the wealth Of tho country and consll'
tuted lust about one.half Of the pppu-
lation of lhe country, From that date
10 1880, fora period Of twenty years
the 40 called Protective tariff WAS con-
slanuy ON duty
What does tho oensue OF 1850 as
no6eY by that census II waa shown
ihat the farmers constituted about a
per cent. Of tho entire population, II
MAS also demonstrated That tho wealth
of tho county had Increased IN that
twenty years tho enormoua sum OF
tWenty,eisht billions Of dolam,
This large increase OF wealth IL what
Mckinley and ms ooahoutom oil talk
about Wen, now who owns thla
wealth. It's conceded that all wealth
eomes from labor andtrom tho soil aud
the mine, five were operating under
lusl laws, tho classes who have pro.
aueed this stupeudoua wealth would
have tho great share ofit'
Is there an honest mRn who VIII dla'
puts This proposltiopY but what does
Inc Federal census OF 1880 disclose ~
shows that Of ths enormous increase
of sesO0G00 0, tho farmers have
only slOrW O In other words the
elags oul OF whose land and toll this
qreat wealth was produced and who
honestly earned two'thiIda OF ", had
only ono seventh Of H.
Who owned the other alxheyenlhaY 7
Did the mechanics own ~
No. the atatiaties showed tho wealth
aud earnings Of this class less than Ia
1860 49,
The federal cenaua showed that this
wealth gas earned, aud that those who
e.lDrl the most OF II had actually only
one seyenth Of II, Who owned tho
other alx.seyenths, or esl,OOoOOOOOY
Itia nearly all ownedb by men who have
accumulated II, not by labor or busi'
ness, but Through the operations OF un'
Just laws, 49,,
The following list viii give an Ink
ling of where this wealth 10 lodgedi
nm IL worth sib0OOOOO,
IA IA Cnye ia worth A2OOOOOOO,
Jay Gould is worth ssBO0OOI'
j q FAIR IN worth s20OOlNm,o
A. i Dfexel IN worth esOpOOupp,
.Iohn / lilair IN worth slONOOUOO'
p. n. Barnum Is worth eb,OOOOOO,
ID. W Blahup IN worth 80 uOOUOO'
navid Sint0n h worth 82OWOOOO,
~ ID sloane il worth Sls0OOOOO,
Uobert Bonner 10 worth s0OOOOJO.
John l.. J0nGa M worth slblOOUOl'
SIDNEY Dillon In worth slbWOuOO,
i W Maoltay ia worth eaUOuOO
Philip Armour ~ worm eseWoo1o'6oUC'11' ~ ~
Marshal Field IL worth slopooooooDo1o'
Levi Il. Morton ~ worth sl0lV0O01luOO1o' w
Rnasoll A, Ager Ia worth slhiVOlI0l9o'
Claua SpfeckGIa IN worth S2OOOOUp'
lanes Mcmillan 10 worth slOOO0OO0'
LELAND Stanford IN worth SlOOOOOO'
or. IIuntingtonis worth sl0,Wol,DgU00'
Andrew Carnegie IL worth sl0OO0lVu011o
Ex senator paler Ia worth sgmVLOp0'
John Wanamaker is worths lbW9Dol10'
Geo, IS. CfOckCr Is worth slsOOO09y0o'
j. ID. Rockefeller ia worth sBOOO1O61do'
The Vanderbilt family iaworlh esSV,'
100000.
These are only few specimens
There are about one thousand OF these
men who own the mass of the wealth
Of this great country, aud who control
It's politics, purchase the election OF u
s. Senators, aud IL was this same gang
that put Benz, Harrison into the White
House. ..,......
And the gross amount ofthelr slsan'
tic wealth has been wrung from the
tollers In the fields and the mines ana
workshops Of this great boundlSsa lana
of0ura,
These men are now working ~ wages
hardly able 20 keep themselves
Vote tho Democratic ticket