The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-11-28

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ner u1eihsa ~ atisrb Thsv derive
their sumuaitiob iton, statistics which
they re in uAsbtr 60 snii ibemselFs
They have become fesicw Writes Ia on
moalblles oae resent ersmplr. fhomss
q. sbesrmsn 10 the Forum, another u
Joel Beuion 10 The Popnlsr Scieuce Meath
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Mr Sherman ~ . ualurslizsd Englisb
man aud 40 ardent agent, whether paid
agent or noi We do DOT know, Of the Cob
den Club. Brother Sherman is greatly
concerned because, 90 account Of our pro
tse,ive tariff. cur millionsires are growing
far richer than those Of England, but our
cammon people and especially our farmers
are crossing poorer. His picus aud bene'
VIOLENT heart is much moved Of the pros.
pee, Of impending ruin aud psuperism to
our oyer,aIed people. He has the impu-
dapcs to assert that our poor people pay
nearly all the taxes. Our government
,ares The rich 3 10 10 per cent and the poor
from 10 to 30 per cent What he meats
by ihi. nobody knows II lisa drummed
up comparison the design OF which Is to
excite the poor against the rich 1t is a
piece OF soeialistie malice worthy OF the
= ,cialists Of Chicago.
He claims that the United States is own
cd by $780, 900 now and 10 thirty years will
be owned by 30. 900 families One in 200
adult males will be enormously rich, the
500 will be miserably poorl
This is to be an awful fate for our glor
GUS country. But why does Mr.. Shear
man stop with the 80 years5 Let us take
30lyears more at the same rate and the
wealth OF the country will be in 8, 900 fam
lilies; 10 few years more 1t will be In one
family and we shall have 100, 600, 600 pau
pers. This is Mr., Shearman's reasoning
carried out He is an Englishmsn by
birth and torgets how soon the wealth OF
dead millionaire is scattered far and wide
ia this country. His statistics are absurd
and his reasoning is still more absurd.
AZ to taxation Mr.. Shearman makes
some assertions that are VIGOROUSLY false
II is in England that the poor are taxed
more heavily fnan tho rich, The poor
mao pays the same tax on his cheap tea,
coffee, beer and other ariicl,s that thu rich
man pays upon the dearest and choicest.
Here tea and coffee are not taxed at all aud
tices come 10 free. Nearly everything
that does not compete with our own pro-
duets comes in free. Direct taxation OPP
presses the people OF England Our pro.
tective tariff cowpels foreigners who come
here for purposes OF gain to pay for the
support OF our government whose protec-
ton they enjoy. This is just and proper.
At the same time the protection encour
ages home competition and home trade,
manufactured articles are here made
cheaper and the people are thus doubly
benefited.
The writings Of the Earl of Meath, the
Earl of Campton, Sir Lyon Playfair aud
otherf, in the Nineteenth Century, the
Fortnightly Review and in other publica-
lions, and the editors and correspondents
OF the Spectator. Daily News. ct cetera, are
in evidence that the English Government,
English statesmen aud philanthropsis are
at their wits end with their poor. They ex.
port under the name Of assisted emf
grants" not less than one hundred thou
sand year and yet the number Increases.
Land has fallen In price 50 that farms in
Essex right along side the Thames and
traversed by railroads are offered at 30 to
to So dollars the acre. You cannot buy
good land in the Cbamplain vally in Yer
mont for that price. At the same time
there are 200, 600 idle men in London, pick
lug up miserable living by Iobbiug beg
gerry and stealing. The Earl OF Compton
10 the FortniRhtly shows pauperism TO be
slarmingly on tue Increase 10 London, and
recommends emigration and colonization
by the state. The Earl OF Meath In the
Nineteenth Century. In an article zone
Thousand IN ore Mouths Daily" reveals q
state OF things which threatens to bring a
considerable portion OF the population in
to state OF semi-starvstion.
The sal reason given why the unemploy
ed Thousands cannot cultivate those vacant
lands is bodily ineapscity in consequence
OF Insufficient Dourlahment Ia youth and
excessive hours OF labor | would add,
also. mental stupidity aud hopelessness as
q natural result Of such lite. II Mr. I.
@. Shearman would read some oil the dis.
cushions OF Distinguished men 10 the coup-
try Of bis birth and upon which be has
turned bis back be wonia be sayed the
modification OF thus displaying his lgnor-
snce Of bis former bone Ist,il pay my
respects 10 Mr.. Joel Benton ia a future
number CIRrs HAMLEs
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Di.a.trou. Fire In Lynn.
The worst Ore ever known in Lynn. Mass
broke GU, ST noon, Tuesday Acres and