The McCook tribune., 1892-10-28
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CONDITIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN ~
THOSE OF THE UNITED STAT

Higher Taxes, Lower Wages. Mor'
pers. Smaller Savings Depos;.,
Greater National Debts In Ei,...
Than in the United States.
| Especial Correspondence.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. lido the pee
who are clamoring for free trade Z,
compare the conditions of the pa,.:
| present of this country with the ono -,
!; sential free trade country of the world
England? If not, it might be good
ting for them to do SO. have been
! looking into the question little of late
! and comparing the conditions in tn
country and in free trade Great Britain
| Here are come of the things which l find
, The annual tax collected from the peo.
! pie by the government of free trade
Great Britain is $12 80 per capita, while
that Of tho United States is less than Sc
per capita.
The deposits in savings banks in Great
Britain amount to $3.50, ,000, 900, or five
dollars per capita, while those in the
savings banks of the United States
amount to 81 1923, ,070.794. or twenty-five
dollars per capita.
The amount of money in circulation
in Great Britain is $17.9O per capita
while the amount in circulation in the
United States is $25.62 per capita. In
deed there is scarcely country of any
Importance on the map of the world
which has as large an amount of money
per capita as has the United States.
The national debt of Great Britain
amounts to $50 for each individual III
her population, while that of the United
States amounts to $13 for each individual.
The annual interest charge upon the
public debt in Great Britain is 1926 per
capita; the annual interest charge upon
the public debt in the United States is
85 cents per capita.
Great Britain. under her free trade
system. has decreased her public debt in
the last thirty-fve years $500, 1000, 600;
the United States, under protection, has
decreased her public debt in twenty-five
years 81 ,551 10000
In free trade Great Britain there is
l pauper for every 80 individuals, and
1 person in every 12 receives more or
less parish support: in protective United
States there is pauper for every 643 in
habitants.
The balance of trade" is hundreds of
millions of dollars against Great Britain
every year. Under her vaunted free
trade she imports vastly more than she
sells. Her exports last year amounted
to 81 800, ,000,0 in round numbers, and
her imports amounted to $2,100,0O0,O 900,
making balance on the wrong side of
the ledger" of $500, 100000. Our exports
last year were 81 ,039, 1886, ,626. and our
imports were 1927 ,391 1884, thus giving
us balance of $2O2, ,944 .54s on the "right
side of the ledger"
The balance of trade was $500, ,000,G0G
against free trade Great Britain last
year, while it was $2OO,OOO, 900 in favor
of protected United States.
In the last ten years our exports have
exceeded our imports by $706, ,3S3, ,3It.
In that time the exports of Great Britain
have fallen $S,515 100000 below her i'm
ports. In other words, in the decat;
just ended protective United States hts
a balance of over 100000, 900 on tbs
right side of the ledger, while free trade
Great Britain, whose commerce rules
the world" shows $S,515 100000 on tire
wrong side Of the ledger.
In free trade Great Britain bricklayer,
get SLIT per day; in protected United
States, SD per day; carpenters in Gre;st
Britain get l.2S per day; in the United
States, $3.50 per day; in free trade Great
Britain engineers get LAG per day; il
the United States, 1922 per day; in
Great Britain machinists get $1.20 per
day; in the United States, $3.50 per day:
in Great Britain compositors get Is cents
per thousand ems; in the United States.
40 cents per thousand; in Great Britain
shipbuilders get So per week; in the
United States, $16.
Thus it will be seen that in every par
ticular our condition is better than that
of our free trade neighbor. Our com.
merce is in infinitely better condition
because we receive hundreds of millions
of dollars more for our products than
we pay out for the things we buy, while
the reverse is true with Great Britain.
Our public debt is less than one-sixth
per capita that of Great Britain, while
our annual interest charge is only about
one-tenth per capita that in Great Brit
ain. We have decreased our debt in
25 years 21s times as much as Great
Britain has been able to decrease her
debt in 35 years. Great Britain has
pauper for every 80 persons, while we
have for every CAB.
Our government collects from her
people less than Sc per capita of taxes;
that of Great Britain collects from her
people over S12 per capita of taxes. The
deposits in savings banks in Great
Britain average S. per capita of the
those in the United States
average $25 per capita of population.
The money in circulation in Great Brit
ain is $3.50 per capita, while that of the
United States is $25.62 per capita. Wages
in the United States are from rs to 100
per sent. higher than those paid in Great
Brit. L..
What good reason is there for desirin5
to exchange English free trade for t.
protection which gives us these conL.-