Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-10-28
A COMPARISON.
CONDITIONS N GREAT BRITAIN VITA
THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES
Higher Taxes. Ls~@r Wages. More P.sa-
per-. smaller savings Deposits amt
Greater National D~bts Ann KmxEana
Than tn the Tnfs@ra ~sar~~


WASHINGTON. Oct. f7.-Do the people
who are clamoring for free trasls ever
compare the conditions q the past ant
present ~ tins country with the enc es-
sential frre trade c0untrvof the wurla-
England II not. il might be- q COED
thing for them 70 Do 80. have been
looking into the question a little q Iafa
and comparing the condirions II this
country and IN free tra,ie GrsA- Britain
Here are some Of the things which I hnsl.
The annual tax collected from the pep
pie by the government % free trade
Great Britain l. tI2e0 Per Capita. while
that Of the United States IL less than o.
Per capita
The deposits IN savings banks IN Great
Britain amount % sIs0. .00o .0oo. or svs
dollars per capita. while those In the
savings banks Of the United States
amount 70 sI .625. Oh. 794. or TWENTY-FIVE
dollars per capita
The amount q taoney IN cIrculat1on
IN Great Britain Is ti7-S0 per capita
while the amount N circulation IN re
United States Is s1J.s2 per capita In
deed there Is scarcely n country 0f anv
importance on the map 20 the world
which has &s large an amount ~ money
per capita a. has the United State.
The national debt Of Great Britain
amounts 20 so fo- each individual in
her population. while that % the ni-e.l
States amounts 70 fI3 for eaSn individual.
The annual interest charge upon the
public debt in Great Britain ~ R5 g per
capita. the annual interest cha-ge upen
the public debt IN the United States i
35 cents per capita
Great Britain. under he- free trade
system. has decreased her public debt IN
the last thirty-nve years ssea .0oo. 600.
the United States. under protection. has
decreased her public debt IN twenty ave
years 81, SOL .000.oo0
In free trade Great Britain there j.
/ pauper for every 20 in,lividuals. and
l person in every u receives more OF
less parish support: n protective United
States there Is paupsr for every fgs In
habttants.
The balance Of trade Il hundreds of
millions Of dollars against Great Britain
every year. Under her vauntei free
trade she imports vastly more than she
sells. Her exports last year amounted
TO 81 .30O. .00C. .00O IN round numbers. aad
her imports amounted 70 o. 100 Geo eco.
making balance on the wrong side Cf
the ledger of $500. .000 900. Our exports
last year were 81. .0S9. 50. .626. and our
imports were $s2s so. .2s4. Thus giving
US a balance of s202, d., ,s42 on the right
side of the ledger
The balance Of trade was SSO0. GO 600
against free trade Great Britain last
year, while 10 was $2y0. eco 600 In favor
of protected United States.
In the last ten years our exports have
exceeded our imports by sos. Sc. .sI4
In that time the exports Of Great Britain
have fallen s. .5l5. .000. 900 below her i'm
ports. In other words, In the decade
Just ended protective United States has
a balance of over f7Oo. 600 900 on the
right side Of the ledger. while free trade
Great Britain. whose commerce rules
the world. shows ss.5l5. .000. 600 on the
wrong side Of the ledger.
In free trade Great Britain bricklayers
get s1.17 per day; in protected United
States. ~ per day: carpenters i'm Great
Britain get g. - per day; in the United
States, 81 35 per day: in free trade Great
Britain engineers get 81 1.4e per day; in
the United States, t3.22 Per day. IN
Great Britain machinists get el-20 per
day; in the United States. O. per day.
in Great Britain composit0rs get Is cents
per thousand ems; in the United States.
40 cents per thousand. in Great Britain
shipbuilders get f5 per week: IN the
United States. SIC.
Thus il will be seen that in every par
ticular our condition Is better than that
of our free trade ueighbor. Our com
mercs il 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 IL only about
or1e-tenth per capita that in Great Brit
ain We have decreased our debt in
- years 2If times as much as Great
Britain has been able 10 decrease her
debt in 3j years. Great Britain has I
pauper for every 30 persons. while we
have for every 643
Our government collects from her
people less than s5 per capita Of taxes
that OF Great Britain collects from her
people over ki2 per capita Of taxes. The
deposits in savings banks IN Great
Britain average 9 per capita Of the
population: those in the United States
average So per capita Of population.
The money in circulation in Great Brit
ain is $3.50 per capita, while that % the
United States Is So. 81 per capita. Wages
in the United States are from IS 70 100
per cent. higher than those paid in Great
Britain.
What good reason Is there for desiring
to exchange English free trade for the
protection which gives us these cordi-
tions, which in every case are 50 much
better than those of our British neighbors
What business man Is there who has
seen his business grow up and prosper
under the system which has been IN
operation in this country for the past
thirty years who wants 10 endang~r its
steady progress by the adoption 81 a
system which compares so unfavOrably
with our own in its resultss
o. p. AUSTIN.