The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15
WHY CHILE IS POOR.

A despatch from Valparaiso states that
Chile is in financial difficulties, which
affect not the National treasury alone
out the general condition of trade and
the industries and earnings of the peo-
pie. The same dispatch states in nut
smell the chief cause of Chile's financial
troubles when it says that 'the balance
OF trade is unequal. The imports are
largely in excess of the exports, and re-
quire remittances, as the value of the
exports is so small"
Chlle's British and other European
friends, as she supposes them to be, are
taxing out the money of the country for
imports and giving very little of it back
for Chilian exports. Therefore Chile, of
course, is getting poorer all the time.
-. Ihat is what the free traders would
ike the United States to do. They
would like to have us pay out to Europe
Tor wool, clothing and tin, for necessities
and luxuIies all the money that Europe
pays Tor our exports and good deal
more, SO that European countries would
1atten ON America, as they are doing on
Chile, Argentina, Peru and other South
American countries that have let Euro
peans have their own selfish way.
The natural wealth of Chile and Peru
49, VI hdo DCon, lullneuSe, ana ii JnOSe
countries are impoverished when they
ought to be rich, it is because they have
made no effort to follow up political in
dependence by achieving industrial in
dependence; because they have not built
up native industries TO keep at home the
silver and gold of their native mines and
nave inTff&4Ef Ta4Ef Jaf JafSReR1ed their wealth for
It is the Democrats who are having
the really lively campaign i'll Vermont
during these halcyon and vociferous
April days. 1t is. of course, Atkins"
and "anti-Atkins." Editor Atkins is
chairman of the State Committee, the
position carries desirable bossism when
a Democratic President comes along, and
he wants to hold the place But lot of
other fellows want to get him out and
are making formidable move toward
doing so. The storm has been gather
ing for some years and is violent Sur
face indications 60 to show that the
rebels will win, but in such cases good
many things favor the party in posses
sion and Atkins is making desperate
fight. The caucuses are spread over
good deal of time and in many of them
hot struggles are reported, although
nowhere has the Rutland record been
edualled. The latest general engagement
was at st. Albans and there Atkins
| lost.
OF course the few Democratic newspa-
pers in the State which indulge in edi-
torials take hand in the matter, and
Mr.. Atkins Montpelier Argus, the Brat
tleboro Retormer, the POultnev Journd
and one or two others fire grape and can
lister every week. The Journal this week
has two or three columns devoted to it,
in the course of which it pitches into
Mr.. Moloney of Rutland rather sharply
and undertakes defense of Atkins, fol
the Journal is shot for the Montpelier
man. But when it comes to defending
Atkins the Journal or any other papel
will have to sand the track to MAKE
much progress. Let 'em fight.-Rut
land Herald. :,
When it comes to sanding the track
we are inclined to think that the Daven
port faction may as we'll lay in suppl,
for use. If the Atkins opposition's rea
strength can be judged by the despatche
thew publish, there is an immens
amount of cheek employed. Let 'er
fight"