The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-28
A COMPARISON.
CONDITIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN WITH
THOSE OF THE UNITED 5TATEs.

CONDITIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN WITH
THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Higher Taxes. rowcr Wages. Moro rsu-
pom, Smaller Savings Deposits and
Greater National Debts in England
Than In the United States.
Especial Correspondence
WAsRMGTon, Oct. 17.-Do the people
who sss clamoring for free trade ever
compare the conditions Of the past and
prsssnt Of this country with the one es-
ssntial free trade country Of The world
England II moi, II might DO . good
thing for them TO do &C. I have been
looking into tho question q little Of late
and comparing the conditions In this
countYy and In free trade Great Britain.
HUie are some q tho things which I find:
The annual tax collected from tho peo-
pie By the government Of free trade
Great Britain II o19.o0 per capita, while
tAAs q Ne United States Is less than 90
Per capita. -.
Ths dsposits In savings banks tn Great
1kitAin anouAt TO o1S0o0oy0 oQ. or five
AsrAss pr capita, while those In the
eAvlnes baahs Of the United states
sDeuAS - Z .e98, Oso, 7o4, or twenty-five
SellAae pes eapita.
n eUeaA1 Of money In, circulation
- Great Britain h 9l7.o0 pss capita
N1I0 he amount 10 circulation In the
Qhited 0tasss y >o66o Per capita. In
g49d there y scarcely . country Of any
importance On The map Of the world
wbach be- - largo IN amount Of money
pSt capita - has the United 6tatea
Ths national debt OF Great Britain
mounts 10 go for esch individual in
her population, while that OF the United
STATS amounts 10 e10 Tor each individual.
Tho annual interest charge upon the
public debt In Great Britain IL o825 per
capitaj the annual interest charge upon
tho pa lic debt in tho United States is
IS cenH Per capita.
Great Britain, under her FREQ trade
system, has decreased her public debt in
he last thirty.Hw years S890, 900 900;
the United States. under protection, has
decreased her public debt in twenty-five
ysan d. ISL. 100000.
In free tssd1 Great Britain there is
! pauper for every 90 individuals, and
] person IN every - receives moro or
LEES parish sepport; In protectivs United
States therehs 1 psuper for every CAB in
bahitanta.
The "6ahnce Of trade" Is hundreds Of
millions Of dollars against Great Britain
every yosr. Under her Wanted free
trade abe imports vastly moro than sho
sells. Her exports last year amounted
70 q. 800, 900 600 In round numbers, and
her imports amounted to $2, 100, 900 900,
making . balance on the ''wrong side Of
the ledger Of $sOe, OOO, 900. Our exports
last year were 81 ,080. 1856 Gee. and our
imports were ts27, 891 ,2s4, thus giving
M . balance Of e2O2 ,044, 842 on tho fright
side Of the ledger"
The balancs-of trade was $500, 900 900
against free trade Great Britain last
year, while II was $200, OO0 900 in favor
Of protected United States.
In the last ton years our exports have
exceeded q imports by &708, 8S3, 314.
In that time the exports Of Great Britain
have fallen 5 ,5l0, 900. 900 below her i'm
ports. In other words, In tho decads
Just ended protective United States hrs
. balance Of " 800, 900 900 ON the
right side Of the ledger, while FREQ trade
Great Britain, whose commerce rules
TIE world" shows G., ,00o, 900 On the
wrong side Of the ledger.
In frse trsds Great Britain bricklayers
got ol.17 per day; In protected United
Stasss, - pdr day; carpenters In Grea,
Britain got el.2S per dry; in the United
etatss. e2.S6 per day; in FREQ trade Grea'
Britain engineers get tl.48 per day; II
the United States, >D.29 per day; IL
Great Britain madhtnists get e.20 pei
day; In the United States, 12.50 per day
In Great Britain oompositors get Is cent
pr thousand ems; In tho United States
70 cents per thousand; In Great Britain
shipbuilders got % per week; in thu
United States. @l8.
Thus II will be seen that In every par
ticular our condition b better than thu'
Of q FREQ trade neighbor. Our com
msrcs 70 In infinitely better condition
because we receive hundreds OF millions
OF dollars more for our products thar
We pay out for the things we buy, Will
tho reverse Is true with Great Britain
Our public debt Is less than oneSixtl
per capita that Of Great Britain, whit
our annual interest charge is only abou
one-tenth per capita that in Great Brit
ain. We have decreased Dur debt il
% years az times as mnch as Grea
Britain has been able to decrease he
debt In Is years. Great Britain has
pauper for every 90 pers,oms. while W
have I for every B43.
Our government collects from he
people less than 50 per capita Of taxes
. that Of Great Britain collects from he
people over el2 per capita of taxes. Tn
deposits In savings hanks in Grea
, Britain average IS per capita Of tn
population; those in tle United State
average e25 per capita OF population
Tho money in circulation in Great Bri
ain II $3.50 per capita, while that of tn