Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct. lido the people
who are clamoring for free trade ever
compare the conditions Of the past and
present of this country with the one es-
sential free trade country Of the world
England? II not, it might be a good
thing for them TO do so. l have been
looking into the question little Of late
and comparing the conditions in this
country and in free trade Great Britain.
Here are some Of the things which find:
The annual tax collected from the peo-
pls by the government Of free trade
Great Britain is $l2.60 per capita, while
that OF the United States is less than So
per capita
The deposits in savings banks in Great
Britain amount to $50, 000, 600, or five
dollars per capita, while those In the
savings banks Of the United States
amount to 81 .623. 079, 794. or twenty-five
dollars per capita
The amount Of money in circulation
In Great Britain is $3.50 per capita
while the amount in circulation in the
United States Is $3.50 per capita. In
deed thsre is scarcely country of any
importance on the map of the world
which has as large an amount of money
per capita az has the United States.
The national debt OF Great Britain
amounts To 500 for each individual in
her population. while that of the United
States amounts TO $i3 for each individual.
The annual interest charge upon the
public debt i'm Great Britain is 81. % per
capita; the annual interest charge upon
the public debt in the United States ia
IS cents per capita.
Grsat Britain, under her free trade
system. has decreased her public debt in
the Last thirty-five years t620. 000. 600;
the United States. under protection. has
decreased her public debt i'm twenty five
years 81 .55f .Ooo, 900.
I'm free trade Great Britain there is
I pauper for every 80 individuals. and
/ person in every l2 receives more or
less parish support. In protective United
States there Is psuper for every 6i3 in
babitsnts.
The balance Of trade" Ia hundreds OF
millions of dollars against Great Britain
every year Under her Wanted free
trade she imports vastly more than she
sells. Her exports last year amounted
tn 81 .soo, 900 600 in round numbers. and
her imports amounted 70 T., 100. 000. 900.
making balance'on the wrong side of
the ledger II $500. 600 600 Our exports
last year were 81 .039. 3S5. e26. aud our
imports were $50 .sgl .2s4. TINS giving
rs a balance Of s202, ga .342 on the right
side Of the ledger"
The balance Of trade was SEQ. 900 600
against free trade Great Britain hast
year, while IL was f2eo co. coo ia favcr
Of protected United states
In the last ten years cur exports have
exceeded eur imports by 500 .3s3.s
In taat time the exports Of Great Britain
have fallen &. sis 0oa. go below her Inn
ports. In other words. in the decade
Just ended protective United States has
a balance II over 500 eco eco on the
right side ~ the lesiger. while free trade
Great Britain. whose commerce rules
thu world. shows e. SIS. 0uo. 600 GA the
wrong SHE II toe ledger
In free trade Great Britain brickIayers
get a. Il per asy. in protecte.l United
States. 81 per day; carpenters IN Great
Britain get D. - per day: in the United
States. s. r. per dsy. IN free trade Great
Britain engineers get : as per day. IN
the Unitsd States. g. p per day; in
t'r-st Ryissln machini~6s get A. ~ Per
dsv. in the United States 8 So per day;
IN Great Britain ooRfgssitors at Is cents
pr thousand ems. ia the United States.
a. cents Per thousaa.i. IA Great Britain
shipauibiers gst = Per week. ia tie
nieed STAIRS. SIS
Thus il vii b. seen thai IN every par
SECULAR err eonsiilioa i better than that