The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-03-11
INCREASE OF WEALTH
The Eleventh Census VIII Show Some
Startling Figures About the
Increase Of Wealth.
The MilliOnaires Grow Richer and the
Poor POOrer-..Our 10000 Million.
aires and 5000, 1000 Tramps.

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following article, to the late book,
Bond Holders and Bread Winners
by S. S. King, Esq, of Kansas City,
Kas. Price rs cents.
The eleventh census will be boom
erang to the party in power 1t will
show u vast aggregation of wealth in
the hands of the few, and tho detri-
mental effect that this aggregation has
had upon the industrial and agriculture
al classes, 1t will show as plain as ''holy
writ" the fostering care which the
government has bestowed upon the
banker, the railroad magnate, and the
manufacturer, and the utter neglect
Of the laborer, and the farmer. 1t will
show the great gulf fixed between the
partrician and the plebeian, and that
gulf growing wider and deeper dur
ing the last decade. The reformer
will need no better text book than
Porter's eleventh census report, but
not having that complete for the COM
ing campaign, can get along nicely
with the bulletins sent out from time
to time.
Now from these bulletins we gather
the following; Our first comparison
embraces the states CT Indiana, llli-
nois, Iowa. Nebraska, Louisiana, Miss
issippi, Alabama, Georgia and North
Carolina; these nine states with the
state of Massachusetts. The former
contains 486, 040 square miles. Mass
achusetts contains 1926 square miles
The area is SO to 1 and an overplus OF
Alto square miles left Now for the
people. These nine states had in 1880,
10, 408. 1877 population, The state Of
Massachusetts had 1.783,086. The
ratio of population stood Z to |, AS
sessed valuation Of the nine states in
1880 81, 1872, 919, lb6. That. u aA~-4
| pehusst,s 81 ,5S4.756, 500. The ratio
NJ sapital stands to I 10 recapitu-
ate--land 5S to 1 labor roPrcsr1ted
by population z to l; capital repres-
ented by assessed value, 2 to |.
Now for the facts developed by the
census bulletins. Those nine states
Increased their assessed valuation in
ten years just 1863, 441,974, while the
little state Of Massachusetts, increased
her assessed valuation $3.50, 377824.
The one small state exceeds the nine
great states by nearly ten millions OF
dollars! Where is the explanations
1t is a manufac turing state and pro-
lection has pulled the wealth Of one
section to enrich the other In other
words it is robbing Peter to pay Paul
on a gigantic scale. Now we will
take the state of New York and com
pare it with Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennes-
see, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and florida.
These fifteen great states have 7l6,-
48O square miles, New York has 49,
ITO square miles. Ratio Of area nearly
16 to 1. Professionalism York had in
1880 L, 082,87l. The fifteen states had
10, 1886, 1927 people, Ratio of popula
ton nearly to /. Assessed valuation,
New York had in 1880, 1851 $40, COG.
The fifteen had gained So, 800, l69,5O2
. The fifteen gained in ten years., 81,
III, 1928. The state of New Yori
gained $1,123, 1886, O82. The gain IL
wealth Of New York above the ilfteel
states Sc 100000. How is that for tn
results of protectionP 1t protects th'
Golfers Of Wall street. Another com
parison-Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Hi
o nois, Indiana Kentucky, North Caro-
{ lima, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Georgia and Florida.
+ These twelve states have an area Q
: 667. 100 square miles, Pennsylyani
n has Al, 215 square miles Ratio of are
G IA toll. Population-the twelve state
d had in 1880, 1928, All; Pennsylvania
!, ,282, S91-ratio Of population nearl
= to /. Assessed valuation of tn
q twelve in 1880. s3,SS6,313,124. TIL
e state Of Pennsylvania, $1,6S3, 459, OH
n Ratio OF assessed value in favor Of tn
:, twelve, to 2 to /.
fs The twelve states gained in te
J. years 1897, 1875, 100. The state
IL Pennsylvania gained $9O9,3S2,0 OH
)" The one state gains over the lively
u over $12, 100000. RecapitulatiOn. Rat
c. Of area IA to !. Labor as representa-
sel