Evening journal., 1892-10-03
lsNir Ii ROBBERY.

In reply to and in contradiction of the
lesson Of the pictures of starving peo-
pie in free trade England without any
mention Of the greater squalor in pro-
tected Germany. issued by the Republi-
can campaign artists, we have a diagram
Of the twenty states Of the produc-
ing section compared with the nine
states Of the wealth section The TWEEN
ty-one states are: Nebraska, Kansas,
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Mississippi Alabama, West Vir-
ginia. Maryland, Delaware, Virginia,
North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. The nine states are
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut. New York, Rhode
Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In
his pamphlet, Bond Holders and Bread
Winners, S. S King, presenting com
parative diagrams these two sections,
says:
Here are 81 states-a vast empire of
wonderfully productive territory real
world in itself-a wonderland of diver.
sifed resources If any region should
be prosperous, the peerless territory Of
these great states should be. Wonder
full, wonderful, are the inexhaustible re-
resources Of these states in agriculture,
horticulture, mining, stock-raising-in
everything. Anthracite and bituminous
coal, lead, iron, zinc, copper in abund-
ance, come from these mines. Cattle,
horses. swine and sheep thrive upon the
nutritious grasses and fatten upon the
golden grain. The teeming soil yields to
the thrifty cultivator the fruits of the
farm, orchard, vineyard and garden in
abundance. Surely, here is pros
perity
But is there? Let us see.
The 81 states contain 9Sj, 635 square
miles, and the nine North Atlantic states,
l6S 665-nearly six to one in favor of
the 81 states in the factor Of Land.
In 1880 the twenty-one contained %,
2i2, 923 people, and the nine contained
! 1901, 407- two to one in favor of the
twenty-one in the factor OF Labor.
In 1880 the twenty one had an assessed
value of SO, 500, 554 CPS and the nine had
| 1859, OPS, ,9l5-nearly equal in this
factor of Capital.
Thus the twenty-one states had six
times the land TO work upon, twice the
number Of people to do the work, and
nearly the same capital to work with
They should have gained nearly twelve
times as much wealth-say ten times a.
/ much.
The twenty-one gained 81, Cos, 1875. s57,
while the nine gained S3,054 762, 722-
nearly double for the nine over tn,
twenty.onel In 1880 the twenty one ha,
SO per cent. of the total population an,
were able to keep but % per cent. OF thu
total wealth gain. The nine had 90 pc
cent Of the total population, and wen
able to save Al per cent. of the tota
wealth gain.
Isn't it infamous2 Isn't it robbery
An intelligent man, who can compre
hend simple proposition clearly am
tersely stated does not need diagrams I
illustrate or impress the above state
ments. Diagrams are often used to in
flame the ignorant; they do not convinc,
the wise man.
The man who can conceive of the vas
territory Of those twenty-one state.
with twenty eight millions of toiling
sweating bread winners, can easily con
prehend the injustice which makes tn
. fourteen millions of the nine state
/ richer, as % is to Al per cent, in tb
{ total wealth Of the country.
The sections are not enjoying equal aC
. vantages; one section has the priv
I lege Of laying taxes on the wealth Of tn
( other section TO support private indu
S tries. Wheat, corn, cotton, and far
b labor bear the burdens Of the allege
g losses on tin plate, steel, iron, woolleI
: = and maple sugar.
Il There are object lessons nearer hom
y however. Without studying the cond
e tions Of the two sections Of the who