The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-03-11


Great Britain owned only about third
OF the worlds shipping, while today
she owns eight-twelfths of the worlds
steam tunnage, or about rs per cent.
During this time in spite of emigra-
ton, there has been large increase of
population and wealth and steady
Improvement in the condition of the
laboring and middle classes.
The deposits of the savings banks of
the United States was $22.S2 per capita
in 1890, In Great Britain in 1888 it
was S28.2S per capita.
We hear great deal about pauper-
ism in England. What are the factsp
In 1912 in England and Wales, there
was one pauper to every thirty-eight
OF the population; in 1890 the ratio was
one in every 800.
How about the United Statesp The
recent census shows that there has
been an increase of pauperism and
crime in the older manufacturing CEN
tiers, which are especially benefited at
all by protection.
In Great Britain in 1885, there was
one convict for every 400 of the pop
uation. In Massachusetts in 1890,
there was one for 461. In Great Brit
ian, during her free trade policy wages
Of laborers has increased 100 per cent.
We hear great deal about the steel
rail industry, as an illustration of the
fact that, the protective tariff has
cheapened the price of articles pro.
tected by the tariff.
Now the fact is, that the invention
OF the Bessemer process was the cause,
the direct cause, and the only cause Of
the cheapening of steel rails. This
fact is always Withheld by protec.
tionists. The steel rail comparison is
both false and misleading. 1t is the
trick of the demagogue.
The protectionist shows the declin
ing scale of prices of u certain class o.
cotton manufactured goods under the
"McKinley BILL They do not tel
you that while this class of goods hay,
fallen GA per cent during the last year
that raw cotton has fallen u per cen
dueing the same Tins.
Now when we consider that there i
not Il single article ,tering into tli'
makeup Of the hzrrg the rich, bo
what is on the free liyi and Bears ne
burden Of the naticnal expense, while
the commoner manufactured articles
mostly purchased by the poor are taxet
ltrom 60 to 1870 per cent for nationa
revenue.
! The Mckinley bill is robber higl
lariff and should be repealed. W.
hear good deal about "reciprocity.'
What is that but free trade. Ever
protectionists see the need of shifting
to catch the popular breeze.
In the last quarter of century NIL
lionaires have increased from scor
to 10000 and they own One-half of tn
wealth of the county. In the sam
time all values except the mortgage
the coupon and the bond have de
creased so per cent A system tina
makes the rich richer and the poo
poorer must be wrong. Protectiv
tariff is one of the causes of this condi
, ton. It's wrong in principle. Itdoe
not tax man on what he is worth O
able to pay, but taxes him on hi
needs. 1t is not tax on income bu
on out goes, irrespective of the finar
= cial condition of the taxpayer. Luz
ury should be taxed and necessities b
! exempt. But under the present la
this order is reversed.
{ The peoples party "demand a graf
uated tax Oh incomes. That is I'll
= greater mans income, the greater
5 proportion should be the tax