Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-29
NOT MAINLY FOR NEW ENGLAND.

NOT MAINLY FOR NEW ENGLAND.
During the debate In the senate on the
Wilson bill, or what was once the Wilson
bill, no senator has spoken more truth
than Senator Platt, or spoken more i'm
pressively and convincingly. The other
day while advocating duty of so cents q
ton on iron ore, he took occasion to expose
the falsity of the often and persistently
repeated assertion that protection is
mainly in the interest of the manufactur-
ers of New England. His remarks on this
point are conclusive, and will make a val
liable campaign document. They will
surprise many who have not known the
facts.
Senator Platt studied the eleventh GEN.
sus, and he found that only one sixth of
the Sc, 524. .475, ,305 invested in the manu-
featuring industries of this country was In
the six New England States, distributed as
follows: Massachusetts,, $3.50, o32, ,341; Con-
necticut. 1927, ,O04 .496; Maine, $50, ,419, 800;
New Hampshire, $79, ,375, 100; Rhode Isl-
and, $126. .48s, 40l; Vermont, $32. .7e3, ,291; !;
in all, $1,176, ,07s. .49s. Alabama has $46,- :
122, ,561, more than Vermont; California
has $146, 797, ,102, more than either
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode lei
and or Vermont. And yet senators
talk about New England manufac-
turing. Colorado has nearly as much
as Vermont. SEQ, ,e51, $40; Delaware has
more than Vermont, $s3, ,695, 400; the Dis
trict of Columbia, this little ten. mile
square, has $2S, 1856, ,0ss; Georgia has $685.
921 $50. Georgia is more interested In this
matter than is the State of Vermont. ILL
nois has $500. .004, 512, more than twice as
much as Connecticut. Indiana has $132, :
405, 1865, more than Rhode Island. Iowa
has 81, ,513, ,087. Iowa has practically the
| same amount of manufacturing capital as
New Hampshire. Kansas has $43, 928. .002,
which is more manufacturing capital
than has the State of Vermont. Ken.
tucky has $79. .s11. $50. almost iden.
tically the same manufacturing cap.
ital as has the State of New
Hampshire. Louisiana has $S4, ,754, ,121, 9
little more than Vermont. Maryland hal
$119, ,667, ,3l6, nearly as much 90 the State
of Rhode leland. Michigan has $3.50, ,412,
240, more than the State of Connecticut
Minnesota has 1927. $50, ,61s, more thar
Rhode Island. Missouri has $1S9, ,23e, 422
more than Rhode Island and Vernon
combined. Nebraska has more than Yer
mont, $37, ,569, sos. New Jersey has NOR,
than Connecticut, $249, 800, ,42S. 'Nev
York has s1,1S0, ,l61,1 ,1s5. twice as mucl
as the State of Massachusetts,. Nortl
Carolina has $32, 745, 1896, practically tn
same a. Vermont. Ohio has $402,
1893 ,019. much more than the Stat
of Connecticut and little less than tn,
State of Massachusetts,. The capital en-
gagged In manufacturing in Oregon 4
equal to that Of Vermont, one of the New
England States against which all th
shafts of invsctivs and ridicule ar
launched by the persons who are defend
ing the bill. Oregon has $50, 122, ,051
Pennsylvania has $500. 99s. .875, ~ much e
Massachusetts, and half as much more; an,
here comes South Carolina, almoet q
to Vermont in manufacturing capital
$29, ,276, ,261; Tennessee has $51, ,475 ,09z
Texas has $4s. s.sl5, ,1s1; Virginia has $63
456. .799, twice as much ss the State Q
Vermont; and Washington has more mar
ufacturing capital than the State of Vel
tmont. Warrington haa $s4, ,8e9, ,7S5; We