Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-11-19
I PRO OF CONCLUSIVE
PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE CON.
4 sIss TRAsTED. Il. Y,

VI VA
PRoTEcTloM AND FREE TRADE CON
Nj " 81 TRAsTED. lss
w OesSngsly DiAcrsnt Results IN Two Aus
Y ssaila. Coioniss Prosperity Under Pro
Ssstios ~ Nation and Individual
3&' whsrs Esrm Interests Fiourish.
LII no section d the globe can the diff
ference between the effects Of the rro.
tective tariff and free trade policies b
4 moro strongly contrasted than in the
adjoining colonies Of Victoria and New
n South Wales in Australia The Older
q colony, New South Wales, adheres rigid.
II TO the free trade doctrine Of the
4 mother country The younger and more
progressive colony Of Victoria has long
since adopted the policy Of protection.
The .'free trade liar seems to exist in
New south Wales as we'll a. in the
United States and in order to refute
some gross misrepr presentations uttered
BY amen Der Of the New South Wales
4 legislature, The Age, Of Melbourne,
epitomizes the following summary Of
n facts which constitute the chief ele.
ments Of national prosperity: 5
First. That our .victorial population,
measured by density. IL nearly four times
that Of New south Wales and Ia nearly equal
In absolute numbers, notwithstanding sum
IN M NAsNN
Wales more than IN Victoria, besides El94. 4A
spent tor immigration In the mother colony
and land revenue OF El.6OS 600 greater than
that Of Victoria
second. THAT Victorian dwellings arc mort
numerous than those Of New South Wales
with fewer Of the poverty stricken class.
Third. That education Is more widely DIR
fused. with almost twice as many nDrarles
and more than twice as many books
Fourth. THAT the destitute asy iums OF NOW
south Wales have almost twice as many IN
mates as ours and cost almost twice AZ much
IN maintenance . 2t
Fifth. That our railway enterprise has been
greater we having a mile Of railway to every
Y q square miles of territory. a. against ! to
every ll9 squire miles in New South Wales.
Hixth.-That our postoftices are more numer
GUS absolutely and relatively :,
seventh That the value OF our crops Ia
greater BY more than Hl,U ,OOO: that we more
than double New South Wales IN wheat, are
more than eight times greater than her IN
oats. nine times in barley. nearly twice IN po'
tatoes, four times greater IN vines, nearly
tw,ce IN hay and over l.gUO.OCO acres more IN
the sum total of all u, a AZ
Eighth. the garden and orchard crops
OF Victoria ure worth Gl9 4s. per acre against
80 q IN New South Wales, and an aggregate
Of E81G.tl5 IN Victoria against &479. 756 III New
south wales u 10
f1y1- ~ ~ UIol< .k,n IN
were Al .6l7 .G37 against only IL, lSO, A3 In VIC.
t. rla owing to the wide extent Of pasturage
over the Murray. but that even i'll this item.
while Victorian fOcks are slowly increasing,
those Of New South Wales have had a disas-
trous decline. according to MI. Fenton. OF
IS ss3 O53 since, 81 to 1855, and still more To-
tai one since. according to general estimate.
Tenth. ..That while the totals Of New south
Wales cattle have declined since 1861 by l2l.-
G6B tb- Victorian increase hns been 1.2O5, S08. "a.
Eleventh THAT while Il e increase of New
South Wales horses since 1861 has been ~. 78,
VIctorla's increase has been 81, 4O. III
,Twelfth.-That our dairy cows are more
numerous and our dairy product greater.
ThiH >enth THAT our swine ARE more nulner-s
Gus and their Increase three times ss large
Fourteenth. THAT in the DETAILS Of our I'M
dustry Victorian breadWinners are greater
and their dependents fewer. i 5
Fifteenth. That in manufactures our prou-
ucts are greater. our factories worth more and
che hands employed greater by some ID, 900.
!. Htxteenth.-Th That even In primary production
Victoria has Elsa g. lid. to the square mile
against Ese "a. lid IN New south Wales.
overwhelmingly the facts from the pro.
bate returns show Victorian accumulated
wealth to be greater and more widely dthused.
Eighteenth. That Victorian indebtedness II
very much less than that Of New South Wales,
while her foreign Investments and income
from them are very much greater.
Ntneteenth.-That the value Of Victorian
ratable property IL much greater than in New
South Wales, and its annual value R1l.G0.070
against ~, s96,6s5. a.
Twentieth. That all this progress has been
accomplished notwithstanding that tho New
South Wales revenue from lnnd, Judged by the
year 1856. Is Fl, CO.. .l91 larger in the mother
colony than IN Victoria Il
Here are score Of conclusive proofs
that agriculture, industry and invest
ment are more prosperous in the pro.
lection colony of Victoria than III it's
free trade neighbor It is q great group
Of facts, and protectionists are never
afraid to present facts, while their free
trade opponents wriggle and squirm only
with theories and generalities. Turning
to the question of foreign trade, which,
the free traders assert, is "a direct test
Of a nation progress, The Age refutes
this idea and ably proves it's point 40
follows:
As matter OF fact nation foreign trade
10 often merely its carrying trade and IL not
oven IN remote degree an index to its wealth
production any more than the railway porter
IL rich man because he carries 80 many PEG.
lie !. luggage This can be made evident by .
glat.ce ut the following table, taken from Mr..
Coghlan . latest edition Of the Seven Colo
ntes:" SE:3. 5f3s s#
$ # Total trade
I { per head.
& Se5Sa 1864.
United Kingdom .......................El0 z O
France !. 10 II 10
Germany ...............,.........a TO L
Italy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8 g 8
Belgium. 80. :. 81 8 o
Spain. ..,,,.,.,,.,...,.,..... 81 g.
Cape Colony J. IA 10 10
Canada. !. I. ,.,.,.......... ........% IL g 9
Chile !. :. !. Is z g.
Cnited States. Y. !. y. q Gil
Australasia. !. u II 10
y One has only to observe that Belgian exter.
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