The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
PROOF CONCLUSIVE.
PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE CON-
TRASTED.

TRAsTEo.
Strangely Different Results In Two Aus
trAiian Enthusiastically Under Pro-
lection For Nation and Individual.
Where Farm Interests Flourish.
In no section Of the globe can the diff
ference between the effects Of the pro-
tective tariff and free trade policies be
more strongly contrasted than in the
adjoining colonies of Victoria and New
South Wales in Australia The older
colony, New South Wales, adheres rigid
~ to the free trade doctrine of the
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 as in the
United States and in order to refute
some gross Misrepresentation uttered
by a member of the New South Wales
legislature, The Age, Of Melbourne,
epitomizes the following summary Of
facts which constitute the chief ele-
ments of national prosperity:
First.-That our (victoria) population,
measured by density, Is nearly four times
that Of New South Wales and Is nearly equal
In absolute numbers, Notwithstanding q sum
of 2l6, 900, 600 Of loans spent in New South
Wales more than In Victoria, besides fle4, 4SO
spent for immigration in the mother colony
and a land revenue of 4l COZ 600 greater than
that Of Victoria
Second.-That Victorian dwellings are more
numerous than those Of New South Wales,
with fewer Of the poverty stricken class.
Third.-That education Is more widely diff
fused, with almost twice many libraries
and more than twice as many books
Fourth.-That the destitute asylums OF Now
South Wales have almost twice as many In
mates as ours and cost almost twice as much
in maintenance.
Fifth.-That our railway enterprise has been
greater, we having mile Of railway to every
Is square miles Of territory, as against to
every ll0 square miles in New South Wales.
Sixth.-That our postoffices are more numer-
Gus absolutely and relatively.
Seventh.-That the value OF our crops Is
greater by more than Ell, 000, 900; 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
twice in hay and over 100000 acres more in
the sum total Of all
Eighth.-That the garden and orchard crops
Of Victoria are worth fl9 As. per acre against
60 %. in New South Wales and an aggregate
of 2Sl6, Ais in Victoria against f479,756 In New
South Wales.
Ninth.-That New South Wales sheep in 1896
were Al 617 ,6S7 against only 3D. lSO, 943 In Vic
toria owing to the wide extent of pasturage
over the Murray, but that even in this item.
.lx.I al lU cir
those Of New South Wales have had disas-
trous decline, according to Mr.. Fenton, Of
Is, 1923 053 since, S9l to 1895, and still more IA
tai one since, according to general estimate.
Tenth.-That while the totals of New South
Wales cattle have declined since 1861 by l2l.-
$685. the Victorian increase has been l,2O5, sos.
Eleventh.-That while the increase OF New
South Wales horses since 1861 has been 254, 723,
Victoria's increase has been 347, AGO.
Twelfth.-That our dairy cows are more
numerous and our dairy product greater.
Thirteenth. our swine are more numer-
GUS and their increase three times as large.
Fourteenth.-That in the details Of our in
dustry Victorian breadwinners are greater
and their dependents fewer.
Fifteenth.-That in manufactures our prod
ucts greater, our factories worth more and
the hands employed greater by some 1900.
Sixteenth.-That even in primary production
Victoria has Elsa Is. lid. to the square mile
against tSS fS. ill., IN Now SOutH NdlcS.
Seventeenth.-Th the facts from the pro-
bate returns show Victorian accumulated
wealth to be greater and more widely dihused.
Eighteenth.-That Victorian Indebtedness Is
very much less than that Of New South Wales,
while her foreign investments and income
from them are very much greater.
Nineteenth.-That the value of Victorian
ratable property is much greater than in New
South Wales. and its annual value Ell, 676, 079
against 81 1896, 645.
Twentieth. all this progress has been
accomplished notwithstanding that the New
South Wales revenue from land, Judged by the
year 1866. is 81, 607, l9l larger In tho mother
colony than in Victoria
Here are a score Of conclusive proofs
that agriculture, industry and invest
ment are more prosperous in the pro-
lection colony of Victoria than in its
free trade neighbor. 1t is a 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 nations progress, The Age refutes
this idea and ably proves its point as
follows:
As a matter OF fact, q nations foreign trade
Is often merely its carrying trade and is not
even in o remote degree an index to Its wealth
production any more than the railway porter
| IL q rich man because he carries so many peo-
| pies luggage. This can be made evident by q
glance at the following table, taken from Mr..
Ooghlan's latest edition of the Seven Colo
! Mes
Total trade
per head.