River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27
is PROTECTION A ROBBERY

Is protection q robbery, in view of the
| fact that oYr savings banks-not national
banks nos trust companies-hold more
than $3,300,000,000 ON deposit, against
| $1,74S,000,000 in 1894. an increase OF
$1,502 100000 in ten years, of which
seven have been protective tariff years?
Is protection q robbery, in view of the
| fact that the savings banks OF New
| York and New England alone, the banks
| of the working people, have more money
on deposit than had all the savings banks
of our country in 1894? \
Is protection a robbery, in view of the
fact that the 1903 figures showed 1906
600 savings bank depositors, an increase
| of 2,240,000 since 1896?
Is protection robbery, in view of the
fact that the total deposits (excusive of
| government bondSl III our banking insti-
tItions generally in 1908 amounted to
| S9.673. 100000. an increase of $4,TJ7,-
| 100000 over 1896?
Is protection robbery, in view Of the
fact that our export of domestic man
| ufactures increased from $2T7, 100000 in
| 1897 0ast low-tariff fiscal YEAR,, TO $4I2,-
| 100000 in 1904 CAST complete protective
tariff fiscal year,, an increase of $40
| 100000?
Is protection robbery, in view of the
| fact that our home consumption of wheat
/ in 1904 fiscal year, was J1T,000,000 bush
| els, or 100000 bushels in excess OF
1903 fiscal year. in spite of the fact shat
our 1904 wheat crop was $4,000, 900 bush
els short of that OF 1903?
Is protection a robbery in view of the
| fact that our production of pig iron in
creased from 100000 tons in 1894 to
| 1S,000,000 tons in 1903?
| Is protection robbery in view of the
| fact that our coal production increased
from 152, 100000 tons in 1894 to 10000
| 900 tons in 1903?
| Is protection robbery, in view of the
| fact that our cotton mills used up 1924,
| 600 bales of raw cotton i'll 1908, an in
! crease of 2,945,000 bales over 1860. and
| ], 419,000 bales over 1896?
Is protection a robbery, in view of the
| fact that in 1903 the cotton mills Of
North Carolina, South Carolina and
| Georgia showed the following increase
over 1897 the last low-tariff fiscal year?
| Mills :. 1856
| Spindles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. j, A. 2J
| Bales consumed ............ 16J4 49,
! Is protection robbery, in view of the
fact that our public debt decreased from
$2,331 100000 in 1860 to $S95,O0O,0OO in
1904, a decrease of $1,436, 100000?
Is protection robbery, in view of the
fact that our manufacturing and wage
| earning interests show the following in
creases in 1908 over 1896?
Factories =. .......... 100000
| Factory workers ........ 3,oU0000
Factory pay rolls, yearly .$3,O00,000O00
| Factory output, yearly. So, 10000 100000
Is protection Il robbery, in view of the
fact that our importation of tin plate
decreased from 100000 pounds in
1896 to 100000 pounds in 1903, while
our manufacture of tin plate increased
from 359,000,O00 to S2O,OU0,000 pounds,
an increase of 41G,O0O,000 pounds, in
only six years of protection?
! Is protection robbery, in view of the
fact that since Abraham Lincoln's first
election, in 1860, we show the follow
| ing increases?
Increased exports, 1904 81, 1871 100000
Increased imports, 1904. G3S,00O,00O
| National wealth ...:.... .S4000,O00,OOO
| Money circulation ....... 2,OSGOOO,OOO
Farms and farm property. l., 500, 100000
Farm products, increase
1JOf ...........,. :, (Oo,OOt,OOO
| Farm animals, excess
1915 .............. ., lOZ,OUU,UUU
Government revenue, eX-
cess 1904 .........,. 485,OO0,OOO
Increased petroleum prod
ucts, gals. ....... 2,G4O,O0O,OOO
Increased copper produc-
ton, tons ........... 2G3, 1888
Increased corn crop, bush
els 80. ........... 1,500,0OO,OOO
Increased wheat crop,
bushels 49,. .......... 4G4,O0O,O0O
Increased gold and silver
production -. ..... lO1, 100000
Increased cotton picked,
bales !. .............. 5,SGG,O0O
Increase steam railway
mileage ....... 100000
Newspapers, etc, increase. 1884
Patents granted, increase. 26,S2l
Sault Ste. Marie tonnage,
yearly increase ....... 1888, 900
American shipping, domes-
tic, increase, tons go. 2,39l,O 900
And all the foregoing is only part OF
what might be credited to the protective
tariff. WALTER J. BALLARD.