Cañon City record., 1904-11-03
is PROTECTION A RoBBERY1


Is protection a robbery. in vsew Of H.
fact chat our wings bznks-not nstisunD
banks nor trust companies-bold mosv
| than $3,3O0O00.O00 On deposit, axainst
81. 1.74S,OOO.000 in 1894, an increase Of
<1-512,0OO,OOO in ten years, of wk3Sh
seven have been protective tarin yesnf
Is protection robbery. in view sf the
fact that the savings banks of Nev
York and New England alone. the baaks
| OF fine working people. have more msney
on deposit than had all the savings banks
| of our country in 1884?
Is protection a robbery. in view Of tbs
fact that the 1903 figures showed 1,3OS-
600 savings bank dcpcstors. an incresss
of 2.240.O0O since 1896?
Is protection a robbery, in view Of the
| fact that the total deposits texclusiye OF
government bondsl in our banking inst-
tntions generally in 1903 amounted 10
1868. 100000. an increase Of $4.T57.-
| 100000 over 1896?
! Is protection a robbery. in view of the
/ fact that our export Of domestic man
ufactures increased from SIT, ,O00, 900 in
| 1897 CAST low-tariff fiscal year,. to $452.-
600. GOO in 1904 Cast complete protective
tariff fiscal year. an increase of $1I5.-
10000?
| Is protection robbery. in view Of tho
I
| m 1904 fiscal year. was 317 600 coo bush
| els. or 49.oo0.0OO bushels in excess OF
| 1908 fiscal year. in spite Of the fact chat
our 1904 wheat crop was a,ss. 900 600 bush-
els short of that of 1903:
/ Is protection robbery in view of the
fact that our pryiuction of pig iron N
creased from 100000 tons in 1894 10
100000 tons in 1882
| is protection Il robbery. in view Of the
20 hat n
from 152. .00o0 tons an 1894 To 3loDOO.-
600 tons in 1903?
IL protection robbery, in view OF tho
fact that our cotton mills used mp 3.R9,-
600 bales of raw cotton in 1903 an N
| crease of 2,945,O00 bales over 1850, and
1,419.000 bales over 1886:
IL 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<arif fiscal yesr7
Mills - 1S6
Spindies ,444.S2S
| Bales consumed 16S.462
Is profession a robbery. in vieu u the
fact that our public debt decreased from
81. 600. 600 in 1850 TO SS95 OO0. .OnO IN.
1904 decrease of s1.436 100000?
Is protection a robbery. in view of ths
fact that our manufacturing and vaes-
earning interests show the following n
creases in 1905 over 1862
| ractores 240.090
Factory workers .---. 3-SO00o0
Factory pay rolls, yearly So 600 coo coo
Factory outpnt- yearly 5000. .Oo8, 900
Is protection n robbery, in view Of the
fact that our importation Of tin plnfe
decreased from 3s5.0OO, 600 pounds in
1886 to 110.0Oo.OOO pounds m 1908, vhns
our manufacture of tin plate ineyeaaed
from 359.0O0.o0O to SEQ OOO. 900 pouuDe.
an increase OF 41S.OO0 COO pounda. IN
only six years OF protection.
Is protection Q robbery, in view Of he
fact that since Abraham Lpcon,a e-us
election. in 1850. we show the folIov-
ing increases?
Increased exports, 1904 81, ,fsT. .OOQCOO
Increased imports. 1901 e3S09oe 60
National wealth S4OOO.Jo0. 90
Money circulation -.... 2es6 600, ,Oee
Farms and farm property. l., 500 O00 00O
Farm products, increase
1904 :. ..-........... 2.7oaooo,eoo
Farm animals, excess
1908 :. ........ s.1o2oos.ooo
Government revenue, eI-
cess lSo4 .------.-.... 4SS,o0o0oo
| Increased petroleum prod
ucts. gals --......-.. 2640OOQ0oo
Increased copper produc-
ton, tons ..--- 2ESS8U
Increased corn crop. bush
els ...... ....-..-.... 1.5ooooaooe
Increased wheat crop,
bushels -; As4oooooo
Increased gold and silver
production ...-:. 1oa.o~ooe
Increased cotton picked.
bale. :. ...-... ss@oos
Increase steam railway
mileage =. .........-. 10000
Newspapers. ETC.. increase. 16l94
Patents granted. increase. 1k&1
Sauh Ste. Marie tonnage.
yearly increase .---.- 27-3350oo
American shipping. domcs-
tic. increase, tons -. 291 600
And all the foregoing is only part OF
| what might be credited TO the protective
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