The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-02-05

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tered together in narrow space, il /
group Of remarkable buildings, IN
centre and the source of England,
trade. Low, massive, and shspelesa,
. square block of dingy grani>e,
strong apparently Is fortress, and
guarded always like ! garrison, IL
Bank OF England holds within lis
limits treasures that might have IS
tonished an Inca, and . command
over the commerce of the world that
for more than century has seldom
been disputed. Some traces Of .
coming change may be now distinct
" observed. The natural resources
Of the New World must at last give
to New York and the translantic cit
les the chief control Of money and
Of exchange. But a yet the granite
block on Threadnecdle Street 10 the
supreme arbiter ofvalues. II "Opens
its stream of gold, and prices rise; It
refuses to lend, and the products Of
every cline feel an immediate decline.
Near the Bank is the Exchange, the
spot where the business Of al races
is transacted, and where for three
centuries the merchants OF England
have slowly, sternly, and sometimes
with cruel harshness, pursued their
definite aim Of buying cheap and sell
ing dear. Yet Il is impossible not to
review with natural admiration the
ceaseless enterprise and never-failing
courage Of these children of trade
The British merchant, the true OF
spring of Phnnician and Carthagi-
nisu, has penetrated every foreign
sea in search Of gain; has risked
money, toll, and often life, in the pur.
suit Of new avenues of profit; has
been discouraged by no disaster, and
has risen superior 10 every defeat
But for this rare spirit Of enterprise,
his daring tolls on the Indian Ocean
OF the polar seas, England must have
remained IN obscure realm, and the
parent Of colonies and nations Ian
guished barren and unknown. II is
her merchants that have made Eng
land powerful, and the tolls Of peo-.
pie to whom labor has never seefned
arduous. The fair and stately front
Of the Royal Exchange, therefore,
built from the spoils Of Elizabethsn
commerce, and embellished from that
Of VICTORIA, has It's own wide sig
sni6cance, and the place where Eng
iish merchants meet is stih . noted
scene in history. Opposite 10 the
Mansion House, the Lord Mayors
palace in his brief sway, decof1sed
with guided furniture, and glowing
with kind of tswlry .opulepce :. :;
There II Guild4Allr FSa0e& 4kes
dome of 81. Pauts rises over Esdesse
Hal. A throng q huge commercial
buildings encircie the Bank and the
Exchange. But the most useful Of
them to human propress, the most
important of the group, is the new
P9t-office, heavy colonade Of gran
ite, discolored and dim, yet the
means of distributing knowledge to
the most distant limits Of the realm,
and the most perfect Of human con-
triyances for aiding the intercourse Of
nations.
Once the appendage of noble FAM
lily who preyed upon the people and
scoffed ut their complaints, the Brit
ish Post-ofice, through the labors of
q series Of reformcrs, has become the
most perfect Of English institutions.
England might loose it's establish
ment or part with its hereditary rnl-
ers with no lasting pain, but its Post
office has become the common friend
of all the people. In the midst Of
the lingering shadows Of the Middle
Ages, Of palaces and Royalty, cast
and prerogative, this institution 10
wholly popular aud singnlarly demo-
cratic. 1t obeys and serves all class
es alike. 1t first offered tothe world
the example Of cheap transmission
of knowledge thirty years ago; it has
forced all other nations to admit the
necessity Of cheap communication.
Europe and America have yielded to
its dictation. The people Of all civil
lived lands owe their cheap postage
to English reformers. But not con-
tent with distributing nearly a billion
Of letters annually ut . most modest
rate, with sending ont books, pamph-
lets, and newspapers in an almost
limitless stream, with its throng Of
servants and officials, its countless ap-
pliances devoted to the public service,
with its ceaseless vigilance in gratify-
ing the wants or assuaging the COM
plants Of those it seeks to serve, its
prudent managers have never hesitat-
cd year by year to add to its round
Of duties. The Post-otiice has be-
come the chiei means by which the
government can directly promote the
general welfare of the nation. 1t
collects debts and dividends, trans
mits funds from place to place,
opens savings-banks for tho poor at
four thousand postal stations, mana
ges the telegraphic system, insures
the lives Of al who can pay small
premium, grants aunuities, and has
taught the people industry and thrift
as well as the love Of knowlsdge.-
When it's powers are enlarged it is
difficult to see why it must not en-
gross large share Of the capital Of
the country that is not in use, supply.
the state with all the money it needs,
and the people with ceaseless tide
of information.
As the sole manager of the tele-
graph, the Post-ofiice has proved SIM
U,larlv successf,lI. The royernment