The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-18
"HoDGEu UNDECEIVED.
AN Incident in the English Agri.
cultural Lockout.
A Herald Interview Exposes q Mean
Trick Of the Farmers.
A PUBLIC READING AT ExNING

NEWMARKET, England. Nav l. 1874
The history OF the great agricultural lockout OF
1874 has yet to be written. But when the uprising
OF these serfs Is chroncled, or the most inter.
estlng episodes OF the Instructive story will be the
narrative OF how the New York HERALD exploded
the famous "NewmarKet Placard." Ever since
these miserably underpaid tillers OF the soil have
been 'slocked outn they have very naturally been
turning their attention TO the desirability OF emf
grafton. Agents for all the British Colonies have
been swarming among them. Canada has been
| puned and Landed beyond me asure by the advo-
Gates OF the Dominion. while New Zealand and
Queensland have had their praises celebrated In
charmingly seductive doggerel. which recites that
in THESE territories the honest laborer enjoys
Eight hours, work.
n ngt h hours p pay
Eight bob day.
The United States, unfortunately, alone have
| lacked advocates. Yet the Eastern counties
aborer, dull OF comprehension and almost weak OF
intellect though he has yet had faint suspicion
that somehow ''aristocracy and land laws" have
had good deal TO d. with his present sufrerings,
and he has turned kindly In thought towards tho
great republic" across the Atlantic where there
arc
NO LoRDLY TITLES AND NO ENTAILED ESTATES
| His master, the farmer has not been slow 70
failed to see how speedily depletion OF the labor
market would necessitate rise OF wages. So
these bucolic gentlemen Of the Eastern counties,
| in order to prevent Hodge becoming enamored OF
| the prairies OF the great West, three weeks ago
caused posters to be placarded throughout New
market the headquarters or the "locxed OUT"
gravely announcing that 10000 laborers were
, OUT OF EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA AND WERE WAIT
ING TO RETURN HOME.
4 To Tho ploc ard o1t thn al ~ NJ
an oflcal manifesto they aided -"Apply 10 E. NJ.
Archibald, Esq., c. B.. British Consul at New York."
! To an American reader. o! course, such q foolish
| poster could only strike him as o feeble ana UNI
princpled attempt at q practical 'oke. At New
market, however, 1t was taken du SSrieuL by the
agricultural laoorers. They were unwilling to
credit statements so derogatory to great
agricultural country but there seemed for them no
help Tor 1t, and in vain did they wait for any au
thortative denial OF facts OF which they them
selves had no individual cognizance. Meanwhile
the farmers believed that they had enectually
closed at least channel OF emigration and they
TOOK care to keep IT closed. Hodge was Afforded
every assistance in their power to enable him to
spell out these mysterious posters. When the Ia
borer couldn't read. which was oftener the case
than not Farmer Jones would
SPELL OUT THE pLAcARD FOR HIM.
! duly emphasizing the important words. He
'.worst wasn't told that ere bill, as there were
State reasons Tor not telling all the truth about the
| Americans" This discreditabe game was played
with IMMUNITY untn HERALD correspondent ar
nounced the placard fabrication. declaring that
II was impossible that the British Consul at New
i York could ever have authorized SO miSchievOusly
false document. The bnl ne at once selegraphed
to the HERALD's London bureau. Thence It was
Cabled to New York and published the following
day, along with an exhaustive interview betwixt
HERALD reporter and the Consul, wherein the
REPuDlArED ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PIAcARD
and stigmatized ITS contents as utterly false.
To-day the NEW YORK HERALD has arrived, and
has been publicly read amid great rejoicing TO the
assembled aborers at Exning, near Newmarket.
Telegraph report Of Inc HERALD interview, are
utterly disconnected over their being caught hv
their men IN such disreputable trtcEery Also
keen supporter OF the farmers. al individual cali
/ and who claims to be from Ohio and whose doeful
accounts OF the Widespread restitution of that
meantime, quietly Withdrawn himself rom NJ New.
market Woods Endorsed the Archibald placard
eo ne saw a. hS Vas Srg
eager 10 We with the other IN t!lng British SOIL at
interview. however, has fallen ike
A BOMB AMONG THE FARMERS,
and has made short WORK with them and with
WOODS ana his extraordinary stories. Meantime the
scene in front OF the white Horse Innn at Exulng
| At evening. when laborer's delegate stands on 4
Is picture scarcely less significant and historical
1 than the irescoes In the House Of Commons or the
pictures IN the Capitol at Washington. The
brawny framed, rudy faced fellows in their
threadbare corduroys, with blue cockadcs stuck in
their old hats, are pressing around the delegates
chair Their upturned countenances Oy no
means faces that strike you by the brlgh ness of
their intelligence The sparkle OF eager curiosity
and the first symptoms Of awaiting Intelligence.
however, are there. ana the dawning OF their p0-
/ litcal day one feels Is not far distant.
THE SCENIC SURROUNDINGS OF THE RURAL TABLEAU
are singularly beautiful and harmonious. Nunier-
are laden with snowy blossoms. The hedge rows
are covered with the white and pink flowers OF
the may and the hawthorn. There Is scarce
cloud IN the sky and the clear strong sunlight
beats on the speaker and on the newspaper nut-
tering in his hand, and on which, from the window,
! we can read the clear bold type, New York
| HERALD. These words, httingly enough, the
centre OF the picture. Through its news facilities
the Atlantic cable has been placed ut the service
/ OF these aborers to pring them authentic nor-
nation on subject which concerns their very
| lives. Among these laborers many a heavy heart
| beats lighter to-day, and hope and courage are
carried 70 many hearth which mad otherwise
! been but dull and cherries home this night.