The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-18


almost entire dcpendcnce ON foreign trade
American manufactured arc w come extent
successfully compctinu with British fabrics
IN the markets OF the world. while hero at
home we are rapidly driving out nearly oil
descriptions Of British goods. In tho event
Of practically and permanently losing 80
important II customer as thcee Unitcd
States, IT is impossible to Sec what other
outlet England can find for her manufac-
turcd products.
II ia difficult to understand how any OK
ncctatiou Of an Improvement in foreign
trnde should have been cherished 30 long az
nearly every country with which England
trades was undoruoinu a severe contraction
In ito consutnption of British cxports. The
trndc of England can revive only when the
countrics which IL supplies with goods havo
become able and willing to buy moro
freely; but American goods OF acknow-
edged superior quality finish, elegance,
and strength. are now offered side by
side with the British article In the chief
markets of tho world. Only under the cir
cumstance that when England's foreign
customers have rcxaincd their wontcd pur-
chasing CAPACITY she shall be able tO sup
ply them with the same relative chcapncss
M before, can shc expect to regain the trade
which she wishes to believe IL merely tenn
porarily suspended.
dcclinc in wagos Is imperativclv do
,nopdcd In Rritisb industrv In meet tho de-
clino in Fla, uricc M ynods This decline in
wngos il stnutlv rcsi,,.d nv oncrativcs in
tho largo manufacturing towns At pros-
on, ,h,ro 10 a lor,, linz -, ar,ioIos which
,a,,1 ,.',,,,, ~, - ,,,,,,,s hnr, In ,h,.',
u,,,i,,l,r hr,nohoa az ministry rnr this
-, much ,rn,Io has como iron, o,ont
pri,,in 1, r,mni,s with American mann
1o.,urrra to nrosorvo and ext,nd This
trnric We hclirvc ,hc time has worry nearlv
arrived whom Fnylnnd will 500 TN, necessity
for hnndonln,y some of the vnrious modes
uf taxing other nations which havc so long
s,ournd tn hnr almost n mononolv az tho
markets. of the world She will be- forced to
abandon a svst.m which made of her the
,orksbop of tho ,vorld and of hcr neonle n
NATHAN of shnnkc,ncrs In tho evcs Of the
English that which ia most usesul to Eng
land il ALWAYS tho .nuse ~ mstice The
nnn arr ,ho Govrrnmcnt which serves the
intnroe,. n, ENGLAND has mn end of good
ounlities. he who hurts those interests. no
and of d.f.,t.
This fn.liny was admirably illustrated in
"A fe,v remarks made bv Mr.. CuAMnrRt.A1N
| member oil farhainchl LOT birmingham anu
colleague 10 JOHN BRIGHT on ,he occasion
OF a dinner recently given To "eh' 'hANI
at Birmingham MI 'hAMbEhLAlS' WIN
| questionable TASTE, went much OUT Oh
his way To relate 10 our traNeiiihR war
rior now England had IN great
measure lost the hlaINc,s Vi inc 'h'-
ted States, because Vi the p'cul'"r III
huence Oh protective "'rih on Amer i'"n
manufactures Lo"khe at 'nc p"'9..""
from ehtlieiy bItlSh point vi view hi
'HAMbEhLAlN po'i''h OUT ho" Hiuo" ''.9
absurd ana uheh"sh'oh'N sss'cih h"u 10 NV
with IN" utter -taRnatl"i' "hlch no" rcishs
IN England throughout thc manufacturing
districts MT CHAMBERLAIN NIUE .ir"oo
makes clear That TO the ecohofl'oai p"iiov VI
the hlt"d S'at's-'h' i'Ay anu in'qnl'y vi
which have been demonstrated IN rislan' io'
thirty years pa7t-niust pe mainly a'triput-