The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-17
AFFAIRS IN BRITAIN.
a TALK WITH ANoRtw CARNEGIE
Va Ehslish Politie'. Nswspspess and BusIa,ss.
The Iron Tsads Of EoEiApd Greatly D'prtas.
ed-His VitMa or lis American B,e.iIu
try-rarl1 tho issus Ia this County.

"oh AAuo u Lokhnu utcAuy ufptehe
sd-His VitMa or lis American Steel Iudus.
try-rarir tho laus Ia this County.
PlT1snuRan, July 10 "A reporter OF tb
Chronicle Telegraph had the following tal
with Andrew Carnegie, who Is a very i'm
portant factor in Eaglilh politics, and
powerful element OF tho Liberal party, q
an American cit'zsn. Am h. !.
A cable Dispatch from London printet
on Monday stated that Mr.. Carnegie hat
quarreled with Mr.. Storey, NJ. p, who Il
associated with him In the control OF Eog
lish papers, and further said their busines,
relation had been eeyered and that Mr.
Carnegie refused 10 advance any mort
money i E ~ q Su
II saw the dispatch" said Mr.. Carnegie,
with smile, "aud AN glad to havean op.
portunily to contradict 1t. II Is utterly ab.
surd. My relations with Mr.. S.orey have
In no way become unpleasant and next
month he Intends to come 10 this country
as my guest, and will remain with me some
sAo.os = oufpVou toht tlIo Iuuiul OIIkluAltu u
~ the iact that |, as well az other irlunds oi
Mr. Storey have taken him TO task on &c.
nnunt ol several erratic votes cast by him in
Pail ament recel tly. This WAS done in Il
friendly way, and did not at all create any
bad feeling. have no friend In Eugl md
nf whom l think more than do vi Mr.
Storey. His success in his en,erpri u in
which am interested, has shown hlm to
be one Of the ablest business men OF the
country. He Is q man with The nerve,
energy and 90 acknowledgements Of au Ameri.
caD.1 He Is q Bslf.msde man, was born in
Sunderland, and is now The representative
OF that place in Parliament. Mr.. Storey
has complete charge OF tho Goa ion Of
neWSpapefs which We own in Great B1i-
tain. We now own seventeen newspapers,
seven oi which are. daliies, and almost ali
ol than evening papers. The others ars
week.-Mrs.. Among our papers arc The Lou.
don Echo and tho famous old Mark Lane
Erpress, the commercial paper"
HIS NEWSPAPER RSTERpRIsEs.
l"Wnat led you 10 90 into the newspaper
business in England, Mr. Carnegie :" !
ut was not fol, money making .purpcaes
that 1 did it. was born in Scotland, and
am now an American citz.n. I hope by
tho advocacy OF liberal opinions to do
something toward bringing up the political
institutions Of my native lsnd to the LEVEL
Of those Il my adopted country. A royal
family Ia an Insult 10 every osher ianily
III Great BRIAN. l hope 10 eee
the day when tnu shadow OF the English
aay will fall upon no land wherein there
ls not equality and liberty. The people OF
Britain aru ueluueu by u sham s,B.em OF
representation. Power rests with u herdl-
lary arisIoeracy and q useless court. l
wish 10 do my part 10 put aside all ths anu
this is why William BLACK, the novelist,
on our recent coaching trip, called me ,thu
''Star Spanglrd Seolcnman."
1T hAs been eald you wish TO enter Par
liament?'
II do not. Ill 80 into English politicsit
is to euilghten the political heatneu xnd
spread before thtm the gospel OF Rspub.
llcAnlsm. This Is what is making t1le Echo
Q suCcess. IL is the most advance d raoical
paper IN England. 1--WE supported Glad.
ssone heartily and believe n,ln 10 be The
Premier WHO will give England more I'D
varced legislation Than any one who has
held Office"
~ e. DREAM OF REPUBLIC. u
"What about the Irish question:"
"On an issue between Lord, and Com.
mons Mr. Gladstone would have such u
msj j,rity as would make him independent
ef lhe 1riah vote. Oa any ordinary itsue
PArnell would probably be the arbiter oil
Britieh politics. He will get Hcme Ruls
lor Ireland in local sTAire, which will NOT
only be productive tf goud to Ireland but
to Eugland, scotland .s we'll. We shuil BEE
a local parliament in Edinburgh, as we'll as
in, Dublin before many years. The I'm.
perial Parliament Ia overt roHded attend
Ing to petty QUESTIONS which are
solved in, this ceuulry by ihs retpsct.ye
Sta;es. Among many things wnicn
B;itain has been wise enough to copy lrvm
the Republic she ia very, soon tc adopt the
Federal system. Do not understand me as
fayorlng the independence Of Ireland any
more than l would Of Scotland. This
dream il on the par with tbs dream OF
South Carolina 10 dlBsolvs the Union. The
British race needs the strewduess and cal.
cularlng spirit Of the Scotchman, the bril-.
liancy and quick wittednesB Of the Irish.
man, as well IS the sturdy, ploddiug char
ac,er OF the Euglishman, 10 make them an
perfect people, and we shall navo.them ali
united in Federal Republic some Of these
days. - -. ~ 80 ." So, ;. "a -,
-; D.. .: THE business OUTLOOK. .,Iy. ,.g
5"What is the outlook for business affairs
in Eugand?4 G; 1 E:.7 >
Very bad indeed. England has had
ten yeara Of continuous depression in bust
ness. shipbuildiDg is the only department
which has been prosperous, and that is
now perhaps the worst Of any. Until.the
recent financial disturbances here, this
country: has been remarkably favored as
compared with England. Every branch cf
business Ia oyerdoue, and land contirn ues TO
fall In value, and many OF the prlnuipsl
landed familiesa'e pine ei in co, sequence.
The landed estates are GENERALLY butdenpi
with large pay IN snts, to junior members II
the family or are heavily morigsgsd, After
paying these there iB little or no,hinvilpft
for the nominal owner. The rents Of lands
have fallen from twenty to twenty. tlye Der.
can. II ~"nld aurprise anyone to hear
tho nQmea nj m no noh1o IA ~; IL. l-.-