The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-16
FREE-TRADE ENGLAND.
Anxiety to Break Down the American Tariff
Systematic British Workers Poverty.

"Gath's" Washington Letter, in Cincinnati En-.
ourer.
met here Mr. T. c. Crawford. whose name
10 we'll known to all newspaper readers as hav-
ing been 10 Europe for the New York World
during the past two years. He came homo
the ship with Mr. Blaine. and wrote all the rsl:s-
BILE interviews with Mr.. Blaine, except one. He
wrote the Florence interview, in which Blaine
emphasized his refusal to be nominated among
the other candidates at Chicago. When was
10 Europe Las. summer Mr. Crawford obtained
for me facilities to 60 to the naval review and
other places. had a running talk with him
about general things abroad. Said I:
"Do YOU find the English anxious on the sub
iect of doing our trade and breaking down the
tariff
~ sho uld think 80. But the EneIishman is q
singular being in his understanding Of the
United 81 ates For nation so well set up in
their own self esteem as they are. especially ia
the selfes TEEN OF their superior knowledes,
they are tn most incapable race alive TO under
stand Institutions. They thought that
when Cleve land issued that message or procia-
nation 1t W as the end OF the matter; that imme-
diately the tariffs would all come off, and they
would come In and occupy the land. They were
mystifsd and mortified when IL Was explained TO
them that the President could neither make
nor break any Ia W; that his message was mere
recommendation. Oh we'll they said on
bearing this, of course those manufacturing
States will have to come in. They may resist
him by force VIII lie, but as he is the ruler and
has expressed the policy it cannot be very
long,"
"Are the British doing well under free trader
''They may be able to show you some statis-
tics to that effect. but to the naked eye aud
from what you hear by The ear they are the most
unhappy beings to-day the globe with respect
IN hair TFadA A ant fhAxr
have in the country told me that they could not
stand their freetrade policy more than Ave
years longer unless some other nation or nations
enlarged their market They still insist that
their doctrine Is the correct one provided all the
world would adopt it. But every nation the
continent 10 living under tariff, and then pour
ing the goods made by tariff into England to be
sold The United States is doing the same.
We send no end or things over there, and they
have 10 90 in. under the Law, free Of duty.
Then the British colonies have put up tariffs
against British goods, and are manufacturing
for themselves. The consequence is that they
are struck everywhere. grower Of potatoes,
vegetables and market produce in the interior
OF England told me that the French would land
their apricots. grapes and garden vegetables in
London and sell them cheaper than he could
raise them. He said that his hot-houses and
wall vines, etc, were valueless to him. The
Begans are selling them railroad engines. The
nation they fear the most is the German. which
has . very high tariff and is pouring into Eng
ionu. ifou Sucmuil1 uoStory ouu oil sorts Oh
WOODEN and cotton goods. Il is a notorious fact
that the Americans who 60 there
changing their orders from England to Ger
many. where. with o tariff, they are manu-
featuring cheaper than the English with free
trade. 1t has been only recently that the Amer
leans have looked into the manufactures of the
continent. and when they get over there they
seldom return to Great Britain. There is vari-
ETY. in design aud accommodation to existing
fashions among the continentals which
the British too slow to come to- You see
that Germany extended its territory after the
wars with France and Prussia, and the German
cities began to grow rapidly. The governments
of Bemark considered that 1t was the hrst
duty of government to set its people to work
SO they expanded their tariffs, gave protection
to their mechanics, supervised the whole system
OF industry, and they have made Germany
alert, live nation. That is the nation the Brit
ish fear; the Germans make bridges and
railroad iron, and many other things cheaper
than the English, though the one has tariff
and tho other has not. The feeling of anxiety
10 universal through tho British islands. There
Is party growing rapidly into prominencs
called Free-trade party. which means nothing
but q reciprocal tariff party, or, indeed, tariff