Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-24
A VOICE FROM BRITAIN
Reiterates with Emphasis England :
Endorsement Of Cleveland's Free
Trade Policy.

LIscoLs, NEB., Sept. 5, 1855.
To the editor of the Glasgow Observer
Glasgow, SCOTLAND:
Dear Sir-The enclosed is from the Irish
World, New York. of Sept. /:
President Cleveland may say to others,
and think what he chooses, but he has pre-
cipitated the inevitable struggle between Free,
Trade and protection in the United States,
and that is tanrlmouHt to saying that he is on
the side of Free Trade
You will see there quotation from your
paper. Now, during the present campaign
there has been wrought up such an anti-Brit-
ish feeling that evidence to prove that Eng
the success of the Free Trade Democratic
party is manufactured to prove that all the
British papers are working for that side.
While some of the quotations are probably
true, the majority, have every reason to
believe, are fictitious. As to the enclosed
quotations yon will kindly drop me line and
tell me whether it appeared IN the Observer
or not? If it did not will you write in such
way that II necessary can make use OF H.
Very truly yours,
G. II. SIMMONS, NJ. ID.
llO5 o ST., Lincoln, Neb. =.
To that letter the editor of the Glasgow
Observer sent the following reply:
Dear Sir-The quotation from The Irish
World is as it appeared in the Observer, and
expresses fact of which | am convinced.
There is no doubt that We in this country
"can give you points" in cheap production.
We pay smaller wages and that alone will
enable US to beat you, for freights are so low
that We are, az it were, opposition tradesmen
just over the way. So low are wages here
that in recent government inquiry it came
and IA hours day for as little as 81 week,
and men at the same and other trades worked
equally long hours for SO week. Now,
just as cheap land in America enables you to
send US over cheap flour, beef, bacon, etc,
and so cut our farmers, you may rely on it
that our cheap labor will cut out your well
paid labor. We will get more work and your
people less. Our low wages will bring yours
down, too, if we get free access to your mar
kets. This is so clear that wonder at any
American doubling it.
As to Free Trade, there are many people
here who see that if it is not adopted by other
lanls soon we, too, will have to pitch it over
board. We want markets for our products.
If you come in and take our own markets
from US and don't let us into yours we will
be compelled, in self-defence, to keep hold
on that which is our own. At present we
make India and our colonies take good deal
of our wares. Wherever we can open new
avenues of trade we do tiff necessary at the
bayonet's point as in Burmah and elsewhere
We can't compel you to be our customers
and buy only at our shop, but we can keep
you out of our markets, and this we will have
to do. NOiens r0tenS. 1t will be much bet
ter for us, of course, if you give US share
of your trade on equal terms, and as the
Democrats are disposed to do this every
Britisher ought to be on the Democratic side
in this fight, and, indeed, every one of them
is. | am, sir, yours faithfully,
c. DIAMOND,
Editor Glasgow Observer.
DR.. G. III. SIMMONS, Lincoln, Neb.