Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

The convention then adjourned.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
the caucuses to select candidates for
County Commissioners. D j. johnson
was chosen for the first district, W. w.
Sw we6t for the third and Joseph Adams
fol the fifth,
BRITISH INTEREST IN AMERICAN
POLITICS.
A most Significant feature of the pres
ent attempt to break down the policy Of |
protection to home industries 10 the ex-
trae rdinarY interest manifested by Eng.
lish press and people in the result Of our
pending election. Every voter Of intelli-
gence must know that this unusual solici-
tude is not wholly the result of British |
ilanthropy. They feel that "there's
millions in II" else our cousins across the !
water would be likely to keep at home
both the money and solicitude which they |
now stand credited with expending in |
this country.
One OF England's greatest generals Is |
quoted as advising to find out what the |
enemy most desires you should do, and
do the opposite" This advice is quite as |
sound IN its application to contest for
commercial supremacy as to strategy on
the battle field. Just now England is ex-
periencin= serious business depression,
especially IN her agricultural and manu-
featuring Industries. and the ablest among
her statesmen are puzzling over the prob.
lem Of relief. The prosperity of the
United States, the disposition and ability
0: onr people to spend money freely for
the comforts and Injuries of life, quite
naturally indicate this country as the most
tempting field for the desired extension
of British trade. At the same time it is
recognized that the only road to control
of American trade now supplied by
American manufactures leads over the
ruins Of our protective tariff system.
Hencesthe aid and comfort to the party
ow seeking its overthrow. =.
In this connection glance ct the con !
ditiont sof public sentiment In England
may prove interesting and instructive. 1
Consul Shaw, in recent report from
Manchester, says: "There IS, of course,
a deep anxiety manifested in this country,
england for the early adoption of q
lower tariff in the United States, and the
solicitude shown in this respect proves
how general is the belief here that Eng
lish manufacturing would be able to close
many Of our mills if this course is
adopted on our part"
The late official report of the Coblen
Club. said: I'm the United States Presi-
dent Cleveland's message carries with it
the promise of such measures of tariff re
form as may, IN the course of ten years,
make something like a revolution in in
ternstional trade. The direct results of
opening the markets of such a country
would be enormous"
From the London People; If Mr..
Cleveland should be reelected, the Unit
ed States tariff will be modified very
m aterially in the direction of free trade,
| q result which cannot, of course, fail to
be beneficial to the trade of other coun-
tries, and especially Of our own"
From the London Economist: 'On
the adoption of Free Trade by the United
States depends the greater share of Eng
lish prosperity for good many years to
come"
From the London Sunday Times: THE
American election is infinitely more i'm
pOrtant to Englishmen than their own in
ternal politics just at this juncture. The
main question at issue is English free
trade against the continental system of
protection" u.
From the London Globe: "As rule
the Presidential contest has very little
interest for the old world; on the present
occasion, however, an issue is involved
which very closely concerns Europe,
more, particularly Great Britain. The
central issue of the contest lies between
the maintenance of the present fiscal sys-
item intact and its modification in the di-
rect1on of free trade, and on that broad
question Mr.. Cleveland's candidature
naturally and necessarily carries English
sympathy"
Fro m the Sheffield Independent: ':.The
Mills Bill is viewed by all parties alike as
the first decisive and certain step IN the
dire ction of Free Trade. = The
success of the Democrats at the Presi-
den tial election would necessitate their
bringing in another tariff reform measure
upon far more advanced lines in the di-
rection of the abolition or reduction of
duties than Mr.. Mills bill, and thus &C.
celerate the ultimate success of Free
Trade in the States. ... ..,.
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