Daily Republican., 1888-09-29
Answering MT. Oharles.
TCOMMUNICATHD I

slant an account OF an interview which
took place bstween one OF the repEessn
tatlves Of your paper and . eentlem az
by the name Of Henry Charles, or the
condition Of the working olals 10 Eag.
land, and Mr.. Charles is reported to
have said that the only expectation the
/ poor people have was to end their dEyl
in the poor house. Does Mr.. Charles
mean to infer that the working class q
rule end their days In the poor
housel Either his understanding is
fogRy or hs is using these words for
party purposes. WoFkingmen In Eng
land are . happy, prosperous class Of
people; that is, II they Are steady, and
they also, beeides being prosperous and
happy, Pat away money aRainst ghs
time when old age viii prevent them
from working. oan point out to MI,
OharleB SCORES OF wOrklngmen who o En
property to the extent Of from 81, 0)0 to
81. 900 In value.
OF COURSE, do not wish 10 infer that
their condition OF life Is 90 promising o.
thoss OF the people Of this country, but
am positive that he has overdrRw
the picture, th0s no person Of any INTEL
liRenoe, who knows anything Whatever
about England, would believe IL, Then
manual labor Il paid st the rate Of Ell
per week, or e4.86 in o. 8. currency.
That ia about right. But are there not
common laborers working In this ooun-
t,y for IS or 90 per wesA2 / think he
will find plenty II he viii only take the
trouble 10 look, and also whether they
would rot be better off In EnRlGnd with
e per week than here with S6. 1 think
they would be infinitely kesser of for
in the FIRST place their board would only
cost them 12 shillinRs, while here you
cannot get my resp. ctAble board under
"a, at least, and besides that, there is
also q little difference In the ocsl Of
food, clJthinR, etc, And then, Mr..
Charles goes on 10 say that 1t takes
Workingmen all their time to pay rent
and taxes, wtGhou. thinking Of owning
houses.
would like to tell Mr.. Charles that
the cottages occupied by Eorkinsmen,
as rule, are bot taxed, ut least they do
not pay the taxes direct You can get
comfortable cottage at 4 khillings or
81 per week, clear OF taxes, the latter all
being paid bg the owner Of the property.
Next, he says that the wife and children Il
DO not eat OF the same kind OF vicuHls
81 the man, who works o. d makes the
living Or all the base inainnatioDs /
think this is the bssest, ana does not
lock or toand we'll, coming ss Ia does
from q so-calitd Englishman. can tell
Mr.. CHARLES that the wiveB and eail'
dr5n do parsake Of same luXuIiss Of
life as the men, and In some cases, even,
have more, for the aorkinRmen OF e ~
laud, as q rule, know that, to eat, as
their American cousins do, 10 not only
unnecessary but Injurious aad think
that II the people Of this country only
took q lesson from them dyEpeps!A aud
other ailments Wou,d be c0nspiolOuB BY
their absence, and then % regards the
sristooTRoy OF England and their Grind
ing down the poor people, | would asb
ytu 10 look here as home ard see Il
there are not being built mp, huE'
monopolies which Will eventually grind
tde working Glasses OF this country o.
much Hs the ATistocrRey does the work
ing Glasses Of England. There Is tbs
Standard OIL %, and also several of lh'
Railways which are going nicely In t. q
dreesion.
IWoald ask Mr.. Charles to get littl,
nearer the truth next time he utter
Ianything which IL going 20 be mad
public. There are eoofes OF Eag glish
men around Wilmington WHO knOa &
much and perhaps moro lhRn Mr.
Charles about England. / have oal!
been In this oou Gtfy fIo IN EnRlaDd fou
months, 30 l have hardly had tina t
forget what my condition wss willis
thee Ehould I'M Agine ftom the way
these utierAnc ces are printed that they
are intended to have an effect en- III
/ voters during the electoral campaign
but oAn aRsure Mr.. CHARLES thSy any
sensible Epglishman directly thst hl
saw his statements would 20 and vo.t
Ia o cJntrsry direction, for he 8oulL
Inn mnediAtsly know that they did no
convey the true situation OF an English
mans lot. do net wish 1t TO be sup-
posed that have wrlstsn this for party
purpcs e, beoAuse have yet not had
time to see Whish ia the real party O.
progress In this country.
But wrote IL merely to HepudiAte tn
statements made by Mr. Charles.
cannot imagine wherever be fJupC
shem. 1 came from Manchester, whsri
life is to bs seen Ia all its phases, frcn
the poorest to the richest, end 1 have
never seen nor heard spoken OF heforj
what Mr. Charles would have US b.
iieve. / hope the American people viii
not be eulled by tueh statements, nc,
In fact give them credit for more eeas
than that. Thanking you In anticlpa
tion OF O epsoe in your valuable pH2Cr r
am youts truly, DAVID HOLMES.
1 Rockford, Dal., Sept. % 1883.