Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-30
COTTON SPINNER BARLOW.
England not ms Bad AS Representedsto be
Favors a Small Reduction In Tariff

England not as bad AS Representative be
Favors Small Reduction In Tariff.
Jacob Barlow Of the Barlow and Thatch-
er Spinning Company of Henry Clay,
returned from three months tour Of
England and the Continent last Friday.
Mr. Barlow left the United States on
July 30 for business and pleasure trip.
He returned on the steamer Italy, Of the
National Line, after fifteen days
stormy passage.
An EVENING JOURNAL reporter visited
Mr.. Barlow at the spinning mill yester-
day afternoon with the intention OF find
ing where he stood ia the matter of pro
lection, after seeing the condition OF
trade and labor in England and on the
continent Mr. Barlow, however, declined
to state his position in decided manner,
and did not care to say which Presl
Dental candidate he would support.
He said that he believed judicious re-
duction in the tariff, especially on cotton
goods would help considerably. He was
not afraid of any reduction on cotton
goods, except on the higher grades,
American manufacturers could not com
pete with the English on these.
Mr.. Barlow is an Englishman, having
left his native country in 1866 or 1856,
when he was 81 years of age He has
become perfectly acclimated and natu-
rallied TO America and American insti
tions and was glad TO get back to his
home amongst the rocks of Henry Clay.
His visit this summer was the first since
he left He found many changes in the
condition Of labor in the cotton industries
Of England
Previous to 1856. the hours Of labor in
the cotton and wooden industries Of Eng
land were twelve day. Now the hours
of labor are ffty-six a week. The time
Is regulated by law, and while Mr.. Bar
low thinks government interference has
q good result in some respects, it is en-
tirely too rigid. Previous to 1856 oper-
atives in the cotton mill were paid from
So TO So so and SO a week. Their wages
now are from So So % $3.50 and 50 q
week. These figures Telate TO the thros
tie weavers The percentage Of increase
in the entire cotton Industry was about
sixty.
Mr.. Barlow did not look into any Of the
industries Of England as he looked into
the cotton industry, and could not speak
of wages and Of the condition Of
the people engaged in others
az In that In which he
was interested. The cotton machinery Of
England is not superior to that Of the
United States except in the cleaning and
carding machinery. The spinning ma
chinery Of this country is far superior to
that Of England. In the cotton industry
he found the peonle were healthy and
vigorous and there was a marked change
for the better in dress T. lie past twenty
years Education there is compulsory be-
tween the eEes Of eleven and fourteen.
Children must attend school half OF every
dGV Mr.. Barlow went through mills
employing 10000 hands and having as
many spindles as all those in Pennsyl
vania combined
The condition of the laboring classes
IN Belgium France and Germany is much
worse than in England. In Belgium anC
France wages are go per cent, lower thar
| In England and the hours of labor ar,
longer The purchasing power Of money
| Is no better than in England. In Ger
many, the compulsory military service il
against the advancement Of the condition
of the people
The co operative stores chiefly in thu
cotton spinning districts Of England, Mr.
Barlow found very prosperous. On
very extensive establishment started il
1912 has twenty-one branches through
out the district There is a library o
16. 600 volumes connected with the store
4 900 volumes5 of which are distribute
in the branch stores II has a readin
room in which are all the best paper
and magazines, including Century nn'
II Il . III T., -
Harper's Young People and st. Nichola
are very popular, being superior TO an,
publications OF their class in England
This cooperative store has under it
auspices, evening classes, in which a.
branches are taught, including art an
languages In the technical school i
Manchester there is department Q
manufacturing, in which there is run
ming machinery. A course Of lectures
! held under the auspices Of the stor,
This store pays yearly dividends Of froI
90 to 25 per cent on the stock.
Mr.. Barlow travelled all through lr'
land from Londonderry to the Giant
Causeway, visiting the famous lakes {
Killarney He travelled through a larg
portion of Scotland, visiting the home I
Z the poet Burns. Nearly, one-half of I'll
/ visitors who registered at the Burr
cottage are Americans While Mr.. Ba
low was in London the first Whit
! Chapel murder occurred He was throug
!. the district, which is a horrible 10
place, mostly peopled by foreigners.
! London the people areas much agitat'
9 over German working people coming in
r the country and working for low wage
. as we are over Poles and Italians doh
{ the same thing here.
e Mr.. Barlow visited France staying Sc
n eral days in Paris From there he we
d 20 Brussels in Belgium and TO Hollal
y and then down the Rhine to Cologn
= and returned to Antwerp and then
}. England and home. The people of II,
land were the cleanest and most indu
II trious seen.
= HEALDMOOR RIFLE RANGE.