The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-19
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Aa occasional London correspondent
81 the GsS York Tr.5an> writes to that
paper ~ iolloTA;
In Mr. Ftou4H'd brilliant sketch Of
Lord Beaconsaeld, recently pub!isAed,
there Is q paragraph Which Ia especially
Isiluiaean! q, this titne. when there is
rencged effort In the United S.Ries to
onAt !0Tn tho barriers Of protection,
AZ tbs t,a!e al Inv repeal o! he Corn
Lava tbs bsiiei prssas!ed Ia England
that tuls country would become the
Fnt!dp great Workshop. Tha. GxpectA'
Inn hti not beGa realized, Tor Mr.
Fy9aIG saY6:
THE tide hrs blackvDcd nov other
nations have frjrclsd orr example, have
uuisrd their own Industries aad supply
thr.y own wun!s. Tho YoIumn Of Eng.
! liah trade continues 70 roll on, but the
prais d.miutfA. The croEGa who
tnrong our l0"ns refuse to gubnit 10 4
lowering d wsgss, aa,l PeyF!eX ec9Hn-
misu; We are ltIua ub!e 10 cnHsidtT
with t4.InefB the ohipCtioEH OF few far
seeing etatcsmea Of forty REd fifty years
ago"
One Of the objections offered By Dis,
rAeIi 10 the pt0polrd new departure Of
the Government Ia fiscal policy was tina.
| the principal ctEngo to be effected
would DO 10 the character OF the people
| Speaking In 1917, "lyT the fret time a.
| the Acknowledged Conservative leader
he reminded tho ilouBc Of Commons
that in destroying via! was called class
IcgiBlatiOn they destroyed the noble ami
interchangeable gmbition which had been
| tho source Of Eugiand'H greatness, pros,
pehty and power.
UQl iren trade w0g 10 bring "uuex,
atnpled prosperity" Diaraeli rays TINT
no couid aOL stem the tide, bnt he utter.
ed warnings that gru coming numbering
back to-day. For season II aeCmrd n.
though the Advocates Of free trade spoke
with ploEary knoweJge OF It's beneh.
ceurs. Carlyle told them that thril
| 'nnexampled prosperity Was In heel NJ
gnch beautiful thing, and perhaps, due
| 10 bICtIhl blANAlilAtAtNln Illhll NOhlI
not continue. Carlyle wan laughed Al
AZ u pCagimiat. Trt as time goes on, -
Mr.. FrOude coutinueA, "a suspicion be,
gins to be- felt that both he and DiGTaa!i
wore not 30 wrong AZ was supposed"
Tho f.ugit5h farmer Is 1wamped HuarT
tho competition Of other worlds, the
other nNtlOn1 who were TO hHYc opened
their pOr,B Gftgr our example keep them
closed 10 protect their own manufacture
erB and supply their OVID neressiiies. y
The result is ioresecn by clear headed
men. 1t IL obvious, II other countries
are to c1nhaue 70 maintain their present
attitude. thu. English profits must con.
10 shrink; that gnic}g1 mus: be pro.
ducrA cheaper and cheaper. As employ.
mGnL falls ia The country districts the
neop!s stream into the towns. This
great London Of ours" gayS Mr.. FrouGe,
"anHuNliy stretches its borders. Five
miI.!0GA Of men and women, mora than
the peoplp OF al E0sland ut tho time OF
the Commonwealth, Aru low collected
within the limits Of tho belts OF NOR.
! tAiIty.'
| What "a tie character Of tho peopte
thui heTdedH WHG' ia their condition
General BoOlh'a bOsk, "iu Darkest Eng,
land. HNkes ansTrr. In London thpIg
are 9Hj coo lcaiitutn persona. In Great
Byii4ln there Arp 100 urO prrAnng actually
Homeless. IN London 1900 persons GO
hungry 10 school. In the warehouses
IhrEc are $4,000 unto!tunatts The out
0IdOor pNuprm number 9OS,OG0. In
London "0,U0O persons aIc out OF work
in Grcat EFIt9lHr 100000.
4 System 10 DgachceMt On FREQ trade is
he'd to he ahead nor propagate thesa
terrible evils, 'Oac1 uur English artj
sana were famous throughout England"
Mr.. FrondO Observes. "Thcy were
spread among villages. Each workman
wGB complete oi his kind. in his way NJ
UrIist hio work wGsnu education TO him
as man. Now he is absorbed in the
centres OF industry and ia part 0! q ma.
cHine'--a pnEt which becomes mora AMI
moro insignificant rs the rage for cheap
neBB continued. This rage for Cheupnpas
has not only verified Die:aeli's rredic.
ton regarding tho character Of the POO
pie, but 1t ID now hUId to have destroyed
English integrity itself. OthCr predic.
tionB remain to BE- futhiicd. "Thc in.
fnllib!c consequence Of this" tchespen.
ing procre9), nisrasli Rad, "is to cause
the inp0vcrshmUnt and embarrassment
oil the people"
This then 10 The atate OF England to.
day, and this the condition OF tie Eng.
!ish working C.assps. Ii this grind OF
American competition already bears
hard upon them, it inevitably follows
that the development OF American in.
dustcy will make their lot more unen-
viNhic. This being the cIac, il is easier
thaa ever 20 andemiRr4 why i is de-
sired that America should throw open
her markets, for On the decision OF
America rests tbs iAte Of Free Trade in
Europe. Eneland does not ask the
United States 70 join il in supporting
that policy because it desires more com-
petition, for that it cannot endure. Then
It hust BE- impciitt 10 t0ke the stand it |
uoes, bacUUsN with the start it has ob. |
tanned in tho race iol the markets OF the |
world, mud in tile condition OF the labor.
lug clAasca, it is believed tho United |
States will be taken at n disadvantage il
L colAp!ieH with the request, anil that
Engjand will recover the ground it has
lost ind il losing.
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