Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-30
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Gladstone Makes a Speech at
Dundee.
The Mckinley Bill Given Some
Hard Knocks.
1t Will Be Boomerang to the
United States.
Stanley and Wife Sail for America.
Stanley and Wife Sail for America.
Charges and Counter Charges
Against the Explorer.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches
LONDON, Oct. 29.--Gladstone arrived
at Dundee today, and was presented
with the freedom of the city. He made
an address, in which he referred to the
commerce of the city, which he said
was threatened by the adoption of the
new American tariff. He would not,
however, he said, bring railing accusa-
ton against the people of the United
States. Protection, although it might
infict incidental collateral blows on
other countries, did far greater mischief
to the people of the country which
adopted such policy.
Gladstone then proceeded to contrast
the decrease in the tariff in England
with the increase in the United States,
and said he found comfort for England
in the fact that it was not true that any
tariff adopted by any government on
earth could interfere seriously with the
prosperity of Great Britain. The first
effect of the Mckinley bill would be to
raise the standard of prices in the
United States. This means a dimin-
ished power of expectation. This again
means that while England was
damaged in one of her twenty markets,
she derived a benefit in the other nine
teen from the diminished power of mer-
chants OF the United States to compete
with British merchants in any of them
this being due to the augmentation of
prices in the United States and the in
creased restraints under which the mer-
chants of the latter country have to
work. He advised manufacturers to al
low America to find out for herself the
evil effects that will follow the adoption
of high tariff.
Gladstone deprecated the idea of a
zollverein of theswhole B-itish empires,
including the colonies and dependenciea
against all foreign countries. He doubted
much whether the whole empire would
consent. Furthermore, although it would
to some extent enlarge the commerce OF
the colonies. it would contract it with
the rest OF the world. The empirial
commerce is now G1S7 100000 yearly,
and the foreign commerce G554 ,O00, 900.
One effect of the Mckinley tariff
would be to direct the attention of the
British manufacturers toward the
production OF finer class of
goods, because these bear the least
intolerable protective duties. The re-
suit will be to elevate and' improve the
taste OF British manufacturers, spur
them on and stimulate their ingenuity.
The probable tendency among Ameri-
cans would be toward the manufacture
of coarser goods, thus degrading their
productions. In spite of protection
COmmarpn hatwaap Aparioo op1 Graot
Britain had greatly increased. The
word protection was a misnomer !;
it ought to be oppression. 1t
was a delusion and fraud. America
was the country that could best afford
to try this strange and astonishing ex-
pertinent. Her natural wealth, soil,
minerals and immense territory made
her world in herself. The position Of
these enormous advantages helped to
disguise the truth from Americans but
the Mckinley law would involve fear
full waste of resources by which the peo-
pie ought to be made strong and happy.