Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-30

scvh 20 oIehklne WinuOws, uShsinb III
foiiow,lunatics, and making Q row gene
rally. but when tied he knew he would he
harmless. That ia just ths way with you
Americans. You have tied your own hands
and England has nothing to fear In the
way OF competition.
WHY THEY opposn II.
This is undoubtedly tho Wow many Of
the Englishmcn take OF the question. and
particularly the British statesmen, but
met while in England quito q number OF
manufacturers who have largo dealings
with the United States, aud unquestion-
ably they oppose tho American high tarif,
because 1t interferes with their business.
Still. several with whom conversed in
sisted that they could sell goods IN the
United States in spite Of the duties, though
In the long run tho American people would
pay tho tax created by the advance IN
prices and the Mckinley tariff.
AMERICAN rooD PRODUCTS.
An American who comes abroad to learn
something Of the business. the habits, and
the customs Of our neighbors on this side
OF the great ocean is Suppressed on glancing
at the immense docks Of Liverpool with
the large quantities Of grain shipped from
the United States. You take trip through
England, ana for several hundred miles
there is no visible sign Of what we would
denominate actual farming In the States.
Certainly the quantity OF grain that is to be
seen growing amounts TO nothing. There
ISN'T barren spot ten feet square to be
found anywhere, for land IL too precious and
scarce III England to allow any TO 60 to
waste. All through tho country can be
seen herds of sheep and cattle, aud the
hne rains, well.manured fields. and glorious
climate make the grass luxuriant every
uberA IT,. lad d alt, liA "a ,ltnreh
but 1t pays handsomely for grazing pur-
poses, and tho English mutton. so Justly
famous, is certainly the finest in the world.
When you eat bread in wonderful, busy,
busting London, where about 5000. 900
mouths have to b fod daily. 1t 10 safe
to conclude that the averags mortal
there usos American -four or eats
the bread made from our product, or TO
be moro strictly accurate. England at pres.
ent would be in bad way but for the food
products obtained from America. India,
proportion OF their grain, and this year
they will have O shortage; and sven Ger
many, France, and Austria will not have
enough to reed their people: They will be
compelled to draw on the United States !;
but il the McKinlcys, Reeds, and men OF
that ilk continue 10 make the laws. Eng
land will put forth efforts to have bread
stuis produced IN her own colonies, and
then tho American farmers will surely loee
valuable market.
RECIPROCITY.
Another Englishman with whom con-
versed said I've hear great deal about
tho reciprocity question in the United
States. but ii seems strange to US that your
statesmen do not offer England anything
in this line. We buy so, much OF your
grain. flour. cotton, and tobacco that II oc-
ours to me If your people want to hold our
trade You could come down on the tariff
duties. give our manufacturer. n chance,
and make 1t m object for England to con-
tinue to take your products. IL your pres
ent policy continues England will 20 else
where for wheat if 1t can possibly DO pro-
duced. She will DO compelled to have it
produced in India"
Nv own observations in England, to-
gethor with conversations with people of
all classes. lead TO the conclusion that the
so-callod paupor labor in that country il a
Republican campaign myth. The English
gentleman quoted above also SAID TO me
that be remembered perfectly well that
when his country had q tarif on the
order Of tho Mckinley law the
condition OF tho British laborIng
classes was truly deplorable. Then, he
said, the average wage-earners In England
was not able to taste meat more than once
a week, and they had 1t on the Sabbath !;
and that is how some immigrants TO the
United States were moved TO write home !:
"Wc have q Sunday dinner every day IN
the week" With more liberal trade laws,
with a policy that enables England to
reach out for the business of the world,
England now pays her wage-earners better
than anv OF the other countries, and
even If they do not get as much in shil-
lings per week as American working
classes, they can buy twice as much
for the money, and they get better houses
70 live in than do our working people IN
the United Statos. Forty years ago"
remarked good authority 70 mo. there
were 10 comforts absolutely IN the Eng
lish wage-earnsrs' home. Now you can
find carpets, good furniture. and in many
nice piano or an American organ. The
small number Of English workingmen
leaving their country shows that they are
well satisfied at homo"
oyZRBuN WITH AMERICANS.
The places and summer resorts
on the Continent are overrun with Afnefl-
cans this GUNNER. There are moro people
travelling on tho Continent from America
than ever known before. he resident
population of Lucerns sprobaby not over
| is 900 and it Is estimated a. this writing
that 5000 visitors are now here. Tho town
| ia situated on beautiful lake, and 1t Is
| composed largely of hotels and boarding
houses. Some Of tho hotels are very fine,
and while prices il Switzerland are higher
| than anywhere else on the Cont
nent except at Paris and Berlin,
they are not exorbitant when wha
is given guest Is taken into considera
| ton. Thirty years ago public gambiinI
I 4. h. fha pnpftrantal UAtAr
| ing places, but it has been pretty wei
broken up at most places. Monte CARL
| being the only great one left. The Ole
| rambling-houses OF splendor at WiesbadoI
| and Baden-Baden in Germany have beeI
turned into music-gardens and halls. IL
Lucerne they still have public gambling o
q mild form, bu. noxt year 1t will even b
stopped by law. Here they have httl
imitation horses worked by machinery
! They 60 round tho tracks and the peopl
bet on them 10y numbers. 1t is quite %
| ductlve and fascinating thing, but tn
house IN the long run gets oil the money
CHEAP MUSIC.
There Is music everywhere on the Con
tinent, and the charges ale nominal 10
two or three enchanting concerts per DAY
Ono will meet great many Americans !
the gardens during an evening, and TN
| 0rlves Away ally uouo-tiOA AoSAihh
may como over those who are uavelnn
alone.
10 BALIrR0oNS.
But how different are those summer re
sorts from our own in America. Mono c
the hotels have bathrooms or drawing
rooms Of any sizs for that matter. Wsii
baden. in Germany. il magnificent plac
of about 5000 people. The hotels OF
fns aud plentiful; there are great shop.
aud tho villas of tine rich folks are costll
and beautiful in the extreme. The. mail
spring 10 one Of boiling water OF well
known curative powers. The people COM
by thousands TO drink the water and 10 TAX
tie baths. There 10 music at A. M. VIE
mon and women with rheumatism an
govt go to the spring or lrink, Hale !
drink the water, and III the Cur-Ranss
garden there arc concerts at and Z. 81
but there are no balls such as they have
the Greenbrier White sulphur Spring, o
ut Saratoga. Indeed. by 1920 O'clock
night the people 60 70 bed and Weisbsds
IL In gloom By IL Z. II. The same is TRY
of Rehabilitation and Lucerne. EyeryDod
is asleep long before midnight.
The best hotels on the Continent a.
now supplied with elcctric-lights, and IN
Europeans in talking OF the change. o.
candid enough to admit that they are II
| doh,aJ 20 tha ITnited States for ell the.