The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-10-22
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"A list a The AmerSeaa Nembers.
A correspondent asks for information
regarding the Golden club. of England.
and "a we are now told that members
Of this famous organization are contrib
uting money to influence the elections
In Ohio and elsewhere this fall. it may
not be amiss to let our readers know
something about this powerful and in
huential club.
1t was formed in 1865 the year after
Mr.. Cobden's death, with the object
Of encouraging the growth and diffusion
Of those economic and political princi-
piles with which Mr.. Cobden's name is
associated" The management of the
club, together with the election of mem
bers, is intrusted to = committee. three
Of whom form . quorum. This is q
close corporation with a vengeance.
The members are not elected by the
club, but by q committee sitting with
closed doors, and only three are needed
to act, and this committee manages the
whole affairs of the club The mem
bers consist of the highest and most in
huential men in English politics and at
least a hundred are members of the
British parliament, and the aggregate
wealth of its members would reach
many hundreds of millions of pounds.
No wonder. then. that its influence is
boundless and sure to be felt wherever
it is extended. But. Of course. what
our readers are interested mostly In is
what it is doing in the United States.
That it should do any thing at all seems
the height of impudence. But that it
has done and Is still doing work in this
country are matters of fact and easy to
prove. In its report of 1857. at its an
nual meeting of July so. we find the
following:
The Golden club attains It's majority this
year. and your committee venture to say the
member may congratulate themselves on q
very good twenty one years work Something
has been done by this club in the. twenty two
years since Mr.. Golden died to keep the name
OF the yreacfree trader green ard his inhaence
fresh in the current Of political life. His policy
and his work have been kept well in evidence
1t homo and abroad There arc champions OF
free trade in all parts of the British empire and
in most of tdeCountries OF the world whose in
terest, zeal and enthusiasm in the cause are due
in large degree to the work and teaching Of
the Golden club.
On another page we find the follow
ing.
The work Of the committee consists prin-
cipally in the publication and circulation OF
books and pamphlets in accordance with the
objects Of the club. These writings have been
distributed very extensively in this country
and in all parts Of the world
On page $50 begins list of these pub
LEGATIONS thus distributed. containing
such works as Report on the United
States Revenue" by David A. Wells:
''Leavitt on England and America"
The Greed of Free Trade" by David
A. Wells;" Free Trade and Protection
In the United States" by Joseph Wood;
1.-THE Western Farmer of America" by
Augustus Mongredien: THE Future
Work of Free Trade in English Legisla-
tion," first prize essay. by c. S. Troup;
"A Primer of Tariff Reform" by David
A. Wells, Norwich. Conn; THE Econ
omic Free Trade and Free Traders
Guide" first edition; edited by R. r.
Bowker, New York Free Trade Club;
1.-THE Industrial Situation and the Ques-
ton of Wages, Study in Social Physi-
ology." by ]. Shoenhof
Among the leaflets distributed We
ind: THE effect of Protection in
America" by Sir William Bonner Force
wood, 270.0OO copies; United States
Protection vs. British Free Trade" by
Right Hon. w. E. Baxter. NJ. p. oOO.-
O00 A note at the end of the list in
forms US that the total numb Der Of copies
of these circulars and pamphlets. ex-
elusive of leaflets, distributed since
July. 1865. reaches 1911, 100, and that
the total number Of leaflets thus dis
tributed up to that date is $40, 500, coo,
and that
In addition to these circulars the club has
distributed several hundred thousand copies Of
newspaper reprints and slips containing &C
counts Of the meetings OF the club. and Of vari
Gus subjects connected with the principles ad-
vanced by the club.
From the beginning Of the year 1857 alone
over 6O0.U0O copies Of such newspapers and sips
have been circulated
1t will be noticed that this report ex-
pressly says: These writings have
been distributed very extensively in
this country (meauing England) and in
all parts of the world" 1t is a matter
"a COuAuOu AOSOi ACSy eAoe OAS "a ehOSC
works, to wit: THE Western Farmers
of America" by Mongredien, was cir
culated among the farmers Of our west
ern country gratuitously in large guam
titles.
This very list shows that the Golden
club circulated in all ST. copies of
this pamphlet From whence is derived
the funds for this work? In the report
for 1856 occur these words: And never
before was SO great a demand made
upon the resources of the club for free
trade literature, demand which the
was able to meet by virtue
Of the special publication fund so gen.
erously subscribed by the members of
the club and others in response to Mr..
Potter's appeal"
Another way of disseminating these
doctrines is by offering prizes for essays
by the students in the colleges of the
world
This shows to some extent the work. |
ings of this foreign organization which !
is trying to break down the commercial |
supremacy Of other nations. and of the |
United States in particular Perhaps if |