Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-10-21
The cosoen clue.

stew 10 10 M>>scrd-ft~ object and wo~k
what ~ hss Done In the Cnitea states
IA List az the American N~ms-r..
a correspondent asks for information
regarding the Golden club. of England.
and as we are now told that members
OF this famous organization are contrib
uting money to influence the elections
In Ohio and elsewhere this fall. Il may
not be amiss to let our readers know
something about this powerful and in
iluential club.
l, was formed in 1888. the year after
Mr.. Cobden's death. with the object
of encouraging the growth and diffusion
OF those economic and political princi-
pies with which Mr. Cobden's name Is
associated" The management OF tho
club. together with the election OF men,
bcrs. Is intrusted TO committee. three
of whom form quorum. This is n
close corporation with n vengeance
The members are not elected by the
club. but by committee sitting with
closed doors, and only three are needed
to act, and this committee manages tho
whole affairs of the club. The mem
bers consist OF the highest and most i'm
fluential men in English politics and at
| least hundred are members OF tho
British parliament and the aggregate
| wealth OF it's members would reach
many hundreds OF millions of pounds
No wonder. then. that it's influence is
boundless and sure 10 be felt wherever
it is extended. But. of course, what
our readers are interested mostly I'm is
what IL Is doing in the United States.
That it should do any thing at all seems
the height of impudence. But that IL
has done and is still doing work in this
country are matters OF fact and easy TO
prove. In its report of 1857. ut its an
nual meeting OF July 80. we find the
following:
The Golden club attains its majority this
year. and your committee venture To say tho
members may congratulate themselves on a
| very good twenty ono years work. Something
| has Teen done by this club In the twenty two
years since Mr. Golden died TO keep tho name
OF the great FREQ trader green and his influence
fresh In the current OF political life His policy
| and his work have been kept well In evidence
| at home aad abroad There are champions OF
free trade IN all parts OF tho British empire and
| In most of tho countries OF tho world. whose In
| tercst zeal and enthusiasm ia the cause nrc due
in large degree 10 the work aud teaching of
| the Golden club
On another page we find the follow
ing;
The work OF tho committee consists prin.
books and pamphlets In accordance with the
objects OF The club, These writings have been
distributed very cxtenpivcly IN this country
and ia all parts OF the world
On page 100 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:"
'rhe Creed of Free Trade" by David
A. Wells" Free Trade and Protection
in the United States" by Joseph Wood;
"The Western Farmer OF America" by
Augustus Mongrcdicn: ''rhe Future
Work OF Free Trade in English Legisla-
ton" first prize essay. by G. S. Troup;
"A Primer of Tariff Reform" by David
a. Wells, Norwich, Conn; 1.-THE Econ
omic Free Trade and Free Traders
Guide" first edition; edited by r. II.
Bowker, New York Free Trade Club;
"The Industrial Situation and the Cues
ton of Wages, "A Study in Social Physi-
ology." by J. Shoenhof
Among the leaflets distributed we
find: The effect of Protection in
America" by Sir William Bonner Force
wood. 100000 copies; United States
Protection VS.. British Free Trade" by
Right Hon. w. T.. Baxter, NJ. T., 20o,-
0o0 A note Mt the end OF the list in
forms MS that the total number OF copies
of these circulars and pamphlets, ex.
elusive of leaflets, distributed since
July, 1866. reaches 1911, 100, and that
the total number of leaflets thus dis
tributed up to that date is $40, 800. 900,
and that
| In addition 70 these circulars tho club has
| distributed several hundred thousand copies of
i nfHHpapcrs reuriutg and alfna al
counts Of the meetings % the club and OF yari-
Gus subjects connected with the principles ad.
vanced by the club
From the beginning OF the year 1857 alone
over oO).OO0 copies OF such newspapers aad slips
have been circulated
IL will be- noticed that this report ex-
pressly says: These writings have
been distributed very extensively In
this country meaning England) and In
all parts of the world" IL is a matter
OF common notoriety that one OF those
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 s.. 600 copies Of
this pamphlet From whence Is derived
the funds for this work? In the report
for 1886 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
committee was able 10 meet by virtue
OF the special publication fund so gem
erously subscribed by the mem bers OF
the club and others in response 70 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
IL trying To break down the commercial
supremacy Of other nations. and Of the
United States in particular. Perhaps IL
It's members were only Englishmsn ve
should not wonder so much that 80
money and pains should b. spent u get
control Of the markets Of this country
But we find among it's members a long
list OF Americans, and these we give
herewith for the information Of our
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