Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-02
TALK OF THELOBRY
An Englishman Gives His Off,
Hand Opinion
SEVERAL INTERESTING THEMES
Comparisons Made Between Our Ways
and the Ways Of the Lordly Briton.
Other Hotel Notes.

Wilfred Buckley of the great English
firm OF saml. Buckley q Co., commits
sion merchants, Birmingham, England.
is decidedly well-bred aud intelligent
young Engiishman, who is a guest IN
Sweets hotel. In conversation with q
reporter for THE HERALD, Mr.. Buckley
said: my visit to Grand Rapids is on
business connected with our firm and
is one of the semi-annual trips which /
make yearly through the states"
You like America
"Yes. decidedly. In fact am partly
American myself, my grandfather be-
ing the Hon. NJ. +. kennard. head OF
the United States treasury IN Boston" T"
"Ilow do American and English
business methods compafeg'
"Well, on the other side We don't
make our money SO quickly, neither do
We lose 1t so fast as DO Americans. The
English are slow TO accept new thing.
Ii is shown them, It's merits de-
monstrated. they look and cay 'lesr'
and go away to think about II. In =
year. perhaps, they come back and
adopt the idea. There are fewer fail
ures in England, too, and less Of the
boom element in business"
Gun Factories Crippled.
"What branches of trade has the
Mckinley tariff affected"
''The pearl button and gun indus.
tries have suffered seriously, / know.
and the Belgium gun factories have
been badly crippled"
Speaking OF tue English mode OF
| street transportation, Mr.. Buckley said
"The street Car is very little used 10
England, and IN London they
do not exist A London bushes:
man depends entirely upon cabs. You
rent them 10y the hour AT two and SIX
pence, about slxty-two cents in Amerl
can money. A merchant will keep the
| same cab Tor hours at time, and this
| system is the cause OF the crowded and
animated appearance of London
| streets. The omnibus is another popu.
| lar vehicle and is much used by Ameri
can tourists, who say that London car
| best be seen from the top of one. We
walk much more than Americans, and
you viii see the wealthy merchants on
foot quite as frequently as any other
| class.
In Birmingham. Manchester and
| Liverpool there are q few short lines OF
street cars, but no English city would
| tolerate the system of overhead wires
as in Grand Rapids. Some of the cars
are run by cable, some 10y storage bat
| terry and few 10y horses. Such an IN.
stituton as an elevated railroad could
not exist in London, as the streets are
so crooked, but Londoners are very
proud of their underground railway.
Birmingham. you know, is called the
| workshop of the world. Ii is city OF
| $50, 900 people. Hardware is the princi
| pal product and contains hundreds OF
wealthy firms. Our own has done busi
ness in America tor nearly leo years. II
belonged TO my great grandfather once
and some day suppose Pil get in.
One novel thing that strikes me, es.
pecislly In this state, is the distance
between the large towns. Here they
are seveuty-tive 10 one hundred miles
apart, but in England you cannot rid,
a score OF miles without reaching 1
town as large rs Grand Rapids"
| Notes from the Corridors.
Col. K. p. Pepper of Frankfort. Ky.
who has been guest st the Morton
| during the Warner horse sale, left yes
terday afternoon for the south. To /,
reporter for THE HERALD, the colone
said: al am well satisfied, in fac
delighted with the success of the sale
l have disposed of my own string a
good prices and will say thstI believe
that Grand Rapids will shortly becom,
one of the important horse centers oi
this country. Ii has the money, tn,
enthusiasm and men to bring abou
| that result. | have told Mr.. Warne
that when he has another sale here
will be with him again.
Judge p. p. Hoyt OF Muskegop, is a.
the Morton.
O.. +. Bowling of Montague, on,
of Michigan's prominent and soliC
bankers, is at the Morton.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Montgomery o
Muskegon, dined at the Morton yetter
day.
| MIR, and Mrs. John Garfield and Mrs
F. CanfieId of Maulstee are at the Nor