Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-15
THEY BOTH STAYED AWAY.
Gladstone and the Prince of
Wales Criticised.
Neither of Them Attended Lord
Tennyson's Funeral.
Royalty Had Not a Single Repre-
sentative at the Obsequies.
The Liberal Majority in tho Commons
Reduced-Col. COnger, of Ohio,
Investigating the Tin Plate
Industry In Wales.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-[Copyright, 1892,
by the New York Associated Press. J.
The fact that tie Prince of Wales alb.
sented himself from the funeral of Ten
nyson in order that he might attend the
Newmarket races, is provoking consider
able comment. His action is especially
dilated upon by the Radical journals.
His absence from Westminster would
be less remarked upon, but for the fact
that not single royal parsonage was
present at the funeral. Since the Tran
by-Croft affair public opinion is very
sensitive in regard to the conduct of the
prince, but the public takes very COM
mon sense view of the princes present
action. The efforts being made to
arouse feeling against him fell fiat. It
is generally felt that his partially for
the lighter side of national life is go
marked that show deep regret over the
death OF Tennyson would be mere hy-
pocrisy.
The Chronicle says it is true the
pie went. Tennyson was never the
peoples poet, but the point is whether,
in the hearts of the people, they really
prefer prince who cannot postpone one
days shooting or racing in order to
mark great epoch in his mothers
reign.
The Radical journals, while dileting
upon the princes absence, discreetly
omit as far as possible, Gladstone's abb
sence. His plea of pressure of work,
and the excuse volunteered by his sup
porters, that there is danger of catching
severe cold in Westminster Abbey, are
not considered quite satisfactory.
LIBERALS DEPRESSED.
The defeat, yesterday, of Lawson
(Gladstonian), who contested the Ciren-
cester division of Gloucestershire with
Colonel Master Conservative, is keenly
felt by the Liberals, who, though they
expected tough fight, expected to re-
tain the seat. This ia the first loss the
Liberals have sustained since the gen.
eral election, and, following their re-
duced majority in the bye election in
Leeds and Bedfordshire, it is certain to
make a marked impression upon the
public, while it will stimulate the Con-
servatives to contest every election
where there is the smallest chance of a
victory.
CATTLE QUARANTINE.
A movement is on foot among cattle
breeders to promote bill providing for
the quarantinins of all foreign live
stock, except such as is intended for
slaughter. The movement is chiefly di-
rected against the admission of Amer
ican stock cattle. The Live Stock
Journal strongly supports the move
ment.
WORK OR BREAD.
A manifesto has been issued calling on
workmen out of employment, to march
in procession behind the lord mayors
show, November 9th, and afterwards
force their way into Trafalgar square
for the purpose Of holding meeting to
give formal expression to their demand
for work or bread.
COLONEL CoNaER AND TIN PLATE.
Colonel Conger of Ohio, who is presi-
dent of the American Tin Plate COM
pany, spent fortnight in Wales, exam
lining various tin plate plants, and goes
home convinced that within two years
America will make all the tin plate re-
quired, and at less than the market
price the last five years.
In an interview Colonel Conger said !:
eff America should not produce single
ton of pig tin, it would be no disadvan-
tage to her, as of $4,000 tons produced
in 1891 Cornwall produced 5000 tons,
Australia 5000 tons, Saxony 1900 and the
South Sea islands the remainder. We
can produce plates as cheaply as Wales
can. We can get tin in the
South Seas at an equal advan-
tage with England. The chief question
is workmanship and wages. Metal
workingmen in Wales are paid the high
est wages received in Europe for similar
work, yet we pay double the wages paid
there, and there will be no difficulty in
getting plenty of men. The smartest
manufacturers in Wales are removing
their plants to America, which is good
move for both countries, relieving over
production here and giving us expert
enced men and business we need"
Welsh newspapers, commenting on
Conger's visit, say the tin industry has
failed to take root in the United States
in spite of the governments nursing and
coddling, and the people there are be.
ginning to see that while the tariff is q
serious hurt to Wales, it hurts the tin
consumers in the United States much
more.