The morning call., 1892-02-08
ENGLAND Al THE FAIR.

The London journal which advises Brit
Ish manufacturers not 10 send exhibits TO
the Worlds Fair shows more tmidiiy than
one would look for il representative Of a
nation which las stood at the head Of
manufacturing nations. England did not
gain that position by shrinking from a com
parison Of its products with those OF other
nations The idea that American manu-
factureTs would pirate English designs IS
childish Nothing appears in the markets
Of any European nation American manu-
faC.urers do not see. Whatever secrets Of
The processes Of manufacture the English
may possess can be guarded as well at tie
fair as ~ tie market. There are undoubt-
eddy certain processes handed down from
one generation t. another 10y which the best
known result, are obtained but the Brit
i~h manufacturer exhibiting in the WoIld's
FAIR VIII rot be required g. explain any of
these processes. The English journal COM
plains that English goods are shut out Of
lAe American market by duties ranging
from 30 10 200 per cent. This is an eXag-
ceratIon, but if it were true il would not
furnish a reason why a Leading m3nufae-
turing nation should not make an exhibit at
q worlds fair. There viii be visitors at
The fair from all lie countries in which
manufacturing nations hone TO find mar
kets for their products. The countries Of
South and Central America, whose markets
are open TO the manufacturer who best
suits their needs, win be largely repre-
scented. Thousands Of MeX.cans viii take
advantage Of the fair 20 run up and see their
almos. unknown northern neighbor. II
English manufacturers choose 20 withhold
ar.1r tf..t4 Ia
United States will net COMPLAIN. The fair
is a matter Of secondary importance com
pared TO national prosperity. In fact the
chief reason why the fair is 50 popular IS
the belief that it will afford our manufar-
turers a chance to show the people ofran
nations that In most lines of finished goods
our products are inferior to none. The
action Of England in Withholding an ex-
hibit VIII aid in TINS prin ipal purpose Of
the fair. Perhaps the real inwardness Of
EuEl sh Indifference TO the fair may be
found in the fact that the new tariff bill is
greatly reducing American Imports of
British goods. But this result is certainly
not cause of complaint All nations are
striving TO discover policies especially
adapted to their conditions. and II the
United States mas succeeded better than
Ing ava kLe IdtLbI AaLiuH SHbulu MOI III
dul-e IN the suiks. when England by
virtue Of superior inventive genius had
produced machinery unequaled in the world
and was thus enabled 10 Hood the American
and other markets with British goods, there
was no assumption that England was taking
an unfair advantage Of Us. We simply set
ourselves about correcting a condition of
things that tended to contine our energies to
we have succeeded is shown by the tone in
which the English press discusses American
affairs. The hostility to the United States
which is so noticeable a feature of British
journalism arises largely from the evident
fact that a good customer is lost to them.
Tie other fact that England cannot get
along without our cotton and grain does
not tend to sOothe the irritation thus pro-