The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-14
THAT TRIP TO EUROPE
Three Remarkably Well Qualified
Candidates Suggested.
CANNON, McGUY AND WATSON.
The British Workman Is n Frank and
Outspoken Individual and an Ameri-
can Would Get Along Well With Him
The Offer and Conditions.

That trip to Europe has ELECTED the fol-
lowing letter which we have read with
much interest:
To the Editor of The N,lrs.
SIR-In looking over the columns of your
paper the other evening 1 came across the
article on the trip 10 Europe. was much
struck by its originality, and the more j
thought about IL the more determined was 10
try for the place OF correspondent TO the paper,
and now suppose you Will want to know VINO
lam, where came from and all about me.
Well. my name is Il. j. Watson, Jr., and
was born in Yorkshire, England, in the year
1854, leaving me = years old have lived IN
Coventry, Birmingham, and Liverpool also IN
Dublin, Ireland, staying about two years In
each place; Then, & at about thS s age & of 10, o.
the mill, but did not stay there long, for at
about the age of l'h years, with my parents
consent & came to ,aa, tais country; landed @ IN
straight 10 Providence and went TO work In
the Delaine mill for about six months. then
removed and went TO the riverside, where
go to the Wanskuck mills. La two months !
was back again in the Riverside, where |
stayed for twoor three years. ! then got rest
where for the most part of two and half
years l worked on the ranches. | worked
eight months in the Pioneer mills, san Fran
cisco. and leaving there | went up into the
mountains and worked on the ranches for
another year and then came home by the
dence. In two weeks ! went TO work in the
Central Falls mills, where stayed n year. !
then got married and came To Providence. !
went to work In the Riverside mills, where
now am.
have given you this short history OF myself
10 let you see that when | say / have had a
little experience in travelling and have met
With great many people OF different ideas
am telling the truth and that is what man
wants who goes on the journey you propose 70
send him. Ii will be no child s play, nor will
I..h haxy dall I'm
There is no doubt IL will be very pleasant
trip, and do not know whether am eligible
or not, being married with wife ana child,
but do know that the man Will have TO DO "A
smart, intelligent, reliable man, with no flaws
in his habits, temperate and truthful. and he
must know something about the country he is
going TO and about the country he comes from.
and If he has had actual experience so much
the better for him. He must be prepared %
meet a class of people entirely different from
those he is used to here, and these are the
reasons why think am competent to fill the
trust you would assign 10 some one, SO
whether you receive this and consign Il, to the
waste basket as worthless. or whether there Is
still a chance for me, | shall remain. yours
very respectfully, +. j. WATSON, JR.
Mr.. Watson is OF course eligible, and
from his wide experience in travelling and
in mill work and from his boyhood knowl'
edge of England would make an admlra-
BILE workingman's Representatives. His
letter, too, shows HIM well qualified to
millmates, not with the NEWS, to say
whether he shall go or not. Nor would
we wish any native American to become
discouraged by what Mr.. Watson says Of
the difficulty Of the task. The editor of
the News knows something about that
himself, having twice taken such trip as
is contemplated and he found English
workingmen in every case splendid lot
of men, frank, manly, cheerful and out
spoken, and information was much more
easily obtained than he had been led to
suppose. a little more red tape is re-
quired to get into mills and factories than
would be the case here, but patience works
wonders. The workingmen's representa-
tive would of course be fully armed with
credentials and will easily secure valuable
assistance from the American consuls at
all important industrial centres.
Besides Mr.. Watson number of other
candidates have been suggested to Il C
NEWS. Mr.. Cannon, n delegate TO the
Central Labor Union. is one OF them, and
Alderman Richard McGuy, of the Third
ward. who is also the president of the
Wauskuck Weavers' Union. is another.
A large ''wad" Of coupons for Mr.. McGuy
was received to- day. These are certainly
three odmirable candidates.
A number Of letters have been received
and those which contain pertinent queries
reserved for answering Some day we'll
get at 'em and bring up arrears Of CORE
spondence. For the present we can only
repeat: