The morning call., 1894-09-28
TALK TO BRITONS.
Wilson at the London
Banquet.
BREAKING DOWN FENCES.
That Is the Present Work of
Democracy.
TO LET IN ENGLISH TRADE.
Frank Confession of the Leader of
the House 10 His Foreign
TO LET IN ENGLISH TRADE.

the Chamber of Commerce of London to
Congressman w. l.. Wilson took place at
the Hotel Metropole this evening. About
seventy guests were present, including j.
Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture.
and his two sons, Paul and Joyce Morton
Congressman Strauss of New York; Sir
Courtney Z. Boyle, permanent secretary
of the Board of Trade, and a number of
leading men in trade and commerce.
After the toast to the Queen had been
drunk the chairman proposed toast TO the
President of the United States. He re-
ferred in eulogiStic terms to Americas
former representatives. ia London, Lowell,
Lincoln and Phelps. and the present rep
resentatiye, Mr.. Bayard, the mention of
whose names were greeted with loud
cheers. He extended hearty welcome to
the guests and to the Secretary. as rep.
resenting the American Government The
toast was drunk standing, amid loud and
prolonged cheers.
Proposing a toast to the guests, Sir
Albert Tollitt said that Mr.. Wilson's
name had become honored and familiar in
England. In hoDoring the guest. he said,
they were honoring London, and its Cham
Der of Commerce asked him to take back
with him a message of peace and coed
will. Nothing. he went on, could be worse
than war between the two great allies.
The arbitration in the Alabama and
Bering Sea cases was acceptable to Great
Britain. He was not sure that the worst
wars of the future would not be tariff. If,
as he hoped. the period of tariffs were
being brought TO au end, both countries
ought to honor Mr.. Wilson. Great benefit
had already been experienced in England.
Furnaces had been reOpened in Wales and
Yorkshire. and an impetus had been given
to the textile industries.
Mr.. Wilson. rising to reply, was greeted
with cheers. which lasted for several
minutes. The various points in his speech
were also warmly cheeTed.
United Stales Embassador Bayard and
James r. Roosevelt, secretary of the
United States embassy, sent regrets.
After acknowledging the honor con-
ferred upon him and reciting the events OF
the long struggle TO overthrow protection,
Mr.. Wilson said: san the people saw
that our system was generating a brood of
monopOlists so powerful as to defy the
law, aud who used part of the wealth
they drew from sharing in the power of
p
hauch elections and corrupt legislation.
Il am quite sure t1at our protective
policy has already served to rromote the
trade OF other nations, and If cOntinued it
would have still further promoted such
trade and pre-eminently your own. l
stand before you representative of those
who are striving for a freer commercial
policy for the United States. i fear can
not ask you TO rejoice in its adoption, ex-
cept as you may prefer right principles to
selfish advantages. Protection has seen
our voluntary withdrawal from the seas
and from the general markets. Our pro-
tectionists have been building defenses to
keep you and other nations from COM
peting in our home markets. The tariff
reformers ara breaking down these de-
fenses. Let US compete in all the markets
Ofsthe world. Not only is our production
of common and food products growing
more rapidly than our consumption, but
we have to-day a manufacturing plant
which, urged to its full capacity, would in
six months fully meet our demands for
year.
"The nations of the world are growing
more and more Deighborly, and the manu.
fscturing supremacy OF the wsrld must
eventually pass to that nation which, hav-
ing the largest supply, shall apply it to the
highest intelligence and enterprise
"Our supply of materials is more e1-
haustless and more cheaply handled than
that of any other people, and if we con-
tinue to be underlings it is our own fault.
We are being rapidly sobered, though un.
appalled, by the truth forced upon US, that
n
ment is the most complex and difficult and,
judging from the worlds experience, the
most uncertain and short lived.
"Our institutions are strong because
they are deeply rooted in the past. 1t was
for you and for US to show that while other
nations have been great in war, commerce
and science we can be great in all and
great in the greatness of permanent
freedom"
Secretary Morton was the next speaker.
He said Mr.. Wilson had stated what was
absolutely correct. and that the people of
America had finally said adieu to
the protective system. Free trade
had been used as bogy with Americans.
but at last the farmers bad recognized
that free trade did not compel trade any,
where. but simply permitted an American
citizen to trade where it was most adyan-
tageous.
Mr.. Morton said. "We. as Americans.
feel at home here" and the remark was
loudly cheered.
Sir Courtney Boyle. toasting Sir Albert
Toliitt, said they owed a debt of gratitude
to Mr.. Wilson aud his colleagues In Con-
gress, and they hoped their action was
not final He declared that their claim
was just; that they had changed the
policy of America from a harmful one 10
one benefiting not only themselves, but
the commerce of the world.