New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-28
A DINNER TO WILLIAM L. WILSON.
UONoRFD BY TIE LONDON CHAMBER OF CON
MERGE FOR HIS EFFORTS IN BE
HALE OF FREE TRADE

MERGE FOR HIS EFFORTS IN BE
HALE OF FREE TRADE.
London. Sept. 27-The London Chamber OF Com
merce gave a complimentary dinner IN the Nh'r
hall rooms this evening to william /" wilson. Hep-
resentative in the United States Congress from
West Virginia. Sir Albert Kaye Roi!!t presided
and a hundred British and American guests were
present among them being j. Sterling Norton
United States Secretary Of Agriculture' congress-
man Isidor Straus OF Ncw-York; Consu-Gener"i
Patrick A. Collins. Henry Kimber. NJ - andre"
D. Provand. VI. T.; David y. Thomas. NJ - S.r
Courtney Boyle. permanent secretary OF the "odI !
OF Trace; and President Britain. of the Sheffield
Chamber Of Commerce. The chairman. after real
ing various letters OF regret. proposed toast 10 the
President OF the United State. Following TINS was
n toast to Mr.. Wilson ami the other Americans
present in proposing which the speaker referred l"
his visit to the United States when ne had Won
aorod that with the advanced ideas OF the AmeTi-
cans they had so long tolerated a nigh tarih Ihrrr
was no reason. in his Judgment. why the United
States and Great Britain. should not march a0reast
T., tho cause ~ freedom, with which tarlH reform
must be associated He asked the guests present
20 accord a special welcome to one OF the author"
- ,,ritf enabling fr,er trade IN the United States
and 50 substituting for the fluctuations "hi'" ""'
been 50 disastrous 70 commerce soun1eF business re-
lations which would benefit both countries lfoIhc-
ton in England had been stimulated. while IN the
United States the consumer would reap the a'Nah-
tagr. Cheers
Mr. Wilson was loudly checred as he rose 10
respond For twenty-five years he said. the h!l''
States had been following the policy which 'nihA
had adopted The principle Of commercial s"clns''n
had clipped the wings OF her enterrs" ana fetter'i
her own industries. Never before IN the history
OF the world had Protection had so iair an ai'h"
In which To- work It's bencrcent results II il hh'
any. and never in the history Of the "or9 had u
so conspcuously demonstrated is falsty ana utter
impotcnc. as an economic system. ana lis utter
incompatbllty with pur" government Livery "i-
peal 10 selfish Interests had hccr rcsort"d - 10
bolster the system up. Continuing. Nj Wilson sali
he believed that he might claim that the pro
iectivc system now ovcrthro"n. Th" iniur"
would prove that IN" manufacturing supremacy or
the world would "a 10 tn people who l1d IN,
largest supply OF basic material and Industry an!
the cheapest access thereto and who also applied
the highest intelligence to their manufacture lie
closed by predicting tha' that nation "oull Dc
found to be America. At the same time he believed
that the progress OF the demands - the world
would advance upon such scale that there "ouli
be- ample room for The comWrrc" ~ m" United
States ara the United Kingdom as well t'h"crs1
J. Sterling Morton. Secretary of Agriculture.
and Congressman Strun~ spOk- briefly " II.
Wlllans. In proposing toast o. OBJ" chambers of
commerce Of IN" Ini'~l states. read letter from
Thomas +. Bayari. United states Ambassador. IN
which he eulogized MI Wilson.