The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-08
ENGLISH TRADE DULL
sill. Ii Would Be Worse but
for Mr.. Wilson.
ne FREE TRADE BANQUET.
uusss Knew Mckinley WsuiA Jsnp
= Hin. bat He Dared Not Issuls
shs Gress Mershsats.

=
a. morning the Times says that board OF
80 returns Tor september are rather an
s.sisfsrtory The exports fully Demon
~ruts that revival OF trade with America
- ses In. bat the values OF both import.
"a exports are below the totals Of Sep
e nuber, 1888. although thu figures thea
v<rr r-duced oy the great coal strike.
BALTIMORE. Oct THE Baltimore Eun
es<rexpondent boarded the New York as
= game ID from quarantine and carried
uNr. Wilson the first home news he had
seesvsd for some time. His attention
- called 10 the Eun's report of the
,se<eh Of Maj. Mckinley commenting
. the London speech at the Chamber OF
nonEerce dinner He read this item ~
rpsivesy and, putting down the paper.
ssmzrked:
aThe lest answer TO all this is the
~esrh delivered which Mai. Mckinley
: srsGscising. IL Mckinley is rightly re-
<ccssed, be has simply garbied my speech
g ssing the first half . sentence TO twist
i ans say and emitting the last bali.
stseh conld not lie 50 used. / knew f1ll
nj shs. whatever / might say on such
= secession would be thus CARRIED and
fstseIy presented TO the American people by
srosecfion speakers and papers, and 20 /
"a What seldom do or have time TO do
.-dsrssied and gave 10 the press an ac-
eara1e synopsis of my speech. and gate
fiji copy of the address TO the London
6@<s. which called forth long editorial
Il that pafer the next day. from which
Nj Mckinley and his followers may
Me- sIs the comfort they can draw.
Il vent abroad at my doctors sngges-
foa to shake oh my unspeakeDie fatigue,
- q 10 take part a. much as possible in
shs campaign. In England I visited
fr.snds 81 oxford and Cambridge. Every
body being. in London phrase, out OF
bsn, saw few public men. The dinner
t<ndered me Was. felt, too great an honor
10 my country and myself TO be declined.
eomin1 from the great commercial cham
ber Of the world. | accepted. fesIing that
could not show my appreciation OF ii
te,ier than speaking as an American cisi-
esn and exsctly as | speak here NJ home.
ID this | Was not deceived. Nv speech
ssx received by the whole audience in the
Spirit in which IL was made, and while
nan7, perhaps most Of them. hare DIS
agreed Nth me. l found that more than
eae song-headed Engiishman agreed that
ear reduced tariff would make us great
spsnpetItor ia the worlds markets aud
eventually regain for rs our share Of the
arying trade OF the world"
In London Mr.. Wilson paid not the
slightest attention to politics and saw few
pablo men. except at the Chamber of
Commerce dinner. The English public
men 30 far seem TO know but little Of the
Eew tariff. and be heard not many express
pions Of opinion on the subject. but as o
general rule the English people always
welcome anything that viii promote
trade.
Mr.. Strauss here interposed and declared
that Mr. Wilson. with characteristic
moissty. had tried hard to conceal him.
self and keep out of public notice. but the
Hospitality of British business men had
harmed OF his presence ia London and in
astei on entertaining him. The enter
timers. Mr.. Strauss added. are the great
Ut merchants OF the world. and the CON-
rliment paid to Mr.. Wilson as tribute to
As distinguished ability and great renufa-
tcn Is patriot is one that few Americans
hare received in q foreign country.
Mr.. Wilson repeated that he was per-
fcsIy aware OF tbs use the Republicans
uoald make Of the incident. but for him
10 have refused would have been ill-bred.
tAurlIsh and cowardly.
Mr.. Wilson vas asked whether he had
made any investigation about trusts in
kngiand. II did not this time, he re-
pied. "but when I was in England in
iss did. and discussed the subject in n
sFles OF articles l wrote for the Sun at
sAss time. Some OF those articles were
snusn from England. Trusts. IS No
nos them, OF course cannot exist in
sseas Britain. Where the world Is free TO
Nnpete no trust can corner the market
With regard - coal. Mr.. Wilson stated
sksi tie British syndicatss which formerly
ssned the Nova Scotia mines were much
slsased at getting rad of the property.
Practically bunker coal Was on the free
1ss IN sh. Mckinley ball. Foreign steam
shlps could and can no~ bay Nova Scotia
ca a. Boston, New York or any Amer
Kan port free Of duty. and yet they prefer
3 bay the Maryland aud Virginia coal.
fais fact alone ought TO do away ~ith the
esre about free coal
IL ECU should unfortunately be defeated
T. tie house" observed Mr.. Strauss, II
have no doubt the people Of West Virginia
~ insist on pntiing you in she senate.
7 much prefer the house" Mr.. Wilson re-
fst III j. far greater and more at
tsrtlye heid." Mr.. Milson proposes ~
tsS:a MS canvass At once.