The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-20
OLD ENGLISH LIFE.
George Carter Tells What tie
Saw Across the Ocean
WAITING FOR The NEW TARIFF.
Great steeks eg MerehssdEse Ready fer
Export-Engiash LANDER Trade
AIIosnenr SYSTEM

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has been il London sftsaainz ID. worlds
conference 2n3 Jabises q tie Y. n c. A.
says that the face Of England has greatly
changed within the pass thirtees years
Daring the two months &c was II England
be rot oaIy visited familiar scenes Of Ms
boJhood. Bat devoted 3 good deal Of tine
and attention 20 the lumber market. espe-
eiaiiy as Is concerns the export trade Of
Puget sound. said be last evening:
In looking into the LUMBER business
foEnd. among other things. that the En-
gIIshnasn ike our red fir. bat the freight
rates are almost p-ohibifive. While there
i not . brisk demand - tie present iIEne,
there IL good market Tor the right kind
OF lumber. Ia company with we4l-knoE1
London buyer | visited the las. lndla
docks and my friend took particular IN
terest n showing re samples OF the pro
dues Of oar Puget sound mills. The thing
fhey complain q most - the careless say
the timber Il cut. The Engllsa lumber
merchant chooses lumber from the appear
ancs Of the ends. znd II the grain Is shown
plain and the quality good he bays In
most OF the Puget sound nails the cutoff
saws are evidently too large. for the ends
are ragged, and thus the product, from
the English point Of view. l. rendered IN
salabie. l vas shown some Oregon pine.
which on close inspection convinced me
that it was nothing but Douglas hr. An
EnElisnman knows pine sben he sees IL
and cannot be hood win ked by new names.
There you'd Be sale for our spruce X
rs world ship The qualities suitable for
boat purposes. 1nf7 wan. nDe grain
and the samples shown me were open
grain. Ny friend told me tina; i would
be but little whiie before England would
have 20 look 10 the Pacific coast for much
Of its rough iumoeE, as the Norway and
Baltic forests are being rapidly consumed.
The opportunities for this Coast in the
lumber trade are undoubtedly very great,
If will only asake 10 the fact that
We must secure shorter route b. whieh
we can transfer our product not only TO
England but 10 our own Eastern sea-
board. IL - SIMPLY no use at the present
time trying TO introduce any new kinds OF
lnnnber into the English market. They
don't want anY new woods; they use pine
ia large quantities, spruce. ar. oak. ash
and walaut, besides several OF the South
ern kinds of hard woods"
Speaking Of the new allotment system
recently tnaugurated IN England among
the agricultural laborers. Mr.. Carter said:
''The face OF England has undergone a
complete change. The laboring classes. as
awnole. are contented, and are not as bad
off as ge are generally led 10 believe. A
new system has been adopted which is
great blessing 10 the poor man. and also 10
the large army vi skilled woTkmen. 1t is
the allotment plan. Every city, town or
village must set apart q certain number of
acres Of land To be rented out At a very
small rental in lots varying from quarter
10 two or three acres. In visiting these
Allotmsnts one Is surprised 10 see their
neat appearance and the large amount OF
garden produce that they grow. In one
OF these altotments which ! visited in the
e..
Yorkshire, | was pleasantly surprised as /
inspected the grounds OF bard-gorking
carpenter 10 und that he had transformed
has lot OF about half of an acree into a
kind of a summer resort, having neat
little cottage. His garden border was
filled with choice flowers. while back of
that were his fruit trees and vegetables. liz
Is estimated that man can clear SIS per
acre per annum IN addition 20 supplying
his family. which in England Is generally
large, with. ali the vegetables and fruit
they need. This system makes the men
more contented- l ind that 70 per cent
vi the cultivated land in England Is laid
down TO grass. The English farmer
eaunog compete against foreign wheat
or oats. on an average they lose
s. per acre; so they now raise beef and
mutton and do great deal more dairying
than formerly. All through the south Of
England tue grass crops were good and
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barley. beans, etc, look well and promise
a tine crop.
I'm the manufacturing cities OF the
north their warehouses are stocked with
goods ready for shipment 70 America rs
soon as the tariff is settled. and ali they
are anxious for is that IL may be settled
quickly. But high tariff or low, or none
at all, they are ready 10 food the market
and TO sell at any price. They do not like
| our attitude toward them and say that We
! are hurting ourselves more than them, as
/ they now send their ships from their ports
1 empty, and any country that will not
! trade with them will IA little while lose
their trade. rs they only buy where they
sell. / find they look on these things with
| a great deal OF indifference. having the
1 assurance of holding the purse strings Of
/ the world and also doing a large proper
/ ton OF the carrying trade OF the world.
/ Money is very cheap in London, but APP
/ parently not much for outside use. They
/ ieei very skittlsh when approached for
/ loans outside Of England.
Another pleasing feature in modern
/ English life is the Introduction OF the
/ county council for the management Of
/ local affairs in each county. A body OF
/ men is chosen by the electors Of the
county, not on acCoant OF thelr politics.
/ but on account OF their business standing
and well-knowB Integrity. These men
/ take fall control Of the school system and
/ have made rapid and important changes
/ in IL. Another important feature is tie
! Eeserving aud buying In the thiekly popu-
/ lated districts 81 tracts OF land for rccrca-
! ton grounds Tor children. The grounds
! are nicely laid out with grass and flower
| beds and fitted up With swings, gymnasfic
/ apparatus. etc. In the evening a number
/ OF these children. recreation grounds
/ have band. Of music % sniiyen the time
/ and make the little ones happiness com
plete, ] end they have introduced into AL
! their schools the technical or manual
training, also the cooking classes for girls
| dad in the Geld o. sports golf - claim
/ ing leading place. ! had the pleasure Of
1 accompanying two players over a fourteen
4 hole course they played together ia
I their regular party contest for prizes. Al
I first as yoa Eatcn them you do not see
very much Of Interest IN she game, but il
soon groSs on one. and you become very
/ keen on 10. Teams IS s:ils favorite game
/ and Is very generally played and the club
meets are very numerous.
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