The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
PLACID OLD FOGIES.
Golden CLUB MEMBERS FAVOR PRls-
ON MADE GOODS.

Oppose Trade Unions as Dangerous" to
Cbeap Labor and wages-Club Hard Up.
like Its Rranch Tariff Reformers Here.
Keep an Eye on Lord Salisbury.
The annual meeting of the members
of the Golden club was held in London
recently. Lord Farrer seems to have
been spokesman of the day, and he noted
with satisfaction an approach to free
trade in the Australian colonies and the
United States. AT the same time, how
ever, Lord Farrer found it necessary to
"strongly advise all free traders to keep
a careful watch upon Lord Salisbury's
doings,'' as he "wished to have protect
i've duties upon foreign manufactures in
order the better to fight the foreign
tariffs.
We are not surprised to find Lord
Farrer regarding trade unions as "dan-
gerous, because they always must be in
free trade countries where the sole de-
sire Of the manufacturers is to depress
the value of labor and make men, wom-
EN- and children work for the lowest
possible wages. A tendency was noted
in England among the workingmen to
"stop foreign importation, and when
this tendency was united with that "of
capitalistic producers to try and get
protection for themselves there was no
knowing what mischief might have
been the consequence.
From one who regards trade unions as
"dangerous" it is but natural to find an
opinion favorable to the free use and
importation of goods made by prison la
Dor in other countries, Lord Farrer say
ing that "the stoppage of the sale of
prison made goods was wrong-econom-
ically, socially and morally" The
free trade branch of the Golden club,
which has its headquarters at the Tariff
Reform club in New York, has not yet
dared to 60 as far as Lord Farrer in adj
vocating the free importation and sale
in this country of goods made in foreign
prisons.
A radical member Of the Golden club,
Mr.. J. S. Ladeam, urged "that the free
membership of the club should be main
tanned SO that they might protect min
istry favorably disposed toward free
trade against the assaults of their own
misguided fallacies - While the Golden
club greeted approvingly [''Hear!
Hear!''l this suggestion of protection
for an administration "favorably dis
posed toward free trade, there was not
one word said in favor of protection for
English industries OF English wage
earners.
The suggestion that the club should
adopt and support the principle of BIZ
metallism was frowned down by the
chairman, as it might "lead to differ
ences in the club" 1t was evidently
thought advisable to leave the money
question in the hands of the American
branch of the Golden club, the Tariff
Reform institute at New York.
Editorial criticism of the Manchester
Courier indicates that the free traders
are hard up in England as we'll as in
New York. "They are unable to main
tain their publications, as "a question
of funds prevents Them" The same
trouble exists here, but "tbe placid old
fogies" of the Tariff Reform Free Trade
club appealed to the protectionists for
funds to aid them in the dissemination
of their destructive literature in this
country. We are very sorry to say that
many protectionists have Gnwittingly
:ided their enemy.