The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-30
ENGLAND IN CASE OF WAR,


be automatically working the Sultan
openly, Germany's young Kaiser is get
ting in his oar on the sly, with the re-
suit that Abdul Hamid grows percepti-
bly, sitter and more Independent. 1t
would be hardly possible for any power
of Europe to make move without in
volying all the other governments,
hence the safety of the Turk and hence
the safety of the United States in any
move it may make with reference to
Cuba. No other nation could go to war
without reference to the supplies which
must be had from outside sources save
the United States of America. Her re-
sources Of every character within her.
self are abundant. Not so with the
European powers. who buy bread and
meat Of us and of others. England, it
seems. has been considering the bread
and meat problem which in war are
more necessary, if that were possible,
than powder.
According TO the European edition OF
the New York Herald. it is being urged
in England that national granaries be
erected so that in case of war or in
case of the interruption of commerce
by any other cause the price Of bread
Will not be extrayagantly advanced to
the British people. Great Britain is so
0ensely peopled that the soil of the
island is entirely insufficient to produce
food in sufficient quantities for the pop
ulation. 1t is estimated that out of
every seven loaves of bread consumed
six of them are made Of imported
wheat. The meat supply comes largely
from Australia, Argentina and the
United States. Dairy products, cheese
and butter, come from the low coun-
tries and vegetables are also imported
from tn neighboring countries on the
continent. In short, Great Britain
forced to depend upon herself for food
even for short time. 1t is, therefore,
that she should maintain
such navy as will keep the seas open
with the guarantee of her great navy, |
it is said that at the sound of the first |
gun fired in war the price of bread in |
would be doubled. In connec- |
ton with these things articles which |
have appeared from time to time in the |
London Mark Lane Express and other |
British periodicals telling of abandoned |
farms and ruined farmers make curl |
Gus reading. Cheap transportation has
brought the British farmer into direct |
with the farmers of other
lands who can undersell him. Since
the manufacturing interests of England
became powerful enough to repeal the
corn laws, as the tariff laws imposing
4 heavy duty on imported wheat were
called, the British farmer has been
with adversely and the man.
lfacturing interest has been growing,
he kingdom increasing in wealth and
he people getting cheaper bread. La
1orers We're drawn from the farm to
he factory, and social revolution has
AIKEN place.
The condition curiously contrasts and
with the conditions in this
country. With us the greatest of our
Industries has been and still is agricul-
ure, but its preponderating Importance
las been diminished here as in Eng
and. During the interruption to COM
nerce occasoned by the war of 1912,
md the embargoes which preceded it,
'ur people had a surplus of food which
hey could not sell, but there was a
learth of manufactured articles and
,eople We're put to great inconvenience.
since that time our factories have
,rown, and by the cultivation Of the
'rairies the farming industry has also
many fold, so that in case of
n embargo upon commerce the people
f the United States could still continue
o live in comfort.