The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-16
ENGLAND's COLONIES
How the Mother Country Gov
erns Her Dependencies.

| Wasnne 1ns Nay ii.~i inptcIal D. is.ll Hu
colonial methods ana the existing rcla-
/ tions. financial aud othcrwih between
The home Government old the coonIa
are icrsg'y and interestingly outlined ln
/ "a letter recently roceved by tha Ircas-
my Bureau of staUaucs m fepiy Coz ~
series of questions upon this subject
/ T'lc letter is written by Mr.. S. q liob-
! san editor of the "Hardwaremau" ana
"rho Hardware Exporter London. and
| presents ln brief space so much iutDr
csting and Important Information rugard- |
| ing business relations between the Britt
Ssh Government and ita colonies Thar 90 |
| viii doubtless prove intcrostInr to many |
people On the United states The lotcr
is as follows:
81 rsply to you question concor liuf |
the le lions Of the Mother country ro The
colon es on ask
J. NTheathor the II Tome Government cx
pended any considerable sums of money
n the early history of the Colonies.
2 Whether such expenditure, u mode,
have boon refunded by the Colonies.
g. Whether the large sums which have
been expended in permanent Improve
ments such az railways, telegraph lines
public highways, harbours. etc have been
supplied in part by the Home Govern
ment, and ~ so, In about what proper
tion?
vbatbc- tho troopa I'm tha colonies
ava s,rnort.1 hy th. Iron. Govornmort
mr. bv ,bo revenues of inc colonies tben-
soivoe. oDd
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orally looked upon by the pc,pie OF tho
nom. e,o,,rpp,,,,i oe a1ynpt,p.,us or
otbar,.is,
am rapI,, so .t,a first ouasrion. No The
r,o,.errn,ept mas NOT epapt amy .,opeidor-
oi7@ s,,ro ~ r,o,c, in ,l,o airiter history
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w. tsloer,rh lines or nnhlic birb.
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le ,i,-i,g /, ,,,,o,.,,tee au4 a. tbe Cavern
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> iects az mi descrir.tion canlta1 il an
u v-avs fostbcomtne ana there i bardl,
- ann, c,so nj, record v,her. t,,. Governn,en
ms bec, called pnon ~ make good IT.
y l.,narantee ,rhe on1v case i'm INV mop,or,
a tbet ~ tbe Turkish bonds bui as
gcnornl r,,le it is nerfectlv occurate n
- assume that the Government guarante,
= slvva,,. meets the financial difdcultv Fol
-, example. there "a an aEltutlOn In SOutI
"a Africa for a railroad from Cape Colon,
10 no CARO-. Mr.. Rhode, has been inter.
IA viewing the Home Government asking
/ not for capital but for "a guarantee. IN,
N | Govornmenr viii only guarantee the rail
n way go far as IL CONSIDERS IL OF com.
Ie mercial value. and has given its euarante,
,e for one section Of thls project MT Rhodes
"A will now have no difficulty in obtaininl
,e money from the nation. for II is COW
10 cred by the guarantee.
"The troops In tho Colonies are pait
directly by the Home Government bu
the leading Colonies pay the Governmen.
.d n proportion. The amount however IS mo