The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-10
CORRESPONDENCE.
A GERMAN sIsrORIAN'S sENSA-
TIONAL STATEMENTS

Twenty two car loads of gold 40 nou
sand pounds to each q avordupoIs,
net, is our annual snare Of tribute to
mother country IN interest alone.
HOW ENGLAND TAXES AMERICA,
How few OF we p ud Americans
know that We are slaves OF the British
capitaIis5s2 It is not a Bryan, or q
Populist, who makes the assertion this
time. nor a foreign ~anarchisT, or ON
munist. Il is Dr. Carl Peters, who as
pires TO be only a true, unbiased histo
rian. He does not criticise, he only re
cords what occurs to be facts, incon-
trovertiOle facts; he is a great admIrer
of the British Empire. He believes the
Anglo Saxon ia destined to rule the
universe, and has been roundly rasped
by his German countrymen for saying
so. AS an historian, he feels bound TO
acknowledge that Britain gathers his
tribute with as much brutality as ever
did the Roman or the Persian; out he
is firmly convinced that the mar OF
the ADglo-Ssxon cannot be retarded
because our great Republic Is fastened
to the lion by golden chains. The fol.
lowing summary is a chapter OF DR..
Peters Rise Of the British Empire" on
which he Is now working, Germany
The Z1konf Berlin, has been favored
by the author to publish some parts of
the work, and our summary is taken
from this German paper.
''In the schools we are taught that
England is an industrial State; in real
ity she is changing into a purely cap
itali tic country. The time is approach
ing when Glasgow and Manchester
will be unaoIe to compete with foreign
rivals, but the capital heaped up IN
London will control all foreign nous
try, monopoIizing all privas e property.
Alreads India, America, Austria and
South Africa are forced to send their
produce at cheap rates to England IN
part payment of dividends and inter
est. British imperialism is not founded
on csnnOns; i5 rests upon money only,
and ancient Rome eve exploited her
provinces in a more relentless manner
than Great Britain her possessions or
any country subject to the influence of
her capital
"Among the countries thus ruled by
England is, in the first place, the United
States. India paws in London S1CO,
900, 600 Equal to 1913 and one half tons
Of gold dollars, avordupois weight.
The tribute o. Austria AND South Africa
is placed at SIS GOO 900, 137 tons. The
United States pays $3.50 600 900 IN dIvi
dends alone, equal Go 42O o n annually
at the lowest computation us and mi
half tons Of gold coin avordupois
weight rolling into London every year,
from BrIton's dependencies. Thirty five
and three fourEhs car loads of 40, 900
pounds each. Americas share of this
annual tribute ls 90 of such car loads
of 40 600 pounds esch. French stats
ticiaus put Americas share at 400,
900, 600, instead of 1915 600 600, as above
stated
"How few people stop to think what
q drain his vast sum is on a country
like the United States9 To know this
means to IN erstand that the Stars
and S Stripes, this boosted banner of
freedOm and independence, floats over
an immense dependency of Great
Britain.
"ThIs. too, explains Why the war
like spirit of the Americans was cooled
with such ease when London chose to
manipulate the markets to the detrI
memo OF America during the Venezuel
ian trouble. The despots of anc ct
times we're want to demand a Urlbure
precious metals, grain, cattle. and
other produce from the people they had
cong e-ed pharaon dit it, the rulers Of
Persa and R0 ne Did it. It is inCeres .
ing rn ? O q aE England does exactly
the same thing. The business is mau.
aged IN a capitalistIc form, but the
tribute IL sent 10 b shape of produce
America supplies England, Co a large
extend rec Of charge, with silver, Cot
ton beef and grain; from the money
received for this proc uce, the $3.50 600,
900 remain in England to pay share
holders who have done nothing for it.
That this state of things must affect
prices In other countries is clear.
For If people receive annually a
large amount of goods for which they
need nos return an equivalent, the peo-
pie VINO pay the tribute must be so
much the poorer.
"We gill be told thatB ritian's capital
In the first place created the wealth of