The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-26
WORK And TALK LESS
: CHARLES FOX, OF LONDON, TALKS
.... ON THE FLOUR SIT
CATION
-
LONDON CLAUSE IS UNJUST
American shippers Are to Blame for
Accepting Conditions Speci-
fed in Export Bills
t'Sfe+S "a So of Lading.


Charles Fox, the London manager and
foreign. representative of the Pillsbury
mills, IS in Minneapolis visiting rela-
tiyes and on business during the Christ
mas holidays This Is the first time he
has been in America for two years, but he
says he is still an American" in every
Sense of the word.
a When seen by T h e G o be yester-
hday he said:
Il have just had my first American
!, meal for two years, and [ feel line. IL
was an old-fashioned Christmas dinner
and good one, too"
Speaking about that London dockage
charge on American flour, he said: Il
agree with Ambassador Choate. who
said: It's all the fault of the American
shippers, and in slang parlance, it's up
to them to remedy 1t.
"You see 1t is this way. The steam
ship companies insert in their bills OF
1ading OF flour shipped from the United
States to London a clause which provides
for the payment of one and nine pence
(about AZ cents per ton for dockage at
London
'%rhis is in addition to the regular I'M
loading and storage, and other legiti-
mate charges, and no other flour i'm
ported is subjected to it. OF course the
he must make his price to the consumer
correspondingly higher, and by just SO
much his power to compete with French,
Russian and other f1ours is lessened.
'TThe importers made the first objection
to the charge. But that is all they can
do. If the shipper accepts the bill OF
lading with the clause in it the -four must
stand the extra charge.
1.-THE only remedy is for the American
shippers to refuse to consgn their flour
under such terms"
Mr.! Fox is a member of the advisory
committee appointed by the American So
ciety of London to take charge of the
American exhibits at the Crystal Palace
exposition in London next spring and
simmer. Speaking of the status of the
export trade of the United States and
the feeling abroad and especially in Eu-
rope with regard to the Yankee inva-
SION" he said:
"There+is no doubt but that our ex-
port trade is growing greatly, but we
haven't commenced yet. We have not
even. had look in. We must work to
increase 1t.
but we talk too much We do not, to
use another slang phrase, do enough OF
Saying nothing and saving wood
81 speak this as an American citizen
have become de-AmerieaniZed.
1--WE cannot create favorable impress
sion among foreign nations, among the
people, [ mean. by Roasting of what we
have done and of what we expect to
do. BY4saying, that we are the people.
1t rubs the fur the wrong way.
There ,aFes.other smart people in the
world who are fighting hard for trade,
and it ism exactly wise to tell the man
you are fighting where you expect to
hit him. He will be on his guard.
I'VE should work more and talk less.
Because We think we are the only ones
is no good reason why we should tell
other people that we are the only ones.
1.-THE feeling in the British Isles for the
United, States is very cordial, and is
daily growing more and more so. We
should retain that condition of affairs If
we can do so without stultifying our
selves. The time is ripe for the Yankee
invasion in a still greater degree, if the
invasion is accomplished without -four
ish of trumpets and a Boosting we will
do this and that
'That feeling of friendlness is not linn
tied to the government. 1t extends to
the masses of the people. There is one
thing [ noticed which l think has not
been spoken Of.
when President Mckinley was buried
every bus and cab driver in London had
a piece of crepe ON his whip. They
were not compelled to do this by their
employers. They bought the badge OF
mourning. themselves. ] tell this simply
to show the genuine sorrow and sympathy
in England for us in the time of our
trouble
Mr.. Fox will be in Minneapolis until
after New Years. He is the guest OF
Henry L. Little.