The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-13
DECADENCE OF ENGLAND.
Sell.Debssemeut coBseuIaI 10 The Chas-
tened Spirit Of the Nation.
RtvfRsIs HAVE fasIrTERfD PAPERS
They Make Comparisons with United
states, in which Their own
Country suffers.

London, january f2.--Great Britain's
aecadence lis becoming a popular theme.
self-dcbasement and self-fagellation
seem to be corgcniul 10 the
chastencd spirit Of tne nation.
forced 10 realize through the ac-
cumulatdon Of reveses, military, dlplo-
matte and Industrial. that GrcSt Britain's
dream OF predomlnanre Is past. 1t Is all
most a daily occurrence for some great
London newspaper ITO parade the short
con ings OF the country, ins.lbutins com
parsons with the United States and Ger
many, which are little complimentary to
Great Brisain.
Post, rs the keynote, and the Briton
which could dictate its VIII 10 the ends
Of che ednth - today myth.
The great wooden and allied trades
threaten 90 be revoluttonized BY an Amer
lean machine which is now operating az
Bradford. "Whalt 1t will open UP Is not
fully apparent, ait first sight,, says the
Bradford Observer, "hut II looks as X the
position at present occupied by Arkwright
and Crompton in the world OF inventors
during the Nineteenth century is TO be
surpassed by Drury in the Twentieth.
How III it tfat this idea was left TO
Yankee lawyer TO bring QUIZ
DrUry's invention Is described az the
simpleat yet devised. u Is capable OF
spinning the toughest yarns from as
bestos or peat moss without difficulty.
Drury left Boston two years ago.
The Daily Telegraph calls attention 20
the enormous increase In the use OF Amer
ican confectionery in England, which, il
says, would be even greaGer than 1t is
were the American manufacturers 10 show
more elasticity in trade methods. II also
DECLARES thar America is likely TO ne
supplying "jaw BRICKS
Small wonder, indeed, says the Daily
Telegraph "bdat THE British iruN grower
has cause for complaint that tbe demand
is not what It was"
california fruit pulp appears to be
making tremendous inroaAs into the Eng
ish jamaica trttde
Even from the Philippines come recon-
mendhulons TO adopt American methods,
Mr. PerciYal II London writes to the
Times from Manila urging the British
troops IN South Africa 10 use the tuniG
plea. worn by the American troops 20
protect lDheir spine, aud also their web
bling cartridge belt and method for pre-
serving surgleal dressing The sugges-
ton about Nhe cartridge belt IL already
erected factory here turning out 70 It's
full capacity these belts for the war office.
Senator Proctor's llalian marble
corner" draws forth IRON Today an In
dgnanf protest IL says; "Whn, for in
stslce, "a Senator Proctor, thar he should
Ct este Cor his own enrichment n scarchty
OF Carnara marble in which the highea,
art OF all ages in Europe has found ITS
mol lest euposstion?'
And so on IN "a similar strain. exclaim-
ing that Senator Proctor has no right -
assume dictatorship of hhe worlds art
But 1t Us not only IN commerce where he
spread Of American leaven r. so pat snt
In the Medicinal game OF Rugby football
hitherto 50 distinctive OF American rides
aud whose deYotees were 80 proud OF tn,
fact, tho British are now beginning close.
ly 'bo initiate the distinguished features o.
g.laAron play. Mt the recent English ant
Wales match, when 1000 spectators were
present, Tho experts were amazed TO SET
what was oafled the puzsling hand to han,
passing OF the Weloh team"
This W nothing more than familiar
snauping beck prddilce here. 1t had n,
small effect IN securing for Wales /
sweeping victory.