The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-14

Mr.. Henry Labouchere In recent
number of London Truth, under the
heading of "Morganeering and the
Moral" tells the British nation that its
supremacy in trade and commerce Is
not only threatened, but doomed, ana
that it will take all the best efforts the
empire is capable of to prevent retro
grade movement, which, if it begins,
will increase year by year.
He says in part: "For generation or
two past the gospel of salvation OF
mankind by the agency of British cap
ital has been preached with sincere
conviction by British politicians, Brit
ish men of business and almost every
British man in every British street.
Whether it was a dying nation in Eu-
rope or Asia, rackety republic IN
South America, an unreclaimed region
of Africa, peopled by idolators and can
nibals, or even a poverty stricken Brit
ish colony, the means of regeneration
were always the same-let British cap
ital and British enterprise exploit the
patient thoroughly and there VIII be an
end to all his diseases, political, eco
nomic and social.
"For fifty years we preached this Cos
pei and acted up to it religiously. NOW
comes a little turning of tables. With
a much larger population and immeas-
urably greater natural resources, the
United States offers a field for the ac-
emulation of greater wealth than we
can ever aspire to.
Americans, in their turn, now aspire
to regenerate the world by American
capital and American enterprise. They
practice upon US the doctrine which we
so long applied to the rest of mankind
They acquire our underground rail-
WAYS with the kindly view of showing
us how to work those aniquated under
takings profitably. They propose to
provide poor old London with tram
ways and tubes which its people are
too poor or too stupid to construct
themselves. They acquire half the to-
bacco trade of these islands to confer
upon us the benefits of being supplied
with American goods on American
principles. Lastly-for the present
they lay sacriligious hands On the ship
ping, by means of which Britannia
rules the waves
mo wonder John Bull is in a comic
state of CONSERVATION. The world from
his point of view is being turned com
pletely upside down. He is no longer
son top but underneath. Instead OF
the expIoiter he is becoming exploited.
''For about twenty years we have
been beset with the craze Of acquiring
in the most out of the way parts of the
world new openings for British capltal
and new markets for British goods. The
craze has colored all our national
thoughts and policy. While we have
been pursuing this phantom what has
the foreigner been doing? He, too. seeks
an opening abroad for his surplus capt.
tai and a foreign market for his sur
plus goods. And where does ne hrst
find them2 In England.
"While we seek to extend the area
of our commerce and our investments
by acquiring control of countries which
have no population or of people who
have no wants, the manufacturers ana
investors of Germany and America fine
in this country the finest opening in the
world. While we sink millions on the
construction Of railways through the
African continent, which cannot yield
a return within the life Of the present
generation or perhaps the next, the
American capitalist discovers q re-
munerative Investment for his millions
in improving the means of locomotion
in London.
individual fools have often enough
dropped the substance to grasp It's
shadow, but never before has whole
nation deliberately committed itself to
this folly. Our supremacy in trade