New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-28

real surprise is a recovery. rapid and safe be-
yond the expectations of science or the hopes OF
the most patriotic and the most sanguine
Some of the happiest features any coronation
could have had have already passed into his
ton at home, the anectionate muster OF the
colonies, the stately array of the Indian Princes
the official ENJOYS of good will from all the
nations of the earth; and tenderest and most
impressive Of ALL the Kings command from his
bed OF agony that whether he was TO live or
die the coronation hOnOrS for those who had
conspicuously and worthily served Great Britain
should be announced at once. and that his din
ner party 10 half a million of his poor should
not be DELAYED; while his royal consOrt Crowned
the work by fulfilling her promised participa-
ton in the efforts for the sick children of Lon
don.
Nothing draws sympathy like suffering Your
King always a popular Prince. but never
has he been the centre OF a nations and en-
pire's desire as he is to-day: never the object OF
such sympathy from his own people. from your
kin beyond the seas and from the whole civilized
world. He will be crowned soon. crowned with
such a wide and heartfelt popular acclaim as
could never before have been attainable. As he
thus succeeds that inustriOus and beloved SOW
ereign his mother, and starts forward in her
footsteps, he will find himself and his land over
swept by great wave Oh KindIy regard and
must more than compensate for all the recent
disappointments.
1t will be- we may well hope. a commercial
reign; for that now means a reign where the
Chamber of Commerce rules rather than the
arts and sciences flourish, prosperity not only
prevails but is diffused. and where while wealth
accumulates. men do not decay. but advance
through the paths of intelligent labor TO In
creased leisure and material and moral eleva-
ton
The great and to some extent novel tasks
which this City OF Liverpool has already under
taken in these directions are watched from our
side of the Atlantic with a keen and sympa-
thetic interest We observe the strides you have
taken toward the ownership of public utilities;
and are eager to see il and how you can in the
long run and on large scale. under popular
form OF local government, give the world ex-
amples of public work in new fields done as
efficiently, as economically, with as much
promptness and as little corruption as private
work. II for instance Liverpool can own its
tramways. furnish accommodations equal to
ours, with equal length of trips and readiness
of transfers. and. without imposing unfair bur
dens on the taxpayer, or discriminating Unduly
between classes. can yet transport the public
for penny as against our tWopence half
penny. We want to learn the secrets of your
success So. too, il concerns to know if your
city authorities can without unjust oppres-
sive taxation give better. cheaper service 70
the public and make IL pay for ITSELF in fur
nishing electric light and power for all, in pro-
viding public laundries. and Turkish baths. and
sterilized milk, and above all in tearing down
unsantary buildings in the slurns and erecting
in their stead good municipal homes for the
poor. II you can do this continuously and sue
cessfully. with due regard for the rights OF all,
we shall be still keener 10 study your methods.
That successful commerce is the true and
munificent mother OF art you have cOnspicUOusly
shown Where else has more been done OF late
years to encourage architecture, sculpture and
painting? Or where have recent collections OF
art treasures been more splendidly housed?
That your commerce is farseeing as il is
successful you have equally shown Where else
have men built stone docks like those OF Liver
pool. so far in advance of the time, that even
with the marvellous strides of shipbuiIding, in
the last decade. the great liners OF to-day. six
hundred and seven hundred feet long, are vet
hundreds OF feet shorter than the solid masonry
berths you have long had ready for them? May
I add the satisfaction with which an old trav-
eller observes that, thanks TO your improve
ments in the channel it is no longer necessary
10 set out on sea voyage from your port on the
open deck OF chilly and rain-swept little tug?
Neither the Manchester ship canal nor d.
versions 70 Southampton nor the growth OF
Hamburg would seem 10 have hurt you. The
staple for the biggest single British industry
that OF cotton still passes almost entirely
undisputed. On the imported food OF Great
Britain and on all your other great lines OF i'm
ports your grip also appears mistaken You
main easily the second seaport in the Empire.
and the first in the world in exchanges with
any other one city
III you have thus sustained the threatened
dangers OF the recent past, you can surely face
now with equanimity the terrOrs of Mr.. Pier
pont Morgan IL Is not for me 10 speak for that
most capable man. or for the great masses OF
capital he directs, and the great enterprises.
largely American. which he represents Still
less would I think of hazarding an opinion, here
and now as TO the wisdom or unwisdOm Of the
huge combinations he is organizing. their de-
ness world. or their effect either national in
terests or International relations But as a mere
onooksT, venture 10 suggest that the appTe-
tensions aroused by the recent changes in ship
ping with which his name has been identified
appear somewhat exaggerated In does
your power 20 secure at will for your naval ser
vice many cruisers ever seem TO be in the
least imperilled. If built IN your shipyards they
are forbidden 10 pass under our nag, by a law
almost as old as our history, and almost as hard
TO change as our Constitution II you accept
what you think the gloOmiest view TO the
future control of the Atlantic carrying trade, 1t
does not follow that New-YOrz would use that
control TO weaken the port most important to IT,
Even mOnopoles are not supposed 10 thrive by
damaging their best customers
Besides. the monopoly in this case is faneiful;
it does not and cannot exist Nature abhors
a vacuum; and just so, organized society alb
hors a monopoly All the FORCES OF nature 1gnI
against any large formation OF the one; and al
the forces OF civilization against the other. None
has been created in this business; think none
is desired. and I know none can be long sue
cessfuI.
But is il necessarily altogether disadvanta-
geous to the trade of this great port 70 have at
knowledge of what it can count on, six months
in advance? Surely nothing can come nearer
reducing legitimate trade 10 gambling than sueh
features OF the old system as violent nuctuauohS
in freights with Cut-thrOat rates at a time OF
hungry competition, followed with efforts TO re-
coup later. by sudden combinations on an eN-
cessive advance When company OF . nien 10 40
matter who. put an aggregation OF cdpltal so
enormous afioat. in materials so perishaole'
while all the forces of trade tend 10 encourage
the growth OF rivals, the very law Of such a
management, together with that fair minded
hberality which is the necessary offspring or
enlightened selfishness Consider besides ths
advantages. 10 nation sometimes said 10 be
isolated and certainly not always loved. or q
great neutral fleet in which its food might be
horne in safety in spite of any possible enemy
These are certainly riffs in the new cloud any
wayi
said amy possible enemy" For do not for
one moment admit the possibility of war again
between our own nations. Whatever else may
happen, that-in this day and after happy
Joint share in the advances of international law
which have made arbitration actually n
stead OF the old Arcadian dream,-that Is no