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Henry shows that England gets nearly
all Of the grain she consumes from Rus
sia and the United States-most of 1t from
us. From this country alone England i'm
ports something more than 100, 900, 900 BUSH
els which constitute the bulk of her sup
ply, and the writer does not think that
an unbroken stream Of grain from either
country could be counted on in time OF a
really serious war. Russia might at any
moment prohibit the expectation of the
Notwithstanding which has already &C.
curred-while the Americans could easily.
and in Sir Henrys opinion would. take
advantage of the opportunity to raise the
prices to point at which England would
have to cripple herself terribly in order to
maintain the necessary supply. After de-
scribing the magnificent financial ability
at the back Of the unequaled facilities for
handling. transportation. ETC.. in this
country, Sir Henry says:
Business, Not Sentiment.
ION its financial side the American
wheat market Ia elaborated to perfection,
and among the grain men of the north
west are capitalists of the first magnitude
and trained business intellects of the first
order whose main object in life Is to pile
up the dollars whenever they see the
chance. In word, everything that
knowledge, experience, organization and
capital can do is done and is ready to hand
IN order to capture the wheat market of
the world should opportunity arise. The
machinery Is there all ready to start when
the proper time comes A great naval
war In which England was engaged would
in all probability give that opportunity.
Imagine the Baltic and Black sea ports
closed to commerce for a few months.
I'm ,yir hn
gentine long sea routes endangered. Such
events are not wildly improbable. Under
these circumstances If any one supposes
that friendly feeling on the other side of
the Atlantic would prevent our American
cousins from endeavoring, as individuals.
to make money out of our national neces-
sites, then to my mind they greatly mis-
read the American character and alto
gether misunderstood transatlantic busi-
ness principles"
In other words. Sir Henry Seton-Karr
believes that we love England about as
devotedly as he knows England loves us
and that our international relations are
on a business and not a sentimental basis.
1t may be objected that he knows nothing
about our deep affection for his country
as manifested at Homeric commercial
banquets diplomatic love feasts and In
society demonstrations of all kinds. But
to this we reply that he does know about
his side, about the London Morning Post,
the Saturday Review and about the prev
alent feeling of the governing class in
England. He appraises our attitude by
the standard of the notorious attitude OF
the Conservative leaders and representa-
tives in England, and who, outside of a lot
Of decayed English noblemen and snob-
Dish American Founders. will challenge
his conclusions?
We pass Sir Henry's sneer at the money
making instinct of "our American cous-
ms" Emanating from an Englishman,
1t carries with it its own sufficient COM
mentary. The revelation Of Importance
is that England depends upon the United
States for the means of feeding her own
population and that all her protestations
of friendship are referable to this notori-
Gus fact.
Bryan's UItimatum.
The most important piece Of news in
the last ten years comes from Detroit,
1t is important because it comes from
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan and
is as follows:
No Democrat has reason to be despond.
ent. We must not work on the principle
Of expediency. We must be sure we are
building on the right ground. There never
was time when there was a greater
need for the application Of Democratic
principles than today. Down east, in Del
aware, learned more about some other
things than about future candidates for
the presidency. I found that many Re-
publicans were fighting against a man
named Addicks. l found that in some
places three-quarters of the voters had
received money for their votes, but I
could not draw the line between Addicks.
who wanted to buy a senatorship with his
own money and run 1t for his own inter-
ests. and other men who buy Office for q
corporation and run 1t for the interests Of
the corporation. What, my friends. do
you say of men who buy senatorships
congress as slaves of the corporations?
The senate would not even take up for
considerat ton the house bill for control of
trusts.
These men are worse than Addicks. II
you wanted anything from the Delaware
man, you would talk to Addicks. but In
these other cases you would have to go to
the masters of the officeholder. I can't
draw distinction between the men who
sell their votes for IS and the one who
makes million trading in party politics.
remember a case where ]. P. Morgan
made millions on matter Of Republican
policy. All the difference between Ad-
dicks and the rest is that he confessed
openly to what others do secretly.
have been accused of preventing har-
mony. No man wants harmony more
than do, and no one has suffered more
for lack of 1t than I have; but you can't
keep in one organization men who want
to cut each others throat. They accuse
me of saying hard things about Cleve-
land. never said anything about him
30 hard as did President Mckinley who
said, Cleveland is trying to make money
tho master and all things else the serv-
ant"
am not ashamed Of any humble part
I may have had in driving out OF the
Democratic party man who tried to
make money the master and everything
else the servant. I want him in some 9th.
ar party than ours. I would be glad to
help organize one for his exclusive use.
The Republican Outlook.
The close OF congress- enables one to
sum up the political situation as far as
the Republicans are concerned, and the
evidence is that President Roosevelt
has pretty good chance to get the Re
publican presidential nomination. The
Republican politicians are not for Colo
mel Roosevelt, but there can be no ques-
ton that he is strong with the people.
he is the fifth man who has succeede,
to the presidency through the death OF
his chief, and If lie gets the nomination
he will have established new record
But there will not be anything strange
about his establishing new record,
because his whole career has been phe.
nomenal. He didn't come into the presi-
dncy the way the other vice presidents
did. John Tyler. a soreheaded Dem
ocrat was nominated by the Wings.
He had served I'm both branches of
congress and had n record on every
public question: consequently when he
unexpectedly became president he re-