Milford chronicle., 1905-07-07

n Uold that the American struggle for
erty was brought to a climax wh,
an King Georges prime minister demaB
n ed that the thirteen colonies pay a ia
q. on tea. The Boston tea party was 0
,t ganized. One dark night a number
10 young men, armed to the teeth, entere
Il those ships and tossed overheard a
Il the boxes containing that imported te,
: Taxation without representation
- wrongw the people cried. I'VE will no
pay cent To- the British throne unti
= King George allows our people to vot
, in the house o9 commons" But whei
! George Washington took the oath q
Office as president of s1e United State.
, did we then cease to have any furthel
dealings with British gold?
The conquess by british Capital.
Have you as rational man ever
stopped to consider how many Ameri-
can industries have been fostered and
built ug by British capltaI2 The Brit
ish wOrkmen have come. here by mil
lions and. settled fniOur Rand and taken
out naturalization, papers. But the
/ British capitalists. although many of
| them have never cvossed the, seas. have
sent their moneys here and invested
them here by the millions and millions
of pounds. The British capifafsts. are
saying u our miners; You gun my
mines" to our railroad menl. "Eou run
my railroads. to our street electric
car line presidents, You rum NV street
railways Yes, the British CAPITALISTS
have their moneys. invested Ia our
country by the millions of dnllmrs. If
all British capital were to- be with
drawn from our manufactures, and
railroad stock and mining Industries
this country would Saar the, most aw-
tul financial crash aia world has felt 4
since man began to buy and sell for (
barter and grin. And, furthermore
one Of hs'surest guarantees that Eng-
land viii never 81, to war against
America IS that, as a;finaneiail nation
she cannot afford to do,so. She. would
not only De fighting her owni sons. and
daughters but she would be. DESTROY
ing her own pOcketbOok. The British
immigrant is here. The British nil
lions are Invested in American coal as
well as in Sheffield cutlery or .NIanahes- /
ter factory or Belfast liner. cF. CSlasepw
mills.
If the British empire dominates. rs in
linguistic and social and Industrial
way, ho% much more does she infiu-
snee us in religious wayi. Suppos-
ng our churches had been the, ont
,rowth OF the Spanish, cszHedraf in
itead of the Scottish Kifk. What
would have happened? SupposIng the
nen who laid the religious foundations
I our theological seminaries han come
rom another class than ne Puritans.
ominased by the spirit Of Rev John
robinson Supposing tie men who
aught as our ideas Of morahf-y. and |
lght had not been inspired BY tine
Of a JOHN Knox. Would we |
Till b9 the nation, whose. God is Lord. !
we'sfe today? THANH. Cod that the
ospes fires whiohi are today burning
pom American heartns were once ;
-arte'f by the i've Goals Of the old 4
uritsns and ths-Old ceTenauters. II
Tie spiritual lips of manr- centuries :, :,
re pleading from our pulpits today. :,
OF spiritual lipswhichl have been born :.
'iinln the last century. One Of the ).
lost dramatic and pathetic stories =.
81 told was that Of Cyrus w. Field :,
aen he described before the New =,
ork chamber Of commerce The Sto- -
Of the Atlantic Cable" For thir- :,
EN- long years this persistent oper- p
or had struggled against eontempt p
ld ridicuba of an sor5s at last the a,
BILE was successfully laid. Then ths. ~
reat E@stern sailed out to sea 70, !,
apple for the cable. which had been, -,
st in nilocean the year before. Two n,
lies and half the graphing hooks
nix to the bottom Of the ocean. Day
ter DAY and week after week the 70
ork went on AT last the graphing
oks eaught. Slowly and surely from p
bed of primeval Ooze the lost cable -
as lifted up. But no sooner did the
q appear above the surface Of the -, -
a than the men raised a cheer Then 60, 60,
.e a frightened creature it seemed to ~
ar itself away and fall back to its ~ ln'
couch. Or
Cyrus W. Fields COURAGE. ma
Again and again went the huge crap n,
ng irons over the ocean bed. At ~
It the hooks again caught. Slowly co
d surely this time the cable was ~
ain lifted. "Only when it was ioi,
ought over the bow and on to the ed
x did the men dare to breathe" int
q Mr. Field. "Then we carried it sba
ng to the eieetrieian's room to see eba
lur long sought treasure was living anf
dead, a few minutes Of suspense.