The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-14
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AVIRGINIAN ABROAD.
Notes and Observations OH Con-
ditions in England.
Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Slr,-I have for so.rs weeks been In
this section, which is the most densely
populated or the Anglo. Saxon race.
Within a radius OF less than forty miles
from the center OF Manchester live about
u, ooo, 900 people, more than within the
earns distance from the center OF; Lon
don. They are n live, wideawake, pros
Ersss'ys people reminding me o 81 a me
at all what one might have expected s1t
from, some Of the other English clties
In travelling throuy15 the farming lands Itl
Between here and Fl Liverpool you are
times as the train leaves the towns be-
hind and the green fields and hedges
spread out so BEAUTIFULLY you begin 70
feel that now YOU have at last gotten
away from the mills. but q sweep Of,
the horizon reveals In some distant val
ley or over some forest he tall smokes
stack with It's black cloud floating above
In 1877 Edward III. started the SPIN
ming and weaving Of Manchestcr. and
they have lSen at It ever since. Edward
passed the first tariff law, us far as, I
know, and provided that no otherFclo,h
made cloth. The infant industry out
grow protection and now this Is the
center OF free trade. The corporation Of
Manchester owns all the street-cart lines
Telephones gas, electric light, . wa t +,
things. One penny, or 2 cents, IS the
fare on street cars; IL cents Will send q
telegram. and other payments re pro .
portionately low very fine sup !, !, @. Of
among the hills OF Cumberland county,
ninety miles away, ut "a cost OF $40, O0O. 0oO.l
Two things that we need arc Impressed
upon nre by the cities Of Englan,d nc ",
ties. One Is necessary before the other.
but both are coming. might also add
that the city owns five beautiful parks.
gardens OF the Royal !, Ho a.1 So,
The latter has been getting many dona-
tons and l have noticed lately IN the
papers appeals by the friends OF Oxford
and Cambridge, stating that these old
institutions were neglected for the new
and that they were not rich, us was gen
orally supposed.
Riding near the city one day ! saw be- J;
vessel, towering high above the green
fields and apparently ploughing It's way
through them. It4wt.s a great ocean:
steamer from New FORK M the ship
found itself at! disadvantage because
It was thirty-hve miles inland the rail
roads and Liverpool were discriminating
against 1t, SO she went to work and dug
this canal and nowyou can snip 70 Maa
scheaplyt as you can't % Llvcrpoo III 4 his IS
worth knowing to our fruit. egrowers,$ to
whom. when find time. wish to tell tell
some other things I have lear n
see American goods sold In so many
stores and advertised as American. It
seems to be quite drawing card But
while Engliskmen will admit that We
make better shoes than they 40 and that
ourSrailroads move freight more econotni-
1cally o. and $ transport passengers y more
conveniently, they look with great con,
tempt on our degrees. Chicago has ruined
was degree mill in that enterprislng
city that ground them out while you'd
wait, and 1t has never been Forgotten
here. A Baptist brother In Liverpool was
yiege. 4 He was nightly pleased for TWEEN.
.ty- four hours, but from that time his
life has been made a burden, and he has
just rpudiated it. The papers were cor.
tinualiy harrassing him and sneering at At
much. land now Chicago is ct It again
Her. slaugtter-houses smell to f!g n
heaven The are fTii q gd ,t
people here have each other by the /, ears +
lust now over the education bil!-it Is
giving them trouble. but they VIII Wor x
It out and come very near getting ~
right, too. This is a. great people, who
have done and are d ding great things
TO have had such forefathers Is one OF
the great blessings Of the United states.
and in many things to-d day we would pc
5better5oft II we followed their example:
MI, went last week to Lord Astons, not
knowing, historically. whittier went:
sCrowning hill at the station. was s e
castle; over the hill tops rose It's grey
walls and dark battlements. each ], with I, :
light Of the skywas visible II was 5, a. an
Lancaster Castle was the reply. and
istraightway that majestic pie o. = or !,
ideal pcture-it took me back to Crom-j
well, to Elizabeth, to the war OF the
roses; back to the Norman noble who
came with William the Con9uer9nr \. a g 20
these things impressed me, Twas YET Ct
more moved by a sight that took ne still
further back into the past. The Norman
had built upon an OLD Roman camp from
there, one above the other. ION the hill IL
side are the trenches dug nearly 1000
vars ago by the Roman leglons. The
hand Of time has swept a. roug e, y
curves sry &c, OF beauty; the sod, which has
b been growing since the Roman soldiers
i1astened away to defend their own
home, from afofeign invader, has pre-,
served these works TO CONNECT 1n ne, I've W
4 10y iie III ~g7 q :, 85 IS f 8. b. ".
Manchester, England May 81 1905
Richmond's Obligations.
Editor OF The Dispatch:
slr,-1 am glad to have you t ckno "
edged that my hurried interview y w y