The Washington times., 1909-12-25

1 The Right Hon winston ChuSchin.
Z member Of the British parliament for
+ Duudee-not from Dundee, you under
Standard president of the Board al
{ Trade, one OF the depar ,meuts OF the
government, IS now campaigning in
Lancashire.
He Is making a whiTl-yiSd campaign.
and Is sweeping things sfor, him. He
IS "a that country whe5 eiR ae can so
sweep.
Winston Churchill is a Lib,ral. an ad-
vocate OF free trade and amOlg the most
rampant free traders OF England Per
APPS YOU are surprised 90 be told they
are all manufacturers, though you
would not be # you knew that II was
the manufacturers Of Lancashire and
Yorkshire, the most densely populated
as we'll as the most active counties Of
all England. who really brought free
trade TO England. "A protective tariff
would ruin the industries OF England"
a prominent manufacturer IN Lanca-
shire told me this fall. Strange doc
trine. but that's their doctrine.
Welded To Free Trade.
Arthur J. Balfour. member Of par
lament for the city of London. has
just been through Lancashire trying 20
persuade the people 20 drop their free
trgde fanaucism and vote Tor tariff re-
fovm.
I'VE do not propose 20 pct a duty On
raw cotton pr an any raw materials roc
mauufacturtr uses" De said. Ana ]
have a letter from a bright and capable
young manufacturer iu Burnley. the
principal cotton weaving place in the
world. written just after Mr. Balfour's
campaign. saying. But We didn't bite"
In the same letter he tells me or two
districts in Lancashire, always Con
seryative. or Tory as the Liberals say.
IN which the Conservative candidates
this year both declare Themselves Tor
free trade. in order 10 hold their seats.
winston Churchill SIS answering Bal
four. He started out the other day az
Manchester. Perhaps you would Ike
TO have clearer idea OF what Man
chester is. 10 is the biggest as well as
the thicRest manufacturing center lu
the world Within a radius Of fourteen
miles there are 100000 men and |onen
who earn their bread not with their WIS
but with the sweat OF their faces
What Manchester Is
lust imagine an the wOrkmen IN pitts
burg. Fall River. Lowell, and all the
people Of the mill villages OF the South
collected into one city. then Ihove IN the
entire TDuL4ALlDLA OK trDN-oNr tsttll O.
and Washington, and you have Man
chester and its immediate environs,
which form one COUinuOus city for
fourteen miles, practically In every d.
rection, a smoking factory chimney in
nearly every block fo- apparently most
Of the way.
And are they progressive. or as Mr.
Aldrich loves 90 say, lecadentE' In
1883 there were H,4lTa53 cotton spindles
in Lancashire. OF which Manchester ig
the metropolis. In 1893 there were 42lg0,-
90. In 1903 there arc 57.929122 You may
think what YOU please about a.. and Mr..
Arthur Ralf1ur can tell them what he
likes, but those people there have an
idea that this is growing some, and they
have had free trade there since 1850
That's why Mr. Winston Churchill has
a comparatively easy time.
Not Popular, But Respected.
Winston Churchill ls not popular IN
EnEland-with the people YOU meet:
that is. you understand. nor with the
dukes. the couutesses. ana Che Eng
lsh gentlemen" you get acquainted
with In the clubs of London or who
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