The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-27

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ever seen III IN EcElish-sqeahinc
community. Not only Eas the average
height hardly more than FIVE feet: bui
narrow. bony shoulders. Span-Vidtt
chests, and spindle legs were the rule
a london newsna~ man. who walkec
about with II ~ WHO wae making
his first visit tt" Bla@kpool. Mas a.
much struck With the oiminutixc sizs
of the promenaders as | was. Moth
ing like il, ever in London. 50 indiCa
tive of physical (degcneracy,' he re
ram"ked. How ~flat-chested these girl,
are; what a slovenly gait the boys
have ] venture they don't weigh on.
hundred pounds apiece" Some Of tn,
young men who were in Voluutec,
Khaki were decidedly lacking in smart
ness. They might have been wearin.
the cast-Off uniforms of the boys .
the military academies OF the m
school grade. What is the cxulana
ton of this stunning II a portion .
the English race? One of the it'll.
fellows himself made aslis e~xplanatior
TO me: The sins Of thu father are Wis
tied on the child. Before the DAYS o
the protective factory laws. children
were put to work in the mills at eigh
years of e-y even at six vear
of aSe-and they wer. compelled to
work twelve hours a day. In man
hood they beget these youngsters, who
themselves often so TO work 100
Young"
One seldom sees a square dance"
or ~QuaGIille here. Round dancing IS
the faVOrite amusement of these fac
tory folks. Another highly popular
pastime with them is sitting after dark
on the eSpianade benches, not to view
the ocean. but, in the words Of one OF
the amused observers, to cuddle and
kiss 1t would be interesting to get
medical testimony in respect to this
habit as Well as round dancing; for
the round dancers turn all one way.
very few reversing.
IN Manchester | visited the vast
warehouses of the Wholesale Cooper
alive Society. ! shall not tire the
reader's patience with the long statis-
teal statements necessary to impress
on him the truth as to the present
status of the society If he would but
read them all. In the last fifteen
~tranacted has been marvellous, the
volume in the past yea exceeding
$3.50, 900, 900. Hundreds of new socie-
ties were formed, embracing hundreds
Of thousands of new members and tens
of thousands of additional employees"
SO runs the story. 1t Is fourteen years
since I last visited Manchester. / was
greatly impressed withe the great de-
velopment Of this industrial and com
mercia1 concern. ] again satisfied my
self that the trade uniOnistS in several
Of the largest industrial regions OF
Great Britain are staunch supporters
Of the cooperative movement. In the
existence Of a Joint Council of Trade
UnlOnlst and CO-OperativeS, eac be-
tween the two great economic working
class movement is promoted. There
are no millionaires in the
two h11CiaoCC CO p,npocciJnIv rnprn-
sented in the Manchester headquar-
ters; no rare geniuses are paragons of
success; no captains of industry"
and yet it is one of .he greatest BUSH
ness institutions in the world.
One of the statemnts made to me
by an active man in the affairs of
Manchester, which greatly impressed
me, was to the effect that the school
trustees, through the teachers, pre-
sent to any pupil, boy or girl, a free
plant, the only condition being q prom
ise to care for it, to nurture it; and
that this has a good influence upon
the minds and conduct Of the children.
Or the train from Manchest to
London l feel into conversation with n
young college man from New Zealand
where he had lived all his life: but
after some years experience as 2 civil
engineer, he was taking a post
graduate course in England. I put to
him the usual queries as to New Zea-
lands social experiments. From his
replies, the nature of the questions
may be easily inferred. They were as
follows: "All classes are satisfied as
the land policy of the country-the
breaking up of the immense estates,
through compensation to the owners
with the loan system to the settlers,
keeps access to the land continually
open; and consequently there is little
poverty in the country. The exclusion
of pauper immigrants and alien races
is generally satisfactory. The Govern
ment railroad system, comprising only
1000 miles, is less economically and