New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-16
POLITICAL JOURNALISTS
S~ Henry Norman as Organizer
Lord Northclife as Candid Fr;;sns
London, Auv,,s, :


recent Liberal maneuvres. and has No. III
justified his knighthood but has a1.o my
| promotion to ministerial post v,ba.
vacancy occurs Prohting by his exner,ano. .
"ideawake journalist he has dractad a.
operations OF the Budget Leagua vvitb us
| ability, and in the course Of a few vaa,,~
| drawn out unexpected reserves OF ponular -a'
port and completely changed the Situation ~
has considered short, decisive canpafe, :.
| education necessary in order that the mas.o.
may understand the principles Of Democratic
I finance Beginning with well Organized -
Of meetings in Hyde Park, he has recrp,tod
| strong staff of Radical and Labor speaIars 80,
has given popular audiences something nau -
| think about. These meetings are To he -
| ttnued until the middle of September wbar NJ
Asquith Is expected TO sum up the case ar R,r
| mingham on the eve OF the passage Of tn
finance bill through the Commons The in,,z-,
| Grating effect Of these mass meetings has baan
felt at once. The battle OF the budget NAV ba,.
been won already in these preliminary sk,r-
mishes by Sir Henry Norman's experiences
scouts.
Lord NorthcHfe. by virtue of his uewsnan.-
| holdings. is credited with having a tboropgb
knowledge of public opinion. He does not ZACH
facilities for finding out what the public want,
and for acting upon his information Within a
week he has discovered that the Unionist nro.
tests against the budget are ineffective and tbs
! TRADES Of the dukes against the Chancellor ~
! the Exchequer damaging TO their own interests
! He has been convinced that the land section 4.
popular. and that IL will be highly inexpedient
and even hazardous for the Lords to throw II
out or to attempt 10 amend it. Accordingly. Ia
has brought his artillery. heavy and light 10
bear upon the House of Lords First came a
pot shot from a 12-inch gun-a paragraph in
Tin tlat Sfi.4a.
changed within fortnight and that the budget
cannot be defeated. This was followed by
broadside fire from 6-inch artillery in "Ths
Daily Mali upon the opponents OF popular
budget. Probably there viii be heavy booming
from the 9-inch battery Of THE Observer on
Sunday. and afterward the submarines and de-
stroyers in Lord NOrthcliffe's minor hotilIa will
fire away at the demoralized crews Of budget
smashers. Having spent an active life and
amassed a great fortune in the business Of
finding out what people are thinking about and
what they want. Mr. BalfOur's newspaper peer
has unrivaHed resources for warning the Union
list party against the disastrous consequences Of
unscientfhc warfare upon the budget
The point on which Lord Northcine' with his
string OF newspapers. is laying stress. Is the ef-
fective work OF the Budget League. Free Trade
was an old story. about which there
longer any talk over the worldngman's dinner
pail Liberalism IN this budget has produced
shear OF new questions. and popular audiences
are taking intense interest IN them. There ara
various expedients for raising money at the en-
pense OF Iandholders. miIlionaires and the titled
and weH-to-do middle class. and financing all
the social reforms introduced I'm Germany, and a
good many more which have not been UNDER
taken either there IN the colonies. These
may be brides offered 10 the democracy but
SE4e.N ulr -
masses The Liberal budget meetings have
proved Unexpectedly successful The Best Rad
cal and Labor speakers are obtaining large audi
euces night after night Liberal finance is dts
cussed with Iucidity and practical intelligence
as a method OF promoting the security or the
empire and improving the condition OF the WORK
ing people. The changes upon II are rung when
the dinner pals are emptied and there is leisure
for workingInen's talk. The budget instead OF
missing fire. has struck the ground landoruS'
the country gentlemen and the wealthy Hler-
chants. bankers and manufacturers. II u mas
also hit the masses in their tobacco and sleonoL
n IL Ievelled mainly against the LANDLORDS ana
investors. who have surplus wealth and can %
systematically bled. With plausible speakers ON
the Liberal side TO show how equitable IL IS anu
how broad a field is opened FOR social REFORM j.
is proving an interesting and a popular budget
Wndt Is tNc ConCluSAoii " N'--~'' 49,
newspaper owner is driven? The tide has turned
and RadicaIIsm is floating back into popularity
That is the moral of the articles and paragraphs
I'm his various journals A little while ago thsS
were asserting that the budget would be huhs
up In a constitutional crisis. and now they u
confessing that the masses are behind IL anu
that there must be no more idle talk about 10
rejection when II reaches the upper chamber
fortnight ago they We're denounctng the recN
lessness of Cabinet socialism; and already Inv
themselves are reverting TO social reforms SUN
as insurance against old age sickness ana ui
and contending that these peHei'9
must be taken up by the Unionists Wheh ue'
return to power. and worked out not at '"o
pense of the landlords and the milhonai'es' -
by systematic taxation OF foreign importers
Lord Northclifre and his various editors H
an accurate understanding OF the state OF puon"
oninIon n must be inferred that the attack
upon the budget has failed, and that the Un,on
fists. instead Of falling back upon the landhouins
peers. will act with discretion and Judgment
they allow II to go through
Is there no alternative scheme OF Unlohis' -
tack? The Morning Post" has taken hh'
It's own all along. and the Unonist press Is
IT, after wasting time In thoush
md ineffective campaigning. This Is consist
exposition of tariff reform as a methou VI
noting the welfare OF the working classes
increasing employment. raising wages uei'
ing the home market against foreign ralui"s
obtaining revenues for imperial delen1o ,snv
social reforms without plunderins inc -
classes and driving capital out OF Tue nan
That is better strategy without uouO' an
lighting over the land section of the finance ~"
,r raising technical issues over the right OF 'n'
lords TO do what II has not done for tW' nU
bred and fifty years. The Unionists' now nov, ~.
have delayed their educational WORK un'" saa
Liberals have taken the field and eoHlinA .