The Detroit times., 1910-09-01
YANKEE HUSTLE
AM''z:s BRITOh
"You Do Things Over Here Before
I We Wake Up To Possibilities"
Says Detroit Visitor.

Il was amazed at the progressive
spirit OF the Americans when | arriv-
ed in New York." said j. A. Hopkin-
son, representing Sanderson Bros. d
Newbould. Ltd. of Sheffield, Eng. as
he chatted with Times reporter In
the lobby Of the Hotel Pontchartrain
The hustle and hustle OF the Ameri-
can people Is really marvellous. |
imagined at first that the pace was
too fast to keep up for any length OF
time, but apparently the Americans
are used to 1t and they don't seem to
mind 1t at all. Their hustling methods
are the secret OF their success. Over
in England things are done with less
haste. and that IL just why the United
States is so much In advance OF the
old country. They seem to do things
over here before we really wake up
to the possibilities OF the undertaking
Let me just give you an instance OF
that: A year or SO ago some Ameri-
cans came to England and opened a
number OF roller skating Kinks, equip
ping the places with the latest kind
of skates. The Kinks were big sue.
cess from the start. After while
the English people saw what a big
amount OF money the Americans were
making out of the experiment. and
they then decided to open similar
places. BY the time they got their
Kinks opened the novelty had worn
off, the craze had died away, and the
Englishmen lost money on the places
they opened
Dukes Now Paying Taxes.
Speaking about the political situa-
ton In England. Mr.. Hopkinson said
that things were becoming settled
since the election.
THAT last election should never
have been held at all" said Mr.. Hop
kinson. The election was made neces-
sary becarWe OF the house OF lords re-
fusing to pass the budget, which pro-
vided, among other things. that the
lords pay taxes on their lands. The
budget has since been passed and the
lords are now paying the taxes which
they tried TO dodge. There Is no just
reason why they shouldn't be taxed,
either. While they have been draw
ing big rents for their houses and
lands they have been allowed to es-
cape without paying one cent In taxes.
lecting $4,000 a year in rents from
his property In Sheffield and not one
dollar of that vast sum went into the
treasury of the city. Now he will
have to pay his share of the taxes and
the city will benefit to a large extent.
The people OF Great Britain think
i lot of Lloyd George for the part he
played In bringing about such taxa
Hi To-
graces OF the people, because Of his
stand in the Boer war, he Is now
general favorite. The people have
forgiven him for his utterances on
the Boer war, during which he said
the English were not justified In at
lacking the Beers. The people now
realize that he was right In hts CON
tention. He declared at the outbreak
OF the war that II was provoked by
the English mining interests In South
Africa. The statement caused the
people to try to mob him. Now they
can see that they were the ones who
were wrong. They realize, too, tina;
they are the ones who are paying the
war bill. The war Office said at the
outset that the war would not cost
more than $250,000, 900. but the peo
pie of England are now being taxed
to make up $750,000,000, which the
war really cost"
Does 1t look as though Ireland
would soon be granted home ruler"
Mr.. Hopkinson was asked.
Home Rule For ireland.
WELL he replied, "the people of
Ireland never had a better opportun-
ity to get It. and really think they
will get it in limited degree before
very long. But | don't think they
should have full powers of selAgov-
eminent, because l don't think the
Irish people are competent to con-
troll their own affairs entirely. They
are too impulsive and hot-headed. for
one thing. However, they certainly
ought to have some form of self gov
eminent. The present system of gov
erning the country Is the one stain on
the honor of the British people. The
government Is now under obligation to
the Nationalists and 1t will likely be
obliged to do something very shortly
In the way of granting the Irish home
rule to limited degree. at least"
lis Britain likely to adopt q pro-
tective tariff policy?" was asked of
Mr.. Hopkinson.
II don't think Britain will ever be
in a position to do away with her
free trade policy was the answer.
The country does not produce and is
not capable of producing the food
stvffs necessary to feed the nation.
IL Is entirely dependent on other ma
tons for its grain. So, IL the govern
ment were to put a tariff on the grain
IL imports, the consumers would
simply have to pay more for their
bread and other necessities of life.
In spite of these conditions, however,
the Conservatives are continually cry
ing for a protective tariff. but IL is
not likely that the people of the coun-
try will ever support such a change"
Mr.. Hopkinson Is to be the Ameri-
can representative of his company and
he says he is glad to be able to live
on this side OF the Atlantic. He likes
the spirit of democracy of the Ameri-
cans and says Ii Is refreshing after
having TO tolerate the exclusiveness
of the British business man for