The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-02
WHY THEY LOVE A LORD

From the Kanas City Star, November
 B. 1905.
 why does an Englishman love lord?"
 A man put this question to a recent arrival from London in a hotel cafe at luncheon yesterday.
 i've been reading in London paper about an election in England" he con tinued "One of the candidates is Lord Anstrutter. who has county seat in the constituency and the other is .com- moner,' the son of a wealthy manufac- turer The paper admits that the plain man Is more intellectual than the patri- elan, but gives the opinion that because he is Lord Anstrutter will win. Tell me why that is. It seems all wrong to me that title and aristocracy should be preferred to birth. Why do you English men so dearly love a lord?'"
 Because as matter of fact we don't" replied the Londoner. That is, just be- cause he is a lord But you must re- member, to understand clearly, that an Englishman at bottom is just the same kind of man as an American. The principles of your own government recog- nize that, or democracy would be impos- sible. A man holding recent title is thought of less and talked of less than he would be if he visited America. But have resided in that country seat for many generations. and served the state as, practically. unpaid soldiers and states men for hundreds of years. The com moner's' grandfather made fortune out of factories and mines 70 years ago at the beginning of the era of machine in- dustry. He overworked and underpaid little children and girls in mines and workshops until another aristocrat, shaftsbury. fought like tiger fin the House of Lords and on public platforms for factories act that would make life for the poor working people possible.
 And the greatest foe he had was. John Bright, the commoner' politician. who objected to any interference, even hu- mane. with private enterprise. made the immortal, and immoral, statement that adulteration was only form or competition. That about equals the view of your own Missouri attorneys that .brfbery Is a conventional crime It Is the aristocrats and conservatives of England who have been responsible for every im- portant humane and social reform on the statute books And what Carlyle nas called the .nexus' the binding connection, betveeu the lord and the people-that has been human. They were men, his neon,e., socially inferior, perhaps, but yrsn The connection between that com moner of the factory and his employees was purely and only one of money. They ware lust hands He paid them as It. | t,e as he could and worked them as hard a. he could, and that was all about 1t. .Tn one of Carlyle's books his feudal lard .avs to the adventurers who had | ba,ned him to conquer Britain for the Norman: My followers. wt have taken this land together I have led you. Ws will dwell together. in my castle you ,n tbis hamlet. will teach you the arts of war and husbandry. My castle u,,ll protect you.f I will lead you In other battles, care for your sick and old neop,e.' And he makes his money-bass p,urson of Undershot, say to his hands
 worthy workers. the week Is ended
 Here are your wages. Goodnight. Tn other words, those lords have not been always. like English cotton kings and American masnates. 'on the make They are. many of them. not at all wealthy
 And they have always stood in with the''
 people,
 .The most Illuminating example car rive you is from very beautiful ano uttle known serious story by Jerome K
 Jerome. the humorous writer. who II
 now in America. called, The Story o' John Ingerfeid.' The 1ngerfelds came ove'
 with the Conqueror. which is Ike sayini hsre. came over in the Mayhowsr oa' os them was an adventurous sea captain vho went to the Spanish Main and tough
 tha Dons. once when he WAS nsarinl .l none he was hove-to by kings ship.
 "r am sorry to trouble you halls thu
 o.rta,n of the kings ship, but you hav'
 de.erter on board and want him.
 " What fcr7' calls back Captain lnger field.
 the kings captain.
 {" You can't have him. says Inserfeld