The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-28

er would have had more money at
night.
Living is much cheaper here than
in America, everything needed for the
house being below the price at home
This is even true of American goods
sold here. Cuts from the best corn
fed Nebraska steers retail here at a
shilling pound GA cents, and the
cago. The worlds wheat market Is
Liverpool, because it is the highest
priced market and yet bread can be
bought here at rs percent of the Nor
folk price. Farm machinery, sewing
machines, lawn mowers and hundreds
of things from the United States can
be bought here all the way from so
to 10 percent of the home price. This
makes bad showing, and Is not like
ly to help the position taken by the
Big Business" of America.
| In cities of $4,000 to 100000 house
rent is cheaper than in small towns
at home. Fuel is only half of the
Norfolk price. Clothing is cheaper
here than any place | have been.
Taken all together it is scarcely more
than 80 percent of the American price
| Every kind of food is cheaper here
than at home, that is the retail price
Meats are sold on foot above the
American price, but retail for less.
Not a very good showing for the
! American packers. The best English
loins can be had in London for 80
cents, while the American loins of
equal quality, sell uniformly all over
England at "a cents. The best Eng
margarine" sells at "a.
The railroad service is good, but
the passenger tariff is very high
/ First class exceeds four cents per
mile all over England, except on in
/ ternational tickets. Freight rates are
lower than with us, and the service
much quicker and better.
No Schools Like Own.
The educational advantages of Eng
land are mighty poor. AS we under
stand the term, there is no system
here at all. There are boys schools
and girls schools, and night schools,
and preparatory colleges for those
who can pay, but mighty little chance
for the poor people. In this connec-
ton | wish to say word for the boys
and girls of Norfolk, for they know
not as yet, the greatness of the coun-
try in which they live. With them
all the avenues leading up to a high.
ly useful life are open, while here
only few of the more fortunate
boys and girls are given an opportun-
ity to prepare for life worth living.
Aside from Oxford there are scarcely
dozen schools in England the equal
of the Norfolk high school, and what
is even better, it is free to all. Is it
little wonder that Norfolk has the ma
terial for a hundred kings, and that
every home is ruled by Mother"
the uncrowned queen of America?
If one likes old things, it is here
he can find it, and he can be favored
with any age he desires. At Bath,
near Bristol, they are still using the
pd'hS DuilI ny tue nOllldlS lJUU years
ago. They have been repaired at
times, but the same old buildings are
now in use. In Norwich, and Ipswich
and score of places buildings are in |
use that were built around 1000 years |
ago, and some of them are fairly good |
yet. Even the people are old in their
manner and questions. In Suffolk a |
Woman-one of those unappropriated |
blessings some 40 summers young
asked me If the men in America still |
bought their wives with tobacco or
other products. Not wishing to com.
promise any of my friends at home l
took the responsibility wholly upon
myself, and replied by saying that |
knew of ONE who had not.
All England is closed on Sundays.
Even hotels must have a special Sun
day license to receive visitors upon
that day The street cars are run only
to take people to and from church.
Every division of every railroad has a
time schedule entirely different from
the week day schedule. No cabs or
porters meet you at trains on Sun
day in any of the county towns, and
every one appears interested in the
of every law.
G. L. Carlson.