Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-08-10
dY IMPRESSIONS or ENGLAND
President C. z. HiyssoWsr Tels
Interestingly the StorY Of His
Trin Abroad.

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The textile interests Of Sueriaa-
An Engl.saman desires % erect
two cotton mills, each II which
sill have the same capacity
one cf these mills to De erected ir
England and the other IL S3utu
Carolina. On account 81 the
protective tariff OF the United
states he must pay more f1r the
machinery necessary - operate
il. he must pay more for spird.ss,
( ne must pay more for looms. re
must pay more for his pals and {,
for every article necessary lar I
. its construction. which GJes in, /
the one erected in South Car0..-
IA than io- the one erected 10 I
England. Roughly speaking, it
all cost him nearly twice as much
to build the South Carolina miu.
as it will % build the English
mil. The labor used IA the
south Carolina mill must buy
SHOES. clothing. bedding. coJkiak
utensils and every article aecrs-
sary for HE under a system oi
protective tariff. tie must. there
fore. nay higher for them, clEss-
quehtly. he must get more for lis
labor. Hence, the operating ex-
penses OF the Carolina m.I Is
nearly twice a. great a. tie
operating expenses oi tle Eng
ilsb mill. l. Is thus seen that he
must earn interest On twice Is
large Investment. tie must pay
much heavier operating expenses.
and. therefore. each yard 1t cloth
turned OUT must cost much tnore
than the same yard Of cloth
turned out gi the EGglish mill.
Il i absurd To- suppose, therefore.
that ne must carry that yard %
cloth o China aud and sell II in
competition with an identical yard
of cloth Produced in the English
mill There may be some minor
conditions favorable to tde EGg-
ash Ei... but TIE difficulty above
Illustrated Is one when today
makes England supreme with til
dry goods tradc IN the Orient.
ant makes il practically lm1rs-
sio-e for the United States manu-
+ facturcr IT cotton Coois t. sci.
any y-Eere except IN the Auari-
can market. The american IL
hewUsi il and SURF IEded by
stone wall. a it vsc-c. wliIe thu
E0-l-lIaa has access - the
worlds trace. TIE American
has q pr7.ir-e his products in
che highest markets gf r1s u-ocl-i.
the E1s.i-hnll rrld---s bis i1
che Cleapsst market oil Tie $. -r.,l.
bat Doth Iees oa g comm1u
ground in China, Japan. irlia
Iad 4 coIrs- the A. -.-al l.
vaaquisEsi-
/. the same thing that az. lies ir
the manufacture Of cotton g,aG-
apples IN the n l1ustetti-e Il any
other commodity, and unless tl-
United States government
-..'l~sse-as - r.-,I.ssar &c, e.rzss- - z.z-a..
1naily N 4 great crisis foe tne
manufacturing Interests of TIE
United States.
The question naturally arises
what about the pay 81 laboe la
America IS compared with that
IN England? We nave been told
by the advocates of protection
that the American l4borer is Sc
mucn better gaid than the Eng
iGsh laDorer. This i true and
false At the same time. He ct,
more dollars for the same service
than the Englishman gets, but
since he must buy his living in a
protective market he must pay
more for It. and the dollar ia
gets for performing this service
viii not buy more % the things
needed IN every day life than
the smaller sum received by the
Ensslshman viii buy OF the same .
commodity. IN other words. thef
American does not get more IN {
proportion To the cost Of llviarl
than the EncIisaman gets. la
TACT, diilisent inquiry let ne To
believe that the operatives in
Easiand : cotton mills lives quite
As we'll ii nOs better. that the
operative IN tie American cotton
mill. This advantage Possessed
by the Engiishnan which enables
MIN to 90 after the trade OF the
world = OnsOf the elements which
makes the Enslish shipping the
greatest IN the world They have
the goods - carry. they have the
ships 70 carry them in. and they
have the market % sell them in.
The United States Produces the
goods but since it cannot sell
them Ia foreign markets. little
interest = paid % ship building.
and the American manufaetu-er
looks 10 the American trade for
his outlet. England thus collects
tribute from the world, while the
manufacturer IN the United
States collects tribute from the
consuming public in the United
States.
am more firmly convinced in
my belief than ever before that
the policy Of the United States i
government in the past thirty
years if continued thirty wears
longer vii result IN a great crisis
for the commercial interest Of the
country and retard the growth
and development Of the nation
beyond conception.
When | embarked on the !
Man-starfa a. s.-r .