The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-29

to carrying country like England,
where goods is brought in to be i'm
mediately or later exported. These
records do not show the work done
in a country unless separate records
are kept showing the goods imported
for export These records are often
difficult to get and entail a tremen-
dous expense of time and money.
That the records are not strictly and
accurately kept is a matter of com
mon knowledge, as one can readily
verify by conservation with those who
handle the carrying trade.
Where one must look to- IN index
Of the labor conditions of England
is in the condition a',G minds of the
workers.
We may talk about The declaration
of Independence, but find ourselves
at the mercy of unequal commercial
and industrial conditions, ;hat, like n
building that has been undermined,
are swaying, and may fall, II rot prop
erly supported.
The pressure on the part of Great
Britain has not been apparent until
recently. Now America is beginning
to feel it.
Month after month, and year al
ter year Great Britain has been press
ing down on her laboring population.
Free Trade" and the feudal system
| kept the laborer turning to America
to find occupation and home of his
own. Free trade helped to foster
the feudal system, there being no sur
| fcient demand from flourishing Ia
boring population to lead the large
land owner to think it worth while
to part with his land.
Both the Free Trade of England,
and the high tariff of America have
favored unequal conditions, and have
driven and lured the laborer to Amer
ica. He has come in great numbers.
Had he come in good condition, we
might now be able to congratulate
ourselves. But he comes today. and
has been coming for some time, as
a rank socialist, if not secret an
archist. He reads visionary books
setting forth a glorious time to come
when all will be happy and equal; 4;
but he has no settled practical ideas
to back it up. He is the blind lead
ing the blind" He comes, in many
instances, from countries where free
dom is unknown; his mind has been
dwarfed by oppression and ignorance
He talks wildly about the American
flag some day waving above the
British flag; and is in danger OF put
ting enmity between the two coun'
tries. since. on account of his previous
condition, he brings no patriotism
with him, no love for the land of his
birth or sojourn, and expects to make
a good citizen in the land OF his adop'
ton. This is not true of all British
emigrants today. 1t is sadly true oi
a large proportion of the British emf
grants of the poorer class.
When one has to defend Great
Britain from the vituperation of heI
own citizens. one can feel sense oi
satisfaction in the thought that there
are points in business truth, along
commercial lines, in which England
can teach America today, and can
feel sure that the socialist with some
English training, whether he is OF
British origin or not, turns many a
warm and kindly thought to old En-
gland before he is entirely initiated
into America.
As long as some of our citizens are
in the penitentiary; and as long as
We read signs like this in our good
hotels: Watch whatever you bring
into the dining-room it is not at our