New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-27
Tells of His Early Difficulties.
Owing to British Suspicion
of Things American.
ONCE A ROOSEVELT MAN
Third Term Candidates Re-
peated Mistakes, However,
Send Him Into the
Taft Camp.
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.rrived here Yesterday from the Cont
amt where he has been since the mid
die of May recovering from nervous
breakdown. consequent upon the tre-
-,oYdous detail work involved in unit
IN. m o,.e company tho CSC WGolworth
storc>. - The United States and Can
ada anG n the building of the tower.
secn to-day at the Carlton Hotel.
where ne will be staying this week he
said he had spent ST., weeks in Carts
rad taking the cure, spending the re-
mainder Of the time automobiling in
France and Germany. He now feels
completely recovered and will return 20
America by the Mauretania on Satur-
day
Mr.. WoolwCrth has q string Of stores
in England as well as in America. He
started here three years ago with ono
store in Liverpool. Now he has five
stores in London and ten throughout
the provinces. and will open five more
before the end Of 1912. The English
stores are held by a company incorpo-
ated here. but a majority of the stock
Is owned by the American company
ct is a terrible job TO start an Amer
lean enterprise in England" said Mr..
Woolworth. speaking Of his English
stores. English people are suspicious
of Americans and Of everything Amori-
cans do Until you try to start bust e
ness here You have no idea how the
English hate tho Americans.
Thought Americans Dishonest.
when l opened my first store in
Liverpool the woman from whom l
leased he place refused at first u
make the lease on learning we were
Americans. She had bought some
American mining stock and lost money
and consequently thought all Amerl-
cans and everything American dishon-
est
"Of course. they have some reason
for their opinion, for some pretty
shady Americans come over here and
rob every one they deal with. But we
kept at it, It took us a year to get
real foothold. We only had one
store for the first year. but the second
year we added nine more. and this
year five more already and will bring
the total up to twenty by the end Of
the year.
Americans can succeed here if they
have something the people want and
give A square deal hut they must have
an honest proposition and persevcr-
snce
The business situation in England
! find excellent. The coal strike and
the railway strike hurt business some
what. but they were only temporary
disturbances. and the general situation
Of the country is good. | can't see
that people have anything to complain
Of"
The Best Of the Three.
Turning 10 business prospects in
America. Mr.. Woolworth was equally
optimistic. "One couldn't ask ANYTHING
better than the present outlook he
said "'The business Of the stores last
wear was the best of any year in the
hast ten. and as soon as the conven-
tions were over took another big jump.
The, country is too prosperous for the
election this year to make any differ
ence. Business will 90 ahead and pros
psritv will continue. no matter who Is
chosen President in November.
~ hone President Taft will he re-
elected. though / was greatly disap-
pointed when he signed the Canal bill.
America is too great a country 70 sac
rifce NATIONAL honor by trying to
squirm out Of bad bargain when they
discover il TO be a bad bargain only
after it is made.
Still Mr.. Taft seems TO he the best OF
the three candidates. Personally, ]
have always been "A Roosevelt man.
and stiI think, with all his mistakes
Roosevelt did more for the country
when President, than any man since
Lincoln. but he has made lots of mis-
takes, and recently it seems ne can
make nothing else. l can't follow
Colonel Roosevelt any longer because
! can't tell what he'd do If he were
President again. No limit can be put
On what he might do.
Governor Wilson is q good man, but
have known him a long time ana ]
don't think his training has fitted MN
70 be President.
President Taft had the best train
tag for the Presidency Of any man who
has held the place in the last fifty
Vars He has made mistakes, too but
the three candidates he should be
ae choice am afraid, though that
he result OF the Roosevelt candidacy
Fill be that no one will be elected, ana
'ae choice thrown on Congress.
Colonel Roosevelt has got great
hod on the people, and you mustn
forget that he knows how to play them
he never rides on a train but he gets
down and shakes hands with the en-
sineer. That kind Of thing makes "A
Great hit with the labOring mana
PRESIDENT or an ex- President gripping
NE horny hand Of labOr-and the labor
ing man casts most Of the votes OF our
e'uittry lie holds The power II he