Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-01
Why They Come to America.

market, but L do not think that is nee
essary.
Why They Come to America.
Now the resultant effect of this must
be perfectly evident to anyone who
will take the trouble to visit the Offices
of any of the trans-A tlantic steamship
companies, and there learn of the thou
sands of mechanics. farm laborers, and
others who are embarlSing for some
one of the British colonies. or who are
seeking our own shores in quest of an
opportunity to earn a livelihood. 1t
must he this which sends them from
their own shores. 1t cannot be that
they have not a representative popular
form or government. fer l think that
even we on this side, at least those Of
us who are properly informed as to
the English and American govern
ments, will admit that theirs is the
most representative Of the masses OF
the people. OF course this may admit
of n doubt: in one or more directions
they are limited but in the main. as
We are now constituted on this side.
am sure that the foregone statement is
introconvertible. This is too wide a
question to be exhaustNely treated in
the short time and space which we
have at hand Be this as it may. the
fact remains that many Of thet-
ambitious citizens are seeking employ
ment in the lands already mentioned,
factories and homes give evidence of
the enormous quantity of manufactur-
ed goods Of foreign countries that are
being bought by them.
Matter of Tariffs.
Add to this the fact that all of the
said foreign countries impose high
tariffs on goods of English manufac-
ture. while the English ports are open
and free 10 all corners, and you VIII
then be in a position to realize what
would happen to us if we should strike
the tariffs from any considerable num-
bers of our goods manufactured here
Why, it mnsT be perfectly evident that
we would simply change positions with
the British Isles, to some degree az
least for in such case the German and
English manufacturers would certainly
make us go some for Il while Mind
I do not say that they would trouble
us for long but long or short as the
period might be. who of us will say
that there would not have to De q ire
mendous readjusument of the wage
schedules during that period? 1 leave
this thought with YOU. my fellow citi-
zens. for your serious consideration on
this, the first day of the year 1914
Shopkeepers and Commission Agents
I might add much more here along
this line and also touch at great length
upon the conditions of which l was a
close observer OF the poorer classes
both in England and Scotland but the
subject is altogether too painful for me
10 dwell upon. I will simply add that
in so far s l could observe. those peo-
pie We're rapidly becoming a nation
of shopkeepess and commission agents
Most Comfortable Glass.
OF course it will be unnecessary for
me to saw anything with regard to the
great shipbuilding industry on The
clyde This industry and the growing
presence of it in Scotland is too we'll
known the world over to need any com
ment from me. Why. the most com
Portable class of peaple with whom l
came in contact over there, both i'm
London and Glasgow. were the same
shopkceperS. or store1eeperS, as we
call them. and commission agents. l
had the pleasur of the acquaintance
shin of MANY of those people, and fol-
lowed many of them to and from their
places of business. and I can assure
YOU that their lot vas a happy one,
their day commencing almost invari
ably at o'clock and ceasing at about
; in the evening. And between those
hours they had two b"ea thing Intervals
in which they partoolI of tea, = cup of
black coffee, and smoke in the COM
modious smoking rooms provided for
their use. The appointments of said
smoking rooms in many instances left
nothing to be desired. Indeed I found
it a difficult matter to withdraw from
those excellent places myself, and I
had no business on hand which called
for my presence at a stated time. So,
of course 1 did not wonder that those
men. many of them, at least, tarried
ling enouhg to play a game of check
ers or dominoes before the large open
fire places and slipping their tea or
coffee between moves and then, sud-
denly remembering that they
had an office somewhere in Glasgow,
leisurely got into their oNercoats and
repaired thereto. And after carefully