The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-27
OF Spreading Economic Move
ment in Great Britain in Its
Industrial Centers.
Correspondence of Associated Press.)
LONDON. March 27=The recent

Correspondence of Associated Press.l
LONDON. March 27-The recent
revolt OF Manchester, the home OF
Golden. against the cherished Brit
ish tradition of open markets for the
goods Of all the world, was only the
start In a movement which has gone
steadily forward in the great indus
trial centers of the country, Birming-
ham. Sheffield, Edinburg. Leeds and
practically all of the important trade
centers joining in the move for q
straight-ont tariff law. 1t Is not q
POLITICAL movement, as tariff contro-
versies In the United States have
been; this Is essentially an economic
movement. spontaneous in trade and
agricultural quarters, with the war
and the feeling against German COM
petition to a change.
sit has reached the point" said
an American official who has been
closely studying the movement, that
any opponent OF tariff Is now de-
nounced as q German synlpathizer,
so that the old Golden men and free
traders are Obliged to keep silent
for fear OF losing their reputation by
being classed as Germans"
All the large commercial cities
without exception came out definitely
for tariff law at the recent gather
ing here of commercial bodies from
all parts of the Kingdom. Manches-
ter, the second city in the country,
had already shown its position by re-
firing its board of directors who pro-
posed free trade resolution and
sought to send free trade delegates
to London. So Manchester was not
represented at the London confer
ence. for the significant reason that
1t had refused to approve the pres
ence OF free trade delegates. But
Birmingham, Sheffield and all other
great centers were represented In an
impressive gathering of the men who
run the big Industries of the country;
a gathering of hard-headed business
men. each one of them looking like
the typical John Bull, and all OF them
Iinbued withthe idea that the old ira
ditlons must go and new tariff laws
take &c place. The resolutions OF
these different cities show the vari-
ing shades Of view. but all in the
same general direction OF a. taritt.
li9r z Fostering Industries.
Birminghani's resolution asked
that the government inquire into the
-desirabilfty OF fostering and safe
guarding British Industries which
have suffered from foreign competi-
t7tion. mainly from Germany. AS
originally. drawn the Birmingham
resolution had boldly used the word
"protectIonD and the program head
ed by the Birmingham resolution
with the title: y Protection and de-
yelopmant sof industries But con-
servatlsn prevailed on the use Of
MISREPRESENTATION being d new and
strange word in a country of FREQ
trade tradition and the fostering
and safcriarding'' OF British indus
tries was finally hit upon and adopted
as a phrase less Earring to the old
ideas.
sheffield's resolution was even
ifrner. and declared: THAT forth
with there should be put in hand the
necessary inquiry for raising a. very
substantial portion Of the revenue By
Imnort duties" Sheffield also pro-
posed: 'pThat encouragement, and,
Eiif need be. financial mid must be ac-
corded TO the development in these
realms OF such trade as are neces-
tsary for national safety and are in-
dispensable to the due development
OF other Industries which have hith-