Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1897 — A LOST OPPORTUNITY. [ARTICLE]

A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

The Ironmonger, a British tech” nical Journal, in a recent issue, asked the question: “How are we to account for the invasion of Eng* land by Amo. ican firms of all sorts ami sizes? ‘They come, not single spies, b itin battallions. Evidently the Ameridan firms scent busi-. ness; and if they «re thus convinced that London is superior to New York they will gam then ends mainly at the expense of our British merchants and manufacture, s. Are these gentlemen fully aware of what is going on in their respect ive lines? This simply means that trade and traders, like water, will seek the channels of least resistance, and they are to be found where trade is freest. We can’t restrict trade bylaw and have it at the same time.

Gladstone said many years ago* that if the United States had kept along the tame free trade lines with Great Britain that the two countries were foliowin » together from 1850 to .iB6O. Great Britain would hav6 been distanced and the United States would have been the financial and commercial mis . tress of th - worl t to-day, instead of Great Britain. Fm, he says,

the natural resources of tbo United States are incomparably richer than thosejof Great Britain. “Indeed, if they had not been, your projective tariffs wo’d have ruined you.” If to-day the United States had the EngPsh customs tariff of aim ply twenty taxed articles, and her exc’se a, d income tax laws, this nation would soon be on the high road to a millenium for the common people, as compared with the present situation. Under such a regime those who have become mi.lionaires by robbing the poopie through the agency of pernicious class legislation, would be compelled to pay their portion of the taxes. To-day the unprotectad farmer, laborer and producer not only pay the great bulk of all taxes for the support of the government, but also pay a vastlv greater tax to support this horde of piotected tariff robbers. Under this infamous Dingley tariff law the people will be taxed at least thirty million dollars a year bv the sugar trust alono, and many millions more by other trusts and favored tariff robbers. “The Richest College in Ameri ca,” has its story most interest ingly set forth by word and picture in the Heptember number of Dem orest’s Magazine. It will be a distinct surprise to know that this title is not due any of our best known colleges but is held by one wh ch is doing a great work in a quiet way. The account of it will be attractive to every man and woman interested in American educational life. “Miss Passe was bitten on .he cow by a dog while riding on her wheel.” “You mean on the calf, don’t you?” “Did you ever see a calf fortyeight years old?”