THE JUBILEE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1594, 14 June 1887, Page 1

THE JUBILEE.

London, June 9. The decision of the Queen that the Royal procession through London on the 21st instant in celebration of the jubilee should be of a semi-State character only is being unfavorably criticised. A site has been granted near Westminster Abbey on which will be erected a platform for the use of colonists who desire to witness the pageant on jubilee day. A charge for admission to the platform will be made to cover expenses. June 10.

It is announced that the State procession through London on the 21st instant in celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee will be virtually a State procession. Her Majesty will not wear the crown, but will wear her orders, and open carriages will be used. Sydney, June 10,

A meeting', which bad been called by the Mayor lor the purpose of discussing the question of celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee, was completely broken up tonight owing to the opposition, which was chiefly caused by small sections of Secularists, who gained admittance by forged tickets. The police, who were called in, were compelled to clear the room, which was done amidst the greatest disorder. A large crowd which aesem* bled outside the building was addressed by the persons who caused the disturbance. It is announced that a monster meeting in connection with the jubilee celebration will be held on Tuesday next. Later. A declarations of loyalty to the throne, laws, and institutions of the Empire was adopted at the jubilee meeting last night, and is being extensively signed, as a protest against the disgraceful proceedings at the former meeting.

“JOHN BULL DE BIG FOOL."

The following example of foreign opinion on England’s way of doing international trade was given by Mr T. Hall, of Warminster, in a recent interesting lecture at Woodstock :

“In America the opinion is prevalent that we cannot stand this unreciprocated trade five years longer. We shall be nationally bankrupt. ‘ A ! l give and no take away must have an mid.’ We have no right to punish our own people, who have to labor to live, by insisting on setting an example to other nations, which they will not follow, only laugh at.

“ We are the derision of the world for our folly. ‘John Bull de big fool,’ is the German description ; ‘ A tarnation fool,’ the American. If foreign nations would not adopt our boasted system of Freetrade when we were apparently prospering under it—-mind, I say apparenily, because the real cause of our prosperity to 1874 can be shown to be due to o'her things—they are not likely to adopt it now we are failing and being ruined by it. “ The great bogey seems to be the fear (hat a leturo to common sense on this question will make food dear. They have not found it so in France, where they have a duty against foroig:, corn ; bread is as cheap there as in England. But if it did make food dear it would give us the means of purchasing it by finding employment for our people to earn money to buy it, by keeping our markets to ourselves, or forcing open the foreign markets to our goads, either of which would relieve ua.

“I will give yon the opinion of an American, a large mutton grower, who sends his mutton to the English market. He visits occasionally a friend of mine, Mr Robert Coles, of Midd eton Farm, Warminster, a successful Hampshire Down rum breeder, to buy rams to improve his breed of sheep. Over a conversation on this subject, he asked ; “ ‘ Why do not you Britishers put a duty against our American produce as we do against yours I How many millions it would produce you in revenue. Against my mutton, for instance, for which you now pay me 6|d per lb., a duty of 2J per lb would bring in a handsom® amount.’ ‘“What is the use of that?’ said Mr Coles (at that lime a Freetrader, now a thorough Fairtrader, and a member of our league), ‘ it would only increase the price to How would that benefit ns ?’ “ ‘ Oh, no I It would not increase the price, * said the American. ‘That is where you Britishers don’t understand how Protection works. The result would be that I should have to reduce my price 2d per lb, or else at 7£d it would be dearer than English mutton, and would not sell. I can sell this mutton at 3£d or less, the wool and skin being the must important to me : but while yon Britishers will persist in paying me s£d per lb, be assured I shall take the money.’

“ Gentlemen, draw your moral from this."—Fairtrade.