14 Four-in-Hand in Britain. 



navigation by steam ; not so much in the matter of 

 speed as in cost of transport. The Persia, once the 

 best ship of the Cunard Line, required an expenditure 

 of thirty-five dollars as against her successors' one dol- 

 lar. The Servia will carry thirty-five tons across the 

 ocean for what one ton cost in the Persia. A revolu- 

 tion indeed ! and one which brings the products of 

 American soil close to the British shores. Quite re- 

 cently flour has been carried from Chicago to Liverpool 

 for forty-eight cents (2^.) per barrel. The farmer of 

 Illinois is as near the principal markets of Britain as 

 the farmer in England who grows his crops one hun- 

 dred miles from his market and transports by rail ; and, 

 in return for this, the pig-iron manufacturer of Britain 

 is as near the New York market as is his competitor on 

 the Hudson. 



Some of the good people of Britain who are interest- 

 ed in land believe that the competition of America has 

 reached its height. Deluded souls, it has only begun! 



One cannot be a day at sea without meeting the 

 American who regrets that the Stars and Stripes have 

 been commercially driven from the ocean. This always 

 reminds me of a fable of the lion and the turtle. The 

 lion was proudly walking along the shore, the real king 

 of his domain, the land. The turtle mocked him, say- 

 ing. Oh, that's nothing, any one can walk on land. 

 Let's see you try it in the water. The lion tried. Re- 

 sult : the turtle fed upon him for many days. America 



