New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-25
an ESGLIsHn4y ON UoRK IN AMERICA.

From Chambers Journal
There is in the business atmosphere Of the United
States an electric intensity. not found 10 TIE mos6
frenzied centres of Europe. The Hood Of highly
educated youngsters now being thrust into IT, must
add the desperate conflict, 3ud Young nun sIat
ing Brtishers must be prepared Tor dIicultles tbat
their elders have not known there Is combat
waiting them tar sterner tDan any waged IN
tumultuOus, competitive Europe.
,ainst the operations of the confederatcd lions
Of trade the ablest man, sngie-nandeu Is a. power
less az before q tidal wave. honesty counts tor
nothing; provision is worse than blindness, Tor
combinations of spectators DEFY al calculations.
The corner is now the node OF making great
wealth And wealth is the o Jet OF an Infinite
majority of Americans; the spending OF II iaVlshIy
the beau ideal o. enjoyment
This makes excitement a necessity of existence.
From childhood to age, lncessant mental activity
nus be had aud is curious TO observe that speed
Of mind is accompanied by great ODDLY quletude.
The lolling Ounglng arm.char-lOving Yankee has
-, II, f,,rrished amusement 10 British athletes and
pedestrians But this corporal lazness IS the neces-
sarv result of restless mental eXerton brains nave
30 much to do, that limbs are compelled TO DO
Guiescent "TO get on IN the United states,
mind not muscle, IS the prerequisite Intending
migrants should ponder THIS.
For artisans there are Just now excellent pros
meets A great Impulse Of activity prevails; every
Thing is booming in the most encouraging
manner But British tradesmen must be ready 70
exchange old methods for ones TO forget much.
and 10 learn imuch. have heard bitter irepnlngs
from men who were too rigid to yield 10 American
IDEAS Such should remain 1T home Anglo-Amer
cans have to work harder than any other people IN
the world. When was in Cincinnati brIckayers
were earning pound day, and the same rate pre-
walls in many other cities. BuS the WORK was 1ar
more exhausting than in England. Here Drlck-
layer Is reckoned good hand II he sets nine nun
dred bricks PEI DAY Thousand IL hIsnI WS, ,h
average aud some smart fellows have SET Two
Thousand per day. Now, at the outset, most Ing
lsnmen ind this rapid style simply destructive:
And there ~ no doubt thar 1t taxes the energy OK
the strong and clever Yet such Is the custom or
The trade For the weak and incompetent 10 means
exclusion from hrst-class employment ana Oanish-
ment 10 places remote from thriving cities where
speed Is slower mpetlton feebler, aud wages low.
AIthoup u. the standard is ) much higher than IN
England. our immigrants after period OF proOa-
tiOn and Gardening are found equal To all
corners An instance Of this will be apropos.
A German master builder was erecting block or
houses and his employees were exclusively Germans.
Four Young English hrlcklayers applied for work:
They were newly arrived, and met with several
refusals At length, two were taken Oh trlai. Dy
tine end of the week the four were engaged by the
end of a fortnight, all the Germans were dismissed
and the Englismen carried the building % TT COM
pletlou. Their power or work, quickness and
steadness gave them marked advantage over the
Germans But their determination not % 10
licked was the real cause OF their triumph hss
British characteristic tells prod gously IN favor OF
The Anglo American, and makes him ldclie prAeeps
amid natives and strangers. These young brick
LAYERS told NE they never worked so nara IN tnef
lives before and were glad that crucial test had
revealed 70 them hat they could d. After this
breaking-in. they were equal TO the highest stand
ardi of, American labor. One OF them soon became
an employer and making sure tracks for Tor
tune when last saw hun.
What have said Of the building trades applies 20
all others Indeed the higher dexterity, taste and
skill business requires the more does the Amerl-
can workman respond TO the demand. The pias-
siclty of type TO which have referred is nowhere
seen 40 plainly in the domain OF the useful arts
Germans and Erenchmen have gwen tnish 20
American manufactures that is wanting IN our
own Besides there Is a native neatness the result
OF a high ideal of excellence. This matter deserves
the serious attention of British manufacturers. who
are losing many markets simply fIOm the cIumsinesa
OF their goods There is rising IN the United states
q race Of artists designers and artheers who prom
Use 20 surpass those OF all other nations The
fervor of the climate develops the aesthetic side OF
mau; the clash of millions of eager. sinventiye
minds Il producing standard Of excellence that 10
both novel and exalted the possiblht - Of wealth
are vastly beyond those OF any European state and
the love of the elegant and the beautiful crvades
all classes The inevitable sequence Of these coud-
tons must he widespread. al-dominating art IL 10
seen in the gorgeous public buildings in the exqua-
site villas in the light vet strong furniture. IN the
beautiful appointments Of drawing aud tabtu
egupages; while every American lady, yea, though
black il living evidence OF innate taste in dress
that makes the English suffer by contrast. Into
every OF life this characteristic Of taste goes
| modifying manners and behavior much as archi
lecture furnlture. dress, ornaments and tools