Telegram-herald., 1889-09-14
WORKINCMEN BACK
IHnEFUL THEY LIVE II AMERICA
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the nfty working men and women Who
for the past az weeks OF more have
been travelling ln England, France,
Germany and other European manu-
featuring countries. under the auspices
Of the scrpps league. The pilgrims
say that they we're allowed free access
% the factories 10 England and
France. ln Germany they were not
80 fortunate. and when they got 10
the Krupp 0ln Works, al Essen. they
we're positively refused adm.ttance.
They Nere welcomed at the Wooiwich
arsenal, and were shown how the Big
guns neFe made. Ia PARIS. the muni-
,faAty through the laoOr board, gave
tAem the freedom 0f the city.
Without an exception they are Of the
opu-0n that the American w0rkmen
are better housed, better fed, better
paid, better clothed and generally bet
Ter OF than his European fellow. In
only one industry, thar Or the manu-
facture OF military parapheuaha, do
they lnd that Englisn-made goods are
superior % American. In many cases
o1r goods are more tasty and better
made than theirs, particularly in ma
cninery. Their machines, as a rule,
are cumbersome and lack ingenuity
and speed.
Mr.. Cheney, the miller Of the party,
SAYS that by long odds the best mill
machinery he saw at the Paris expOsl-
ton was that which be helped 10 pack
before he lett home
Mr.. Anderson, the timer, IN one fac
tory IN England saw the process of
making tin buoys. They had 70 be put
through nine processes, while IN Amer
lca they 60 through only three, and
the American product IS better than
the English.
Mr.. Hanna, the iron and steel work
Ell, when asked what he thought OF the
iron and steel working machinery IN
the 0ig works IN England and Scotland,
said: 1T Is all out OF date, and IN the
mills | work IN IN Cleveland We would
break il ~ for scrap. | saw nothing IN
my line that we couldn't beat. A. for
the condition OF the wOrkingmen. there
Is no comparison"
Harry ogden, the printer, found in
the composing rooms he visited the
same appliances which were IN Ameri-
can offices twenty years ago. The COM
posltors are not nearly 50 speedy as
ours. iu stereOtypIng and presswOrk
the English workmen can get the
speed; but the work, IN the provincial
towns particularly. IS not nearly up 10
Our marx. and their biggest papers,
outside of London. have what he called
"a country look" The offices, as 4
RUE. are poorly lighted and have bad
sanitary arrangements. In France the
printers are more dependent even than
they are here. In neither country are
they we'll organized. OF the 1900
printers In Paris only about 1000 are
organized, and of these 200 are women.
llugh Cavanaugh, the shoemaker,
says that IN his line the men only dO
about o. per cent As much work IN
England aud France a they DO here.
There seems to be- a marked disposition
% use improved machinery. What
.hev have IS ye~-- crude. They work
shorter hour n We do" he said
"onlv fifty our week, and have
more h0li day costs more 10 turn
out good shoe either IN England or
France than it does mere. In England
the sh0emakers are weH organized. but
in France they are not. Rents IN
England are fully One-hah less than We
pay
In France there X not even the
progress in tho use of machinery there
ism England. / was talking to a large
manufacture m France and asked INN
why he dd NOT use improved machn-
erv. He sad Why. employ 1900
men. and It ! useiimuch machinery. I
should have to discharge many OF tnem-
am making good profit. and they
are satisfied. What more DO YOU wanu
THIS knocked ue out.COmpletely.