New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-25
AN INDUSTRIAL TRIP.
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN START FOR
EUROPE.
THEY WILL Ex ANIME THE INDUSTRIES OF THE
GREAT COUNTRIES ACROSS THE sEA-How
THE EXPEDITION WAS ARRANGED
THEIR PLANS FOR SEVERAL

THE EXPEDITION WAS ARRANGED
THEIR PLANS FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS TO COME.
The large Anchor Line steamer City of Rome.
which sailed for Liverpool yesterday at 3 p. m,
carried the Scripps' League American Working
mems Expedition, composed of fifty intelligent
Americans, representing the various industries of
the United States They will spend two months
In Europe studying its industrial and economic
conditions The history of the novel expedition,
which is the first of it's kind to leave the United
States and is another example of that same news
paper enterprise which sent expeditions TO the
heart of Africa and the cold regions Of the Arctic,
is interesting and worthy of detailed account
When the British Government announced some
time ago that 90 English workingmen would he
sent to the Paris Exposition it WAS
hoped by the industrial masses of this country
that Congress would take similar step.
This IL was said, would only be following the eN-
ample of France at the Philadelphia Centennial
Although the subject was talked of in Congress-
the adjournment came without the desired pro-
vision for such an enterprise. George e. Rootn,
business manager of The Detroit News" whlch,
with THE Evening News" The Press OF
Cleveland: The Evening POST of Cincinnati
The Evening Chronicle" of St Louis; and Inc
Echo" of Detroit forms the Scripps League, there
upon conceived the idea of sending over a private
party.
lie laid his plan before Edward Scripps, preSi-
dent of the Scripps League, who warmly lndolseu
IL and gave it his aid Mr.. RoOth and Charles l.
thompson, managing Editor Of The Detroit
Sunday News" were appointed by Mr.. ScrlppS 10
arrange the details Of the plan and the route oil
the expedition For the last three months thev
have been engaged in making the arrangements
which eliminated in the successful departure Oh
the CITY of Rome Although the principal OBJ
iectve point of the expedition will be Paris, Where
the products of the industries and Inventions oil
the world are at present on exhibition, u was
deemed advisable to enlarge the circuit OF their
travels and give the men an opportunity to WISH
The large and interesting manufacturing towns OF
The various countries Of Europe.
In arranging the long route Carroll ID. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor, was con-
suited. Mr. Wrights suggestions as TO the pest
points for the worlSingmen to visit for prohtaole
study and observation, owing 10 his knowledge
of the subject proved to be exceptionally vaiu-
able Secretary Blaine also became interested In
the expedition, and sent Mr.. Rooth the following
letter. which will aid them materially IN their
Investigations:
Dcpartment OF State Washington. June %. 1889
To the Diplomatic and Consular unieefs oil the OmVeu
states.
Gentlemen: I take pleasure introducing to you an
,ssoatlon OF Apcr 81 wOikngmen sent abroad under the
,usniccs NJ the Sc Dds league The league bears the
name Of James t. Scrpps wealthy" philanthTopist m
Detroit Mich expedition is composed entirely oil
American worSngncn who are on a VISIT 70 the rArls
Exposition and abroad The purpose OF their visit Is TO
ombIne the advantages Of observation and study OF the
methods Of work and OF the moral and physical conditions
lie OF worklngmen in Europe
have TO request that you will afford these gentlemen
every facility for the promotion of the object OF their
visit ana extend TO such personal cour.esies as
may be proper.
According TO the programme, which is arranged
with the precision and system of a continental
guide-book, the company, it is believed, Will
reach Liverpool on August l. Two days Will
90 spent in visiting the extensive wharVes
crowded with 5000 sailors. The next point OF
interest will be Manchester. with its extensive
factories and numerous warehouses. The indus
tries of Birmingham will next occupy their at
tention From Birmingham the expedition goes
to London on the famous early worklngmens
train. giving the members an opportunity TO see
the countless masses who daily enter the metrop-
obs TO toll Here, too, the principal factories
and general points of interest Will be visited.
Crossing the Channel, the expedition Will spend
SHORT time at Rouen, the seat OF the great
cathedral, as well as a commercial centre OF I'M
portance going thence TO Paris. The party VIII
DC divided into squads OF ten men each, in order
10 facilitate sightseeing in the great crowded city.
The squads will be composed, as far as possible. OF
men whose trades somewhat allied in char
acter. Fully two weeks will be devoted to the
Exposition and the many sights of the French
capital and its gay and beautiful suburbs.
After leaving Paris, the expedition will visit
Lille. to study the factories there and thence
go into neighboring Belgium where the varied
industries of Brussels and the famed maritime
arsenals and docks of Antwerp will occupy eX-
tended attention From Antwerp the party will
cross the border of Germany and take "a steamer
up the Rhine from Coblentz to Cologne, thus
passing the most romantic portions OF that his
toric and legendary stream. August 2o ana ~
will be spent in Essen, where the mammoth
works of Krupp are located, and where 10000
laborcrs live contentedly on the cooperative plan
Recrossing the Channel with possible stay
AT the pottery in Meissen, the party will go to
Sheffield, where the cutlery, plated ware and
type factories will be inspected After spending
added for the investigation Of the citys work
shops, the party will depart for the great ship
building yards OF the Clyde, at Glasgow, the
chief centre of the kind in the world since the
Comet, the first boat propelled by steam In Eu-
rope, left its yards almost eighty years ago
The expedition will sail for Newly orx on Septem-
Der 4, having travelled almost 1900 miles, and
will arrive in this port on September ,.
In arranging the representation OF the expedi-
ton, the entire expenses of which, amounting TO
$40, 600, will be met by the Scrpps League, All Of
the leading industries OF the United States were
included. The selection OF the representatives,
was not arbitrary, but left in each To
the Judgment Of the working classes themselves,
TO their employers TO those most cOnverSant
with their special qualifications The expedition
is consequently composed of men and women who.
while actual workers, are people of marked intel
Igence and ability and capable of communicating
their observations to the trades which they repre-
se1t Each member of the expedition will take
ample notes, and devoting himself mainly to his
own specially throughout the trip, will he able
il is believed, 10 gain valuable information upon
fba
The officers Of the expedition follows:
Charles r. Thompson, Detroit, director and editor:
Julian Hawthorne, New-Yorl City, correspondent;
L. T. Atwood, Cincinnati correspondent; f. w
Graves Detroit, correspondent; Frank Yer Beck,
Hew-Yorlx City, artist; III y. Wilder, Grand Rapids.
michigan, photographer Frederic K Burton,