The sun., 1901-03-17
ENGLAND'S TRADE NEEDS.
NAUSEs or HER LOSS or BUNNhsS
NOW WIDELY DISCUSSED.


sppsrsor1ty Of worknen In the United State
Pointed Ont More Personal Emcisnc,
Called For In Enxisnd-German Push ant
Fortunately Needs Of Londons Port
LONDON, March q. a.--Englands loss OF trade
supremacy has at last taken thorough hold
Of the public mind few months ago only
the men engaged in the management ot tne
great In dustries knew the ordeal to when the
country was swiftly advancing. The mem
hers OF Parliament were silent on the suoJec'
and the daily press offered nothing more
Instructive than an occasional paragraph
on manufacturing contracts that mad gone
20 America,
Now the most widely read dailics have
scsrcely an isaue without articles on success
Iul foreign rivalry. and the more technical
Journals are drawn upon 10 show the general
public how serious the situation really Is
A number OF representative men have con-
Svlbuted their views on the commercial out
Look 70 the new Liberal Rerisp for March,
and q study OF their conflicting counsels calls
back TO mind tn considered utterance Of the
Omitted States Consul NJ Leeds that in England
Sshe lesson will be learned very slowly and
not without many disappontments
What most of the practical men who write
N their own business call for a. the greatest
Aesideratum Ia individual efficiency among
- mon employed l. Jones ot the Elder
Dempster Line Of steamships. who was able
10 ret Government support for the new regu-
lar service from Bristol 10 Jamaica, main
1tains that the essence Of reform IL In the
scommercial equipment Of the Young men OF
to-day In one of his establishments he has
-76o clerks and there he sees how small pro-
portion Of the rising generation are imbued
With any real conception Of what Is necessary
% SUCCESS He adds
-One Of the worst signs Of the times In this
Hespect Ia the way in which young fellows
5rsouent the cafes and generally employ a
GOOD deal more Than their lunch hour In a
severe study Of drnughts and dominoes
Suuliv ened with firtations with the Mattresses
who form the greatest attractions Of these
1vsorts ! have found thar most Young
Fellows will take more han an hour for lunch
whether you like II or not. and. therefore,
she employer would lose little or nothing
n he made the condition that the extra time
sswas used for some better purpose
There are countless Young fellows, one
discovers, who are quite content to 60 through
q certain amount Of routine in a haphaznrd
way and are apparently unable TO realize
fhat commercial prosperity and success is
only attained by max ing exceptionally good
use Of ones time and more especially In
ones younger days. when ones power Of
concentration is more acute. the mind is
more receptive and rhe memory has a greater
Faculty Of retention.
W. II. Lever. head Of a great soap making
0rm, writes:
n. -. tlt
graphical and physical circumstances In
favor Of both the | nited States and Germany.
but especially Of the United States. which.
unless the Americans grossly neglect their
opportunities. must az he end of the twentieth
century give them the commercial suprem-
acy Of the world II would appear to me
that they can scarcely avoid being forced
into that position. whether they desire IL or
not
But they do desire the commercial su-
premacy of the world. and arc straining
every nerve and muscle 10 attain II, and it Is
quite obvious what the result must be. On
the other hand, this does not make me pessi-
mfstic with regard to the future position Of
England. because believe that as tho TWEEN
tieth century progresses the business abili-
ties and adaptability Of the En0lishman will
prove eSralotS tGS S-mJ9srS2 oHOndi'fthioPRs i
believe We shall lose our narrow insularism
and with our colonies all over the world shall.
II we are blest with good government and
sane and temperate ideas OF the duties and
resting upon u easily main
tain our high and honorable position among
she nations Of the world
ITO my mind. the sign Of the highest manu-
ability is shown when a nation
pan pay the highest rate Of wages in the
world and yet produce manufactures cheaper
nhan can be produced elsewhere This the
Americans are doing In many directions
and IL will behoove us to see that in the pres
ent century our workmen IN England are
better paid. better housed and better cdu-
Gated; that sounder ideas Of productive
energy are instilled into them, that the fall
lacy OF restriction of output is educated
out Of them. that thcv are taught 10 look
with the greatest favor upon every labor
say ing appliance that may be introduced
are taught 20 assist "a far as hey possibly
can by suggestions in the reduction of labor
and the increase Of the output. ss The surest
means Of improving heir own position"
Mr. Keir Hardia. the Labor member of Par
hament. Ia actually the most outspOken Of
all in presenting the irrefutahle facts of the
present situation Taking the imports and
exports Of iron and steel TO and from the
United States ho bases an interesting argu-
anent on the following able.