The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-25
BRITAIN MUST HUSTLE.
HER POSITION AS WORLDS GREAT
 EST TRADE POWER.

! EST TRADE POWER.
 Seriously Threatened by Other Powers 1 IfRsdical Changes Do Not Come Soon
 the United Kingdom Will be ReIe-
 gated 60 Third PIace-This tho Opinion
 ofU. $. Consul Boyle at Liverpool.
 Washington, Dec. 24.-There is a large and ever-increasing number of thoughtful and well informed people in Great Britain who express the serious belief that if radical changes do not come about in the near future, the United Kingdom will be relegated to the third position in the ranks of the worlds trade and commerce. This statement is made by U. s. Consul Boyle, at Liverpool, in his annual re- port, extracts of which were made pub lie to-day by the state department
 It is conceded, says Consul Boyle, that in manufactures Great Britain within the last few years has failed to meet the competition of the United States and Germany MT. Boyle says the enthusiastically inclined plead eX- ceptional and marvellous natural advan- tages as far as the United States is concerned while as to Germany's fierce competition, the unsatisfactory financial and commercial situation now prevailing in that empire is cited as an instance of country booIning itself too rapidly.
 The cry of something must be done" says the consul, is going up from com mercial bodies, political speakers, and from the newspapers. There are fears expressed, says MT. Boyle that even in the carrying trade, the supremacy of Great Britain is threatened. When the war in South Africa is over he says there is certain to besa popular demand for legislative action, and the indica- tions are that the British government will be compelled to give more earnest consideration to matters relating to trade and commerce.
 There is q strong sentiment among the masses of Great Britain and one which appears to be gaining strength as time goes on, in favor of bringing about what has become popularly known as flair trade" and which, says MT Boyle, is nothing but reciprocity Prot tection per SC, he says, is not very much advocated, but it is significant that many of the most widely circulat- ed papers of Great Britain are now boldly advocating policy of flair trade" or do to others as they do to you" Against this sentiment how ever the consul says must be set the national dislike to change established institutions. of which free trade is one of the most fundamental.
 In regard to educational reforms in the United Kingdom, MT. Boyle says the universally acknowledged in- feriority of Great Britain to most of the leading nations, particularly the Unit ed States and Germany, is given ire quently as one of the chief reasons why Great Britain is being outstripped in her manufactures.
 The subject of education, he says is very thorny one in England, owing principally to the fact that there are two systems of management-one the board school management (similar to the American public school system) and the denominational management Efforts are now making by the respec- tive authorities to secure uniformity of methods and results, while ranging the standard time.
 A particularly interesting portion of Consul Boyle's report is that wherein he compares the American and the British workman English manufac- turers, he says, finds it almost imposs- be to get the same amount of product from machines as is obtained in Amer ica. There are two reasons for this, says MT. Boyle.
 First, the average British workman is not as adaptable as the American, and does not readily get command of new appliances; and second, that it is not the custom of the country for an English whether mechanic, clerk, or to work as hard as an Ameri- can.
 Then, too states MT. Boyle, the Eng l fish workman is inclined to split very i fine hairs-he will often refuse to do outside certain line rigidly | la1d dOWn Dy l0e cuSJOHl OI HIS cFdIL 1 and by his trade union in 1 particular
 The small extent to which up-to- | date labor saving machinery is used | in Great Britain as compared with | America, and even Germany, MT. Boyle says. is just now fruitful topic of dis ,usson. English manufactures, he says, are handicapped by reason of | their employment of antiquated plants.
 Tn the meantime" says Consul Boyle. in closing his report, "now is tn, -ime for American manufacturers to get stronger foothold in this country"