Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-01

had not gone to the United States when
| was boy instead of TO South Africa.
| II was from this trip originated the ide
| OF the Mesely commissions. After plannin
them he again visited the United States las
| ton OF his guests AS he expresses I
| every hand was held out to aid" He me
the prominent men of the country in
walks OF life. He found employers and en-
ployes ready to help him with his schema
Abram Hewitt. Mr.. Mosely believes TO b
| the biggest man the United States has proI
duced in his generation. He allows no qua
| ihcations In his praise Of this distinguished
New Yorker. he also pays tribute to Sena
| tor Hanna, Seth Low, Carroll d. Wright
| and Prof. Butler. He was received by Pres
| ident Roosevelt and believes him to be Z
great and good man.
| Gift to the Corcoran Gallery.
| In recognition of the pleasant reception
he was given In Washington Mr. Mosely Ia
| presented to the Corcoran Art Gallery. n
this city, bronze panel by onslow Whit
| ney, called Taking the guns into action a (
Colenso." This he is bringing with him |
ana II VIII be given to the gallery through
| President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Mosely has great faith in the futurs
| OF the United States He believes there I
| no danger OF reaction from. the prese !
| activity, and that the prosperity of the fu !
the present time that present fears will
seem ridiculous In view of future develop
menfs. He gives the United States the firstI
place in the commercial world and think Il
england and Germany will struggle for sec !
ond place He thinks England will hold
this IL American methods are adopted, hence
his commissions of inquiry
or South Africa Mr. Mosely IS not en-
thusiastic agriculturally but he believe 81
that the mineral development of that coun-
try during the next few years will be sol
astounding and the production OF gold sd
great that values viii be changed through
out the world. He says there are vast gol ii
deposits as yet untouched and that when a
they are worked gold will be come so plenti1
Iul prices OF all commodities will rise every
where.
Stay of the Commission.
The commission. which lands in New Yorl
| this coming week. will remain about thirty
| days in the United States and travel as ia n
west as Chicago. On 1t are carpenters
brickiayers, plasterers, miners engineers
lronfounders. boilermakers, tailors boot and
shoe makers. representatives of manyI
branches of the steel and iron trades
leather workers. printers. etc, etc. These|
men are the responsible representatives of|
| the various unions
1t was originally intended that a certain
| Tumper or employers should also be invited
put on further consideration this idea wa d
abandoned. since II was thought wiser toI
| leave the trade unions delegates entirely
unhampered. and to avoid anything that
might present even a remote semblance of
!ihposlhg the views OF employers uponl
| them On the return of the commission al
series of reports will be published. writtenl
| py the delegates. each from his own point
| OF view entirely. but no attempt will bel
| mac. mace at Joint report. 1t may be added
that the commission Is strictly nom political il
ana that Mr.. Mosely Is anxious for its ia j
| qulrles to be as unrestricted and compre-|
hensive as possible. SO that 1t may be in al
IN ir,dera hA-I ,I
| or the strength of American methods
Perhaps the fundamental point which Mr.
| Mosely hopes the members of the commits
| sion Will realize result OF what they
| see and hear Is that the United States is a NJ
| industrial competitor which this country
| cannot afford to ignore. There are peoplel
| VINO mold that the danger of American COM
petition mas been grossly exaggerated. orl
VINO even deny that IL exists at all as al
factor In the Industrial situation, and this
attitude unfortunately Is sedulously fos-
tered by certain organs that profess to pa
particular attention to the interests OF
labor.
Stock Argument Answered.
stock argument is that the exports Of
manufactured articles from the United
States are small compared with those from
Great Britain This statement is true
enough, and IL 1t were the whole truth there
might not be much ground for apprehen-
".
The really significant thing is the change
which has come over the character oil
American exports and the rate at which one
particular section of them is growing
twenty years ago agricultural produce
formed something like 80 per cent of the
total. and manufactured articles accounted
for only about IA per cent; but since that
time the proportions have been gradually
altering, especially during the last five or
six years, until in the period covered by
the three years 1S99-19O1 the proportion OF
manufactured articles had risen to nearly
~ per cent of the whole, and the agrfcul-
tural products accounted for less than 81
rms does not mean that the absolute guam
titles or agricultural products sent out OF
the United States have fallen off, for they
are as large as ever but that there has
been an enormous expansion in the amount
OF the exports. due mainly to increased
shipment of manufactured articles.
Mr.. MoSely would direct the attention OF
the members Of his commission to the fact
that this increase In manufactured exports
has comparing figures for 1889 and 1890
oeen accompanied with an increase of some
Al per cent In the number of manufacture
ing establishments, of 81 per cent In the
capital employed, of AZ per cent in the cost
OF the materials used and of 30 per cent in
the value of the manufactured products:
but that the total Of the wages paid has
increased by only % per cent and the num-
Der OF wage-earners by only 25 per cent. In
raw material into manufactured articles
cost much less in wages and required far
fewer workmen in 1899 than 1t did ten years
before. The members of the commission
will have the opportunity Of investigating
each In respect Of the industry he Is best
acquainted with the circumstances under
lying this cheapening of production, which,
1t must be evident, is a factor of great
Importance to all countries that have to
enter into commercial competition with the
United States 4
Labor-saving Appliances.
Generally speaking, 1t may be said that
In England 1t Is believed the recent indus
trial advance of America has been greatly
helped by the introduction OF labor-saving
appliances, which has been rendered pos
sible by the readiness of the American
workmen to accept them. In this respect
1t can scarcely be doubted that the British
manufacturer has shown himself much Less
enterprising than the American; but 1t
must also be confessed that often, when he
has been disposed to be enterprising, scant
welcome has been accorded to his proposed
changes, even though, as American expe-
rience shows they would have been to the
benefit no less of his men than of himself.
1t is hoped that Mr. Mosely's party will
return convinced of the advantage of the
wide Introduction Of machinery, for they
will see that the material conditions of the
working classes are better in America than
they are here, and that 1t is not necessity