The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-25
FINDS YOUTH IN DEMAND
BRITISH consul REPORTS ON TrEE.
STRENUOUS LIFE IN CHICAGO
He Warns EngIishmen who Intend
to Immigrate That the UnskiIled
and Indolent Have No Chance in
the Rustlins Western City,

LONDON, April 24-The extracts from
the report on the trade of Chicago for
the year 1901 made by w Wyndham.
the British consul there, published here
today, contain abundant testimony to
the energy and enterprise of the Chi
cagoans, individually and collectively.
ana TO the prolific results therefrom as
SHOWN IN the increasing prosperity of
chicago and the states within the Chi
cago consular district The report saws:
The con ercial success Of Chicago is
partially owing to education which
teaches the boys Independence and does
not set the professions above business as
d means of livelihood"
MI Wyndham expresses the opinion
that the success is chiefly attributable 10
the fact that large emp Ioyers are always
seeking men capable of filling the most
important positions and encouraging
their employees tc discover the cost OF
production
Aluding TIC the unfavcrable results OBJ
tanned from the Use Of machinery in
England, compared with Chicago, Mr.
Wyndham says:
1T is an incentive to work and the
energetic example Of the manufacturers
superinteEGt FITS and fcre1nen. which has
wonderful effect upon every kind Of
trade and business in Chicago.
OAO wen are ASf ~ RnGed
This year business was the best ever
known III Chicago and the district sun
piled therefrom. Most of the threatened
strikes collapsed becaI Sc of the refusal
of the men to participate The steaGineSs
of work led to a demand for better goods
and increased prosperity ard merchants
advertise more than e1 err
A man past forty-f1ve years of age has
scarcely chance, according to Mr.
Wyndham, Of obtaining employment in
Chicago. He AIDES:
mo enc gets on who works with one
eye on the clock or who is unwilling to
put work before his personal wishes. The
American Workingman spends but little
time in saloons and is not interested in
betting or horse racing. Athletics are en-
coLrt ged in the schools, but. they are not
allowed to interfere with business in later
life
There is no opening for unskilled labor
and intending immlgr ants are warned not
to ccme unless they are fitted to earn d.
living under the changed circumstances.
Warns TndOlent EngIishmen.
Mr.. Wyndham depicts the successful
drum nler'' in America as follows:
LAS rule he is q tall man, who i'm
presses people and commands their at
tention, when he enters 2 store which
and genial manner and mary elous mem
oly." 4
The British consul advises his country
men not to give inrodUcticns to unde-
serving young people intending to so to
America, especially to those who have
shown q disInclination to work.
The report says:
ut has beer SO impressed on the peo-
pie of Chicago that an EDglishman is
dense and lazy that no one is willing TO
employ one Of whom he Knows nothing
Unfortunately this impression is cor
roborated by many who have not grasp
ed the fact that there is necessity for
hard work.
MI Wyndham, il his report. refers TO
the declining death rate of Chicago, IN
spite Of the extremes Of temperature,
crowded districts and contaminated wat
er supply, and, says: THE taste fer
modes in dress is Partisan rather than
British