Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

in Great Britain. Both the westinghouse
and the General Electric operating in
Great Britain claim to be British
panieS, although they are in reality mere
branches of the American institutions. By
calling themselves British they remove the
prejudice against American made goods
and by putting a lord or 50 on their board
of directors they have made themselves
popular. Both companies have large estab-
lishments in Great Britain. and they manu-
facture electrical machinery from American
patterns with British labor.
The same is done by our Diamond Match
Company which controls the match bust
ness of Great Britain, but is known there
under the old firm name of Bryant & May
and also by the American Tobacco Trust
which is working largely under the name
of Ogden, the chief British tobacconst of
the past.
A School for Europeans.
One phase of the attempt to withstand
American competition is seen in the COM
missions and individuals which are being
sent to the United States to look into our
factories and business methods. 1t used to
be that the Germans sent their young men
to England to study commerce and trade.
They sending them to the United
States to go into our factories and counting
houses. The English send over commits
sion of capitalists or laborers every few
months. and 1t Is the same with other
CoCHl!IeS- He petpie cOIlSlueT us IOOlS III
that we tell them our business secrets, not
realizing that the American gets up a new
scheme every year and that the business of
today is always behind the business OF to-
morrow. | found American experts in the
different factories all over Europe and also
many foreigners who have been educated
Ia the American factories. Indeed, our
country is now a school for Europe as far
as banking, manufacturing and advanced
business methods are concerned.
Technical Schools.
AT the same time nearly every European
country is preparing for it's industrial bat
ties of the future by training Its workmen.
and the drill of the Industrial army prom
ises to be as important that Of the mill
tary forces. The Germans lead in this
work. Nearly every town has It's technical
schools and the manufacturing districts
peppered with them. In ChemnitZ,
which might be called the Manchester of
Germany. great weaving center, there
are thirty schools where children are
taught to make braids and trimmings. At
Glauchau there Is q high school for weav-
ing. In the Harz mountains there are
schools for toymakers and in the Valley
of the Ruhr there are many schools in
which all branches of steel and iron max
ing are taught.
Germany has schools for foremen as well
as for laborers. 1t has schools of COM
merce, where the pupils are taught all
half dozen commercial high schools
Sunday Schools for Mechanics
One of the queer features of this educa-
ton is the school held on Sunday to give
mechanics practical instruction in their
trades. There are a score of such schools
in Berlin and other cities. There is IA
school for masons. which Is held every
Sunday from am to pm The students,
many of them mechanics who work during
the week. are taught all about construc
ton work, making arches and all sorts of
stone work. The course is in terms of half
years. and 1t Is SO made that man may
spend five terms, covering 100 Sundays, In
learning all about his trade He has books
and shop work. the whole going on under
the instruction of the teachers.
Germany has similar Sunday schools for
timers. tailors. saddlers and printers. 1t
has schools for cabinet makers, BARRIERS,
bookbinders and blacksmiths. There are
Sunday schools for horse shoers and even
for chimney sweeps.
The most important schools, however,
are those which deal with work In the
great manufactures. These will improve
eventually give 1t the most skilled work.
men In the world.
What the Austrians Are Doing.
This kind of education is going on all over
Europe. The Austrians have a large num-
Der of such schools. and they are increasing
them yearly. They are under the ministry
of education. and among them are many
state Industrial schools. The country has
now six great branches of this sort Of edu-
cational institutions, covering every in
duStry, and the work of women as we'll as
that of men. There are schools for artistic
embroiderers. schools for lacemakers and
schools for housekeepers. There are schools
for foreman covering every branch Of me-
chanics. so that carpenter, mason or an
engineer may learn how to take charge of a
shop and manage 1t. There are now some
thing like 5000 men and boys attending
such schools. and more than IL 600 in an
other branch OF the Industrial schools