The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-21
BRITISH TIEWSONLABOR
Report Of Commission That Visited
America Made Public. -
OUR METHODS MOSTLY FAVORED

Fed and Clothed and More Sober.
Brains and Not Drawn count-A
Slap at Carnegie.
London. April 1S-The report OF the
commission OF British workingmeu.
who were taken to the United States
at the end Of last year by Alfred
Moseley wealthy Englishman. to
study conditions of labor there. has
been issued. 1t presents the views OF
the % delegates who separately
synopsise their deductions resulting
from the American trip. The report
shows lack OF unanimity. except that
all agree that the British workman
has nothing to learn from the Ameri-
can workman, while British employers
are not as far advanced as the Ameri-
cans in the treatment of their en-
ployes.
Mr.. Noselcy says that the American
workman has far better education
is Infinitely better paid. housed. fed
and clothed, and moreover much more
sober Mr. Moseley says in conclu-
sion: III we are to hold our own IN
the commerce of the world the old
methods must be dropped and the old
machinery abandoned"
He believes that some form OF profit
sharing is the true solution of the
capital and labor question. lie wei
comes tho trusts as best able to com
pete on the most economical lines. He
says that the organization OF capital
on the ono hand. and of labor on the
| other Will solve the industrial prob
lem.
The reports of the delegates differ
concerning the up-to-date methods OF
production. though the consensus OF
| opinion is largely in favor of America.
where the distinctive feature is q
hankering for the latest machinery and
the best method. The Americans.
employer and employees. realize more
fully than the Britisher that brains
and not Drawn count"
ID. c. Cummings, Of the iron and
steel slSpbuilders. quotes Shipbuilder
Cramp as saying that Great Britain's
position as the leading shipbuilders is
unassailable and unlikely to be seri-
ously menaced for the next quarter
of century"
NJ. Dollar. representing the Ma
tional Plesterers' Union. found the
plastering bad. even in the rooms of
the White House where the delegates
were received by President Roose-
Welt" Mr.. Dellar referring TO Home
stead. says: The principal share
holder might here find good place
10 spend his millions in improving
the conditions of the working people
would for this purpose forego the
pleasure of donating libraries to towns
IN Great Britain"
w. c. Steadman, representing the
parliamentary committee of the
Trades Union Congress, says the
British workman cannot be beaten in
the world for solid and well finished
work. He concludes: Unless some
thing is done to conciliate labor in
America the trust system will bring
such an uprising as has not been wit
messed for 40 years"
Summing up the reports OF the dele
gates. the conclusion seems to be that
while keenly conscious of American
competition. il does not mean a hope
less position for Great Britain, for the
report says:
THE workmen who have built up
American industries are largely Brit
ishers. Most OF the inventions in
American workshops come from men
hailing from the old country. Let us
adopt modern methods, and England
will hold her own in the commercial
rivalry of the world"