New-York tribune., 1903-03-30
WHY WE BEAT ENGLAND.
Tie Ssccsss Of Amersc1" Manu-
fccturcrs.
ENGLISH VISITORS EXPLANATION

II. John FoseG in The EinesssnEh Century
rsea from :sSa &. 6 PsSissd gissd gsS gste e.
~ 80 ecnk in contact with many British
nSnufactrers and the reply they nave h ~
sTss6.ng success Of Industrial America has been
% y sSs don 1--we 70 sEs xo-k We work 10 i've
what Is the good OF being alive # you have 70 say
n &c DPsce sSey are paying! They old men BE-
fore they are forty They are Al snoTS h snc S
nSfns we've c,ty Of suicLdss @ as Allegheny 1 q 3;
a tSasa s eoe We sahe0 aRSe no '
tIng coninercialiSn, as IL chtcaE1 we car &c &c
We haven't got so many miIicnaires, but We ve
got healthy men Old England Is good enough
It is happy but dangerous point of view. Be.
DSsc5d sontentment and serene superior smile
that the Enelshman is not such a fool &c the a.
Of ingenious seif-decepion. :. =.
ony to O0k round % Sesa,e Gs eTo o e1pes
vitn our lips that the reason British ma1rfactur-
sex 90 mot not anf to- BUT they
AS the result Of my Investigations in the United
First that the British artisan s superior to the
AecST fe npoTep the orector Of labor
is Infinitely superior TO his British prototype;
iadnstrisi SaisI nsSon IS not Excellence Of
chip but ability in ., IN tne eo6s5o 6sy in
We il England must go back thirty or sixty
oFs IS tssf Rtsn Nf nf Tsg egss 9an
small insignificant ways. and they climbed TO emf
se IN In e fse ms
indusro1s men having te ali their
physical and mental energies: tumbling back, year
.ns SO seae aerae h firms famed the world over
only for capacity, but for the excellence OF nork
common people. Their grammar might have been cen
ssy but they kRsT ks Tba9 ssd d0Gat Ghsr
tempt for the tinsel life OF society Ihey gave OoS
Such men. buiideTs up OF Great Britsin's indus- -
s Sns e the to cdn Pan1 of thep sons
thesr grandsons- excellent men, but lacking tne ne
e main 81 1e once % It IS not ir any reason to Be
Pected they should have that grit They - faSe ave
business TO success-necessty: They were oeIn OF
int 1ns he0 Courses at they
developed cultured tastes Their @ range 9e Gs saTe 1
has sS been B. Hdens6 dc sTe the poon oao ot Pe tin
q sodsPR %qRfDS! bs. not S5 R2!ltlsat
led them sporttng with time IN way cytrsf wnira ia
must make the os,fve Sd sS in his grave With
wrath They are charming men, the heeds OF Greaf
Bit 5ass en,.rps pS2s vel gGs they Would
been s Esahy as thfy Are he1 are fouched
VIII, the inertia consequent riches The reputa-
01 O. .5fsrT 5SsT fs tha they Ss think as solid
British constitution They nave nso ~ Thar beIone
70 tsHs the seoond eco q third seneTation , ,e
All this is. Of course, generalization. ana, nke @
DsTucIiaF GI5 eases But it is believe seneraiizs
s Un nsss ms,eR Of AFsz BTtisb zTnannfsctrrers
The American manufacturers Of the present day
s are o. Va f5e ierence hr such as We had in England
half century ago Grrsns f sT yAmeqea rms
ana YOU will be surprised at the tiny percentage
ne. 1hst oS S.s6s Ge 5d not launch first into business
With the proverbial shilling, Once I was talking
% SIN onaTS III F Tbsf fT9 vas n the 5 first ingredient TO max
a man wealthy as himself. he repi'ed. f"'
The American has had the hest If inoe1t!vas---
Had 1o"-and his hrain has been strained ,ften
70 enappfrg to gain all points that mean dYanta se
These men are often loud manReree ano bih
makes a cold shiver down ones back in talking
fSsbers or our present. dav British manufacturers
had like failings The point however to De con
Sme.1csns have been through the mill: their whole
hfe absorbed IN their business tneT ny boG
more dollars car be made You can never forget eft
s m n nsFf sT are o WhO DO eTs not pu It oRaFd
nohle life bat It is the life that MAKES successiu
business men.
RESENTMENT TOWARD EUROPE
The American is "a polyglot composition. We
OF always making OUT his firm as twice as success
viii DO three times as much il actually do
stilL we have fondness for the American But
nov say agreeable things in after dinner speeches
st Fourth o5 July cee1aa.i0is non 81 % howsTey %eeg
press"-and If the common people and the yellow
tpathy-and there you will find resentment tow.
this 70 be seen in the pleasant social circles 70
which The ayeTage visiting Brton is M introduced 1t It
these are me peope. more than in any other coun-
TO seek The majority OF Americans are not more
than single generation removed from being
With no love in their hearts For long time they
have been the butt Of rdicuie to polite society IN
{eei-that manners they standing on
v1ced themselves that Eur"pean countries ARE
It has not been the paupers of Europe VINO have
gone to make the American peope but rather men
sense OF curbed ambition. who have thrown OF old
saXon at aII-has sprung into existence with that
spring Of mixed peoples; They start fresh With no
lecaI customs with no traditions with nothing but
sasereS at by the other nations Of which they have
s2sey 20 ssi s AeTcans make bold shot and
clare they are first This, Indeed is the perpetual
sfantiy tell one another Great Britain is going to
TIE devil sWays ~ tel y. one 1s anaee nc fe
earth. An English manufacturer receives a big
same line should know it When ar American
manufactures receives an order II Is niared TO the
f.ctureT has IDEAS aDout. reserve" and dignity; "
The American sticks ali his goods in n ,EH MS snop
be is buoyant: he is absolutely certain of
is8 aeeurste ia his facts-hs pushes ahead in
way that startes the Englishman 49,.
are these important factors be lost sight Of
that the American is always enthusiastic; that ne
adrotness OF intellect that is the result of mixed
breeding and that the heals of firms are mostly
Foen who spranc from the people. the makers OF
their own lives and know their business through
and through.
COMPARISONS OF WAGES
II is within the reach OF every American to be &
sn6ed proDrietor for himself: at least to own
SufScfeut ground 10 provide for himself and his
family II is this bottom fact which accounts for
hjeb wares in the United States Where every
man can work for himself extra pay, coHpared
1Tith wbat he could get in other countries must be
g9ered 10 induce him work for another man.
Therefore wages are much higher than IL Great
Britain. Wages. however. are only comparabe