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MUST ADOPT NEW METHODS
WARNING TO GREAT BRITAIN TO
 WAKE UP.

Report 0 the Commission That Reeent-
 Iy Studied American CondItiOns of
 Labor and hIaufacturinG-New Ma
 chInery Absolutely Necessary -BFitfSh
 Workmen the Equal of Any in the
 WorId-Amerlean Habits Criticized.
 London. April 1.-The report of the commission of British workingmen who were taken to the United States at the end of last year, by Alfred Mosley, a wealthy Englishman, to study condi- tions of labor there, was issued to-day. It presents the views of twenty-three delegates who separately synopsize 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 American workman, while British employers are not as far advanced as the Americans in their treatment of their employees.
 Mr. Mosley says that the British workman has far better education, is infinitely better paid, housed, fed and clothed and moreover much more sober. MT. Mosley says in conclusion: "If we are to hold our own in the commerce of the world, the old methods must be dropped and the old machinery ahan- doned."
 He believes that some form of profit sharing is the true solution of the cap ital and labor question. He welcomes the trusts as best able to compete on the most economical lines. He says that the organization of capital on the one hand and of labor on the other will solve the industrial problem.
 The reports of the delegates differ concerning the up-to-date methods of production, though the concensus of opinion is largely in favor of America. where "the distinctive feature Is ham, kering for the latest machinery and the best method. The Americans, employ CT and employed, realize more fully than the Britishers that brains and not brawn count.
 Delegate Walls, representing the Brit ish blast furnace men, says that while the output of the American blast furn- ace is double that of the English furn- ace, not more than half of the American furnaces are of the most modern type.
 James Cox, the delegate for the iron and steel workers, pays his respects to Chicago, where, he asys, 'tthe almighty dollar Is the unquestioned king" Of the new postofTice he says: Any third rate corporation in Great Britain would have accomplished the work in four years instead of eight. This is illustra- tive of government work in general.''
 D. c. Cummings, of the iron and steel shipbuilders, quotes Shipbuilder Cramp as saying that Great Britains posi- ton as the leading ship builder is unas- sailable and unlikely to be seriously menaced for the next quarter of a cen tury." MT. Cummings concludes with severe. criticism of the social and moral life of America where, he says, gambling and pleasure seeking appear to be characteristics. The disregard for human life, the corruption in politics and other innmoralities tend to the moral and physical deterioration of the people and must be arrested if disaster is to be avoided
 H. R. Taylor, the delegate of the oper- ative bricklayers, says he would be sor- " to see American methods of building adopted in England.
 M. Dellar. representing the national plasterers' union, found the plasterins bad, "even In the rooms of the White house where the delegates were received by President Rooseylt." Mir. Dellar re- ferring to Homestead, says:
 "The principal shareholder might here find a good place to expend his millions in improving the condition o1 the working people. would for this purpose forego the pleasure of donating libraries to towns in Great Britain" | W. c. Steadman, representing the par liamentary committee of the trades union congress, says the British work man cannot be beaten in the world for solid and well l-finished work. He con. cludes: Unless something is done te conciliate labor in America, the trust systems will bring such an uprising as has not been witnessed for forty years. ,
 The delegates. unite in extolling the hospitable reception they met every where from all classes which was SC marked that it interferred somewhat with their Investigations.
 Summing up the reports of the dele. gates, the conclusion seems to be that while keenly conscious of American competition, it does not mean a hopeless position for Great Britain, for the re. port says "The workmen who have built up American industries are large. ly Britishers. Most of the inventions ir American workshops come from mer hailing from the old country. Let us adopt modern methods and England will hold her own in the commercial rivalry of the world"