The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-18
Unanimous Only I'm Their View that
British WOrkmen Have Nothing to
Learn from Americans.
BRAINS AND NOT Drawn COUNT
FACT THAT Is RECOGNIZED BY CAP
ITAL AND LABOR IN AMERICA.
sThe Almighty Dollar Il the Unques-
toned King" at Chicago, Says
Delegate James Cox.

LONDON, April 1.-THE report of the
commission of British workingmen VINO
were taken to the United States at the
end of last year by Alfred Moseley'
wealthy Englishman, to study conditions
of labor there was issued to-day. 1t pre-
sents the views of twenty-three delegates
who separately made synopsis OF their
deductions resulting from the American
trip. The report shows a lack of unanim-
ity. except that all agree that the British
workman has nothing to learn from the
American workman, while British employ
ers are not as far advanced as the Ameri-
cans in the treatment of their employees.
Mr. Moseley says that the American work.
man has far better education. SIS infinitely
better paid. housed, fed and clothed, and.
moreover, much more sober" Mr.. Moseley
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 abandoned" He believes that
some form Of profit sharing is the true So
luton of the capital and labor questions. He
welcomes the trusts as best able to COM
pete 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 con-
corning the up-to-date methods Of produc-
ton, though the consensus is largely in
favor of America, where ''the distinctive
feature is a hankering for the latest ma
chinery and the best method. The Ameri-
can employer and employed realize more
fully than the Britishers that brains and
not Drawn count"
fa
blast furnace men, says that while the
output of the American blast furnace is
double that of the English furnace not
more than half Of the American furnaces
are of the modern type.
James Cox. delegate for the iron and steel
workers, pays his respects to Chicago.
the unquestioned king" OF the new post
office he says: ANY third-rate corpora
tion in Great Britain would have accom-
plished the work in four years instead of
eight This is illustrative of government
work in general"
d. c. Cummings. of the iron and steel
1eat
the leading shipbuilders is unassailable
and unlikely to be seriously menaced for
the next quarter of a century" Mr.. Cum
mings concludes with an adverse criticism
of the social and moral life in America,
where, he says, gambling and pleasure
seeking appear TO be characteristics. The
politics and other immoralities tend to the
moral and physical deterioration of the
people and must be arrested If disaster is
to be avoided
H. r. Taylor, delegate of the operative
bricklayers. says he would be sorry to see
American methods Of building adopted in
England.
Mr.. Dellar representing the National
Plasterers' Union, found the plastering bad
even in the rooms OF the White House,
where the delegates were received by Pres
ident Roosevelt" Mr.. Dellar referring to
Homestead, says: THE principal share
holder might here find good place to spend
his millions in improving the conditions of
the working people. L would for this pur-
pose forego the pleasure of giving Libraries
to towns in Great Britain"
w. c. Steadman representing the parlia-
mentry committee of the Trades Union
Congress, says the British workman can
not be beaten In the world for solid and
well-finished work. He concludes: ''Unless
something is done to conciiate labor In
America, the trusts will bring such an up
rising has not been seen for forty years"
The delegates unite in extolling the hos
pitable reception they met with every
marked that it interfered somewhat with
their Investigations. The report says: 1.-The
workmen who have built up American In
dustries are largely Britons. 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"