Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-18
Views of British Workingmen
Sent to America to Study
Condition of Labor.
BRAINS AND NOT Drawn COUNT
American Workman Has Better Edu-
cation, Is Better Paid, Housed, Fed
and Clothed Than British-Goverr-
ment Work Criticized.

London, April 1S-The report OF
the commission of British workingmen
who were taken to the United States
at the end of last year by Alfred Nose
ley, a wealthy Englishman, to study
conditions Of labor there, has been is
sued. The report shows a lack of
unanimity except that all agree that
the British workingman has nothing
to learn from the American workman.
while British employers are not as far
advanced as the Americans in the
treatment of their employees.
Mr. Moseley says that the American
workman has a far better education.
"is infinitely better paid, housed, fell
and clothed, and moreover much more
sober" Mr. Moseley says in conclu-
sion: IF we are to hold our own ID
the commerce of the world, the old
methods must be dropped andVthe old
machinery abandoned"
Solution of Labor Question.
He believes that some form of
profit sharing is the true solution of
the capital and labor question. He
welcomes the trusts as best able to
compete on the most economical lines.
He says that the organization of capt
tai on. the one hand and labor on the
other solve the labor problem.
The reports of the delegates differ
concerning the up-to-date methods e
production. though the. consensus of
opinion is largely in favor of America,
where "the distinctive feature is a
hankering for the latest machinery
and the best method The 8aaericaa
employer and employees realize mora
fully than Tie Britisher that brains
and not Drawn count"
Delegate Walls says that while the
output of the American Hest furnace
is double that of English furnaces,
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 says, the al
mighty dollar is the unquestionei
king" OF the new postofice he says
amy third-rate corporation in Great
Britain would have accomplished the
work in four years instead of eight
This is illustrative of government
work in general"
d. c. Cummings quotes Shipbuilder
Cramp as saying that Great Brit
aims position as the leading Ship
builders is unassailable and unlikely
to be seriously menaced for the next
quarter of century"
Social and Moral Life Criticized.
Mr.. Cummings concludes with a Sc.
we're criticism of the social and moral
life in America, where, he says.
gambling and pleasure seeking an
pear to be characteristics The dis
regard for human life the corruption
in politics and other immoralities tend
to the moral and physical deteriora-
ton of the people and must be arrest
ed if disaster is to be avoided"
H. r. Taylor, the delegate of the op-
eratiye brlcklayers, says he would be
sorry 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 re.
ceived by President Roosevelt" Mr..
Dollar, referring to Homestead, says:
1.-THE principal shareholder might
here find a good place to spend his
millions in improving the conditions
of working people. would for this
purpose forego the pleasure of donat-
ing libraries to towns in Great Brit
ain"