The San Francisco call., 1905-03-08
NEED A LESSON
IN ECONOMICS
Lieutenant Garden Wants
American Industries to
Adopt Foreign Methods
SAYS WE ARE WASTEFUL
Tells of His Observations
Made While Visiting the
Great European Plants

Lieutenant Godfrey Lynet Garden of
the United States revenue service, who
was specially assigned to the duty of
securing foreign machinery exhibits
for the recent st. Louis Exposition.
entertained a large audience at Stein
way Hall last evening with a lecture
on the american invasion of Europe
in the race for commercial supremacy.
While abroad in the interest of the
exposition Lieutenant Garden made a
close study of the industrial establish
ments Of the Old World, visiting dur
ing his absence twelve hundred of the
more important manufacturing plants
Of Great Britain, Germany, France,
Belgium, Italy and Switzerland, and
upon his return he incorporated his
observations in report to the Wash
fDgton authorities.
The lieutenant's lecture, which was
given under the auspices of Troop A,
Cavalry, n. G. c., was Interestingly
illustrated with stereopticon views,
taken by him during his travels. The
speaker spoke at considerable length
about his visits to the industrial cen
ters, especially the great works of the
krupps a. Essen, the Levers at Port
Sunlight and Cadburys of Birming-
ham, describing and illustrating the
superiority of the products of these
manufacturing concerns from the
standpoint of economics over the
similar products of American estab-
lishments and drawing comparison
between the social conditions of the
workingmen of both hemispheres.
which was certainly in favor of those
of Europe in many respects. Con-
tinuing he said:
Bus II Europe leads us IN economics, when
y comes % machine tools and machinery tor
making machinery. America leads the world.
Ten years ago one might have Travelled the
length ana breadth Of the RhenISh provinces,
the great iron and steel districts OF Germany.
and everywhere I am told one would have
found for the most part English tools. To-
DAY all this is changed and in lieu Of English
stock tools. but invariably one finds in all
the frst-class establishments for a high grade
work q group Of American machine tools
q silent tribute 10 the excellence Of our out
puts. found tools from all Of our first
class shops and only from the irst-elass shops.
There were none Of the second grade or third
grade goods In service If one wishes TO
10 Germany The Germans know and they
viii have none but the best The Germans
are doing especially well in woodworking
machinery. and there a number OF shops
at onsnbach. Bockenheim and elsewhere which
are turning out a high-grade machine but
saw nothing which could excel the outputs
OF such firm for example. as Hall & Brown
OF ST Louis. The display Of this ST Louis
itself
The lieutenant, however, contended
that America needs to look sharply at
Germany, where he says that technical
education is putting that country
where she is to-day. Between 1900
and 1000 young men are annually be-
Ing turned out from one institution at
Charlottenburg alone and in all the
institutions Of that city there are about
5000 graduating each year and as fast
as they finish their studies they are
taken up by the big industrial con-
Germs.
The influence Of the German EN-
peror has much to do with the pro-
gress being made by that country and
much of the order and economy OBJ
served in Germany's industrial pur-
suits, the speaker said, is undoubtedly
due to the preliminary training the
workingmen receive in the army.