Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-11
AMERICA LACKS
TECHNICAL SKILL.
,i,ot Garden Says Europe Leads
In Economical knowledge
And Ability.
INVASION NOT FORMIDABLE
,.,tr,lty Is Favorable for Great
WV ,merlcau Trade In Europe When
Americans Improve.

mat the so-called American invasion
!, rnrope is largely an American fancy
Unbout basis in fact, and that inc
.nortunity is there for an invasion OF
O vpb,ob present operations are merely a
.virn,,sh line, was the idea most prom
,non,Iy asserted by Lieut.. Godfrey Car
s.n ~ the u. S. II. c. s. at Barratt
hall last night 49,.
I,out Garden spoke before large
audience, which followed his tax with
psen interest from the beginning to the
ana His pictures OF battleships' ana
.snoc,ally OF the Krupp gun works at
psson were a surprise In their excel
ience and instructiveness.
'Iiett Garden obtained the intorhla-
.,dn Tor his lecture while abroad, secur-
,ng machinery exhibits for the WoIlds
~ at 81. Louis. Under government
orders. Lieut.. Garden was altacheu
tbree years ago to take charge as SUI
nsrintendent OF the machinery depart
,nent of the worlds fair and IN the IN
isrests OF the fair he visited more thah
p 0OO European plants, HIS happy rae
INV for grasping the meaning OF each
method OF work, and Tor seeing the
world interest in the development OF
lomnercial life In Europe, ana its
Naming 10 America, which has manu-
eactures ready for a market, is what
made The lecture entertaining and in
structiye, ,... -
oThe so-called American invasion OF
rurope," he said, In summing up his
lecture, lis only the skirmlsh line of the
engagement. Not more than 20 per
cent of the exports of the United states
are manufactured goods, leaving 80 per
cont TO foodstuifs which the foreigner
geeks of his own voltlon, and the real
invasion will come when our facilities
exceed our home demands. When that
lime does come we will find ourselves
engaged with nations experienced and
sdept in foreign trade. TO offset these
advantages we must strengthen our
technical schools, see that our young
men acquire a knowledge or foreign
languages, inculcate IN the minds Of all
that honesty, integrity and the fear of
God are our first essentials and In this
sprit and under the folds Of the glori-
Gus dag that floats above us we will
be prepared when the time comes TO
maintain our position In the world with
the BEST
Dealing with the subject Of tools,
Lieut.. Garden pointed out that In Eu-
rope they were far behind America in
making machinery do the work OF men,
He showed pictures of European in
terors, where shopmen were doing by
hand IN great numbers what American
shops handle entirely by machinery
Where they surpass US, however, is In
at. r. "a. ttat Il
economical construction.
The one country that concerns us
most" he stated lis Germany. In
everything pertaining to economies and
economic practise, Germany can almost
teach us the rudiments II is technical
education that is putting Germany
where she Is in the world today THcy
are maintaining nearly 5000 students at
Charlottenburg alone, and these young
men, when they come out are trained
IN the highest degree in technical
knowledge. And as fast as they grad
uate they are grabbed up by the great
iron and steel and machinery and ship
building establishments, and they are
the men who are making Germany
what she is, commercially, today.
And the spirit behind all this de-
mand for technical knowledge Is the
emperor. II was the emperor who con-
ierred titles and honors on men who
distinguished themselves in commerce.
II Is the emperor who has insisted that
the best should be secured for Germany
wherever obtainable. Every effort and
every energy is being exerted by the
Germans today In the interest OF ex-
port trade"
From Salt Lake, Lieut.. Garden goes
direct TO st, Louis, where he will speak
on the evening OF March 18th before
the Business Mems club.