New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
Has q Plan for Gratifyin e
Gamblers Without
Cheating Them

The belief of Alfred Mosely. the British In
vestigator of modern social and economic prob
lens, that England has much to learn from
America, Is founded his life. He HIM
self greatly helped by American brains
American genius contributed not little to his
wealth-to the fortune which he is at present
spending to disseminate American ideas among
his fellow countrymen. Mr.. Mosey has already
brought two different commissions from Eng
land TO the United States. in 1902, COM
posed of representative Industrial leaders, an
other in 1903, Of prominent educators and at the
present time he is bringing over some five hun
dred more educators, not, as in 1903, heads Of
institutions. but schoolteachers from the rank
and file of England's educational army.
II first learned the value of American educa-
tion," he said last week, as he sat in upper
room Of the Board OF Education Building. IN
Park avenue "in the diamond mines of South
Africa. That was about nineteen years ago. At
that time the mines We're not being operated
successfully. English engineers had taken hold
OF the problem. but had failed TO solve It. Then
American engineers came and beneath the
hands and brains of these men the wealth of
South Africa grew. Wherever they went to
work things were accomplished. They intro
duced new methods, kinds of machinery.
'T became greatly interested in these practi-
cal from the New World. I wondered what
II in them that enabled them TO succeed
where British experts had failed. I sought 10
learn all 1 could from them. There was Gar
diner Williams, for example, whom ran across
by chance one afternoon standing by his out
spanned oxen in a place which afterward be-
came the Johannesburg gold fields. Later I met
Louis Seymour. who began on a salary of $1,000
year. and before long worked up TO a $50 900
position. He died afterward Sand River
while defending a bridge against attack by
Beers. Other American engineers whom 1 came
to know-men like Perkins, Hammond and Jen-
nings-still further convinced that the abil-
ity which they possessed was not much the
result of individual attainment as of their edu-
catonal training. Accordingly. 1 made up my
mind 10 visit the country which had produced
such able level headed efficient men,"
Mr.. Mosely then told of his trip TO the United
States in 1898 and how impressed he was with
the scope OF this countrys educational system.
He also studied the Industrial life OF this coun-
try, and came TO the conclusion that, the
whole tho American workman had reached
higher plane than his English cousin. for the
reason that he better educated.
What England needs is schools" he
said. as he returned to his own land. but when
he began TO advocate q broader public educa-
tional system for England one based Aner-
can lines. he found himself attacked by certain
Englishmen, who said: You are unpatriotic
You wrong England by saying she is inferior
in any particular to any other nation" Feeling
however. that IT was Of vital consequence to his
people that they should know the truth. Mr..
Mosely in 1902 invited twenty-three English
men eminent IN British Industrial circles ao-
company him to America. Here they visited the
big manufacturing centres and when they re-
turned TO England they reported that Mr.. Nose
Iy was right. that the American laborer
better educated. and. moro than that. he WAS
better fed and better clothed.
Ignorance" continued Mr.. Mosely with great
emphasis. is the chief cause OF Engiand's
pauperism. There are to-day in England. ac-
cording to the Hon Charles Booth. about
100000 wage eernerr. always on the verge
OF starvation This poverty is due largely
to g lack OF ee',cation. Tho masses know OF no
way TO better their condition And their chill
dren are growing UP In tho Same mental dark
ness. They do not go to school the way Ameri-
can children do. And whyr Because We do not
have the schools that you hsvA In the schools
Ct tho county councils children can obtain frss
education until thsy - eswtsso, Afsss thaA