University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-11-15
COMMERCIAL ENGLAND
A HIVE OF INDUSTRY

!Sl people y iiIih1lS9'iS 9'''"t
We consider the people of Il decade
alo and those OF today. There aFe
,hanges-the result OF civilization
but ono does not ind the comr'A'''
change which is seen in some other
nations. Japan or America, for in
stance.
As . commercial race the British
have always been preeminent, and this
vein OF development has been TO-
warded. perhaps. more than any o-her.
neutrality-suspicious. per terrunl-
is responsible for this, for today II
every nation in the world do we tinC
the products of Britain, and there Is
not harbor which has not seen tht
British flag. This business is managed
in the home lard by hives Of busy
workers which are found at every sea
port along the extensive coast line o!
England; and those who do not WOrk
here are employed farther inland at
busy factories which put cut FOR
textiles than any other mills.
Such prosperity is the fOrerunner
of wealth. Wealth to the workers,
wealth to the owners and, above all.
wealth to the kingdom, for it is this
last feature that regulates per caD''A
wealth.
/ The great cities of Britain, London,
Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and
for in these We may find the wealthy
mobiles, and descend down the gamut
to the poverty-stricken street wand
erers. For though wealth is found
in abundance, the poor of the great
! cities touch the hearts of all who see
them. Hawthorne graphically de-
scribes the abject poverty and filth in
/ which thousands of the inhabitants of
the great cities live.
Turning to a brighter side OF Eng
! lish life. we find the social life one to
| be envied and desired. The old civ
! iliEation of Britain enables one to
! travel anywhere and still be within
! touch with towns, or at least villages.
/ Frank Presbery in Outing gives 4
/ clear insight into this phase of life.
iior in his story he tells of motor
/ Trip from the south of England into
| Scotland. and the civiity with which
| he was treated all along the way. es-
pecially in London, where the officials
Of the Motor association gave him in
/ struct!Ons as to the best roads the
route, and-the police traps. This
same spirit was manifested al, along
the way. where he was treated witt,
great kindness at the inns in which
he sojourned.
The Englishman receives his moral
and intellectual training i'll institutions
of ancient standing, and to change
these methods would be as difficult as
rending England asunder. A comDro
mise is arrived at. however. for Cam
bridge, the old historic seat Of learn
lHS on lne Caln Is introducing
technical departments. Changes at
headquarters are soon initiated, and
already England is broadening her edu
cational faculties in order to keep VI
with the demand for practical men.
a writer in the Contemporary Re
view deplores the departure OF the peo
pie from the weightier matters to
those which avail nothing. He says
papers contain sport gossip, socia!
news and nothing else. Be it far from
one oi us to say this is so. The old
fundamental ideas of religion are be
ing moulded into practical use. and
the citizen has his horizon expanded
these. with other humanitarian eff
forts, proclaim the onward course O;
Britain.
TO draw finishing touch one would
say the British are right tight class
OF people, busy for their own good
primarily and then for others; staple
in their ideas Of government. we find
their constitution looked up to, and
over all they fear God and honor the
king.