The sun., 1910-03-14
RAGLAADROISAITHR NARROW
AC0RDIyp TO LORD MILNgFS
MvFSTfG.aTIN8 COMMITTEE.


The hrawn and sinsw Of England and Of
Scotland are undergoing a physical and
moral retrogression. in the opinion OF a
committee of prominent English men
And women who have Investigated con-
lEiqhs over there.
The c6mmlitee was composed Of Lord
MSiner. Canon :. 4 Barnett of West
nlfnsoar.. i've members OF Parliament,
LAiy u. Moata gi of the National Union
ctNomen Workers. stanley OF Alderley.
psnAl1ent of the Apprenticeship and
Skilled Employment Association; Nettie
adler Of the London Education Com
raitfee and number Of others who are
active IN sociological and industrial up
hft work
England is waning Il appears from the
report made by the committee. and ~
beaded straight for national disaster
through faulty system Of public edu-
catfon and other things Germany. her
WSsse r+~si ~ much more progressive
and Is far ahead " England in cultivating
The elements OF national strength. and
the demand Is made tha, Albion take
lessons frsm the Kaisers country and
recover some-of her lost ground.
The lads and lasses of England and
Scotland are falling below the former
standard Of useful units Of the nation
aud are filing the ranks of an army OF
loefers and criuinals This is what Eng
lhnRs Prime Minister said in relation 70
the subject; The children are the raw
material upon the fashioning Of which
espends whether they shall add to the
eutnnon stock of wealth and intelligence
and goodness or shall he cast Aside a. a
wmte product upon the local rubbish
heap
The increasing number Of tkoss that
are destined to be cast upon the rubbish
heap - what alarms the investigating
committee They embodied their views
= a pamphlet which Sir Alfred Mosely
has sent 70 City Superintendent William
u. Maxwell Of the Board Of Education
here. saying that he hoped that n knowl.
edge Of The condition { Z affairs over there
would bs helfpul To the educational
suthorities Of this country in avoiding
eimilar troubles
The investigating committee said that
one of the greatest evils underlying the
great disaTess In England due to uncm.
ploymsut was the imperfect education
II boys and girls. especially between
the ages Of 10 and ~ years There can he
no relief for the masses of unemployed
until the faulty system Of education has
been corrected by a better policy on the
part Of the state. The seeds Of unem-
ployment are sown in the period OF adde's
csncs under the resent system and the
Inevitable fruit Of idlensss and crime
comes in the course ~ time
In certain industries the conditions
under which bOys are employed are
akt,lally detrimental TO their moral and
physical welfare and in a large and grow.
ilR number Of industries the conditions
are such 40 TO give the boys no adequate
training for Industrial life. Street selling
~ hOys comes in for a hard rap. The
chief constable Of Manchester is quoted
as saying that street trading is productive
cfa gFeateT amount Of evil than any other
oerrpatiop followed by children. The
boys develop into lazy, shiftless and work !
less men. becoming for the most part
rFcecouFse touts and often travelling
thieves and lOunReTu: they sink down until /
they end their DAYS In the workhou-e |
or jail.
Out of I. .4sa youths between Il and
- years that were charged with theft
and similar offences in Glasgow in a
single year - par cent. were boys
that had worked a. street traders. hawk
sru. van boys or cartsr-, rivst heaters
anu van tlNH hfN uAllAllE |
discharged wbeh - year. old and are
unified for other employment The in
hIsnce ~ unemployment on Juvenile
crime Ia shown IN a report of the Borstal
Association, which saws that over ~
Der cont 81 their charges were NOT Al
w'oFS when they got Inte trouble. Much
good material j. being wasted and allowed
~ mfr into crime. when under a wiser
policy the hoys might 10 trained for a
He Of honest industry.
as.Naa
resulted In a demand for boys and Rivls
to perform work 81 a purely mechanical
character, which does not Civ. them any
tT9iuing for future employment This
refera Ia lootn children dOffers or shieters
IN textile ministries, "oil cans drawsru
IN IN "a wulills rivet bOvs in boiler shops
and shiBvards. girl lahellsrs bottlsrs,
syeats packers and card sOrters Most
III them receive no training that will
A. than for work other than that of an
JimetivAsi or low skilled labOr~r The
hoy that snter- such employment at
~ or i5 years cannot he rstainei
rhors than few years. aS he IL
naplAced hy. younger hovz ~ . small
wage. He - dtsnissed with no training
foE future employrnent and N he sticks
N 4 bows iob hA cannot AFFORD % get
marSied- When dismissed az ~ wears
vahoat training for an industrial life
tho youth drifts into the ov~rcrOwd@d
ranka ~ unsSillad labor. where there is
tTTNNitlsAN ~WlIil'tf 'ilfIli ana Wages nafflY
sufficient ~ support pvIstenCs
AZ p result - this condition IL IL pointed
ont lhat in Glasgow in tho winters of
IaaS-Ds-o7 fhHr~ were J 27a men under 30
yeas old who applied 10 the Distress com
ui''ee for relief
Cheap. T-oduction in England for a
wide u1ark"t has had much 20 do with
breaking up industrial operations which
forrnerlv we're parts ~ y single craft and
prevails the hnv from getting an inaiRht
LHfH -.
,1ha nOdArn apprentice ~ merely one
nsrf ~ laFRs and complicated machine
Apprenticeship has died out in many in
dusarte- and cannot be revived; this affects
the masses ~ hpyz Girls also suffer
from the lark % Willingness ~ EMPLOYERS
to train them adequately. the COMMITTEES
savs. Many Of The hest places in London
firms ar" occupied bY French women
who were trained In the excellent 6coles
professonnellas nnlnicipalee Of Paris
IL seemE wise 20 recognize economic
and thrfustrial forces which appear 10 be
inevitable. 10 deal with facts az they are