The evening world., 1911-05-17
SCHOOL SYSTEM
4. IS CRITICISED AS
!. COSTLY FAILURE
n. E. Miles Tells National Man.
ufactursrs' Association 1t
Is Inadequate.
UNlONISM IS
Anthony lttner Of 81. Louis
Lambasts John Mitchell for
Opposing Trade Schools.
UNlONISM IS

A national plan OF Industrial educs-
lion which will develop In the Amer
lean youth not only n love for work. but
the highest efficiency. was warmly ad-
yocated by the National Msnufactsr.
srs' Association. which is meeting to-
day at the waidorf-Astoria. The COM
mon school system in vogue throughout
the United States came in for severe
criticism. and the abandonment by the
state of the child at fourteen years Of
Age was denounced as dangerous 20 ,he
future OF the land.
I'VE are just coming 90 see n new
relationship between our methods and
ipstitutions on the one hand and our
Ia bank account on the other" said II.
q. Miles OF Racine. Wis. who read the
sSpor, OF the Committee on Industrial
Education. I'VE have not been capital
ijng the brains and human efficiency
% che nation.
For Better Citizenship.
o"There Is n mighty discomfort among
IN classes OF society which makes us
Thoughtful. The prosperity and pos
sIbly the very existence OF the state
depends upon the intelligence. charac-
ter and efficiency OF its citizenship.
Tue duty OF the state In this direction
ID as great toward the least eficient OF
IL children within their abilities as
toward tho brightest and most hope
ful.
rIf our common school system. which
costs about $3.50. 00o. 900 annually. were
submitted 10 an international tribune
"a experts II would he found to rest
largely upon theories and not upon
realities-upon dreams Of things ~
thfy might be, not upon actualities.
s'Only IL per cent. OF the children
employed under sixteen years OF age
arr in q position to learn q trade. The
remainder are employed at tasks detri.
menta, TO both mind and character. un-
Atting them 10 learn a trade and ulti-
Dately joining the ranks Of unskillsd
hbor."
Mr.. Miles suggested that the solu-
zion Of the problem was in continuing
the education Of the child after four
teen by manual training courses IN the
hands Of skilled workmen In various
trades.
Anthony 1ttner OF st. Louis took ad-
vantage OF the discussion OF this ques-
ton to iambast the trades unions.
lie charged them with opposing the
trades schools and practically shutting
Vie shops TO apprentices.
/ He Attacks Mitchell.
"The sainted John Mitchell. Vice
President OF the un-American Fedora
| zion OF Labor" he said. as the hall
tang with applause, rs opposed to
trade schools because they mean the
development of an American class Of
workmen who will have nothing to do
with this despotic organization. The
graduates OF the New York Trade
School. in spite OF J. p. Morgan's 500, 900
endowment. are worse of than gradu-
atss of re~formatories. because their d.
ptoma Is the bar sinister which shuts
them out OF the shops.
The men who submit 10 the closed
shop contract are particep-criminis to
the outrage that II being perpetrated
against our youth. The man N 10
operating under a closed shop contract
with the unions Is the man whose shop
ought TO be blown up. not the shop of
the Los Angeles Times. which IL run by
a free and Independent American citi-
zen. Unless we can open our shops to
U youths. our trade schools will be
q no avail to u.s."
Croker Tells Why He Quit.
Former Chief Croker told the manu-
facturers that the Asch Building FIRE
drove him from the Department. after
fighting fires for twenty-nine years.
The sight was too much for me-
he sald. II made up my mlnd tina,
these horrors could be prevented. !
md the fault Is with the m%anufactur.
ere. who look to the almighty dollar
rather than to the protection OF life
l could take you through the sweat
shops and show you the appalling con.
ditions under which the poor have q
work. l could never understand why n
man who has to go to a shop to work
does not reveive the same protection
as the man who digs into his pocket &c
buy theatre tickets.
Som employers put in nre ex
tinguishers. n let them rust: they
put in FIRE buckets and use them fol-
siops. they put In hose and never ties
them. They allow rubbish to accumu
late in cellars. and to his Ia du,
Il tWenfy-Hya ufr cent of the araa IA