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Show Policy of British Trade-Unionism. Dy Frank Fnyant. QUE refusal of the English higher classes to educate tho working classes accounts, in n large measure, for tho state df contented Jgnornnco In which tho submerged millions live. But no amount of education, unattended by nn effnecment of casto barriers, will put tho Kngllsh worklngman on tho samo footing iiB the Amcrlcnn. Our workers throw their whole strength Into their tasks becnuso they are ambitious to go higher, nnd because they know that no one will try to stop them from climbing. But tho English worker looks iiipon his trade merely as n means of gaining a livelihood, and knowing that ho Is expected to keep In bis own woclnl plane, he does not seek to achieve 'greater things. English workmen havo bnnded themselves together Into organizations that not only cripple tho Industries In which they nro employed, but deprive them of nuy chance of bettering their condition. Tho whole Idcu of Kngllsh trade-unions Is that the workers nro llxcd on a certain level of material prosperity; ns they cannot reach n higher level, therefore they must take measures to prevent their dropping to a lower. Labor, therefore, arrays ItBclf In direct antagonism to capital. It accepts tho ensto brand set upon It by tho higher classes, Instead of lighting to efface the mnrk. Tho "en' canny" system permeates Kngllsh Industry. To "ca' canny" Is to "go easy." Tho Kngllsh worker's Idea Is that the less work he does, tho more thcro will bo left to do, nnd thcrcforo tho less will be the chance of his or his fellow-workers getting out of employment. This system went on very well before tho dnys of American competition; but now thnt tho products of American Industries nro invading Kngllsh markets, the "ea' canny" workers nro in n sail plight. Their slothful wny of working so increases in-creases the cost of manufacture that the products of American shops may bo sold with profit In tho very towns In which tho Kngllsh articles nro made, dcsplto tho fnct that Amcrlcnn workmen receive much higher wnges, wlillo their products have to bo transported thousands of miles. From "The Plight of tho Kngllsh Worker," lu tho Amcrlcnn Monthly Bcvlew of Bo- |