Letter to Charles H. Morse

              May 20, 1907.

Mr. Chas. H. Morse,
c/o Commission on Industrial Education,
15 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:-

Answering your letter of May 15th, I am sorry to say that I have had no especial experience with industrial education in Europe, and can therefore be of little or no help to you in the matter. I have always found, however, in similar cases, that I was able to get much more attention and information by being in a position to give some radically new idea in exchange for data that one is looking for; and I should very strongly advise your looking into the latest improvement made in this country before going abroad. This will place you in a position of giving them perhaps even more than you get. This plan of trading information was first originated and practiced by Mr. Holly, and as a result of his tact and his trading system he soon placed the steel industry of this country on a higher plane than that of any country in Europe.

With this in view, I would suggest that either you or Mr. Winslow come to Philadelphia before going abroad, and go through the works of the Tabor Manufacturing Company. You will find there, in successful operation, a scheme of divided or functional foremanship, under which each workman is taught by eight different foremen, or teachers, each day, instead of by one old-fashioned foreman. Under this plan, the foreman