"The Report which follows contains some of the general impressions which I gained after travelling for about nine months in Canada and the United States of America. Most of my time was spent in the large cities of the East, where I came in touch with various members of the business community, and had frequent opportunities of appreciating how close is the relationship between university and commercial life. I made no attempt to investigate the conditions of any particular industry, but devoted my attention to such points as seemed to lend themselves for inquiry. This course was probably the most interesting and instructive at the time, but it has rendered the writing of a report very difficult, as it has not been possible to make many definite statements, or to enter into much detail. All the gentlemen I met in Canada and the United States were so anxious to make my stay on the other side of the Atlantic pleasant and instructive, that I cannot thank them sufficiently for their thoughtfulness and for the trouble they took on my behalf. My obligations are so numerous that I hardly venture to enumerate them, for fear of omitting to make suitable acknowledgements to some of those who kindly helped me in acquiring information, which has been used in writing this report, but I cannot let this opportunity pass without thanking the following gentlemen for the assistance they gave me:ùDr. Geo. E. Barnett, Baltimore; Mr. R. A. Batley, Montreal; Mr. W.

J. Battison, Boston; Mr. P. T. Cherington, Philadelphia; Mr. J. W. Clark, Newark;
Dr. E. D. Durand, Washington; Prof. J. H. Hollander, Baltimore; Dr. E. R. Johnson,
Philadelphia; Dr. E. S. Meade, Philadelphia; Dr. A. C. Muhse, Washington; Mr. W..Douglas Knoop,
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P. Neel, New York; Dr. C. P. Neill, Washington; Mr. L. G. Powers, Washington; Mr.

I. Putman, New York; Mr. H. Sheldon, Cleveland; Mr. R. B. Symington, New York;
Prof. F. W. Taussig, Cambridge, Mass; Mr. F. W. Taylor, Philadelphia; Mr. F. A.
Vanderlip, New York; and Mr. O. G. Villard, New York. Further, there remains the
pleasant duty of expressing my obligations to Professor Chapman, of the Manchester
University, for the constant advice and help which he gave me during my tenure of
the Gartside Scholarship and whilst preparing this report; and to my parents for
undertaking the correction of the proofs, whilst I was away from England on
business.
The Report which follows is essentially intended for the general reader, and I have
sought to exclude all expressions of a technical character. It attempts to give a short
account of American business enterprise, and occasionally mention is made of
conditions in England for purposes of comparison. The whole is but a sketch at best,
and I trust that the reader will judge it as such.D. K.."

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