The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-05-13

.iOus habits or OF koUu hhu btu'uslai
,nes. No one who has arrived at ma
.urity but knows from his own czper
eucc tho strength Of habits--habits
pcrheps, imperccpibly, aud
uLnoiiced by himself uu-
III maturcd, and then but for an cf-
'ort Of memory their possossor would
ind 1t difficult to determine that they
we're mere accrotons and not innate
qualities. The importance Of form
pg, orrathor acquiring correct hab-
is, is thus very lorcibly made appor-
cut. 1t forms the text for many a
homily by teachers of morality; we
prefer to use the fact in a different,
but perhaps not less important, al
though restricted, sense.
Let us apply it briefly to the me-
chanic, not as man, an individual,
q member of the community only, but
mainly as a workman. 1t is evident
that ii sloyonly and careless habits
are once acquired it must require an
effort to get rid of them; and this ef
fort is much greater than that nee
essary TO acquire others. Every oh.
serving mind must acknowledge this
proposition, evidence of the sal cx-
which,J as well as 10 his .own obser.
walton. II is harder to overcome the
pressure Of habits already acquired
and formed than to form others
From this il follows that tho con.
traction Of bad or improper habits is
TO be avoided. Ono of the duties Of
masters or employers to their approu.
ticcs aud workmcn should bo the in.
culation ofcorrect habits in the shop,
not by arbitrary rules, alone, or YER
bal direction, but by example. Here
many fail. A master, employer, or
foreman, in oscorling visitor
through his establishment or depart.
mont frequently disorranges the
work or the tools OF tho workman,
and expects him to recil'y these err.
rors. SO in examining u job in pro.
pross, he will delay the word aud dis
gust the workman by his inattention
to the details Heavens first law" +"
according to Pope. In such case
no rules or directions can overcome
the influence of such carolcssnoss.
Order should be the general rule Of
workshops aud workmon; not mere
la order in the subdivision Of the
work aud the arrangement of the men
in gangs, but extended to the minu.
tip OF care of tools. Each workman
should know the proper place OF eve.
cry tool he handles, when not in ac-
tual use, aud should promptly return
il to ITS place wnou dono with. This
nrcsupposcs u place for every tool;
the providing Of which should be tho
business Of the "boss' or proprietor,
or Whoever has immo late control
IL should be a habit Of tho mechanic
10 put tool he has used, ia order
Tor tho next user, not to leave its re-
pair for him who next needs il,
Shoso time may bo too valuable TO
waste in preparing did for his work
Dr course, this rule is subject to mod
tcations according tu'tho nature of
The work performed In the establish
mcnt, the number Of w0rkmcn, etc;
but the rule should bo imperative
.ha, the tool, when wanted, should
bo in working order Some may
think such n requirement entails use
less labor, but from our own cxpc-
'icnce We are certain that time is
really saved by rigid enforcement
lf the rule.
"Sloppy' workmeu aud disordcrcd
'hops are an abominatiou too many
If them exist mono arc necessary -
who leave a tool where they
last used it, or throw It carelessly nm
der n bench are unfit for their bust
moss. However ski,lful and expe-
rieuced, their skill aud experience
will not outweigh the annoyance aud
,ost in time by their careless habits.
A habit Of promptneSs is hardly
less necessary to make succossiul
workman than habit of order. Tho
tardiuess of one man, delaying his
in his place at tho proper
may hindor dozen Others
and disarrango ,hc order Of a whole
We have known of
case whore neglect of tho practice
OF punctuality involved cost to the
of more than two hun.
ired dollars, and secured the dismiss
sal Of the offender
Not less is it necessary to cult.
cate habit Of using each TOOL for its
special aud intended purpose, aud no
other, The use of screw wrench as
a hammer is to bo reprohoudcd. BY
tho way, nothing is moro common
than the use Of auy Implement that
happens to bo the hand at the time,
as hammer The Glc, chisel,
wrench, even tho screw driver, we
have seen employed for striking
blow for which the hammer aloaelwas
fitted, Aud even the hummer is
made to take the place of the wrench
Who has not seen the hasty aud i'm.
patient workman attempt to tighten
a nut 10y hammeriug at its corners
instead Of procuring wrench? The
result would be generally, a battered
nut, aud possibly a sprung il not a
cracked holt.
These foolish, unnecessary, and in.
furious habits need not be formed
they should be abandoned as soon as
possible, and sensible, reasonable,
useful habits substituted. There Il
neither reason nor palliatiou for such
earelessnoss. Our mechanics goner
ally are meu Of education; they think
for themselves, and are capable OF
estimating the force of the sugees,
tions herewith presented.
The sum Of one hundred aud four,
teen thousand, soyen hundred and
hfty-six dollars was paid iuto thc
I 49, - a. 1 a.