The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-01-21
Tho Need Of Increased Produc-
ton,

The overruuning Of our cities .-the crow
ding u the professions scarcity aud
high price of living ia calling th, attention
OF our thinking men To the Importance Of
increasing the uumhsr " our producers Aul
decreasing that of our consumers. In re-
cent article, the Nahon calls attention to
thit subject IN connection with the iuvssi.
gatou of Mr. Wslli, the Reveuue Commits
sionsr into the condition ui American in-
du',ry caused by the rapid decline In the
quAn nty OF the skilled labor " the United
states. ltii remarked thNt American boys
are becoming mpts aud more aVrrte tO sp-
prenticeihip to trades few Of them learning
trades thoroughly. They seek, ~ general
rule commercial occupations, clerkshirs
some kind OF emplo, meut which 10 purely
clerical or professionalism . few OF them
becoming spectators sni hivuniurers, all
this while the rsuks Of producers are being
thiuned
The startling fact indicated 10 ths, our
American youth Are not only Inclined to
fartsks their farms, hut also to leave To Tor
sigueri the occup-iionI which require skin.
ell labor. Formerly, American boys and
! girls filled the factories VI tho East now
Foreigners. Few American glrls, compare
lively, are At work in families N5 they for.
merly were. They seek places no authors,
clerks, teachers salssuomeu, or what iI
worse, live In sheer idloneis. = tax on whom
Ies,cr 10 burdsned with thsr kcsping.-
/ rhsts things arc beginning to be felt a. evils
| to be- rcmeded.
| But time will work remedy Events
are the masters ofus nll. More than all our
| legislation or teaching, necessity, ere long
will compel beneficial change. This pru-
dent will see the coming evil and hide
/ themselves IRON IL, while the simple will
pass ON 10 he punished. We commend the
following paragraph FROM tue Nation A.
worthy Of consideration:
"Just Ms the burning OF eoru f1r fuel In
the West, Of which We hear dlSmsl stories
once in seven years, is an indication that
too many people then are engaged In arm-
Ing aud too few In manufacturing, 80 pres
eut prices of -four aud beef aud of houses
here In the cities, are indications that too
many people are engaged in manufacturing,
ipeculSung, aud barterlng and that iome
ofthem will have to 20 back to the spade.
| This is the way Providence regulates the
matter, aud ws suspect committees ut Con-
grsII will find some difficulty In substituting
better one. We have little doubt that
| the prevalent dlslnclinAtion Of young men
to learn hsndi1rafI, or in fact, 10 learn
any business thoroughly. and tue rowing
mud change, will be remedied something sf-
ter tho hame fashion. Thera Ia glnt Of
lawyers aud clergyman, stump. speakers aud
brokers, clerks, thopmeu and small dealeI
aud there is a scarcity OF all kinds OF nAtu-
raj producers OF commoditirs and those who
are engaged in the work Of production nre
lsu skitul and less diigeut aud less steady
than thoy ought TO he, But we believe We
are safe in saying that there is no country
| in the world, and there has never been =
/ time In the history Of this country, in
which such a careers was opened 20 Young
men who choose to begin At the bottom of
| the ladder and learn any industrial pursuit,
or any work Of production thoroughly, and
stick to it faithfully, as 10 open to young
msn ia the United Ststes nt this moment
Any boy OF good education, who chooses to
go into a mill or workshop many make him
self master OF any branch " industry, and
| determine to live by II, aud stick TO IL and
make profession of fhoroughncs Nnd Gdsh-
/ ~, may teel as sure OF fortune aud influence
AZ it 10 ever permitted to mortalI 90 leol.--
! The very multitude Of those who will not
submit to drudgery, who love "gentlity"
and change, prefer jobbiug aud 'peculsIing
to producing, make his triumph all the ga
Eier because they make him the more re-
markable by contrast, aud the prizes which
all the great fields Of industry offer 70 such
men are not only numerous but Of enormous
yalus, Parents and boys are beginning TO
hnd this out, and we have little doubt We
shall see before long tolerAble general re-
GcliOn in favor ofsteady industry"