, 1874-09-26

work, aud 10 adopt tho bost iabor.asyjnr
mothoda Of manufacture In uao either In Gtnst
Britain or tho Unitcd States. Within ton yoara
fmmenso, md. esoh year tho stlvancelnent IN
greater than that which rracodod It. Will, this
vast tncreaee of machinery mud rapid fleyolop-
nent Of mtnoa came an increased demand for
M LABOR at htgtor waEos thnn over before paid.
lnc EnB1nh Rro now boinE
STEADILY PUSHED OUT or THE MARKETS
d! aaom whlch they had dssposuosncd tho Gormnns::
1he London Times. a fuw days aNo pointed
WITH bitter regret 10 tho largo falling on In or
pofts OF British manufactures to the German
y Empire, m amounting, in wuolon goods alone, to
Slo.o0u. oo0 during lhe year ending Jnly |. 1874.
Most OF tho rAlfroad-iron use1 in UersnAny up TO
ioto WAS imported from England. Thla tmpof
taslon hRs coaAod. Germany ia now supplying
ller own wants, and filling largc ordors Ia hssa
aud Austria, Hor manufacturers exported to
thoso countries, especially to tho former, are
competing sharply With those Of Great Rritain.
Tho Germans arc q nation Of Byntonlatio,
steady workers. Nearly everybody 1abora at some
They arc not faAt worltorH.-nothlng liko es fast
rs erieaus,-but thoy arc stoadicr and moro
polserering. Thsy labor moro hours rer taT,
and savo their earnings III tho mott careful man-
'ar: an American brich'ayor will piaco in
wall thrd g,oa,er amohutt Of BRICKS in day
than German bricklayer; but tho latter does
his work moro couscIoutio1slY. The bricks are
bettor Ind tho llollBB In moro andurlngly bult
10 nlrht a ,yurk nit in had u1atoriafa. tnaks
a b;,i ~ e1t,na nnd choat thc ow,,or at avery
eton mud ,r,rn' Cneniiuc. swjutlling. and dccer-
tioIl. I1ayo not rot been rodl,cud to no art, and
are not universally pracIiced In Germany. The
nnf1nre. and oxhil,it but {ittlo decay u,lnr The
corr,pting influences Of modern temptations.
,Tba h6ya In Germany. nfter nu3auu THAR
10 nlifs foi themselves, aud 1.-Two By tllor Wits or
THAR crimes. II not retuincd o,, tho parental
farm until they arrive 81 tho yold;er'a ave Of 20
ycasa. they nra
,.}uSp OUT As APPRENTICES
for five to Xix Years, to Learn a trade, Hundreds
out to to @ Iev Wis wsh ' to bocomo o
MERCHANTS nr banso,w ihey lt,,1at anryn m
nnnrnntice,l,,n NJ ,lorkn. if fny iesirtrto rntor
tno profcsnlona or tho civil Service, they must
tion. IT, and % stand tIeir examination. beforo thoy
con commence Tho at,itly Of Inw, mcdieino. Or
thoolorv. or ohtai,, n conni1eaion IN tho army or
a clerlssl,ip iu l;oyornmont bureau or municipal
Office. How nlnny American boys learn trades
nowadays !? How many nut in a faitllful appreu-
tcosbin Of fo,r or liyu years, md come out skill
fnl mechanics. tit to be i,itrllntcd with tools
And wl,y hayo American boyn aln,ost aeasod to
loam trhuos ? TIN reaeon ia said to be That they
no Iopror congjlor il trqapoctnblo or uouteol"
10 ]ab1r Mt productive employment for d living i
Dut tic Young German has 10 puch faleo aid
narniciona un5;ons or foo],,rs :. a,,d cosen,,ant~
~ ihn o;k,aa ri f;crm,ny m nat ororr1,n win
rnunr n,an in search ~ ~ gentecl enuloyfnant. !"
inch rs clerknl,iny in fry@rotda s:o1ns fwhinh.
in tls a}o,y c0intry. ara inft To thn vnmon1
md who. falling to obtain It. rnnialy dornnarate
Into conGdonea. mon. pombIorY' him and
h,sbinn,sa Ionfera of nynry str;ne and norrnn.
IF American hosiotr il to bs reformed, md the
prcsont 1rirhtful waro of dishonesty sweeping
over the 1uul il 10 Id stayed ono Of tho cHaon .
tal things to lp dono Is to toacll Tho rising gon
Grafton thui working, with tho hntll1B III product
iye occupations
ID nEsrEorsnr,E
Tint mechanical nccnrntinna mr.. renteol nm.
nl,ymonts y" tint ciortsh,na in ehons
ind stores arc poneu's 1rork, ns ml,cl
o. knitting. cewine. and cooking
aud TINT it ,s ungoncroug ind upmap1y for tic
maio scx to CROWD tho foruplo out Of uucn en-.
r'oymonto au aro peculiarly, adapted to their
that vonng fellows lavo no business to elbow
their si1tera out of lirht work on tho plea that
Il is "genteel" and is regarded as u very slnb-
By and uun,a,ily thing to DO; aud this sentiment
BaeBn,e,,, puokcopols. or clorks, uro rarely seen
or heard Of. Too 1ilauy mo. in tho United
States are tryipE to live bv oyory doytce which
oraloo honent industry: and therefore it ia thaj
the country il teominf viii, sncc,lIntora AI1nrn.
ers, olHco-b,nters. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loaforg.
dcaibeats. lobbyists. coutideucr-uon, blackiogs
and gamblers pf oyery yarIcty.-deurcoa hi
rascaltlo1n Tor which tl,ore aro no words p TIL
German languago into which theHo turns caa bt
translated. III tAia breed OF uiIclpall birds ii
oyor 10 be redIlcod or e3tirpated, or il thcre il
ever to he any roforluntnn Of American morall
and integrity. The ilra. Btop towards That end il
to bind out tho B,lrpluA boys to 1naster-nochnn
ics
TO LEARN USEFUL TRADES.
r. is perfectly shuu,etut, tho oxtcut to whtcl
Foreigners ilnyo boon aj!owo1 TO 1uonopolizo tho
mechanical occupations in tho United Blatoa
b,l. tho blunlo resls upon tne heads OF American
parouts u l1o l,ayo l,ccn carclessIy-ye, wickctlY
-doro]ict in tho performance Of their dty to thei,
sons in this regard.
II tho Grupeers are really anxious to reform
tho existiur jov STANDARD Of nubje morals i,
America, tnoye is 10 w0y by Which, tl,ey can con-
tribute 80 otrcctuplly ~ by kcepil,r tIojr Hons q
homo. Of, tho puranial farm. or bindinr lhom on
to sofl traaos. Toy ,n'ryt STOP sontl,ng atl az u
u,alIy tons Of tlouyanda Of haif-cducnteds III.
sophisticated. ynst.oD.lhIn inyn to thn c,tos. !,
aoarch If lin; nuri1f, c,rso ri ma risnT rn,,nra
ton, "i.e1ltecl onnf',y1ncut f',r Il is Fla ,.oa
to psrditiuu for tl,o ma orty of them. TI,o Gar
mai, piuuecra hayn ayoiiefl tlis tl.,1rcru,,s rnc
IN wIIich Aror;cnn furmcr. Invn ,tstmiltaI A.
| many of THAR Foun to ,nato sIu,,wrccE NJ Ihoi
future % lyea and Ito Good el1u'.ts thcrooi m I'm: ar
aeen in tle absence Of nercant tin fauren' oifica
rern,iction nT i]uty. nu,i; iisnunos:y m,il ,.nn
crnl decentralization. ~ ''''>> 0N''
In ,,n,h1.,t, rrrhn,a is thu contrast of Go,
1,a, witl, A,,.crirnu st7f;nl tife n, ,nnnnors no
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