, 1875-01-19

a drop Of II foot, and satisfactorily terkca tho
mans 1sead Oft; or. as whci1 ~ n'cmntabta
Southern cxccntior, tho mllrsteror III falling
broke 1,ia lonle nni grippeh tho trap abnve lis
head to sayo mAeif. THUS kocrlng tho l3a,iEnian
busy kickil,H Ills tingrEh to 1rake him let go: or,
~ wlln,l. IN n trira cxeruttotl about tho tatnn
tin,c all .lroa ropes broke and tue l,hnEnan lad
to lln,s, tho n1r,i in totail ''to encourage Tho
others" tho encouragement being Increased by
the fat that when tic ilrst man "ns legally
dead the cxccntfoner cut him down and dragged
1llm by tic rope out Of tho way uto corner be-
fore officiating in the caeo Of his onn'phnionf,-
tito horrors nrA Utmost Incredible. Nevertheless.
Ind liz rim, IN better than m l,nngns =. all.
al tho .A'no TING. woul I. ,!ot lo bottor, c,cap
or, and tcsH sensational to put tile condemned
mt Of tho world quietly at All optional tne after
tho expiration ct h prescribed day. With ctloro-
form, btrycl,nino, Or electricity?
An OLp JOURNALIST.
WHY AMER1cAS MECHANICS AnE NOT ENpEorED.
10 tbs ht.ttor IT 7Ae C?s'taqu Tribune:
Cu1cAGo. Jan. 19.-1f you will Givo mo space
Will try to inform IA FrIontl to American Mo-
cllanics" why 70 many American and othor
mechanics arc now, ami always will be, 'laid
Off" whtio Germans nro at work In tho majority
Of tic sborB iu Chicago. Thora arc claEs OF
manufacturers in this city Ut almost every M
tpnallty. tho Eastern {fankoo) elonoht in tho
majority, who arc manufacturing goods III both
wood and iron, and Who nro not mechanics
themselves, nor have they tho least idea Ut tho
modus orerand in the construction Of the hrtcloR
t!ioy manufacture, and imagine tho whole
secret OF succcss lies in employing cheap help.
Consequently they employ suporantcndenss and
foremon whcro they can ret them cheapest, with
but little or no experience. and no knowledge Of
mechanism. They then flll mp the shop With
choap men. mostly Germans. who will work for
wages that no American could live On. And now
they imagine that, having choap help, thero is
nothing left uulouo to make tho business suo-
cesafu And this IS the rock on which they split,
for tho following reasons: First, 1t takes ono
fourth moro of this class Of help to perform the
san1e amount Of work. Second, the work is not
ore.follsth as vel: performed Third, they use
M one.fotrth more stock than ia nccessaey,
tiirough tho ignorance Of employees. foursis,
they destroy oHc-fnursh moro of tho machinery
render IT unit for use, thereby necessi-
tating the purchasing Ut nov nlsclllneg.
Fifth, one-fonrtl. moro limo IL used to perform
the panlo amount OF work than ia necessary,
thcscby causing onc-fourth moro fuel to DO used
{wlere steam ia employedl, ono-fo1rth more
wear eud tear on mactliuory, betting, and engine,
md onc.fou1th more oil, etc. Sixth. tho goods
they manufacture cnn mover be sold in tho snlno
market moro than two or three times. And still
it takes SONG OF them ycars to find out mhero tho
mistake il, and some mover do at a1l. But when
they do. and commence to run their shop
with mccfanca for forenoon a1fl mechanics to
perform, tho work, and look back Mt the years
virtually lost-di!apilatcd shop and machinery,
tho fn,lacy Of employing ehcnr ho}p, and will
tilen couacscend to hire an American u.ochanic,
-tlot because ho is an American, bu. that they
can uso him to better advantage. Again,
1t Ia vol known among the mechanics Of Chi
caso, however souGhit 1nay appear TO Outsiders.
that oil American mechanic has no chance OF
obtaining employment from German boss or
foreman: they will In sons cases, wait for days
IN orIc. to ob:ain !aptlan,au. and II they Ero
fozucd 10 lro IN Auoricau pro tom, he viii bo
kicked out om tho Arst opportunity.
AMERICAN MEcuANIo.