The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-12
Will the March of Industry Go
Westward and Southwark?
TEACHING THE USE OF TOOLS.
Workshop Instruction at the In
stitute Of Technology.
YANKEE NOTIONS ABROAD.

NOW England, proud oil her Skill, " w.
lay straning every possible to retain thatsupo
iority Industrial knowledge which, in the absence
If the product of the soil mine, is her great stock
trade She that in the distant future the
Kest and South may locate machinery near the places
where the material is found In such abundance,
with the aid OF the eyer-lncreasiIg railway lines,
Ind easy market for goods manufactured on the
rery spot where nature placed the material Already
the West making rapid progress IN this direction,
lrd net a iew New Englandcrs have recently enter
aincd the idea OF transferring tho looms and spindes
If the East 10 close proximity with the cotton
pms OF the South. While taking survey there
ore OF American industrial progress, 1t would he folly
ignore the anxiety felt this subject, not only ia
Massachusetts, but also in Rhode Island and Connecti-
iut Several manufacturers and merchants vita
whom have conversed during the past ten days &c
tnowledged that, now more tnan ever, they are de-
ermned 10 put their shoulders tho wheel and that
hey afford Tor the sake or tner own section 10
ibato dot small, from that ccascless
mercy which has virtually made one vast workshop
" the tcrrlory lying between Cape Cod and the Hud-
on But aside OF their thousand ana ono Inventions,
hey have not shut their eyes 70 tho Lessons taught
hem by conicmporaneous history; and, seeing the
hangers that threaten them, have taken time by tho
orelock by making thorough mcchancs OF those
'rouths who will have tire future OF New England's
industry in their Keeping. Said one OF the best think
OF Massachusetts 10
INDUSTRIAL TAUGHT EXHIBITIONS.
ave DO Caught mapping, ike Eng
was, when the industrial products OF all nations
tor The first time put side by side in the Universal
Exhibition OF 1851. Without gong to work. even
shcn, permitted valuable years to pass by until,
In 1867 found herself iearuIly dislanced BY other
nations at the Paris Exhibition Then only did shc
open her eyes. Professors engineers, manufacturers,
commissioners, all were sent to Paris along with
why England old not excel in those very industries
which she considered her They came
back made the startling unanimous reports
that since previous exhibitions other countries had
made rapid advancement in manufacturing and me
chan industries they had educated their people
in the industrial arts Then with the patriotic PRIDE
peculiar TO England, she at once set TO work and
adopted such educational measures as were deemed
useful Ten years have passed since then, and al
ready at our Centennial Exhibition England showed
what she had learned IN the meantime though the
other European countries nevertheless had tho ad-
vantage of At least one generation oil workmcn. Eau
cation, therefore, was tho secret "hich England
aud OTHER countries revealed through their
wonderia improvements, aad as each universal
Exhibition is being held you can uUtc the manner
winch a nation teaches tue industrial afts Here IN
MASSACHUSETTS,, at least, We inena To keepit up 10
tue highest STANDARD at our Institute OF Technology,
where turn out young men VINO can az once, II
they SO wisn. enter factory or machine shop and
WHAT Is TAUGHT AT THE WORKSHOPS
President Runkic oil the Institute, confirmed the
views IN US set lortn by a gentleman VINO mas given
this subject es-as deal oI thought, ana, accom-
panied Wy one OF mo directors, visited the work
shops attached to the Insutute .,ln tncse shops"
SAID Mr. Runkic, "lhe system OF destruction does not
more tiGLc IMAM ought 10 he spared from Tho
lndlspcnsauie autes Ine ins ruclun snoIs here arc
not Construction shops ike tnoso connected wltn
piher educational eslaUlshmcnis. The cGtre system
Is only Two years od, and the Russians taught ~
10 us wniie = tho Centennial Nothing soIu
here; notniug wasted" saw the young Students
take lhc.r coats of IA ono OF tue snops ana 20 to
ar iU.txYk 4cI has M fue
toos the otAer class meinpcrs, and one expert
teaches the cntrc class sosother. In tho hfst shop
they taught now 10 use the nic both ON wood
and on metal. In another shop anotuer set 81 Tools
Is handed, unui Tho use oil all lne tools
uscu u construction Is lcarhca Nothing hurried
here Yonid be II goods constructed mere
solo, ard ample time IS expended IN lnarang ony
tic manipulation oil the Vos, oa also The theory tnat
undercs eacn tool Tue skli tnc pupil acquires acre
either a. tue Jorge. or Win the NE me hammer or
The saw, enables nim 10 be transferred al oAce, II ne
desires, 10 construction shop throu.nout the
country. IL Is the STUDY OF practical mechanism
which never taught IN regular construction SHOP
where o.y resuts are iooAed Ior as ena
hating ifSm tue sSl' OF the worAmen EN-
2Ioyed Tine manual skill zach student requires
nese - simple, marvellous. and Whenever this gene
ration OF young mechanics Is once rpcnei INTO man
hood the Manufacturing establishments oi New Ees-
lad al ieSst' hced not rear W lose iner superiority
la ieavIng tbis Institute OF Technology PresIdenk
Rupkle addea-"lLe hand here Is educated as v ell /
~ tue mlhd aho tue sAHlui hahaa vi" ~ luc course
Of time adapt themselves To aay Manufacture 40 an
agency Tor oeveiopilg our ipoustrcs ne value cannot
YANKEE MOTIONS.
One 0; the directors OF tnis institute, himself
manufacturer VINO has unoouncd iaith IA the future
prosperity OF country. called my atlentiOn
acs thai Notwithstanding New England had /
invested great dea OF capital IN tao ieauiug 1
industries already alluded TO, her real saougta
consisted ~ The numerous email ,hings, N
Ehlch she stood uncquai.cd lie cOnsuSed u
oversight YANKEE notiousn should be omitted
from the New. England manufactures = here lac
sata .our PEG Stand aloDe aud without rivals and
vou MAJ perhaps lh.nk iLat The world get along
,ur cviszall tbat me absence Of The way smallest
.ukt IUN WU - IN flUilh DuEu
here aLd abroad. accustomed ~ tbeir fake
ms tl 10 tag Tor Instance which barl,y costs ans.
hing; study Is manufacture, It's demand, and you
viii readiiy see tho Importance u suep articles IN tho
couutry's industry" Fono~ins Bis aay,ce Gated
upon M ,nuiacturcr OF tags. lie just dec pher-
lug cable despatch IRON London ordering quantities
Vi tags.
correspondent cables sr an article like tags Cas- no
not wait Tor ne mails TO convey hs orders to your"
MY dear cir saG the niah uaesreF. you have not
the east idea what an enormous business there Is \
done N these tags abroad In tao, lar as tnc Con-
tlont 81 Europe concerncd hsd 70 establish tucre
agent 10 attend TO ali tie people requiring
them over there. Aud sllil Il IS very Impo thug.
Here are lcitors nom Buenos Ayres, Havana, Rio /
Jnneie all received tAs very morning, ana AL anA-
Iuus - nave the tagHN
rhis gentleman, at my r,qucst escorted inc first |
through MS establishment 10 MIR street, Boston,
where tho salc.fOOnis located. thea 10 Boston
Highlands, where Inc machinery spsciAiy
sttuctcd for this articie almost looked snpsuoas,
or ~ least too costly, % me. uud asked myself the
question whether Europe add America c1nd act very
well sct aiOhK Mlthout theao Tags but Was reminded
" the assertion nauc by tue meteorological director,
mat New England had really grown great
On. snuul matters Here entire |
brick building where first tho cardboard IS |
sInoothcu aOwn enamclitd by tmmcnse
machinery. wne nOor alter loor devoted aryIng
cutting packing, pointing, with any num0or oil men
and women employed all Tor the purpose OF pro1uc
Tug the tag winch one dangling from trunk or
ysIise Inc cutting machines arc u ingenious con.
strucion and operuting IN the same style tho eye
letting machines OF tue shoe iactories; bat the
peculiar work done by these machines however, IS
that they do thor own counting, dvldng Tho tags
packages o. MY they gelnR dropped
alarm ~ OF the ntilc motal rings :.
obstrurts the Tree passage Of others. Considering
the number OF people employed al the two esIaDlish
ments, the vast and powerful machinery engaged 40
tncr Production and urncr, thc TACT tnat orders tor
lhvsc goods are steadily on tue ncrease--not only
fron south Amcrica but also from huropo--all these
reflections somewhat fcc0nclled me 10 the noti0nn
Industry, oil which this business IS fair repre-
branch, aud begins aud moro 10 be APP
pgeciated ny forcign coratrieA