Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-12-03
Short Talks With the Boys.

garding good many trades, and you /
can see what they offer. In present |
ing these figures we are guided by |
what is paid in Detroit. They may be !
somewhat higher in Chicago or New /
York and somewhat lower in other /
cities, but, taking the country over, the /
average will be about the same.
If YOU want to become 4 butcher you (
must serve three years apprentice |
ship. The rule is to board with your |
employer, and the first year you may, !
if handy and willing, get $50 or $50 |
above board. During the first yearyou |
will drive cart and do the rough work. |
After the third year yon will get al !
the way from s. to Sl4 per week. |
There is one butcher in Detroit receiv- t
ing $50 per week, but there are plenty !
working for less than $lk In most
cases the apprentice sets up for him.
self after his term has expired, and few
butchers travel on the trade.
The apprentice to a harness maker
must serve the same time. The best
boy will not get over 50 per month the
first year, and the majority only IS. 1t
is all shop work, and used to be con-
sidered good trade, but OF late years
so many state prisons have gone into
the business, and machinery has had
so much to do with it, that harness.
makers are discouraged. In the aver
age shops journeymen can be hired for
SO to SO per week. 1t is doubtful if
the very best men, working on fancy
harness, can make over SO per week.
If you would be 4 shoemaker YOU
must also serve three years. You
would get what is called ''board and
clothes the first year, which means
board and about $25 in cash. The
second year you would get board and
about $50, and third year board and
800. During this apprenticeship, II
YOU were the right kind Of 4 boy, you
would be allowed to earn considerable
change for yourself by odd jobs OF
cobbling. The wages OF good Journey
men shoemakers are from So to $40
per week, and good man is never out
of work. There is no lost time, and
weather which is bad for other trades
is good for the shoemaker.
The timers apprentice serves the
same period. The wages given are $50,
So and 800 per year, with board, but
if your employer is the right kind of q
man he will allow you to earn dime
occasionally W niCnl,iu2 - tI,,'t, 49,
tlnnerS are also plum oel'' r"' - o-,to9
the two trades are KEPT SSP"r".JIS: any
one OF them can' no" GN eI' WIN Hiol9 1
or less VIII oI1-eI Ioo1s' I''o-- !t ~ ~
sheeU-lr0 ID, NoIA SHot.u 81 W." ;ol, tno
trade me wages OF 4 @oou Journey
man arc . per uls' 0"t IIoLo ~ ~ :,
GelVlng -! per NG?A .-I; - "uT'e It,
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az ~" 49,
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80 -,.,%,-,+ 80 - ti,31o
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INC GSsIa Ioc ,!0 ~ ~ ,1,o
teIL ne.' - :" 60. '-. g.. Az
to!1o Wi law, SC,,,otII; ,aTE The
o $500, ~ fI,, s13 ,,o,, ,,-ooly II
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t so 'uLeo G"l a ooi W. 49, Grst
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= o1zo r4oor, fi+tor -,
p1unOol w. w., 20 ~ g. % 49, on 80
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10y sti, ~ $780, 80
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oIn 60 Ll1..hJLo ''lo 0LI11ll5 w loss
snau % pr t'y, "nU ,-lo 'L ~ ooSs
uan4' "on ".e4:'S W. P?i
MeeA. "a An aPple iI "ou YOU oe Palu
acuuI % pr |eeA Ui1V i'10' year, ou'
"t1nout poaLu.
u elIles VI any SIHe " Pa:n5or means Vas
aclai'snan WIG pane 'Jid Li-is NJ
uces aot Rletenu 10 m It WIN WIN any
thlng lurCner' OF ~ Ie''91 SHCUIo hot.
An apprentice Woulu serve aCouI one nc
year a. say % per wees Alter tnat
ne coulo ara" pretty l&Ir wages, Out
tne ayeraee pay IS 10y oSef 81 p per u"y'
and there IS great deal OF lost time. .
Iaper-nanglng anu uecoc4t!ng nave
come !1l 10 De an ar. wen "a WIN 5asGe anu
sKll can earn IRON 9z'Zo TO %. oO per
10y - "ppt oH'-oo "
serve at 1east Two years, ana YOU'D not
% Rala over 20 per wees !ne iIr3t year:
VIVA. ~ Gaiieu q iooA1in n!L III DoVi ~
ncluoes oo1en other businesses. ne
keeps a macnlne snoP anu q notei'y
works. kno" 1ochSmi L VINO IS
hne gen-maAer. ne can urn I5 ouC any
sor1 OF Pattern wanted: ne can Inenu
cloch' pun III an NlecItIc pen' Lepall
ANYTHING IN WOOD OF lron' sharpen raz 1
ors' lie saws cut screws anu po1tS ana
nuts, run an engine anu, IN Iact, never
Turns a Jooo any sort away. ne Knows
Inc science OF steam' calculateS lrIcIlon
TO nicely ana can tell you the varia'
lions OF rlne pan 10 a nan. ne Is IN,
eeeo mechanical genus DuI Wnen
asked MN Inc otner gay now mocn
wages ne coulo pay Joufneyman al
Mandy as hlmsen ne rePllea;; No'