Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-13

pendent master in business. The attitude
of the trades unions is cruel menace to
youth, warming to stand afar of, the
limitation of the number permitted to
enter being so narrow that the great mass
of youths have no hope of acquiring skill
with the hands in the lucrative trades
How then can the young learn to work ?
Even if they pass the barriers of the
unions, in few of the trades can they learn
more than specialists part; thus they
become but parts of system that may be
likened to machine of many pieces, no
matter how essential it is that they should
have knowledge of the trade in its entirety
and all its details The training school
meets most of these difficulties. 1t keeps
the lad reasonable time at his books in
learning the fundamentals of good Eng
fish education it demonstrates to him by
the portion of time given to labor the high
value of the knowledge gained in study.
Mathematics natural philosophy, chem
istry he applies in shop, yard or labora-
tory. 1t Toes more, IL teaches him not a
mere part, but the whole; at least gives
him an insight into the whole trade
chosen for his hands. More still,
it ascertains the natural tendency,
taste and capacity of the pupil
for manual labor, and then trains
him in that direction, while if left TO the
necessity of his condition or that of his
parents on leaving a school where the
hands are not trained, he may be, and fire.
quently is, driven into a channel Of
manual labor distasteful to him, and that
all his. life long viii be a heavy cross tc
bear, chilling his energy and abnormally
limiting his possibilities.
There is one school, that at Worcester
Massachusetts,, that is the nearest approach
to a trade school in this country. 1t goe.
beyond the manual training school, fol
the latter aims only to train the hands in
the beginning, to ground the pupil fairly
well in the knowledge necessary for after
skill, while the end of the former is tC
make him proficient, to discharge him, in
fact, competent TO do, and upon which
qualification he can build experience and
swiftness of execution. On this basis the
trade schools of the future will be grounded
as supplements to the training school.
It is all folly to say that the trades are
full to oyerfowing. The more skilled
workmen we have the better for the
country The learning of a trade even a.
a matter of discipline cannot be otherwis,
than beneficial to the young The Inter
Ocean declares that the facts prove tha
the demand for skilled labor is in excess
of the supply. We go further than tina
in expression of the belief that the train
| ing to trades will increase the demand fol
skilled labor still more, and that the
supply will not overtake it. "Worl
makes work." says the writer in thu
Century, zone busy class gives employ
ment to another" Despite the attitud,
of the Unions, training and trade schools
and the schools of technology, and tn,
schools of art and design are in demand
A training or a trade school in Sacramento
tomorrow would fill within week aftel
opening. Men are unit in their desir,
to have their children taught how to help
themselves in some line of manual labor
What the poor man can best OF all thing
afford to do is to educate the minds of hi
children. What he desires 10 do, anC
what only the very rich can do, is tt
properly educate their hands also Fo,
the poor, the people well to do, the mel
and women who are wage winners, tn,
training and the trade schools will b,
God-sends. The avidity with which the,
have been availed of wherever established
proves their worth, and the success at
tanned establishes their practical value
and demonstrates how much they con
tribute to the sum of human happiness.