The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-04
EDUCATED LABOR.
By ARTHUR NJ. MAcKEY.

Men who are rightly educated
succeed best in business. 1t mat
ters not what may be the sphere in
life Of the individual, he can never
attain to excellence without aequir-
ing a proficiency in his chosen vo-
cation. The student at college who
does not thoroughly study the sub
ject assigned him, can not expect to
carry away the honors of his class.
The lawyer who does not master the
cases arising in his profession will
neither have the greatest number,
nor the best paying class of clients.
The physicians who does not care
fully apply himself to the problems
of the sciences he processes will
never win the confidence of patients,
So, too, of the merchants, the archi-
tect, the farmer, the mechanic, and
even the day laborer.
Since those who perform manual
labor are more numerous than those
in the professions and since man
kind could not exist without the
laborer, it is of the utmost import
ance that the education given in our
schools should be adapted to the re-
quirements of labor. In the distri-
button of this worlds goods, the
laboring classes should be remem-
bered in the matter of education.
From the beginning of the world
there has been an aristocraey of
learning who have claimed that edu-
cation is dangerous thing in the
minds of the common people but
in this enlightened age people are
beginning to understand the true
theory; that every man has the
right to be guided by the dictates of
his own conscience, that he has the
right of voice as to whom he shall
be subordinate, that he has the
right to receive just remuneration
for his labor, and that he has the
right to develop fully the capacities
which God has given him. If men
are incapable of ruling themselves,
it is evident that they should be gov
erned by those of superior intelli-
gence. If mankind are perverse to
the benefits of general education
if they choose to be ignorant of the
principles of good government, il
they are too indolent to think fol
themselves what is wright or wrong,
if they still decry learning and edu-
cation, they ought not to complain
if the aristocracies of Caste, the
Priesthood and Culture seize the
reigns of power which they have
invited them to take.
It has been said that education
and labor are inconsistent; that an
educated boy won't work that an
educated girl will play the lady. 1t
has been maintained also that edu-
cation incapacitates the child for
labor. If this assertion has any
foundation, why it is that ignorance
and idleness are consorts, and edu-
cation and the prosperity derived
from industry are found in company?
Why are not ignorant tribes Of In
dians the most active, industrious
and prosperous ofearth Inhabitants
Why are not the Germans nation
of idlers instead of one of the most
industrious peoples of the world ?
Why should learning unfit a child
to labor? Is bodily strength the
only requisite to the laborer Does
he not need the perception to see
what is to be done and how to do
it? Has he no need of reason, and
of the attention and perseverance
essential to overcoming the tasks in
the school-room 1t is general
rule that rags and dirt satisfy the
deepest Ignorance. Without learn
ing, we are without wealth. Fill the
places of the inhabitants of IL wealthy
city with Digger Indians, and the
land on which it is built will lac
worth less than the swamps Of Drla-
ware.
The necessity of education to the
laborer is more imperative now than
ever before, because the kind of 1T
Dor required demands skill and
knowledge rather than brute force
Laborers require education becaus,
Of the competition by which they
are encompassed. The increase ol
telegraphs, steamships and railroads
has brought the worlds skill to the
door of every man. The farmer il
the United States must compete witt
the farmer in Russia, for every bush
el of wheat raised in that country
affects the price of every bushcl o
wheat raised in this country. TIL,
architect, to be successful will APP