The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-30
AN .INy0LkR1BLN 1lRANNY:

AN INy0LERABLN 1'lRANNX:
y, The American people are patient
sufferers under forms Of oppression
or deprivation that DO not grow out 4.
our form Of government. One Of the
worst ofsthcse is a'prohibition placed
upon tradesmen by trades upians- for
bidding them to take apprentices ex,.
cert to a limited extent We have
known objection to bes;made ,wh en-
the employer of.a large nu nber of
men. desired to instruct his own son
in the details Of the business he was
carrying 81: Of course ne did not
saccumb to :if,.bYt,.the making of the
objection. shows how far it. was pro-
posed to pit limitations upon him
and other employers: In one in
stance a, man was forbidden t.
take: The syn of a deceased work.
man ssseaa,.hc proposed, to. take,
shat: thc fatherless family might
not starve. This tyranny is an i'm
3otted one, like many other evils.
1t is anti-American both in its
spirit and ITS origin.
We are glad to see protests ap.
pearing against this oppression. The
Scientific American quotes with its
own. approval the position taken by
the St. Paul Pioneer Press on this
subject as follows:
! The st. Paul Pioneer Press thinks
the apprentice question will not wait
much longer for hearing. The right
to earn u living by honest labor is AS
fundamental AS any right Can be. But
when the trades are lledysd about with
rules which limit the number of aL-
! prentices when the lists are complete,
and when the ranks OF unskilled labor
are full, then the surplus boys arc or
uered off the earth. There is nop!ace
for them, and their only possible
chance for existence j: in begging or
crime. When the trades UNIONS set up
their rules limiting the number of Np-
prenticpS to be taught their trades in
any sh' p, they did it for the purpose OF
preventing the market being ovei-
stocked with skilled labor, and the con-
,sequent reduction of wages from all
ovcr-supply.: But the rule has had no
such effects. 1t has not lessened Il
whit the number Of skilled working
men. What it has done and all it has
done has been. to prevent the sons OF
Americans, both native aud adopted,
from learning their fathers trades. 1t
has had the inevitable result Of forcing
our men, WHO might: be earning from
SIS to $50 per week rs skilled artisans,
to accekt salaries from SIS to $40 rs
clerks OF salesmen or bookkeepers, or,
worse than that, to compel them to
live Il hand :to-mouth sort of life, d..
ing anything or nothing,as their lack
of training to any sort of work rem:
dered imperative. Oar workshops
have not fewer mechanics in them than
if there had never bepn i t'lle-axainst,
apprentices There was the demand.
for skilled workmen. aud there not
being sufficient supply here. .onr en-
plnyers readily got it from abroad.
They are constantly getting skilled
workmen from over the sea, who come
here and take the places which the
sons IF our workmen should Da par.
mitted 20 take. should. indeed, be wei
coined to. That our streets are SO full
| OF IDLE, vicious young and middle -ageu
the aprrent ices in Our workshops.
WICHITA FALLS, TEX., May 6, 80.
Big trial here to-day between Nc.
Coru.ick, Plano, Wood Single Apron.
Deering upon the ground but would
| not come in. The trial WAS in heavy
| green rye and the wind WAS blowing
very hard. Plano chuked four times
and pulled out. The Wood couldn't
do much but what it did elevate the
wind blew away AS soon as 1t reached
the top of the elevator. 1t soon pulled
cut aid watched the Mccormick Wire
Attachment, ON the 1889 Mccormick
Harvester and Binder, which was
-levatihg and binding with perfect
ease, never missing bundle. The
COM Q: itors are tadly worked up ani
are circulating false statements. bul
All the machine men here to-day had tt
openly acknowledge that the wire at
tachment was perfect binder. Thu
extreme tik khtness of the band. and th'
shape of the bundles were the best eve
seen in Texas. The wire bands were
to 10 inches shorter than the twin
bands upon the Wood and Plano, tn
same bundles being used in both ma
> chimes. The Twine Binders are work
ing wonderfully we'll, and the farmer
Of Texas are approaching what
means to own Il Mccormick machin
and are quickly taking every one tina
can be brought within their reach.
(Signed) W. II. HATCH.
Call and examine the McCorlnic
Binder at 4O.tf
J. D. HUM1sTON's.
B1AcKsMT111Na DONE IN ALL II
BRANCHES
At the old stand of q. 3. Loveless, 8
we'll known throughout this countr
which has been fitted up and is no
ready for the accommodation of all Ol
, customers AS we'll ss new ones. b
strict attention to business and prOlnl
. dispatch of work we hope to secure
. share Of public patronage.
Special attention given to new plO
.. lays. Satisfaction given or no pay d
| u.anded.
4O-sw H1NR1CKs & 1ovrLEss.
+ The transition from long, lingerin
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