The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-02-16
WORK AND STUDY.
Suggestion to Mechanics and Other
LabOrcrs-Educatc Yourself.

LabOrcrs-Etlucatc Yourself
What portion of the great army of work.
men i'll this country ever consider this sub.
Jcct, OF are willing To admit that they have
time for both. They argue that life is too
short. and tho prospects of advantage too
few. TO make it either desirable or necessary
to devote their spare time to study and kim
drcd improvements of the mind Very few
ever find any time to read, even. except DOS
Sblv enough To keep posted on the results of
ball games, prize fights and the miscellaneous
sensations of the day; although upon these
Important subjects one will find but very few
who are not thoroughly posted, and can ex-
plain every detail very minutcly.
Ask the average mechanic or other aborer
to subscribe to II trade paper the benefits of
which You have carefully explained, and tho
lnvarahlc answer Will he: II shouldn't
read it if had it; | don't get any time to-
read, and can't afford it anyway; besides, tho
fellows that write ,ho.c articles are too hi.rll-
toned for me, and can't understand what
they say" This is ono of the lamcst ar.,u-
hlents possible to think of, and is one of tho
best rc .Sons why they should read and study,
that they may be able TO understand and
proht 10y what these high toned writers saw
such arguments not only show their isuo-
rance, but their wllllul disregard of their
own usefulness and clucation
There is IL" better educator than the trade
paper Tor IT Keeps one posted on what is
being done in ihe world of science, and we
lhlnk that many % these ,lislntercstrl men,
II they would spend II small traction of the
'lhe they devote To reading trash in looking
over Il good trnsie Taper, they would find
some things that would interest and instruct
them, and al % Remove the prejudice against
iA' contributors The average working ,l,v
Is ten hours Now ii is safe to say that eight
h"iira sleep is enough Tor any healthy man,
and Tins leases six hours ont of every ,lay
'>;.t may he divided up between study and
recreation, for we would not ask or cXpcct n
man To devote all of his life to the former
Now the actual facts in the case arc that
nine out ol every ten of these men do not
"i"rp even eight hours neither do they study
on"-eiShth part of that time; and still they
nave not time enough to read Il good, scnsi
biralnirle that will show them how to mako
IN" Labor they perform, and about which they
are pretty sure To grumblc, much easier and
more lrolitahly accomplished
Now let II, look at another side of this
question fora moment, and see what some of
lac effects of II little timn devoted to reading
and study are. Take, for instance, the great
inventors and prosperous manufacturers,
many of whom Imsie risen from common
iabor'l". They hlvt invariably been the
mos: careful readers. even "burninr In.
midnight OIL in 1hcr pursuit of informa-
li"ii, not OF the aia'lii = of tho League nine,
or of the latest >cin'lai hut of that winch
WAS To br the work %. heir lives Think Won
that they found such time unintrrcs,iur or
nhprolilahl", or that they ever bc,,rudgcJ
the lilll" they spent of their hard carnc,.
wages in the purchase of books and papcrss
"A. B. Crime in BOSTON budget.