El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29

hear of people finding fault with the
Icarpenters bill, or the plasterers bill.
or any other kind of mechanic, and
there is not only fault found with the
plumbers bill, but there is fault found
with everything he does as a rule
around the house, and yet he must be
called for. The reason for all the
fault finding with the plumbers bill is
easily explained. One very general
impression in the minds of the public
is that there are millions in the plumb
ing business: and all you have to do, if
you want to get rich, is to go into it,
and yet from my personal knowledge,
[ don't know of one rich plumber, or
one whom [ could call rich. [ do.
however, know of one worthy gentle
man in Ell Psso who is considered q
rich man, but he made his money after
abandoning the plumbing business: so
| the public are mistaken on this point,
and L can prove that they are mistak en-
on nest all other points where they
find fault with the Intelligent plum Der.
The positive reason of the fault found
| against the plum Der and his bill comes
| from the limited knowledge
possessed by the general public of the
plum bling trade, and it will always be
| SO. No person, L care not how much
is not practic IL plumber, he knows
virtually nothing about that trade, and
he can never be made TO know it with
out having the practical experience.
The plumbing trade is not only a
trade and profe ssion, but it is an art,
and there are a hundred things more to
be considered in it than the general
dreams of. The plumber who stands
in the trout rank of his trade is an in
dependent man, and he has right to
be; for be knows perfectly we'll that his
work is important and that nc person
can upders tand scarcely anything about
it but himself.
1t is not enough for the plumber to
be a good mechanic, but he must be a
sanitation, for the reason that he is
called upon very often to explain the
cause of foul odOrs noticed in houses
and buildings of all kinds, no matter
fro m what cause the foul odo-s may
come, the plumber is expected to know,
and 1 think the public is right on this |
point. because no other person can have |
as much chance to know from practi- |
cal experience, or actual contact as the |
plumber gets in his every day exper-
fence.
The modern sanitary arrangements
are r OF only great conveniepces, but |
they are absolutely necessary, particu
larly in large cities and places thickly
pOpulated: therefore, the plumber
should be just as well informed in re-
gard to what might occur or the dam
aging effects resulting from an inpro
per or poorly constructed piece of
plum biug work as he is in regard to
the prac ical construction of the work.
Without a knowledge of the natural
laws of matter, no person should he al
lowed to construct or in any way NEEDLE
with the plumbing fixtures of house
for the reason that they do not know
what they are about.
Without plumbing fixtures it would
be impossible to live in large cities.
We could not drink Or use the water
we might get for wells, it would be so
polluted and foul, besides it would be
Impossible to get sufficient supply
We conld not use the outside privy
system for the reason that we have
not the room in large cities. The
buildings are so close together that to
use the outside closet would be imprac-
ticable and consequently it is necessary
to have water pipes for the purpose OF
healthy water for domestic
purposes from some distant point
where there is sufficient supply to &C.
cOmmodate the entire Inhabitants. 1t T.:
then becomes necessary to have q sys-
tenn of waste and sewer pipes for the
purpose of carrying away such water
frt IN each aud every house to some
safe point outside of the ty, so that it
will produce no bad effects ON the
foul water and waste water. The con-
struction and laying of these supply
and waste pipes with the various fix
lures and appliances connected with
them, is the work of the plumber. The
different appliances, fixtures and ar
for the thousands of situa-
lions make it necessary for the plum
Der to be mechanic with great prac
:ical experience, and to be a successful
plum Der, be must be a natural genius,
for the reason that there are scarcely :
s0er two pieces of work the same. He,
like the artist, carries his trade in his
head. This is especially so in regard
to the lead work Of the plumbing
trade. 1t would be impossible to make {
a good plumber out of man without :
some natural mechanical ability.
Yours Respectfully, Il
FRED WILD, Secretary.