Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-02

written Tor inc New Years journal.
There is probably nothing more for
cign to the American than the ole
English idea Of apprenticeship.
Americans rebel at any thought Of
limitation upon their liberties. Tn,
idea Of apprenticeship is prepostcrou,
to the parent rs well as revolving tc
the youth. No American youth want.
to serve an apprenticeship. They pre-.
fer to learn for themselves. In Eng.
land the youth was, by law, bound
out to learn some trade. 1t mattered
not what he learned, but learn some
trade he must. If he wasn't laugh
ms parents were held responsible ia
the law for not doing their duty. Thus
the English folks practiced the idea.
and n good one, Of enforcing industry
upon themselves. They didn't believe
IN ldleness' BY law they prevented
persons from "resting" and ''tak.
ing 1T easy" as they say in this conn.
Try Thus we find the stimulus to
industrial lines very marked among
the English. OF course, we must nj.
low in this statement, when we cred.
IL the Englishman with much industry.
the margin necessary for his general
characteristics to crawl in and also his
W nature-bred ideas of what work
energy and labor means.
The Englishman is a slow workman
alongside an American. This fact 10
easily verified. Recent reports from
ii manufacturing concern in Pittsburg,
which institution desired to build
some large shops in England lin Man.
chester)J give us the information that
no English contractor would agree to
build the shops short of from three 70
hive years, while an American controcr
TOR (who was finally sent over to do
'he work. agreed TO raise the neces.
sary buildings in about l3 months
Englishmen stood aghast at such pre.
lenses. The papers commented upon
the FOOLISH contractor. The only place
he was fooled, however, was when he
expected to get the same work ont Of
an Englishman as he did out of the
American. He was compelled to send
TO America for his help.
Another instance: English firms Of.
tered to furnish the London & Liver.
pool railway an order for 60 locomo.
tives, agreeing to deliver one every
year, and the whole order in about
three years. This is as near as thew
dared to go in black and white on
the time limit. Not satisfied the rail.
way company telegraphed to German.
and other European factories,
ana got no better terms. The Ameri-
can locomotive factories were cabled
with the result that within Is minutes
after getting the cablegram one firm
agreed, in reply, to furnish at least one
every 30 days, and the whole order
OF 90 within nine months. This fac.
tory is now turning out locomotives,
complete and ready for the rail, at the
ate of two every day.
Aside from the above instances of
how different the Englishman is from
The American in every way in which
you may compare him, we find that his
.dea of compulsory industry, or people
ont their children under the
plan Of an apprenticeship, produced
and favorable results through.
'ut England. Another feature was that
y, ~ as a young man or boy was
.lpprenticed the employer or overseer,
lot only was responsible for his con.
during working hours, but, like {
he school teachers of old used to be, {
hey were charged with their conduct
the times of recreation. The {
Employers had the care of their ap- !
'rentices during the entire time, and {
n case of any misconduct outside of !
working hours, the young fellow was '
according to laws and rules 9
down for the purpose. l.
This gives one some idea of how q
boys are, or have been,
up. Backed by the "old G
nan, - as we call Gather" in this land ,
# the free and home of the brave, he '
will not stand the idea of serving a 2
.'risoner's sentence to anybody. S
therefore,, when the boy is old enough f
o get fred out of school, or run away /