The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-07-04

1,1o4 boys and s12 girls II ahag IS
teachers The pay roll for this insti.$
tuition amounts to about $4,000 per
year. It Is run by the school board
! Of the city Of Indianapolis =: - Il 2
<.,' School il Menominee. =
-: In our sister state OF wisconsin we
have another manual training school,
loated in the city Of Menomlnee,
which ranks as one OF the very best of
this kind OF schools In the United
States today. Their work Ii almost
identical with that Of the indianapolis
school. One branch Of the work which
this school has, which did not find
in any OF the other schools, is the
department for: home making .: which
was added to their work this year. ne
"This department lis for the benefit
of the girls, teaching them the science
OF housekeeping, including ventila-
ton, heating, lighting, decorating ana
furnishing. the home; also the econ-
on1ic part Of the question, how to tell
good food stuff from bad for the use
Of the family. T.. - -. 2==.e-. :. :,
Trade School, Visited. 4. B.. b.
e.. Lac OAly ISd4 tIdu0 SCuOOl LnatSg i
have visited Is the Winona technical
1111stitute. OF Indianapolis, Indiana, This
school; ! was. established in September,
1904. Pupils cannot enter this school
undera the age OF Is years unless they
have a, certificate: or diploma from the
eighth grade OF the grammar school
which they last attended. They teach
the following trades and professions:
Electricity. TYPOGRAPHY, printing, ear
'pentry, painting, foundry, tile and
f1antell setting, pharmacy and library.
This school is one that would call
a. private or paid school, as they
Charge the, students a tuition Tor
teaching the. different trades. which lie
graded in regard to the amount to
Sbe paid by the length OF time It takes
Tor them to learn the trade or profess
sion. ~ :. ~
'"rhis is one of the schools that or
ganized labor has set its mark OF dis
APPROVAL upon, and III 4 measure, just.
ly so. for they work in corporation
with several OF the so-called Manu- ;
facturers' Associations. who, no doubt
use it. in a. way to best help them
solves IN times ct trouble with organ
7lzed labor. =: r....-:-s ~: -
QUESTION for Solution, ST. -. ! =
J., s"Now, The question Tor organized la
Dor to solve Is, whether It is best to
fight these INSTITUTIONS 4 Of manual
training and trade. schools or have
them in our public school system, the
same as any other branch Of learning
In our schools. :. H.
my opinion is that organized; labor
cannot afford to fight them, any more
than we can afford to fight improved
machinery. When we undertake to
stop the wheels Of progress OF the
nation we are wrong, and to use the
slang phrase, we are up against IT,
We don't want to be UP against it,
we want to be with: it. We need the
manual training and trade schools; we
have thousands Of boys and girls, and
for that matter, thousands Of men and
women who belong to organized la
Dor. who should go to. these. schools.
They need more. education along the
lines + their trade; do you want to be
plodder, just able to- earn q daily
wage. or do you want to be able to go
higher UP the ladder and. be a fore.
man or proprietor? II tte latter, you
need the manual training or trade
schools to Sit YOU for the position
which, you desire to hold. u.s. Hi !
Tits better. my friends, that We
allow the Manufacturers's association
to start these schools and control
them and train the scholars to be
against organized labor, or to- have
these schools 40 q part4Sof the public
school system OF our state stop and
think what will De the result, MY
friends, IL the strst proposition should
prevail. Would lit help organized Ia.
Dor to gain members !? On the cone
trary, IL 1t IL q part Of the public
school system OF our state. we have
just the same opport unitY to get them
into the union as We have f1oR. ana /
think, great deal better, Tor sit has
been shown to the toilers of this cout1-
try that the only way to- get decent
wages Is through the union !2 538.
II: Our Doutdsn Duty. ~ s5 4;
Does organized labor propose &: to
take i step backward II don't think
so; what we must 40 Is To keep or
ganized labor members III. the front
rank as the best mocha nics ana artis.
ans, 50 that they WIN ia able "a show
to- the citizens 81 this country. by
their ability ana Alsill that they arn
the better iiit1en than their non-
union brethren create 4 q demand TOR
good work, and 30 able Is furnish the
men to do that work ss,s
rganized labor han sIt,ade 81 great
strides III 4 last few Il, 81 as Ito
membershiu but Hhat han 61en done
to- bring about the fsicienry ~ those
rnennb srs. III asslat them rs 70 battef
ssorkinsf, Il lAhi1r q
con- inus to t1e Ise & 6ftj6pr the
citizens ~ this setaiat ts. sity eal6rites
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