Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-12-23

years after he started out as appren.
tice; and couple of years or so later
would be able to take the foreman
ship. The foreman is the actual boss
OF the composing room, employing all
the men and laying out the work, ETC.,
of the journeymen and apprentices.
Foremen are paid from $35 to $50
week, according to the size Of the es-
Enlistment and the city they may be
in. Their assistants receive from $25
to $40 weekly.
The next step in advance is to be-
come assistant superintendent at $50
to $75 week, and then superintend-
ent. when your boys pay will be from
$4,000 q year up to any figure the
business can afford. The superintend-
ent is the highest direct authority over
the composing room, job room, press
room, and bindery, and, of course
must be a man of large attainments
and experience, as it is to him that
the firm looks to fix the factory cost
Of its work, which really means the
most responsible position directly in
the institution. Notwithstanding this,
your boy may reach SUPPLEMENTARY
by the time he is thirty-iye.
The advance from here is to the gen.
eral managership of the company, and
then, of course, the presidency.
1t is likely, however, that your boy,
unless he should get some such po-
litical position as that of public print
er, who has charge Of all officers and
employees of the government printing
office, or state printer, would be taken
| into partnership by his own or some
| other firm, and thereby build up an in
dependent printing or publishing bust
| ness.
All the foregoing figures are based
on the assumption that your boy has
gone into a job printing office to get
| his training, as these have a greater
/ variety of work than a newspaper Of
| fee. Indeed, most printers in newspa-
| per offices have served their term at
| job work. These are paid more than
| job printers, journeymen on newspa-
pers getting $28 week when working
| days and $33 at night; assistant fore.
men $33 to $3S; and foremen anywhere
from $40 a week up. Foremen in some
| of the large New York offices are paid
| as high as $50 week. Apprentices
generally get two dollars week more
than when in job Offices.
| At this time early in his career,
either when he is a. two-thirder, or
soon after becoming a journeyman,
study that will fit him to handle a
| typesetting machine. These courses
may be taken at night, last sixteen
weeks, and generally cost $50. One
| cannot be a thoroughly equipped
| printer without having this training.
Machine operators generally get about
| two dollars a week more than floor
men.
Proofreading will probably be &C.
| CURED during the course CT the print
er's training. as, when he is appren-
tice, he will have to hold copy for the
| regular proofreader. If he has a good
general education and knowledge Of
affairs, he can develop himself suf-
ficiently to fill this position. The
| future in it is not particularly attrac-
| tive, however, for a proofreader that
| gets $35 a week is quite rare, and
there is no direct step of advance
ment from that position.
The prices and regulations referred
| to in this article are based on condi-
tions as at present existing in New
York city, which are not essentially
different from those in other large
cities In small cities the pay runs
generally lower, of course.
| Copyright, 1910. by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)