The labor world., 1910-06-25
a1s pay n from time TO time deem advisa-

besides Nnglish, branches, there shall
sbe given Instruction in mechanical
SdraNiing, technical traintng and shop n,p
may become more 5skillful. the; ag-
dren be aided in. their choice Of an
sne she last
vention forwarded a copy. of this
resolution, to every board of educa-
tipn I'm the state Sof Minnesota. The
Me5s fhe boards and oSf of
education OF the cities of Duluth and
Red Wing. and1:sin a modified form
BY. the boards :of5%seddcation in other
: {, At. the zTorqntos convention of the
American Federation OF Labor the COM
mission on 1ndnstfial Education ap-
Complete and ;sxhaiistive report Of in.
dustriaI education in America and
concluded by adopting. g resolution
which corresponds exactly to the po.
even goes SO far Sas to offer curr1-
culum to school boards that -contem-
plate inaugurating system for In
dustrial training.
= While travelling through Europe I
found but 5one country. that America
need fear In. Industrial competition:
! Germany is developing by leaps and
w. declared everywhere that the chief
reason for it's recent industrial sue
cess lis in the fact that it's workmen
being trained at R1 their
maintain SO; trade schools tor the
benefit Of workmen<~ who in their
childhood, were denied educational
now Is to not hs
tradesman' but who is absolutely mas
ter OF his trade in every. respect.
asked ask ID aths !; secretary Of the German
that German labor maef1nR
with more success than: all the other
lahorers int%the old country. and he
!: promptly replied that the system OF
workmen,s schSois was making them
more Intelligent more proficient at
their. trades, gave them higher ideas
of life and civilization. made them
GERS. and because Of all this they be-
come almost instfnctively adherents
Of the principle Of organization which
was the real secret of the success Of
the German workmen.
In America there never was an ap-
prentice SYSTEM such as obtained in
the older countries: With the intro
dSstry. trades 6at te become simpiified
coming specialists at / their trades.
Very few are finished mechanics. Our
demand that they should be. Unless
some step is taken to overcome this
the trades will: soon number among
the lost arts.. =.
The American trade union need never
industrial school My experiences has
taught me to- believe that it is not
e%S @ the ene My S Reowedg rasdsS
of professional strikebreakers is by
no means limited and 1 have observed
that most of them are of a worthless,
strikebreakers had they received bet
ter training in their youth.
Il was greatly impressed with the
address delivered. by President North
rup Of the Minnesota University to the
gfadua ting class. Of this year, and
! particularly to that part Of it which
dwelt on the changes In our educa-
tional, methods 1 desire to have 1t
read into the records OF our Fedora
ton hfor 1T tells the whole story in a
few words. He. says:
Il look for great changes in educa-
tional tH,a; methqds in the years that are
! The population Of the world is in
| creasing and the world itself is not
growing .perceptibly larger. Irrigation
acres tosthe arabic land Of the coun-
millions Of people eab 70 be M Tea frfaa@s Wiil mors
| than equal In their consumption OF
lands that modern ms4hods have stim.
ulated into active fertility AS the
| process goes on the necessity for
everyone to carr earn q lying will grow
! out of our grade schools and out OF
| our high schols some Of the subjects
| which now delay the scholars reaching
| tie study Of. the things that are going
tt help. him make living and he
| will come to these things sooner; and
il he reaches the high school, he will
! find not the high school offtoday lead
ing directly to the college or to life
1 without !Snaci91 trQininp. hnt he
find a high school or high schools that
wilE fit him for successful work as a
mnGhanac ,i nc or as farmer or If he
university the same necessity of pre-
pairing for life's work will meet him
| the same necessity to make 1t possi-
bit for him to get his hands sooner
on the work he is to do will have
been felt by. university faculties, and
! the. range Of subjects taught will be
! greatly enlarged to meet the exigen-
much more simple and practical than
any that are found in the curriculum
| today. -:
If we are to compete with other ma
trained ,xorkmen. The apprenticeship
! system has broken down completely
for reasons 1 need not stop to ex.
plain. Our present system Of training
mentally wrong, :" Perhaps I might
better, say we haye at present. no sys'
| tenn Lam glad that the working men
the: labor organizations, have already
realized this and yareE fully aware that
something should he done to remedy
the, present condition of things.
| If I am rightly informed they look
to state education, to the public
| schools and universities to supply what
| is wanted; and they would welcome
| the establishment of schools for the
! training OF workmen in their various
! vocations, just as. the farmers well
| come the agricultural schools Their
| wishes in this. matter should be met
| ana provisions made for instruction In
! manual work, and. in the fundamental
! principles that underlie construction
and to the fullest extent possible the
university should supplement the work
! of the schools and train the future
Inventors and skilled workmen for
Political Action.
| The Minnesota State Federation OF
Labor has q well developed politica
| policy and program. I shall not tres
pass upon the work of the State Cen.
trail Political corpm1ttee. in dwelling
upon the question: Of political action
| except to say that it is my sincere
| hone that every trade unfon1st in Min.
! nesota' and North Dakota in the com
| ing election: will adhere as closely tc
the policy of the American Federation
of Labor. rs is consistent with his ideas
| Of American citizenship. The trouble
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