Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-03-09

years of work ahead of him before he
will reach what he will consider a real
position; but the drudgery will pass in
about a year At first he will keep
things in order around the press, help
wash the ink off the rollers when one
job is finished and prepare them for
the next; but all this time he will be
learning the details Of presswork, and
the mysterious machinery will be-
come familiar to him.
Pretty soon, say year or two aft
er he began, If he is bright and ambi-
tious, he will be set TO feeding Cor
don press Zone of the small job press
es that print cards, letterheads, en-
velopes, etc.,, and while doing this
his pay will be gradually increased to
SO a week. His next advancement
will be feeding a pony (small) cylln-
der press, when he will be paid as
high as $12, then larger cylinder
press, receiving $14 weekly; and
finally he will be competent to feed
the largest sheets of paper properly
into one of the biggest cylinders. at
SIG a week.
At this time, whicr is after about
four years of apprenticeship, he will
be admitted to the labor union as
full-fedged feeder. The days work
will last for eight hours. After CON
tinuing feeding for several months, he
will attract the attention of the fore
man by his application and industry,
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pressman at SIS week, to equip him
self to operate all kinds of presses, UNI
til after a years training, he will get
a union card announcing that he is a
qualified pressman and entitled to the
full scale of wages of $24 a week.
Then he will be given direct charge
OF a couple of cylinder presses, with
the feeders under him.
All this thine he will be reading and
studying everything he can find that
relates to pressman's duties and con-
sulting with more experienced men;
in short, making himself capable to fill
any position in the'department So 1t
will be a matter course that in
year or SO more, a,vacancy occurring,
he will be made assistant foreman, at
$50 weekly. OF course, this is in di-
rect line to the foremanship, the direct
head of the entire press department
of the establishment. who has some
times 100 men and boys under him,
a position that, conditions being ia
vorable, he will reach by the time he
is thirty or soon afterward. AS fore
man he might have charge of as many
as is cylinder presses and 20 job
presses, and in the beginning will be
I paid $40 week. This pay will be
ultimately increased up to as much as
$50, which is about the pay of the best
foreman.
Your son will have learned long
since that further advancement must
include other departments. and will be
picking up a general knowledge of the
composing room, all phases of print
ing, binding, etc., so as to make him
self capable to take the next higher
position, that of assistant superintend.
ent on the entire mechanical de-
partment. His salary this time will
be somewhere around $4,000 year.
OF course this leads directly to the
position of superintendent. the execu-
tive and controlling boss of all me-
chanical work of the institution Su-
perintendents are paid anywhere from
$4,000 year up, according to the mag
nitude of the business of the company
they work for, and in all likelihood
your son will soon be made member
of the firm, or will be called by large