The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-03-09

sulting with more experienced men
in short, making himself capable to Ill
any position in the department. So It
will be matter Of course that in a
year or so more, vacancy occurring,
he will be made assistant foreman, at
$50 weekly OF course, this is In di.
rect line to the foremanshlp the direct
head Of the entire press department
OF the establishment, who has some
times 100 men and boys under him,
u 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 10 cylinder presses and 20 job
presses, and in the beginning will b.
paid $40 n week. This pay will be
ultimately increased up 10 as much as
$50, which is about the pay of the bcs!
foreman.
Your son will have learned long
since that further advancement must
include other departments and will be
picking up Il general knowledge Of the
composing room. all phases OF print
ing binding. etc, so az to make him
self capable to take the next higher
position, that Of assistant superlntend-
ent on the entire mechanical de.
partment. His salary this time will
be somewhere around 81 900 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
IS 900 year up, according 10 the mag
nitude OF the business Of the company
they work for, and In all likelihood
your son will soon be made a member
OF the firm, or viii be called by large
establishment to take the general
management Some superintendent
are paid as much as $4,000 a year.
The lire of progress in newspaper
ONCE is somewhat different. Your
boy starts In at sixteen as apprentice
which he must follow for four or five
years. The pay at first will be 81 to
SO weekly, and he will work up from
the drudgery part, which 10 the same
as In the other case, then In year
or 30 become brakeman, the man that
starts and stops presses on order Of
tbs regular pressman. About this time
he will join the union, and then will
work up through various steps. in
general similar to those followed in
regular printing houses, until he be-
comes assistant and finally regular
pressman at $50 Il week. Large news.
paper presses are generally attended
by two pressmen and four or five as
sistants. The next promotion is to be
assistant foreman OF the press room.
who Is paid sos a week: and finally to
foreman AZ anywhere from SOS to 500,
according TO the magnitude of the
business.
II is likely that after becoming fore
man your son will be offered an ad.
vRnced position in a general printing
establishment In which case his prog.
ress will be much as narrated before.
This Ia one OF the most lucrative
| definite lines OF work connected with
the publishing business. and offers
fine opportunities for getting on, as
has been seen. In these days man
who can take charge Of the machin-
cry used in printing a large dictionary
or of fine photographic work, in which
tho excellence of the output depends
SO directly upon the presswork, has
accomplished much.
The figures used In this article are
based on those paid in New York city
Copyright 1910, by the Associated Lit
! srary Press)