The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-23

There Is in this country today a
very great pauclty of prlnters-par.
ticularly job printers and the all,
around printer OF the olden lime is
rarely TO be met With. Specialize
tlon is largely Responsible for his
passing away, and yet, the prin,sl
that can set creditable job, lock il
up, make il ready on the press-any
Kind Of a press-- and run i, Off
stands much better chance o.
landing sit" (which printers cal
a situation for short) than one who
knows but one branch of the trade
1t takes very little lime for him &c
become expert in The particular
branch to which he Is assigned, ana
when that opening is closed 10 him
he Is in position to take up any
other branch at very shor, notice
All-around printers are turned out in
the country Office only, however auc
10y reason OF the lack of dirty work
the apprentice is advanced much
more rapidly in. the small office than
in the larger. All branches of the
work. are light attractive and edu
eating, and situations are as per
manent as Il printer cares 10 have
them The wages of the printer eS
ceeds almost any in the trades, par
ticulary trades tina, are anywhere
near as congenial The union pre-
walls almost everywhere in cities OF
twenty thousand and upward, and
the scale ranges from sl5 to s25 d
week for an eight hour day. The
scale calls for The minimum wage
but enc is not dcbarred from accept
.ng any higher wage his services may
be worth, SO that many cracker
jacks are paid from s35 to $50 pei
week The FIRST harvesting machine
put in the field was burned up by
outraged farm hands on the ground
thai It would destroy oppor,uni.y
fer employment. Millions Of acres
CT tillable land lie fallow today for
lack of hands to cultivate them. S,
was it deemed when the typeset,inr
machine was inveu,ed and pu, tC
use, yet it was Immediately appar
rant thai the only competent ones
to operate them were the printers
Conditions we're upset for a lidlo
time, but there is scarcity of oper
atcrs today. \ lad who learned tn,
printers trade in this town, is nov
taking a six weeks schooling at The
manuIaclury of typesetting ma
chimes. and permanent job awaits
his graduation at s25 week. with
an opportunity TO rise TO $50 and
even SS5 The very best printer is
he who has at the start the foun
daticn of AN education. the love fol
mechanics. the delicate sense OF
taste for art and an ambition to tx
cell. The lad who times himself ia
get ON his job" not moment be
fore and more often several minutes
after time, and who watches The
clock as a cat watches Il mouse hole
will not succeed as prlnter-oI
anything else for thar matter. Two
reasons for scarcity Of printers to
day are that the large Offices will
not DE bothered with apprentices
and The small Offices cannot pay the
wage That lad can earn in The mill
But the lad who starts in the mill
al dollar, a day viii be getting al
most two dollars day by the time
he reaches sixty years. II lad Will
realize that he is siill going to
school while he is learning the print.
ers trade. and that his employer. be.
ing honest and having the lads. as
well as his own. interests al heart,
spends more OF his valuable time in
teaching than the lad can earn, he
win consider his wage Of say 81 a
week for the first six months. IS for
the next six months. S. for the next
year and 81 TO 50 for the third year.
according to the apprentices ability
to advance, quite Satisfactory.