Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-14
No Printers in the
Penitentidry

There b. not a single printer lu the
Joliet penitcntiury. Us tho sensational
announcement made bog the 81. Louis
Globe Democrat Passing over the
obvious fact that an OF as know lot
Of them that ought 90 be- the follow
ing from the ST. Louis paper concern
ing the evolution ~ the printer-man
is interesting.
n was only q little news item. Joss
than 20 'stCklW." but tho printer who
set 90 ON the machine. the proofread-
az who read 10 for errors. the galley
boy who put Zoo the corrected lines and
the makeup man who put &c ln tine
form. must an have felt little uft
OF pride as they handled 30. II was
from Joliet. ill. the scene OF the
states largest pcnitontiary where
1909 men are confined, ana "a said
that in 900 that body not "a single
printer could bo found, aud 40 the
nrst number of the news paper the
Prison Post had tu ht sci sy au out
side printer The printing craft is
one of the largest iu numbers Of the
skilled trades SET b. is not supplying
It's quota Co the ucnitonuarics OF the
country Ana the reason Tor this Ia
the very fact that 10 Is q trade rcqulr-
ine SIKH of tho most intelligent sort
including hish sense OF responsible
ity holding standard up 90 wnlch
tho shiitless. Incompetent. irrcspoasl-
BE ana vicious ctn not measure a
process of elimination has been going
on which has retained in 10 tho sober
the Industrious and the reliable al-
most 90 the exclusion of those who
are not and il b. not the sober. Indus
trious and reliable VINO get lnro pen
ltentiaries.
But b was not always thus in the
printing trade, particularly iu the
newspaper portion of H. Before
typcscilIna machines were invented,
whon Dpc was set hy hand uaj o. X
az Individual speed could oc easily
COMPENSATED for by putting ou more
"clses and when there was SUBJ
atiiutc ready to take tine case of .iy
man who was alcoholicolly indispa ied,
L. dld not matter so much whether DO
iypescttcr was either sober or zee
liable. Those we're the days when
tramp printers ubuuuded, men .sho
went from town to town and w'rard
as substitutes for few days AMI .nen
passed on with the coming nf mae
chimes costing $4,000 each. sohrlet
and reliability ON the part 81 printers
bccaue an economic necessity Also
tho need iU work thr plant 40 cop
speed ana highest capacity DO sci out
tho various editions of the modern
paper lelt no room for the TRAMP. ,he
alcoholic o. the shiltlcss. The primer
had 90 make good as an indiriduaL
in generation this has 50 CONF
pictoly changed the personnel and the
splr OF the printing office. Tint
combined with the high Intelligence
and good education necessary fpr ~
foctlyo work not alone the cJnp0si-
tors, hut he craftsmen in am branches
of the printing business, have reached
such "A general high aycraac OF char
ucter as Is indicated hy the absence
OF sineie ono of them from The 1900
men Ia Joliet. u b. pleasant to cay
this about them. because there stli
fingers In the public mind some of the
impression put there by the bibulous
printer of former days, the DAVIS q
printers milk that looked DARK IN.
der the foam and was not carried IN
sanitary bottles as 30 Is now. when az
lunch time a printing Office has much
the aspect of a dairy counter n ls
not alone the printing trade shat has
boon elevated by modern Industrial
conditions requiring sobriety, inioli-
gcnco and reliability on the part Of
workers. hut q ls the highest and
muEt conspicuous example.