The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03

age of water, irrigation, road build
ing, basket weaving, rope tying,
raising chickens, canning fruit, cook
ing food, dressing and feeding babies
how to keep boys on the farm, how
20 develop and operate mines, how
to operate ships and aircraft, how to
build up rundown farms and soils,
it ,vaccinates cattle and hogs to keep
them from dying Off, it preserves
elk, moose, birds and fish, it teaches
the farmer how to borrow money and
1t provides the money for him to
borrow, it teaches girls to sew and to
make biscuits, it teaches them how
to save money and to can meat, it
reacnes boys how to judge and select
stock, it seeks to give them a start
or to make .Aem expert in very many
things, but does not do anything to
build up the printing trades; there
fore the printing fraternity knows
that it must teach it's own workers
or do without. This paragraph is
not designed to register kick or a
criticism against anything the gov
eminent is doing in any of it's
branches OF teaching, but4merely to
impress upon newspaper men the
fact that so long as there is govern
ment aid for all these other things,
and substantial handicaps for the
person desiring to become a printer,
there is slight chance that people
will learn printing. The whole sit
uation holds out proof of the state
ment | made in the first sentence Of
this article, that the newspaper bust
ness is rapidly approaching crisis.
How to Remedy
The remedies for the hard condi-
tons that are coming in the print
ing industry and especially in the
newspaper work, are several and all
of them difficult-so difficult that
sweeping changes will be likely to
come with the adjustments. One
remedy that ought to be applied
quickly is to find young people who
by natural talent and inclination, de-
sire to engage in newspaper work,
whatever the sacrifice may be for the
immediate future. Then train them
as rapidly as possible, for the prac-
tical work, giving them RESPONSE
bility as fast as they can take it.
Some OF them can be trained in
special work so they can do that part
of the work prOfitably in short time
and thereby release a skilled worker
for duties which the beginner can
not do. By the introduction of me-
chanical typesetting machines, the
hand work can be cut down SO that
much OF the tedious handling Of
small pieces can be left out of the
drill of an appretice. 1t may not be
necessary for him to drill for weeks
and months on case work when cases
are so rapidly disappearing, and that
will quicken results. 1t will be said
that a person cannot become a
printer without learning the funda-
mentals, and that is in a measure
true, but the man who is racing with
the death of his business can stick
to the old, old formulas at his peril.
He can take short cuts to results at
his own risk or advantage as he may
elect. Certain it is that he will have
to stand on his own devices il he Is
to remain in business at all.
IN this chapter | have described
present and future conditions. In
the next article ! will explain some
OF the sweeping changes | predicted,
and suggest some of the ways Of
meeting them and still produce a
newspaper that will carry the most
messages to the public.
To be continued.
Editors note: A lady who doesn't
like me very we'll, said that il she
were drawing picture of me she
would have made one to look just
about as fierce and contemplate as
the one drawn by himself" at the
head of these articles. She said that
when she saw that one she was
greatly pleased and said it portrayed
my character perfectly and to her
complete satisfaction. She felt that
1t was worth the price of the paper
to look at it and show it to her
friends and assure. them that for
once Trego had represented one
thing in it's true light-his own
mug"
But after she had enjoyed this
feast of getting even, some of the
neighbors kept saying they didn't
know Trego and they kept wondering
what kind of gink he was anyway.
She began to feel like she had had
q good run for her money, and be-
gan to wish that Trego would have
d new picture taken and print it COR
rectly in the paper before he closed
the newspaper series, SO she could
in all fairness show her friends
by which they could
identify him if they happened to
meet him. They had picked out two
Or three fellows on the street that re-
sembled the drawing at the head of
tbs article and wondered if they had
found the freak editor, so she said
she believed the joke had been car
ried far enough, and would / print
4 fresh picture Of myself and give
my correct age-she had heard / was
LII ages from forty to 100 and she
lidn't know which was right. So
acted on the lady's suggestions and
lad the photographer and the en-
sraver make the little cut that ap-
bears herewith, and the lady is in
'ormed that according to an old
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