New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
BY Jane Hill

!. training school for the United
s..,ss has brought about an acute sit
81. N the building industry which
..;,s reflected in all the basic in
,...,,ss contributing TO a finished
ling from the mining of the coal
!, IS nspusaeture Of hardware, tile,
H.. elsstric fixtures, heating ap-
-. ind the hundred and one
.,s;,;ss spon which contractor is
ys. sitsssion is due to the neglect
4. rsst Of the building industry
ssrrsinste itself by providing
ss.ss Tor training skilled labor. 1t
I vsr.ieusrly unfortunate that this
! ,sri,ss has only begun to be realized
,ssa she demand for building la at its
/ ,;gsest peak with indications that this
/ ,sss win be ntaintained for some
sms TO come provided there is enough
4 hscr To- do the building.
ssver in the history of the country
3 ,ss there been such a demand for
i sslaing as there is to-day and never
q ntare have manufacturers been in a
i gstion TO create such huge quantities
4 sbsilders' supplies due to their wide
j e,ssslon to meet war needs.
n Endorses Movement
a Yarst concrete move on the part of
\ baiiding industry to create skilled
Il ssr has been made by the New York
adlng Congress in putting into oper-
8em a system of training which will
"a Gnately reduce the cost Of building
ftAout reducing the wage scale. This
ss system has the Endorsement of
A s. Building Trades Employers Asso-
sion as we'll as the Building Trades
q rsrs, both Of which are contributing
a 4 It's support. The movement was
.sae possible as result of the efforts
i 6Hsrbert s. Hoover in initiating the
j IN York Building Congress, and will
4 i'd similar portrayal in the larger
4 kvlopment and organization of the
4 satriean Construction Council, headed
4 i Franklin D. Roosevelt.
4 The said system is 4 revival of the
q u apprenticeship system modernized
81 Aaatributing to the experience of the
Il Nade Ages what was learned during
81 IL World War when it was necessary
d create especially skilled labor.
frank awrence Glynn, who has re-
d pssEy been selected to develop the new
4 reclamation program for New York
sa@ prisons, being initiated by Gov
q .rsat Nathan L. Miller, was the man
i es.aiaed to inaugurate modern APP
psrsleeskip" for the Congress. Mr..
q Gym was formerly associated with
b se department.. of Labor in the vast
sairiag ii muniHon workers on war
uSau.tan. He Established the first
4 yusatspsl training educational system
y hey IN saeration in Wisconsin and
celneettasS performed the expert
gfald aWf in the early New York
({ sfs &saopment, and during 1912
8syear in European countries
MsixIng similar work for the
tsss Mates Bureau of Education.
Il ilHas the last six months the old
assHa SYSTEM has been modernized,
asfssa many hundreds of apprentices
ral y enrolled under the following
+! taEau9ns: Boys with a minimum age
e sixteen are enrolled, note being
hitn of their personal, working ex-
Hisnre and education. They are then
fatsd with contractor at an initial
sgc Of $2.70 for sn eight-hour day.
N apprenticeship covers a period of
scht terms of six months each. At
H. end of every term the apprentice
REEVES an increase. per cent an
bur for the even terms alternating
4sth 10 per cent increase for the odd
3trms. That is, at the beginning of
hs second six months he receives an
aerease of per cent, and so on. AT
8 ae end Of the second year of his ap-
i 5jNentleeship he is receiving between
i and Sc day, and during the last
i x months, nearly IS. As a youth of
9enty completes his apprenticeship he
a eraduate as journeyman at 50 a
tg instead of working sas laborer
/ at present for from 40 cents TO so
4 Sals an hour, with no present in view
/ "a nothing to which to look forward.
Dependent or Immigration
Practically since the beginning of
smerlean industry this country has
s2ea almost entirely dependent on the
nse volume of immigration for me-
,asesai workers and skilled laborers,
spa ms labor sufficed up until fifteen
.es,s ago, when the tide of immigra-
.siensduested .is and hard working Scotch,
gsoassaaagsd, and instead of the thrifty,
S.ss' Sssisn' irish, French. Germans and
Ssalulnaylan nationalities there has
,asa az coming from southern Europe an
,.a@ unskillcd laborers having
,sgs percentage of illiteracy among
.rss9 as northern Europeans all knew
issos bos ana represented highly skilled
,s;s ygi oy framing in the mother coun-
,..s 49, Where it was mandatory by
nsas .s Tor all persons to be versed in
saaica! assa and skilled lines. AS boat
4 s. ss s;,: u shese various embryo Ameri-
tLsss'1eha al. arrived in our harbors, the
sssas. .as were lined with employment
~ ass FL seeking their services. No one
az. Iae, production was high, living
issss issso.re were low. and labor was happy.
gs,,., gs,,s.i,'ena.eiy e we have seen the re-
AZ ., this condition in the last de-
d sss Illuminating in the acute situa-
s,aah. = the building industry to-day,
4 ssssht about Very naturally by
etaa et,eah industries making no prepa-
sssas.lo sa 70 perpetuate themselves; but
~ ss@sahately unrecognized until post
aos at,Vlties brought about the reali-
d ssa mat the training of the Ameri-
ssaanical lines. 'e'''i'n. 'H
4 b..,, ban power is the important thing
ssJern states Mr.. Glynn in discussing
sssr ,apprehticeships, ''but the man
st,n must be intelligent and the in
ss ressa - a whole must be conscious in
dino to the public in ab-
q aeisr. young men as well as creating
IL vii, and self-supporting citizens
asp 80 render production at a saving
ssoms aS produce homes within the
~ oi the average family.
sv. "ms of Building Congress
d de Ma. Nan We are really aiming to do in
sase sa,. fork Building Congress is 70
I ssad. a'pioyer,g labor and educator ioin
/ stssss around the table of common in
de .,sx sno achievement to the end tha+
aassSSaa may be bridged between pro.
,asarS tetter labor and lower costs