The Washington times., 1923-09-22
HOROVN 7 GIVES
VIEWPOINT OF
BUILDER
Talk Before New York Build
Iag Congress Reveals
Ideas.

IN q recent address before the
New York Building Congress, Louis
HOroWitz, president OF the Thomp-
son -Starrett Company, said, In part:
II would like to be able to say
something in defense Of the employ
ers as regards their shOrtsig hted
attitude, but / can't say as much
about that as / can about the Iu-
ture. It has been my privilege re-.
Gently to attend several meetings
where ct least II was apparent that
Il has dawned upon employers that
the matter OF encouraging apprentices
ship is not alone profitable from q
selfish standpoint, but It is also 2
public duty.
ssAnd, as regards one trade at
least. q very comprehensive plan has
been worked out whereby employers
win take advantage OF the full
quotas permitted by the unions ana
win, In cooperation among them
selves, use these men, and the unions
have been very generous and liberal
IN the terms Of the apprenttc eshtp.
They have given permission FOR
these employers to keep moving
these men from employer to en-
pIoyer, SO that he may not find hiul-
self with them upon his hands when
he has no need OR their services.
''Tf we consider finance, It's per.
fectly obvious that the financial IN.
stitutioun have kept pace with the
requirements. There e no shortage
Of money as q general rule Tor le.
climate enterprises.
As to the architects i wouldn' T
perhaps become me to speak Of the
wonderful development made by
4 t.
you are IL, the buildings that you
see, speak more eIrquently Of that
than anything could say. am
ashamed, however, 70 have 20 a..
rnit that the same thing cannot be
said about the buiIdere. To 3 very
large extent, as walk around
Jobs, referring now 70 n1anag getneg1t,
I zee that the styles which were
popular through the times NJ
Tut-ankh-amen stiIt prevail.
1--WE are talking here about provjd.
inR facilities for increase IN popuiae
tion. OF course, there is still an.
other element, and that Ii TIE
higher standard Of living. The
higher standard o4 living az ap-
piled 20 the building Industry means
that each man requires more feet
Of space than he did formerly
Tor exnnaplc. no American wptsla
want TO sleep II. q room with 1crE
or five others, and ne should not
Be asked %. 50 that Te need g.
provide not only Tor prcportionafe
increase c3 populat ton, but also
higher rate o1 consumption.
sssomebody eon0etirne discovered
that mature lid not sJitkictently
urovide III the matter Of raislng
chickens Alld eggs and % he de-
veloped an incubator Thus the
American people today are sup
piled with sufficient eggs only
because nature has been assisted.
ssIn Chicago, We are buying brick
FOR SO thousand. In New
York we are paying over so q
thousand The reason for this
IS that chicago. in the manufac.
ture of IT. brick, utilizes modern
machinery. and the plants supply
ing New York market utilize OBJ
s0lete machinery. That Is not
true OF ali industries. but there
are others furnishing the same ex-
u believe that with the splendid
stsaeuGs sa iSd,csesd sss and 4 aan tie bniId
ing congress approaches this prob
lem as unselfishly and as intelli-
gently as ii has the matter of
apprenticeship to date, ways and
means may be discovered to di-
lute-taking Mr.. Frayne'e phrase
manual labor, not TO the extent
Of introducing shoddy labor, but to
the extent Of allowing the skilled
mechanic by the aid Of machinery
to perform more than he is able
to perform today.
"I cannot see the slightest .ex.
cuse myself although ] do not
pretend to be much Of a mechanic
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