The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-11
Guarantee To Turn Out Skilled Bricklayers, ...-Plasterers and Car penters In 5 Months
 And Then Place Them In Steady Jobs All At a Cost Of $1OO per Each-13 Sessions At Night To Take The Place Of Years Work

The millenium in building in- dustries has apparently arrived. The human race, especially that portion of it which might be in duced to take, up the building trades has so far developed that skilled and competent mechanics can be turned out as bricklayers plasterers, carpenters and the like Tn period of three months, steady employment immediately secured for them and building construction go on at a pace never before heard of-that is if one is to believe the glowing promises put forth in a circular sent broad cast this week announcing the es- ptablishnnent of new trade school at lO4 Water street, West Haven. The school Is to open for the first course on October 20 and is being conducted apparently by the anti union building contractors of this vicinity who objects to paying skilled journeynan a decent wage while themselves taking huge pro- fits from the owner of the build ings. The packers are very con- siderate of themselves in not dis closing their own identities, the circular being unsigned but inves- tigation by the Organized Build ing trades of New Haven has dis closed that the Open Shop" building crowd is behind the move.
 The circular is too voluminous with "crap'' promises to be reprinted in full here but there is one pertinent point that is brought out in it boldly that should be given to the world All this benehcence for the working man who seeks the building trades Is not to be had for nothing Indeed its going to be pretty costly even with the guarantee of being turned out first class mechanic in three months and being given steady job immediately afterward. In fact 1t is going to cost the student just $100 per each tor the course which might be small in comparison if they really would be turned out as mechanic equal to those who had to put in from three to four years of hard work to learn the same thing.
 The address given as the site of the new trade school-104 Water street, West Haven-is that of the E. Cooper Co.,, plant, a cabinet making institution which Is noted for the meagre wages it pays its employees. As an illustration it pays 1t employees an average wage of 65 to 70 cents an hour for work that in the outside market would demand anywhere from $1.00 to SIPS an hour and has them running all over the shops and on outside jobs hilter-skelter doing all sorts of work outside their imme- diate lines instead of employing jour neymen of other trades to do the work in their different lines.
 To join the new trade school it is not even necessary to interfere with your present job the circular states as the classes are to be held at night starting at 7:30 o'clock and young fellow needn't even cancel his dates with his best girl as the classes are to be held only three nights week and he can have Sundays off all day and night to himself With thirteen weeks in three months and three nights week de- voted to instruction this will make g sessions at which the prospective me- chanic would receive instruction and at the end of which he would be turned out into the warmy sunny world of the
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