Show AVOID A CALAMITY editor E the perpetration 0 of mechanics in title territory la is something Boniel liine which eloms to sonio some extent to bo be lost bight of both by taunts and youths why should bo 0 is i contow hat difficult to comprehend especially irl in anew a now land utah for in fit stance its ita vast to lie be developed ve vo loped which ft inch can hardly bo be expected to be ba done dano t without ithoulia tile iho aid of skilled artisans for whom the demand would increase inc ronae no na the count rys wealth is in gradually unfolded these presents itself to the writers v intern mint mini in an oft quoted and very potent reason feltson lor for its ita neglect viz t the small patron ngo ago to masters and little encouragement to bardea l use the tha thaworn word burden hero here for somo boino apprentices agrenot always very prof tabo to masateru rots ma lere with boys to learn ilia aits arts and tile same barna reason ii ill III apply to tho youth in binding bi himself liin iseK tor ft period of 0 time to a accuro I 1 boina mechanical nit ait but eit either or reason oa as above stated all should not bo be tile cause of a nearly total abstinence of no nn erroneously termed by some it wasting of ehno to learn a trade although I 1 do riot not favor faor the old torn tam of guilds that where in vogue ogie in fit european Kur countries baill there is this in their favor faor that they protected the mechanics to a greater extent ulan than now a re regular ul ar routine being required tied oil en gg forced r d art in ordet order to make tile apprentice an e efTi clont workman and as such even een at tile present time in in tire case t iso of learn learned tid professions 1 1 I I e ped leine law ac the and theories v which ewh give gave birth to corporations ali gitil monopolies and required apprenticeships 8 or their equi equivalents lime have contrary lont cont arary to what liaa has taken place in trade been licit but intensified fied that Is to say inny not only lav a budi bodies bodia retained reta moil and mal even extended in ili some bonio cases their exclusive privileges but in general no me one to Is allowed to practice in such buch professions unless his capabilities biliti bili ties cis have been tested and approved by public authority why the rigorous rules as applied to earned profess professions loni should not be ento cn forced 1 to skillet skilled artisans Is a problem baill to be solved anti and vill mil remain to bo be to as long as B there la Is a tendency but only by injudicious persons jo look d down 0 upon manual labor it has haa been proven by experience ermence er lence that a regal at cluroe af 0 train training IT ng I 1 Is ia the only Y effectual en koual means of f ric acquiring g a k knowledge now ledge af 6 the arts as enable a naan man to exercise thein to advantage even with the influx of 0 im improved machinery and intentions there is s as much need as is ever for skilled mechanics in largo cities the clio apprenticeship in its old form has nearly died out but in in smaller towns the conditions condition saro aro favorable tavo rabla it still still exists and it is from these smaller towns thattie that tho supply of skilled mechanics required in largo large cities is is mainly derived masters engaging a apprentices adopt a a mode of 0 that will wil I 1 cause a spirit of emulation I 1 among the youth lor for that purpose I 1 would pro poso plan ao aa practiced in some in in germany viz adopt trade chool fl where each ap apprentice antice should hould to be enrolled and also ma make trentice tr e iollie it tho maa tera duty tit mee me that his hia apprentices apprent icea regularly ngul arly attend the branches taught in these evening schools schoola are besides the common routine of rending reading writing ac also alio tile tho lighter higher branches so BO essential to the thor thorough gugh mechanic such buch as mathematics malics geometry i drawing modelling mo dolling delling ac k I 1 ac A at least a year cheso schools should encourage enco a hibi tion compo competed sedof of tho the handiwork rf of allae allap all apprentices prent icea attending school not only would a spirit of emulation be created among youths but the masters them selves would be deeply interested 11 with such training what can there be in the tend road to excellence for a studious and they abound al ways beat bear in mind that it Is ia not ease cabo cut but affett not facility taci lity I 1 but difficulty that makes mon men must teach their c children lill the rinno iole olo that achievement to i 0 1 iny n y de cannot bo be gained wl without out an effort ali ort and persistent peisie tent labor and study stud on their heir part the and great bene I 1 lac actors tort to wheat we ve are re indebted or thi the advancement of science were wera they men inen ol of wealth enjoying the luxuries of orthis this worlds world i good peruse the ot of our noblest wor workers kors landham and what do owel we find lud that they had to struggle bot acles and nd poverty to achieve the de 1 table good which only an able spirit and indefatigable labor could could accomplish history abounds in examples worthy ot 0 I 1 imitation which space apace will not permit me mato to dwelt dwell upon but the remark ol 01 e stephenson Stephe naon inventor 01 oll ol tho the to young men do na As 1 I have done persevere may not bo be out 0 of place BT by adopting the plan oi of ell engaging ging and bin binding n ing I 1 boys at t the age of fourteen to some artisan the forego foregoing ilif mode 0 I 1 and aad three years of 0 practical application to the trade woula be sufficient ent lot lim hiria to become a journeyman at seventeen BOY enteen years yeara ot of age should then his hia ambition urge hill onward with the iho training train lna received he would be amply prepared to enter some gomo riy ariy polytechnic institution and perhaps become eminent in li ids n especial pursuit pu ruit by improving ourselves i individually the th whole improving popa po palace ace will ho he benefited I ron F I 1 v I 1 0 11 I 1 provo april 27 ISSO I 1 |