Show L LIN I 1 C yes P aorl y what shall R P S it I 1 tl it I 1 ma rt iii m antab ANta 3 i x aa ai it has never oc cur red to you that there was maci anything more in be ing a machinist than the unattractive work of ban aling greasy machinery and lifting heavy pieces of iron and steel and generally wearing yourself out with no prospect of reward ahead of aou ou beyond the foremanship of a shop after years of hard labor possibly the village blacksmith who is 19 one variety of machinist has appear ed to you as an example of the highest promotion to be reached in this line of human endeavor if so you could not have made a greater pi cater mistake at the present time there Is no single line of preparatory work kork that offers greater opportunities for subsequent advancement advance alent than are lound collid in ill the developing of a BO so called ordinary machinist it your boy shows any mechanical bent at all you could provide no more promising ground groundwork mork for him than to make him a machinist after he has been through the mill or served hla his ap and undergone a year or two of development he would be able to make a crolee among almost count jess jesa specialties any one of which would give him the chance to rise as high as his bis brains and experience would carry him it will be well for hipa to know knonk in the beginning that it Is not a calling in which it Is sufficient to earn hla his salary by and regular keeping of the prescribed hours of labor and to do no more than that lie ile must not make the mistake of believing that if he Is faithful to hla his ordinary duties he will vill be deserving of reward and will get it there is no other calling which requires more study outside of regular hours and it Is that which makes tor for increased efficiency and consequent ct success it your boy understands this let him at ai ply for a job to the foreman of an e telling hm him that he Is ambitious and wishes to begin at the very bottom to 0 o learn all that there Is 13 to tobe be learned and to work upwards ards let him try to make it evident from the start that industry faithfulness brid abbl tion are his present assets asselt the pay of an apprentice which Is the first position will be slight bare iv enough to pay living expenses in the most mod modest est surroundings but such lin unpleasant pleasant features feature shave have been endured by very every chap worth while who has got on and your boy can stand it as well ills his employer will probably start him out at 4 or 5 a m week eek which wilt will be all he will geta bev for the first year the hours boure will be anywhere NN here from eight to ten aday a day accord ing to the custom in the town in which you live probably he will be put a machine flork worl one of the machinists will set the milling machine or drill press to worl on tho the job of the moment and aben tell the apprentice to keep it go ing 1119 just that way hay instructing him to call somebody it if it should not pursue tho the even tenor of its way this fa artzes the youth with that particular tool and after lie ho has had a like expEr experience lence with each of the others he will possess a general knowledge of thele their different functions which will serve him in good stead litter later on llie second dear when he Is given an ail increase of 1 a week in wages he be Is put to work at lathes machines that are used for turning cutting chasing filing polishing screw betting engraving and shaping or other purposes tending and oiling the ina chines and keeping them at work as they were mere set by the journeyman jouin eyman in the mot faist place also he will occa occasion glon ally go back to the milling machines presses and other appliances he work pd ed at the first year this time with greater familiarity and skill an other ether development will be in assem bling or putting together several parts of a machine that has been made in the shop this giving him abundant opportunity to exercise his bis arkill and ingenuity as he will have learned early that it la Is better for an employed to figure out problems for himself than to ask questions about it another dollar a week Is added to lils pay the third year making a total of 6 his work this period will ill be largely in the assembly room and it will fit him to manipulate lathes and machine tools of all kinds in this department he will be at work on complete machines learning where here the different parts belong and how they should be put together getting a pretty thorough knowledge of machinery tn in general the fourth year Is usually the last of his apprenticeship though some shops require flie five and even six sit for preliminary instruction and financially will mean a further increase of 1 a week here your boy will be trained in the final stages of assembling the finished machinery and taught how to take the blue prints and sped fleat ions furnished by the mechanical draftsman lay out tile the work and complete a brand new appliance or tool or whatever the drawings call for all this work of course will be done under the supervision and match watchful ful eye of a skilled mechanic it all depends on the kind of shop our boy Is working in whether he should remain there after having ed its hla apprenticeship generally speaking he should quit and go to another preferably one that makes a specialty of a different class of work to enlarge his experience although ho be Is now a full fledged journeyman the shop that trained him Is not will ing to gh ghe e him toll full pay of 3 50 to 5 a wry but w will ill piu babl advance him to 15 a week meek or so also alo he can ably make more rapid advancement ty by going elsewhere eNe where as he be has got a pretty thorough knowledge of all that Is to be learned in the first establish ment anyhow be has acquired the groundwork of his career and Is now ready to take up a specialty or to pursue the general lines of mechanics rising gradually and steadily as an ambitious conscientious youth will to be assistant foreman at 25 to 35 a week flieman at 35 to 60 assistant superintendent at 40 to 75 and superintendent perin from a mouth to thousands of dollars a year according to the size and importance of the in ution with which he be Is connected during nil all this period it will be ab eol sol necessary if your boy expects to rise above the average to work and study outside of abts regular hours of employment no matter whether it la is attending night school ol 01 or st studying at home he must get a knowledge of the theory of mechanics an well as mechanical ch drawing and the more intricate forms of construction thi th Is particularly true if he should desire to take up a specialty of some soma ednd such ns as bridge construction steel architecture electrical mechanics railroad lail road machinery mechanical engineering mining engineering steam engineering telephone ani and telegraph engineering etc tor for any of these occupations and a hundred others are awaiting him lie ile has the groundwork to engage in any occupation having to do with ith machinery and in this machine age when the most important lines of industry have to do with ith machinery of some kind or other ho he has ban laid the most important corner stone possible tor for hla his lifework even a maigne engineer who has been a ina phinist Is the one to be promoted to the highest position in hla his work and the who knows the ma chenery of his vehicle has every ad vantage over those who do not copyright 1910 by the associated ut arary |