American Blacksmithing, toolsmiths' and steelworkers' manual . a union craze. All thatthese schemes will do is to prepare the legislatures forthe legislation that will some day be asked of have been organized and the objections arethe same. I object to all these schemes because theyfall short of their purpose. Two years ago the horse-shoers of Minnesota askedthe legislature to give them a license law. I wrote toa prominent member of the house of representativesand asked him to put his influence against the meas-ure. He did so, with the result that the bill waskilled so far as the c
American Blacksmithing, toolsmiths' and steelworkers' manual . a union craze. All thatthese schemes will do is to prepare the legislatures forthe legislation that will some day be asked of have been organized and the objections arethe same. I object to all these schemes because theyfall short of their purpose. Two years ago the horse-shoers of Minnesota askedthe legislature to give them a license law. I wrote toa prominent member of the house of representativesand asked him to put his influence against the meas-ure. He did so, with the result that the bill waskilled so far as the counties and smaller towns wereconcerned. Such a law will only provide for an extratax on the poor smiths and horse-shoers, and hischances of making a living will not be bettered,because no one will be shut out, no matter howincompetent. MODERN BLACKSMITHING ai TAXATION WILL NEVER RAISE THESTANDARD OF A MECHANIC It deprives him of the means whereby to raise himself. Such a law will only create offices to grease the machinery for the political party in only thing that will everevate the standard of work-manship is education, educa-tion and nothing- but edu-cation. Give us a law thatwill provide for a certaindegree of education beforea boy is allowed to serveas an apprentice; and thathe will not be allowed tostart out for himself untilhe has served the full term, both as an apprentice andjourneyman And if intemperate, no diploma shall beissued to him. I see now that I was right when Iopposed this law. The horse-shoers of Minnesota arenow kicking and cursing the examining board. TheNational Convention of horse-shoers which was held inCincinnati passed resolutions which were orderedtransmitted to the governor cf Illinois, requesting thatthe board of examiners now authorized to grant 22 MODERN BLACKSMITHING licenses to horse-shoers in that State, be changed, asThe board has failed to accomplish the purpose forwhich it was instituted—the elevating of the standardof workmansh
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