. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . , no matter howincompetent. MODERN BLACKSMITHING 21 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 power. HE only thing that will everelevate 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 w
. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . , no matter howincompetent. MODERN BLACKSMITHING 21 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 power. HE only thing that will everelevate 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 of 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 workmanship of horse-shoers of that State. Unionsare all right in every place where there is only onesmith, let that smith unite with himself to charge aliving price for his work and he is all right. Wherethere are more than one smith unions will only helpthe dishonest fellow. Such unions live but for a shorttime and then the smiths knife each other worse thanever. In hard times (and hard times are now like thepoor, always with us,) a lot of tinkers start in ttieshoeing and blacksmith business. If they could makea dollar a day in something else they would stay out,but this being impossible, they think it better to try atthe anvil. For them to get anything to do withoutcutting prices is out of the que
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