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Editorial
October 7, 1867
Public Ledger
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Editorial advocates learning trades in the South, noting the severe post-war lack of mechanic skills and the advantages of skilled labor over clerical work, quoting the Mobile Advertiser and Richmond Examiner on the helplessness of non-tradesmen during economic downturns.
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Full Text
Learn a Trade.
The Mobile Advertiser says that at no time in the history of the South was the absence of a knowledge of the mechanic arts more severely felt than within the last seven years. People are beginning, however, to have their eyes opened to the dignity and importance of labor, and the great value of the mechanic to the body politic.
The Richmond Examiner also offers sound advice on this subject, and says:
The skilled man, with tools at his command, is in most respects master of the situation. But the clerk, the book-keeper, the office attendant are helpless. They must wait many and many a weary day until the seasons or the years of depression are over before they can find that employment for their pens which they have unfortunately made their sole means of livelihood. All this is another of the lamentable results of having learned no trade in boyhood. The subject is, indeed, one so wide in its ramifications, and so profoundly important in its consequences that it is time it had engaged more thorough and systematic attention on the part of the people who are so deeply interested.
The Mobile Advertiser says that at no time in the history of the South was the absence of a knowledge of the mechanic arts more severely felt than within the last seven years. People are beginning, however, to have their eyes opened to the dignity and importance of labor, and the great value of the mechanic to the body politic.
The Richmond Examiner also offers sound advice on this subject, and says:
The skilled man, with tools at his command, is in most respects master of the situation. But the clerk, the book-keeper, the office attendant are helpless. They must wait many and many a weary day until the seasons or the years of depression are over before they can find that employment for their pens which they have unfortunately made their sole means of livelihood. All this is another of the lamentable results of having learned no trade in boyhood. The subject is, indeed, one so wide in its ramifications, and so profoundly important in its consequences that it is time it had engaged more thorough and systematic attention on the part of the people who are so deeply interested.
What sub-type of article is it?
Labor
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Learn A Trade
Mechanic Arts
Labor Dignity
Skilled Labor
Economic Depression
Boyhood Training
What entities or persons were involved?
Mobile Advertiser
Richmond Examiner
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Importance Of Learning A Trade
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Mechanic Arts And Labor
Key Figures
Mobile Advertiser
Richmond Examiner
Key Arguments
Absence Of Mechanic Arts Knowledge Severely Felt In South Over Last Seven Years
People Recognizing Dignity And Importance Of Labor And Value Of Mechanics
Skilled Man With Tools Is Master Of Situation
Clerks, Book Keepers, Office Attendants Are Helpless Without Trades
Failure To Learn Trade In Boyhood Leads To Unemployment In Depressions
Subject Requires Thorough Attention From Interested People