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way, and it likewise means economy in the first cost and 

 the after repairs. 



In the saddlery trade the repairing department is a 

 very important one, and should command the special 

 attention of both mechanic and principal. Good work- 

 manship, with economical views as to cost and prompti- 

 tude, should be the constant effort. Men without reason 

 and fore-thought have been found in all businesses, but 

 the man that would substitute nails for stitches — where 

 sewing is absolutely recognised as the only legitimate end 

 — is not a fit associate for good workmen. The author 

 has, in his valuation travels and engagements, heard of 

 serious results that have arisen from carelessly executed 

 or bad workmanship. If steady, honest, and sober 

 journeymen could be guaranteed to employers, they 

 would be stimulated and encouraged to pay good wages 

 for a reasonable amount of work ; and it is very desirable 

 that workmen, without distinction being made, should 

 prove themselves conscious of doing justice both to 

 employers and their customers. 



Nothing is so distasteful to a lady or gentleman on 

 entering an establishment where the proprietor — from 

 want of convenience, or a desire to have his work-people 

 under his personal supervision — his operatives occupying 

 his front shop — to be ogled, quizzed, or questioned by 

 some " irresponsible," who, in the absence of the principal, 

 takes upon himself the responsibility of interrogator, and 

 who, in all probability, is a man fresh from the road, with 

 ideas of cleanliness which never extend beyond clean 

 linen, and a visit to the barber's shop once a week, though 

 more freque'nt shaving might be necessary ; or the 

 interrogator may be a man under notice to leave, and not 

 at all desirous of promoting his employer's interest, con- 



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