The American Printer: A Manual of Typography / Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc. - Thomas MacKellar

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465	59	3 I	945	119	5 T	301	26	2 A	613	52	3 B	925	78	4 C	929	59	3 I	417	18*		849	36*
473	60	3 K	953	120	5 U	305	26*	2 A 2	617	52*	3 B 2	929	78*	4 C 2	945	60	3 K	425	. .	S 2	857	. .	2 L 2

THE FOREMAN OR OVERSEER.

GENERAL DUTIES.

Vigilant and conscientious oversight is the price of profit and success. An overseer or foreman of a printing-office should be of more than ordinary capacity, and able to keep his temper in firm control. His conduct should be guided by justice and equity in regard to the interests of the employer and the employed. A strict impartiality should be observed in his treatment of the workmen, and no favouritism should be displayed. He should make himself acquainted with the capacity of the men, and apportion work among them accordingly. Some men are valueless except for plain, straightforward composition; others, distinguished for taste and skill, delight in intricate work or matter requiring ingenuity and delicacy, such as tables, music, and algebra. Put one of the first kind on this sort of composition, and he will botch it, and earn small wages; while a workman of the latter class will become restive and dissatisfied with plain, solid matter. While dealing justly with the men under his charge, the foreman should see to it that the employer suffers no detriment from negligent or dishonest practices of unconscientious workmen, whether from careless correcting, allowing dropped types to lie upon the floor, or overcharging, or other methods well known in a printing-office. He should be the first and the last in attendance, in order to satisfy himself that every person does his duty in coming and leaving at the proper time.