So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able, with great industry, to find more than fifty persons, mostly young tradesmen, willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum.
"Time is money," wrote Ben Franklin in "Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One".
There's a general under-supply of new talent and finding younger tradesmen or apprentices of the right calibre and skills level is difficult.
For who can apply close to a Subject with his Head full of the Din of a Coffee-house?" These places were "the ruin of many serious and hopeful young gentlemen and tradesmen," according to a pamphlet, "The Grand Concern of England Explained," published in 1673.
Watching the young worker, Frank Zalud, a veteran union tradesman, called out in a voice of encouragement: "Hey!
In the past two years, this innovative charity and social enterprise has matched 200 young people, one to one, with single tradesmen – painters, joiners, decorators, forestry workers and others – for a period of six months.
If young people knowingly decide to start out as the tradesmen of the future, that's quite all right.
One can imagine the young Donald surveying life at a comfortable distance, watching tradesmen come and go, cocooned in warmth and safety, with the knowledge that whatever anti-social forces might be gathering beyond the gatehouse would be safely intercepted.
Intended for merchants and tradesmen and shopkeepers as New York burst from its provincial cocoon to become the young nation's commercial hub, Federal houses recall the lingering influence of English design.
"Originally, it was a commercial area with tradesmen and lofts not meant for living, but now it's a mecca for young families".
