B 4 SB^ 133 YOUR JOB BACK HOME h:^rtcan :lxrk Ai^ ^/lSSOG^/ ^ Courtesy National Geographic Magazine. YOUR JOB LIES BEYOND YOUR JOB BACK HOME A BOOK FOR MEN LEAVING THE SERVICE LIBRARY WAR SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, 1919 v\X Copyright, 1919 by AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION The free use of text or plates herein, not otherwise copyrighted, is allowed, if credit is given Press of JUDD & DET'WEILER, Inc. Washington, D. C. Special thanks are due the "National Geographic Maga- zine" for valuable suggestions and the use of cuts and photographs. Thanks are also due the Newark Public Library, U. S. Bureau of Labor, U. S. Department of Agri- culture, Committee on Education and Special Training, and to various publishers and photographic companies for the use of photographs. Edited by Joseph L. Wheeler, Librarian of the Youngstown Public Library. .'}95241 BACK TO THE JOB AT HOME WHEN the pilot climbs aboard ship in America's debark- ation harbors, or when orders come for mustering out at camp, the Job Back Home is about the most inter- esting and vitally important subject that presents itself to the man in uniform. Even if he knows just what he wants to do, that job may not be waiting for him. Some of the home work is being handled by other men or women. Are they all going to step out and welcome back the men in khaki or blue? There are bound to be countless new adjustments for men to make before industry, agriculture, and commerce are back on regular schedule. Daily drill in camp will give way to the whir of machinery, the whistles of steamship and locomotive, and the round of chores on the farm. There won't be the parades and the uniforms, nor the Captain's call to "Tenshun," nor the voices of comrades who a few months ago were helping make the world safe for Democ- racy. The great piece of war work is done and the Nation's own great work has begun again. That is the contented labor of a hundred millions of free people at their regular daily tasks. To maintain that labor and to preserve that contentment means that every man must find his place at once, do his best at it, and try to improve his own condition by improving himself. As one man back from France well said it : "After I got into the army I threw off the old mental and physical lassitude that had come near making me a vegetable fit only for the boiling pot. Then something was born in me and something died, and I fought as a man can when he is in the best of physical condition and isn't afraid of anything in consequence. "Now the war is over, and I must leave the army. But I want to keep on fighting. I think it is my duty to help my country in these days just as much as it was in the days of fighting. I am willing to do anything that will give me fighting — fighting against the difficulties of business or professional life." That's it, up and down the line. Every man wants a week or two for visiting with his friends, and then — to work again, with new hopes, new ambitions, and a new faith in himself. HELPING UNCLE SAM MEANS ALL THE TIME The world has seen enough of autocracies that control the lives and fortunes of the people. It has seen enough, too, of the plots and plans by which people hope to rise by tearing down everything else. Uncle Sam's new army of democracy is a hun- dred million men working together, thinking together, planning together for the things that will make America a better place to live in. To be a soldier in the new army is as glorious as to have been fighting in the uniform, and the spirit of conquest need not be lacking. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK The American Library Association, which supplied books and magazines to the soldiers, sailors, and marines during the war, has discovered that American men read under all circumstances ; and read all sorts of things. While the men were preparing themselves for the business of fighting, the great demand from the field was for books on mili- tary subjects and on technical subjects related to military science. Of the several hundred thousand volumes purchased by the A. L. A. the great majority were books of this kind. Now the thoughts of the men are turning to the home jobs, and the American Library Association desires to help the men get the books they need about those jobs, just as it helped them to get the books needed about the war jobs. This illustrated book makes a few suggestions of specific books on certain subjects — practical books written by practical men. All the books mentioned and scores of others of the same prac- tical character are available in the camp, hospital, public and college libraries of the country. Copyright Gordon Grant, Capt. U U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE POSTER In order that every man may find the place for which he is best fitted, the Department of Labor has reorganized its Employment Service to meet the needs of the readjustment period. During the war this Service applied itself to the task of placing workers where they could do most toward defeating Prussianism. Since the signing of the armistice it has devoted itself to con- necting up the jobless man and the manless job. Working with the Council of National Defense, the State Councils of Defense, and many patriotic or- ganizations created for war work, it has established employment offices in every army camp and in every community in the country; and it offers to every re- turning soldier the services of an expert in employment to help him find his proper place in the industrial machine. ^A/'o^k A Song of Triumph Work! Thank God for the might of it, The ardor, the urge, the deUght of it — Work that springs from the heart's desire, Setting the brain and the soul on fire — Oh, what is so good as the heat of it, And what is so glad as the beat of it. And what is so kind as the stern command. Challenging brain and heart and hand? Work! Thank God for the pride of it. For the beautiful, conquering tide of it. Sweeping the life in its furious i^ood. Thrilling the arteries, cleansing the blood, Mastering stupor and dull despair, Moving the dreamer to do and dare. Oh, what is so good as the urge of it. And what is so glad as the surge of it, And what is so strong as the summons deep. Rousing the torpid soul from sleep? Work! Thank God for the pace of it. For the terrible, keen, swift race of it; Fiery steeds in full control, Nostrils a-quiver to greet the goal. Work! the power that drives behind. Guiding the purposes, taming the mind. Holding the runaway wishes back, Reining the will to one steady track. Speeding the energies faster, faster, Triumphing over disaster. Oh, what is so good as the pain of it. And what is so great as the gain of it? And what is so kind as the cruel goad. Forcing us on through the rugged road? Work! Thank God for the swing of it. For the clamoring, hammering ring of it — Passion of labor daily hurled On the mighty anvils of the world. Oh, what is so fierce as the flame of it. And what is so huge as the aim of it? Thundering on through dearth and doubt. Calling the plan of the Maker out. Work, the Titan; Work, the friend. Shaping the earth to a glorious end. Draining the swamps and blasting the hills, Doing whatever Spirit wills — Rending a continent apart, To answer the dream of the Master heart. Thank God for a world where none may shirk. Thank God for the splendor of work! ANGELA MORGAN. Courtesy of the Artist — Elliot Brewer. THE TRIUMPH OF LABOR Wheels and tracks, derricks, signals and stacks, mean useful work done and more work waiting to be done by American men. Back to the Home Town Back to the home town, is the word ! The best little town in the world is where home is, whether it's New York or on the plains or mountains. That's where the old job waits, if one waits anywhere. No one ought to know the job quite so well as the man who left it to go to war. That's where the folks know a man and want to see him again. To a large extent the problem of getting job and man taken care of would be solved if every man could settle down in his home town again, and at his old job. To make exact statements, or even general ones, about the trades and occupations that stand open to great numbers of men, is too dangerous for any one but labor experts to attempt. Conflicting re- ports and opinions can be found in the same day's newspaper. The United States Employment Bureau is the central authority, gathering its information as regularly, as quickly, and as accurately as can be from all parts of the country and sending it out broadcast, especially to the local employment bu- reaus which it has established in approximately nineteen hundred cities, towns, and camps. Courtesy Library of Congress. Photograph by Grant Thompson. FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH The product of the workers in this Missouri lead mine is utiUzed by count- less others. The wealth, the energy, the genius of the nation is on the farms, in the mills and mines, and there a welcome hand awaits you. Reproduced by the Artist — Gerrit H. Beneker, igio. STEADY NERVES AND A CLEAR EYE High courage and devotion to duty mark the structural steel worker. Captain of Industry. Upon his skill and care depend the lives of those who cross bridges, travel on the rails, and work in high office buildings. keeps Posted on his Job Gets th© Ansvet in his Eiwebfx Library Books by Experts on Bu-ildin^ Trades .Electricity — Machine Shop . Steam Engines . Inventions All Technical Trades Courtesy of Collier's. Tr-^^l^-p-— ^^ ^ 1 1 ' ^HMp^^* "^-^tl 1 1 'F^BiKJ^Hi^H^HHBvfl^^^^BtfBHiL '' - u _ -Im i^^^^^^SSi^^B^^Pi^v^^ ^aliiJK^^aa ^ ^\~ ^^'^^Kii^Mpli 1 i >■ ■ . 'A^S^^^^^^H 1 wH^' KmWWWIJ^^kJ ^^^^^^T 2 JS #^.-.^H9k '^y^i^fk:^ K^i^Hk "^.- :■•;-: 13 f^r c-.-f -k^-^'-^ -^^rlHH^^^S^ ' i ^.:3^^^ L ,. ^^gfc^^ 1 m ^^ 1^.^9IH^V^^ ^ ' ^^^^^^^K ^ bi3 m t /^\..Si@9H^ ^^K^ i^ * o .s o g m ' i'' J^tttSSSSKw^^m ^^ I wr.^'""!^^^^ -* « ^ '^W^ W^e^fj^K^^^^^ Si HR'w^:23^^9^ -^ ™ ■ S ^. 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If she is a competitor, better worry, but if she is the wife-to-be, there are plenty of better things for her than milking cows. o ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M c ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I^^^^H^^^^^I >. lU ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^H^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I c ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I^^^^I^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^^^^I o ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^I^^^^H^^^HH^^^^^^^^H E ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BI^H^^^^^^^^H^ERhHI^^^h^B^^^^^^^^^I 13 • ^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^Hj^HB^I^^^^^^^I «j ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^fr ''"^^^^^^^^I^^^^^PI^^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^^I G '^ ^^^^^^^^^^^r ^"^ii^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^^I .5 c ^^^^^^^^^K> ^^tf^^^^B^^^I "o « ^^^^^^^^^^v^^ '-.' ..JSbiSM^^^^^I ^ w ^^^^^^^^V'7 .,i;^^''^1^''''^'vSP^I^^^^I ^^^^^^H ' ^.^^^ ^^'^ ''^^■l^^^l to o S 2 ^^^^V ''^^^H T> c Y ing. 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WOOL RAISING AS AN INDUSTRY rtesy Agricultural Department. RUSTLING THEIR RATIONS Always at it from morning until night. Chickens can often be raised around the farm house with very little purchased grain, and at that will furnish the golden eggs. A SCORE OF WHITE BEAUTIES Geese and duck raising are at- tractive side lines, for the demand for plump fowls, well dressed, is always steady, and prices good. Courtesy Agricultural Department. A FARMYARD FLOCK This is about as large a flock as the average farmer finds time to handle. The real poultryman, however, goes in on a large scale, and needs to give every attention to the care and condition of his investment. Lewis's "Produc- tive Poultry Husbandry" is now in its third edition, because of its usefulness. Courtesy Agricultural Department. CONTENTED COWS FILL THE PAIL ^*r-- Courtesy Agricultural Department. NURSING THE CROP ALONG Things look mighty good to the farmer when the first blades of corn come through and he can start cultivating. In dry weather, keeping the soil fine and loose on top is worth a heavy rain. Not a weed here. At this rate there will be a bumper crop. nal Geographic Magazine. DISC-HARROWING WITH MULES IN THE WEST Courtesy National Geographic Magazine. Photograph by M. L. Alexander. KING CORN The end of the season almost here, this man is counting his profits, for only bad luck can stand between him and a bounteous harvest. New uses of corn during the war will continue a growing demand for this crop. Van Slyke's "Fertilizers and Crops" discusses the culture of corn and the other field crops. u 2 ^0. S S "^ 2 ^ w (J c S.t^ o < HJ re ° H - 52 < rt 1 !S W .w 2 X •£ O 3 bfl re w f ^ > .-H O 'c3 is .5 K < !^ •^-?? Q o ^^ 2 j; W jij ^ Si < ^ 1.3 to H F o O m I! 2 « ^ o o >, re .> fe & -C M 3 S^ j; ^ E ■I-' -c "H _c >>< a e 'u (J -1 3 , TS i? .t: c JS H <« H Courtesy National Geographic Magazi Photograph by H. J. Harvey. JUST ONE ONION But it spells success for this Louisiana market gardener, for he has staked his season's work on such a crop as this. Truck farming and hot-bed culture are the most intensive types of agriculture, with marketing as the chief factor in the profits. Abel & Company. SOME FARM BOOKS WRITTEN BY PRACTICAL FARMERS "The average man learns from his own experience: the wise man learns from the experience of others." Time was when the "hayseed" type of farmer called books theoretical. His type is past, or else the books have become mighty practical, for the newer generation of farmers now depends on books and bulletins to keep on the right road. Bulletins of the Federal and State Govern- ments, as well as the best farm books, may be borrowed from most of the 5.000 public libraries in the United States, as well as from the libraries maintained by the American Library Asso- ciation in camps and hospitals. Courtesy Agricultural Department. LOADS OF MONEY With the present prices and demand for fruit of all kinds, the orchardist has no fear of overproduction. The apple crop has steadily declined since 1896. This has been due mostly to neglect, which is the special temptation to the farmer who raises fruit as a side line. Com- mercial orcharding requires close attention all the year. Sears's "Productive Orchardino" is written by a practical fruit raiser. Abel & Company. SALESMANSHIP "Retail Selling and Store Man- agement," by Nystrom, explains the problems that arise in the retail store, the final link in the great chain extending from producer to customer. Knowledge is everything and a man cannot go very far wrong on a subject he knows a lot about. Abel & Company. LEARNING THE OVERHEAD OF BUSINESS In the office one gets acquainted with principles and methods of management. Barrett's book, "Mod- ern Methods in the Office," gives helpful suggestions in the routine of office business. BOOKS ON BUSINESS Abel & Company. fe C h:i a> < bxj O u "-^ >■ H a -{^ < « ^ W •5 ^ K O >. o < r -a fe .§1 o •li >, w 13 1) t3 s s H 3 .5 K j3 .t; < +^ re 0. m is w Q u, Jl UJ ^ T) ffl o u VI JZ B *^ 3 A FINANCIER Beginning in overalls as a farm hand and a machinist at $1.35 a day, he felt the need of book knowledge so keenly that with his own savings and at night he took courses in mathematics, shorthand, and eco- nomics, and moved steadily from shop foreman to newspaper worker, to financial editor, to secretary to the head of the Federal Treasury, to manager of the Government Span- ish war loan, to Vice-President and President of the National City Bank of New York, and the coun- try's greatest authority on financial matters. Everywhere in his career he has used the knowledge gained by other men and written into books. As Chairman of the finan- cial campaign for the Library War Service he has helped the librarians of the country in placing over four million books in the hands of America's fighting men. Mr. Vanderlip, in his book, "Business and Education," says: "The thing that the young business man should clearly understand is that a well- directed course of systematic reading will be of value not so much in help- ing him better to do the work he has in hand as in preparing him to do much more important work. The young bank clerk, whose duties are simple and rou- tine, may ask what good it will do him to know the history and provisions of the national banking law. It will do him very little good if he intends always to be a bank clerk; it may do him a great deal of good if he hopes to be a bank officer. Generally speaking, he should read along lines which will give him knowledge that his superiors ought to have, and this will mean that he is fitting himself for better things. If his career is in mercantile lines, he should seek the fullest information regarding his particular line of business. The shoe salesman who will special- ize his reading upon leather and leatherworking, who will learn about the different processes of tanning and the different methods of manufacture, will not only be a better judge of the goods he is handling, but will be better able to sell them. The bank clerk who will master the history of the development of the banking system may not see the application of that knowledge to his daily task, but if opportunity some time knocks at his door he will be much better prepared to accept the burden of greater responsibilities and wider usefulness." Harris & Ewing. FRANK A. VANDERLIP Courtesy Library of Congress. GOLD ASSAYING Courtesy National Geographic Magazine. THE SKELETON OF AN OCEAN CARRIER Once again the United States is to take her place as one of the leading mari- time nations of the world. There is an increasing market in foreign countries for American products and shipyards call for strong men experienced in a variety of trades. "The Shipbuilding Industry," written by Kelly and Allen, has the indorsement of the United States Shipping Board. Courtesy Committee on Education and Special Training. THE WIRELESS MAN Wireless communication has proven its commercial value during the oast few years and has developed rapidly during the war. "Practical Wireless Telegraphy " by Bucher, gives the student a simple explanation of the bask prmciples of the apparatus. Abel & Company. BOOKS ON RAILROADS AND SEA TRADES Copyright Underwood & Underwood. THE TRAIN DISPATCHER "Operation of Trains and Station Work," by Prior, is a practical handbook for the train dispatcher. Copyright Underwood & Underwood. TIGHTENING THE BOLTS "Sinclair's Locomotive Engine Running and Management" was written to assist the engineer to solve elemental problems. Courtesy Library of Congress. THE RAILROAD IS LIFE ITSELF Out of the fiery molten steel comes the locomotive. If you would better understand the iron horse, find your way to any of the great plants in which he is being built or read books which describe his beginning in a factory. In the drafting room each locomotive is given a whole ledger page — sometimes two or three— for specifications. From these specifications the young draftsmen take their instruction. They work out their charts and elevations, their detailed plans; and the ink is hardly dry upon their drawings before they are whisked away to the blue-print rooms. The blue-prints are still damp when, in turn, they are hurried to the different construction shops of the plant. "The Modern Railroad," by Edward Hungerford, gives an idea of the involved detail of railroad operation. Courtesy McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. A CORLISS ENGINE Prof. R. H. Thurston expresses the progress in the realization of the prac- tical possibilities and economics from the power of steam: "The end of the nineteenth century is that of one which will always remain pre-eminent in history as the age in which the steam-engine took shape in the hands of Watt and Sickles and Corliss and Greene, of Porter, and their suc- cessors, and thus brought in the factory system and all our modern methods of production, in the improvement of the condition of the people, and in all the material advancement in the industrial arts which has made the century distinctively one of supremacy of the mechanic arts. The close of the century finds the steam-engine, though threatened with displacement by other motors, in the view of many writers, nevertheless the great motor of the age. Substantially all of the power employed by the civilized world is supplied by this great invention— congeries of inventions, rather— the product of a series of improvements, of an evolution effected during the hundred years or more just past. The limit to be possibly attained in its development and perfection will always remain a subject of intense interest to the profession and to the world." The rapid progress recently made in steam-turbine design has given it a leading position in its special field of usefulness. We can scarcely realize the fact of the startling changes in the industrial and financial values in all the civilized world that have occurred within our memory and that have been due to education and its bearing upon this inventive age, and in which steam, with its work, has been one of the principal factors. "Modern Steam Engineering." by Hiscox, is a practical work. Courtesy McGraw-Hill Publishing ONE THOUSAND HORSE-POWER DIESEL ENGINE POWER PLANT Such plants as these are the backbone of the manufacturing industries of the nation. The energies of thousands of men are concentrated on finding new methods and solutions to increase power while reducing costs and the con- sumption of fuel. "The Internal Combustion Engine Manual," by Sterling, includes a good section on the Diesel Engine. r ^i'^iH ' '^M^JH P^K1_ J 1 f ^m rb r^ pp ■^^^ IHS^h^^' m Courtesy Committee on Education and Special Training. THE DRAFTSMAN Not only the skill and accuracy of the man with the T-square, but his knowledge of engineering and his interest in every detail of the result are called into play. Read French's "Engineering Drawing," which with other books on the subject will help the man who cannot attend classes. A GREAT INVENTOR The career of George Westing- house, one of the greatest benefac- tors of the civilized world, reads like a romance. He was one of the foremost American inventors, from the time of his first creation of the rotary engine at the age of fifteen. His father thought his work was "trumpery." Although best known as the in- ventor of the automatic air brake, his automatic railway signal occu- pies an equally important position as a safe-guard to modern high- speed railroading. He, too, was the pioneer, against tremendous op- position, in introducing into Amer- ica the alternating current machin- ery which has rendered possible the transmission of electric power for long distances, and enabled our engineers to utilize valuable water- courses. Westinghouse was a constant reader. Late at night he would pore over books on technology, and the current magazines were a constant source of inspiration to him. His life is an inspiration for every man. He fought his way against every obstacle. Francis E. Leupp's "George Westinghouse; His Life and Achieve- ments," tells the story in a fascinating way, and gives many side-lights on industry and invention. Courtesy J. G. Gessford. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE Courtesy Pratt Institute Free Library. Photograph by White Studio. ENGINEERS PREPARING THEMSELVES At the Pratt Institute Free Library at Brooklyn, and in other large libraries, special rooms are set aside for ambitious men who wish to study on their voca- tions. Even the village library has some technical books, and what it lacks may be borrowed from other libraries. Every man has an opportunity to study, if he will. Abel & Company. SOME BOOKS FOR ENGINEERS Books like these have stood the test. Civil, mechanical and electrical engineering appeal to a million men, and these books will help them win their way. Underwood & Underwood. THE PIONEERS The surveyor is the man who prepares the way for civilization and con- struction. If it is for railroad work, read Raymond's "Elements of Railroad Engineering." There are textbooks on other branches too. Courtesy Committee on Education and Special Training. THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS The electrical branches offer countless opportunities for the man with a mechanical turn. Power-plant operation and the application of electricity to every industry are treated in reliable books. Try Croft's "Practical Elec- tricity," which already has brought success to thousands of men. Courtesy Committee on Education and Special Trainin TRACTOR FARMING Unravelling the mysteries of engine and transmission is something for which the farmer must be prepared, as well as the gasoline engine expert at the factory. Read "Tractor Farming," by J. H. Stephenson, and Pages "Modern Gasoline Automobile," which is especially good on engines. Courtesy Committee on Education and Special Training. HEADS TOGETHER ON A MOTOR JOB Very little manufacturing is now done outside of factories. A specialization in the manufacture of electrical apparatus, winding of armatures and assembly of parts requires substantial reading of the books that are now available on every branch of electricity. Courtesy National Geographic Magazine Photoi;i-a|.h DROP HAMMER FORGING AN AXLE FOR RAILROAD CAR The hand that turns the axle rules the commercial world. Industry waits upon the railroad, and the railroad waits upon the mill which makes its equip- ment. Study Bradley Stoughton's "Metallurgy of Iron and Steel." Courtesy National Geographic Magazin Photograph from Carnegie Steel Co. THE BUSINESS END OF A GIANT BLAST FURNACE At the top it takes in coke and ore and limestones and turns loose two streams of molten material at the base. It is a large, circular, silo-shaped affair, some 90 feet high, kept going day and night, Sunday and Christmas alike, year ;n and year out, when it does not give way under the strain. ^HIH B^^^^^^^^^^^H c- X x l^^^^^^l ^ >. ^ f- i> S ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HT ' ,f ^H by Paul ■ ge. Th every b ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BHb^^ ^^^^UBI a C C HP^v; H| Photogra with ton metals i WF ^"'•^' H| E .S ■I'^i^ Hh ^^^^It' r ^ >^-^ - S 1^ ^^B . ^!% « " c ENE WO actors in ng, and i ^H^f^' E OXY-ACETYL] have been potent f letal furniture maki electric welding. ^^^^^^^^^l^^p^p^^^^» ' W^f^' i ectric el woi ylene ^^^HS^HP^ - % ^ x> IBPPi^^™^^^^^^^ 73 U ?■' Ji - « X « _ BH^^K y 'i r^. i^ir ; 1 1 ill - W -^ O re .S -a 1 " ^ § WkjT^^jM^'^i- 1 HHH .'lent :ess« re g ^^^^ 'V^BHH|^ '^yf' ' I H^^^Hj 6 ^ o ™ ^^^^^w'' '^^^^^^^^^1^ '^ 'm^' \ H^^^H ^^^^^^HH^^ ' ' '' Ni'y^^^l^^^H. Tf' ^^^ H^^H ^^1 Courtesj Th shortei industi Courtesy National Geographic Magazi THIRTY TONS OF MOLTEN STEEL Into this gigantic bucket pours the white stream of melted metal from the blast furnace. Skilled workers, alert to every factor in the condition of the steel, tap it into the molds on httle cars, and from here it goes to the rolling mills, where it is formed into plates, bars, and rails. Read Johnson's "Blast Furnace Construction" or Gray's "Foundry Work." Courtesy of Collier THE STEEL WORKER Abel & Company. BOOKS FOR MINE AND METAL WORKERS Written by practical men who have spent their Uves in these specialties. Such books show recent practice and are illustrated by pictures and diagrams. Courtesy Frederick J. Drake & Co. FRED T. HODGSON "WHO SAYS BOOKS ARE NOT PRACTICAL?" Fred T. Hodgson, "The Grand Old Man of Carpentry," spent his early years at the trade and wrote books about it that have been read by thou- sands of men. Picture him at your elbow, advising and pointing out better methods and giving you his best thought and knowledge. In his book, "Modern Carpentry," he says: "While it is not absolutely necessary that, to become a good mechanic, a man must need be a good scholar or be well advanced in mathematics or geometry, yet. if a man be proficient in these sciences, they will be a great help to him in aiding him to accom- plish his work with greater speed and more exactness than if he did not know anything about them." The carpenter has always been a worker in wood and probably will always be so, unless we are so foolish as to neglect the newer art of Forestry to such an extent that in the course of time we have no wood wherein to work and with which to build and decorate our habitations. The building and the decoration of houses and other struc- tures has always been the special con- tribution of the carpenter to the wel- fare of the community, and this fea- ture has distinguished him from other woodworkers, such as carriage-build- ers, shipbuilders, coopers, and makers of various implements. But whereas the carpenter formerly did all the work connected with the building or decoration of the structure, he now performs only a small part of it. At one time he was called upon to pre- pare the rough lumber for framing, erect the building, make the doors and windows, together with their frames, and then make and put in place all the out- side and inside finish, even including the ■eM|| ^^'^li furniture. In these days, however, fac- JlWl t.'^'- ^^^ 'x tories are doing a great deal of this work, ijJ I vi^^^l^^B^^ ■ ^"'^^ ^^ *^^ manufacture of doors and flHl#^ yim^^^'l window sash, interior finish, furniture. ^Hlv^ — jf- |3^^^l|| etc.. and the lumber which was formerly I^B '"^ta^^U^* p^ yilV 1 1 prepared by hand is now sawed, cut. ^^L ^ jr^.^:^^^i' I planed, molded, and even sandpapered by ^ -^-^ *^' ^ ^ machinery, leaving for the carpenter the preparation of the framing of such build- ings as are not large enough to be built of brick, stone, or steel, and the putting in place at the building of the exterior and interior finish which has previously been made ready so far as possible at the factory. The old-time joiner has given way to the modern cabinet-maker or the factory woodworker, and his plane, saw, and chisel have been replaced by electrically-driven machinery of the plan- ing mill and the door factory. Neverthe- less, the principles upon which the art of carpentry is based have not changed, and we still use the formulas and profit by the wisdom which has come down to us from our fathers. THE HOME-BUILDERS THE WINDOW FRAMl MIXING THE FIRST BATCH !^ I : ^ _. ■^j^l The history of concrete is a history of an ancient and highly developed art, long lost and forgotten during the dark centuries of the middle ages, and having a new awakening and renais- !-ance nearly two thousand years later. Some of the costly and magnificent structures of concrete built by the Romans during the period of their supremacy still remain as time-defy ing evidence of their great skill as constructors, and as monuments to the utilitarian character of their art. As a seed planted in an arid soil springs to life at the first visiting of rain, so has concrete been born anew m the twentieth century when the state of industrial and constructive art became favorable to its development; and with such new life it has reached a much higher state of development, and attained a wider application and a more permanent place in our civilization than was ever dreamed of by our Roman prede- cessors. Our ancestors progressed from the Stone Age to the Iron Age; we seem to be passing from the Steel Age to the Cement Stone or Concrete Age. We tread on concrete walks, travel in concrete sub- ways, over concrete bridges, live and work in concrete buildings, store our grain in I ■l^^^^na I xl saKIT mi concrete elevators, draw our water from f. U^^^VH u^lJH^ ^Sm ^' S concrete reservoirs and cisterns, sanitate our cities with concrete sewers, and are finally buried in concrete cases deposited in concrete tombs, and our numerous virtues are inscribed on concrete monuments. It is certainly well that the development of concrete has come at a time when our rapidly disappearing forests have given serious alarm as to our future supply of timber, and what a boon the concrete in- dustry will be to humanity and civilization throughout the world cannot be appre- ciated so well today as it will be years hence when the supply of timber has fallen far below the normal requirement. The use of concrete, simple and reinforced, is already reducing the consumption of structural steel. The materials for cement and concrete abound in every part of the country; and while the arts of making and using them are still in their infancy, the products promise to become superior to steel and stone in strength, durability and convenience, and economy and use. We can prophesy that future ages will be grateful to the present one for the renaissance of concrete, for with it, as time goes on, will come more beauty in our structures, more health- ful conditions of life resulting from the sanitary nature of the material, more buildings of historic fame, and temples far more creditable to our architecture; for when the present monumental structures of timber, steel, and iron shall have succumbed to the corroding hand of Time, our concrete structures, built of more en- during stuff, will still live and endure to tell the story of the rebirth of con- crete in the Twentieth Century. The "Popular Handbook for Cement and Concrete Users," by Lewis and Chandler, gives the kinds of cement and how they are made. PLUMBING THE MAN AT THE ANVIL VOCATIONAL BOOKS The following books have been supplied to transports, hospitals, and camp libraries to be used in connection with the volume "Your Job Back Home." RAILROAD AND SEA TRADES ngine running and management Locomotive e Men on deck Modern seamanship Navigation Practical exporting Practical wireless telegraphy Principles of ocean transportation Operation of trains Shipbuilding industry Telegraphy self-taught Sinclair Ki^senburg Knight Jacoby Hough Bircher Johnson & Huebner Prior Kelly & Allen Edison ENGINEERING Construction of roads and pavements Elements of railroad engineering Engineering drawing Engineering as a career Gas engine troubles and installation Internal combustion engine manual Modern gasoline automobile, its design, construction, mam- tenance, and operation Modern steam engineering Practical electricity Steel construction MINING AND METAL TRADES Agg Raymond French Newell Rathbun Sterling Page Hiscox Croft Burt Blast furnace construction Chats on steel Foundry work Machine shop practice Metallurgy New tinsmith's helper and pattern b Principles of mining Textbook of advanced machine work AGRICULTURE Farm management Fertilizers and crops Garden farming Productive dairying Productive orcharding Productive poultry husbandry Productive sheep husbandry Traction farming Types and breeds of farm animals ARTISAN TRADES Carpentry Cement worker's handbook Complete modern carpentry and joinery Modern blacksmithing Modern plumbing Photography Printing Steam and hot water Woodworking for secondary schools Johnson Spring Gray Kaup Stoughton Williams Hoover Smith Coffey Van Slyke Corbett Washburn Sears Lewis Coffey Stephenson Plumb Townsend Lewis Hodgson Holstrom Starbuck Roebuck Henry King Griffith Business employments Occupations Vocational guidance Young man and his vocation Advertising and selling Bookkeeping complete Business letters How to deal with huma Newspaper writing Practical work of a bank Retail selling Retail selling and store management VOCATIONS BUSINESS ture in business Allen Gowin & Wheatley Brewster Harris Hollingworth Miner Gardner Cody Bleyer Kniffin Fisk Nystrom Every Man's Job Is to Be a Good Citizen These books on timely topics are selected and supplied by the American Library Association to supplement the lectures given in the camps by the welfare organizations. They are of interest to men who plan to make good at their work and who feel that they wish to take a citizen's part in their own local and national government. THE JOB AHEAD Finding the Work Business employments Allen Occupations Gowin & Wheatley Profitable vocations for boys Weaver Vocational guidance for the professions Brewster Young man and his vocation Harris Bulletins U. S. Employment Service Publications U. S. Federal Board for Vocational Education Working the Find Making good Paris Proverbs Modern Reader's Bible Succeeding with what you have Schwab Success in business Rose Training for efficiency Marden What men live by Cabot A COUNTRY PROSPEROUS | National Prosperity How the world makes its living McPherson Industry and trade Bishop & Keller Principles of wealth and welfare Raper Principles of economics Seager Individual Prosperity Money; what it is and how to use it Hayward How to get ahead Atwood Work, wages and profits Gantt Cost of living Clark Agriculture the Basis Lure of the land Wiley New business of farming Dimock New earth Harwood Principles of agriculture Bailey A COUNTRY WELL GOVERNED World Issues in Government Real business of living Tufts World war issues and ideas Speare & Norris Democracy vs. autocracy Geiser Governments of Europe Ogg American Ideals in Government American spirit Monroe & Miller North American idea Macdonald My country Turkington Preparing for citizenship Guitteau Civics for new Americans Hill & Davis Elementary civics McCarthy Use your government Franc Value of an Education Why go to college Cooper College and the man Jordan Money values of education (Bulletin No. 22, 1917I U. S. Bureau of Education Fifty Good Books Which Every One Likes This list is offered in the belief that every book is a favorite and well worth reading. FICTION Adventures of Sherlock Doyle Light of western stars Grey Holmes Little Shepherd of King- Ben Hur Wallace dom Come Fox Call of the wild London Lorna Doone Blackmore Caleb West Smith Luck of Roaring Camp Harte Captains courageous KipHng Les Miserables Hugo Cloister and the hearth Reade Mr. Pratt Lincoln Conquest of Canaan Tarkingto 1 Prisoner of Zenda Hawkins Count of Monte Cristo Dumas Right of way Parker Crisis Churchill Shepherd of the hills Wright David Copperfield Dickens Tale of two cities Dickens Fortunate youth Locke Three Musketeers Dumas Gallagher and other stories Davis To have and to hold Johnston Honorable Peter Stirling Ford Treasure Island Stevenson In our town White Tom Sawyer Twain Ivanhoe Scott Virginian Wister John Halifax, gentleman Craik Westward! Ho! Kingsley Last of the Mohicans Cooper Leavenworth case Green Autobiography Everyday life of Abraham Lincoln Making of an American Promised land Sailor's log Story of my life BIOGRAPHY Theodore Roosevelt F. F. Browne Jacob Riis (an immigrant social worker) Mary Antin (a Jewish immigrant) Robley D. Evans (an admiral of the U. S. Navy) Helen Keller (deaf, dumb, and blind) MISCELLANEOUS Adventures in contentment Grayson Essays of Elia Lamb Fighting fleets Paine Golden treasury of verse Palgrave Life on the Mississippi Twain Macbeth Shakespeare Oregon trail Parkman Our nation in the making Nicolay Vagabond journey around the world Franck What men live by Cabot A printed list of all the books mentioned in this volume can be obtained from the person in charge of any camp or hospital library, or from any other A. L. A. representative. The list will be sent by mail if a request is addressed to the American Library Association at any of the following addresses: Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 78 East Washington St.. Chicago. 10 rue de I'Elysee, Paris. How to Get the Books Every man in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, no matter where in the world he is stationed, will find that the American Library Asso- ciation has followed him with books, or is willing to follow him, if by any chance he has been overlooked. OVERSEAS: Many of the books mentioned in this volume are in the libraries pro- vided by the A. L. A. for the A. E. F. In addition to these libraries, the A. L. A. has placed collections of books in Red Cross, Salvation Army, Y. M. C. A., and other welfare buildings. If a particular book cannot be found in one of these collections, a request for it should be addressed by mail to the American Library Association, lo rue de I'Elysee, Paris, France. The book will be sent by return mail, free of charge, to keep for one month, to any man of the American Expeditionary Forces. ON TRANSPORTS: Small collections of books are maintained by the A. L. A. on returning transports. Every transport, equipped with a library in an American port, is supplied with at least some of the books mentioned in this publication. IN AMERICAN CAMPS: In each of the large American camps, the A. L. A. maintains its own library building, with thousands of books under the care of librarians. In addition, books supplied by the A. L. A. will be found in the buildings of the Y. M. C. A., K. of C, and other organizations. In these large camps, practically any important book can be secured from the camp library; if it is not on the shelves a copy will be obtained. In small camps, there are no library buildings, but books are supplied by the A. L. A. to the Camp Headquarters, Chaplains, or welfare organizations. Applica- tion should be made to them for special books desired. IN HOSPITALS: In the hospitals, the A. L. A. has placed thousands of books. The library usually has quarters in the Red Cross House or in the building of some other organization. In many hospitals there is a separate A. L. A. reading room where a man may study in quiet. Books are brought to men, confined to bed, by the hospital librarian and her assist ants, who go through the wards to determine the particular book each patient desires. AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE: There are approximately 5,000 public libraries in the United States. The larger libraries maintain special departments to meet the requests of men interested in agriculture, industry, and commerce. Practically any technical book can be borrowed. The smaller libraries, while not so well equipped, will be glad to con- sider the purchase of books that have been mentioned. If funds do not permit the purchase, the small library will be able to borrow the desired book from the State Library, Library Commission, or from some other source within the State. THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO 50 CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO $1.00 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE. I^AY 20 Aim 18 1945 TWvTTj I LD 21-100m-12,'43(879Gs) 39524 UNIVERSITY OF CAUFORNIA UBRARK ^.'■...jiL