The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-30
The Clicks Of New York
Hermit in New York" writes to the
Troy TIMES as .ioiiows:

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Hermit in New York" writes to the
Troy TIMES as .ioiiows
TUE WAY cERKs ARE PAID.
q. In the great shipping snd commercial
hu>es no salary is paid for the first year,
nhd sometimes clerk may continue In
ssrvlt several years of the same rae.
lhc Houses We refer TO are such a. Grim
'ieI, Aftairlm Il Co. Rowland q A>.lE-
wall, Phelps Dodge anI Co ctc These
iuth afe o,eirun with Applications irun
fIeb iDeB who de~ire their sons 10 learn the
-shirrtDa aud Importing bu ,incss, aud
hence are VII tug ~ support them during
Tie 'oW progress al mercsutlleT edusutluu
lie writer of thls Hiany years ago had an
ambition to get INTO IA South street ship
ill.e louise and Offered It, serve in One of
them without pay The liberal offer was
dtchned and he got INTO better business.
We niet understanding youth teiy who
has The favor ut serving in one of these
houses on the same terms. He sfends
about one thousand dollars per year. and
III, Relatives are put TO II to raise the
finds, but Suclris their AMBITION hat they
VIII strain every nerve 10 MAINTAIN -hiy 20
eltion. Ia he ls,a very brhi u trluw he
vi IN the course Of four or i've years, he
able to >upporf hlu>cii but to rising to
the dignity Ola South street merchant, not
one III Il hundred ca do TINT In dry
goods Jnhblng concerns, one hundred dol>
lars per year Is paid tn beginners, aud
III some eases two hundred dollars. By
The term 'berinners' we mean boys who
wish to learn he business They must ex
poet 10 work at starvation prices, and take
their slow chances at PROMOTION, which tew
have patience tn walt Tor.
I'to-' DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CLERKS
These may be suinuied up as cash sboys
elrand boys, sale,lheu, FshopswaIker>, CASH
lels, cloth measurerS, etc, all of which are
found in the retail trade. The most im-
rortant of these is the shop walker, who
must e ct line appearances and elegantly
dressed. He stands at the entrance TO
greet the customers with graceful Spiies,
a ssa TO escort them to The different depart.
M nts they wish to examine. |. any one
wishes To note an example of overdune 10
nteiies> AMI good manners running IN ex
trayaganzl, let him look ut one of the
walkers IN our fashionable stores. To turn
10 the Wholesale trade, here are entry
Clerks, shipping clerks, receiving cltrks
Gus oar house clerks, respondent clerks,
aud bookkeepers. To these are TO he add
ed The various branches of trade which we
viii not stop to record, but which are SO
extensive that we may estimate the nuns
Der OF clerks IN New York at about one
hundred thsu>ani, uue-len,h Of whom may
be- found III Broadway.
HOW CLERKS LIVE.
Some OF The Broadway houses have
odd h 4.
Among Ihese houses are A L Stewart aud
Co Lord and TaA hur and A,Lui aud
Constable Ii. b C,atlu aud Co thong h
OUT OF Broadway, e,npIoy about three
HUNDRED and fifty. The salaries of these
Dung nlt-ti range frolu one hundred to one
thousand dnliar,-though d lew reach a
figure finslng from two to, four thousand
dnhars. Bur al TIE moderate rate first
snrnuoneu they are expected To dress well
aud Keep up u good arreaiance They
muai se al their pest at eight u clock or
hled, unless excused for ,inl>s. They
are kept IN their ittI all day, having Just
spare l.hnr al noon for y ha>ty luuch, aud
by . clock III tn" evening lhty aie a
weary a. ID iatm laror-r; Tor retailing
Spuus and inces>ant taikIng Is haFd work.
In Tie busy season clerks are often kept at
Work unuI uldUIght without ailua ance for
tx Id services. aud When trade falls off
they iel liable 10 insIaes.f lie discharge
, hltt the exception Of clilcs ,aiesucu vino
lhHuence trade, no clerk Is ,urt. OF his slttl
alton Tor a week ahead. The 'dru,nlfeis
who hang aruu1d hotels and bifug In Gus
toher>, have better chance I'll iu1 an duur
uIvh, tut drumming Is killing business,
aud hence they at" not to he euvIed Aler-
chants care nei hing for then c.erks exccIt
a. tools To make mcney WI b, every nnex
pected outlay l< met, II 70 Site, by cut
Jug down their pay ! y nclonanf sho 10
making twrrt, live thou and uet:1rs yer
year aud ENlng IN haIi,iSGtne sI\ir " III
gladly reduce his CLERKS 10 tile slUw-~t Idl-
lance. , he clerks lives at cheap b6aroiIug
HolsrS, and hnd, II hard Ia III, ct even Ih.,
outlay. No luxurics are WITHIN his reach
uille<> lie obtain the nit.au> by fratli, aui 10
+ 'hl- ne Il soon empt,d He fn1s auuse
lneui IN he ST eet, aud dissipation makes
mp tur loss ut hume dissertations. To peet
hc cost OF pleasure he rnDs his employer,
rms d brltf carretr of ml>callcd pleasures,
and l. ethel saved ly Il .sht nr wlnl. up in
tue, ombs. = Such al iea>t is he history of
he maj nIiy pf our clerks j.; au,i the cvun
tiy b"I who reads these facts j. just the
one 30 determine To try hi, change, and We
>ha'i probably mcst hlGl IN his utw suit
ami b, :, good !o"k> IN e-, lhana fortnight
So iilarcn on d ar greer horn, To your tate
an1 unit In the grand army 1T les niisr
dbfes =" hu serve the uutocrats Uf trade.
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