Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
OUR NEW YORK :LETTER.
TO Young Men. from the Coun
try---Bergh i'm a New Role--
Modern Conveniences---Rusi
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T. $50. ..- New \ YoEK, April IL.
| SHORT BUT TRUE STATEMENT TO Yot7st
L., s." 8. " MEN FROM THE COUNTRY, :.
/. The ambition of. half the young mel
i from the country is to get to some. large
city, New York being, of course, the
first choice: The young man who has
/ to arise. at four and go out into rain OF
snow, as the case may be, and do chores
on farm, before the regular days work
begins, very naturally desires some life
less exacting and less laborious. He
takes a trip to the nearest city, and sees
the: spruce young men with their hair
parted in the middle standing in grace
ful attitudes behind counters, and hes
envies them the pleasant, elegant Il If
they lead, that he makes up his mind to
get there himself, and if he. has nerve
enough, he does it. Let us see whether
he has. made. a change for the better or
not. = ..,l.-sl..- ..-.t .ss.. ...srs ..s...
A. Z. Stewart 50 Co., the largest dry
goods dealers in. the United States, en-
ploy in their uptown store about seven
hundred statesmen Of all kinds. These
men are ruled by discipline as. ffgid az
that of PruFsian army. They are re-
quired to be on hand at seven O'Clock in
the morning to answer to their names at
roll-call, and take their places. If they
are behind hand a minute, that minute is
charged to them and deducted from their
salaries. Sickness makes no difference.
They are required to be at their posts
from a. m. till 7.30 p. m. If one is
absent he has to say why. If it should
be sickness or any other good cause, he
is not discharged, but his time is deduct
ed, and there is no appeal allowed. The
great merchant knows nothing of the
circumstances of his men, nor does he
want to know. He wants work for his
money-if he gets the work you get
your money, all he agrees to pay-and
that is all there is of it. Your mother
may die, or your child-you pay for the
time to attend the funeral.
OF course work so exacting is well
paid for. Is it ? Let us see. The low
est salary paid to regular statesmen in
this establishment is seven dollars per
week, and the highest twenty the great
majority of them receiving from twelve
to fifteen dollars per week. Out of this |
twelve dollars the salesman has to pay
first, seven dollars per week for board
and such board For that sum be gets a /
room eight by ten feet, in the attic, and +
TWO meals per day of the cheapest and !.
food that the cheapest and /
neauest markets afford, cooked in I
he vilest, and most atrocious style pos
'iblP His washing costs him not less
han one dollar per week for eleanls-
less Is required which leaves him bGt
our dollars Then. he pays st least one
lollar per week for car fare. postage
lamps, and. ether iReidentaIs, leaving
lim three. dollars to go on for clothes 4
nd such Novelties He gets sick acca-
ionafly. and losing, an hour now and Z
bon is sanaaoiaabla,. al. of which makes
arge holes in bis .sassll salary. ,-...s e
To sum it all up, he works lll< - -:
sy-sfstve faFf - 8 - - Z x s,.sssF
! the yeaf. twelve and, . half hours -
sys aud gets j most stiRfed living, and 4
othing mora. Many q. gaed lackiag r:
erk IN SteBafi = this. siay.. .ss,Isr esS;esss !,
atcd sfepe IL lie TOOK his Boots off. for I
piag without .stae kings saves. III e Gsss sss -
ayisTg and. 'rlse COS. of washing .AHdI !
,e wearing of black s6arfs to cover the. ;
hirt front is not generally a matter es'F
tste. The shirt costs three dollars, ana
he washing costs twelve aad a half
ents every time. A black scarf and
ollar is made to do duty for a shirt, 4
md these poor fellows dare not strike
or better pay, or eonapiain IN any way.
,bould one iatimate 3 desire for more,
IF goes his head, and a hundred stand
eady and eager to take its place. And I
What is the ultimate reward for this2
Promotion comes in time to those who
ave especial fitness and more than sn-
,erhunan industry and energy. In
uch an establishment, if you live long !
nough. work hard enough, and know
nopgh. you can get up the magnificent
.alsry of tWenty-four dollars week
Young man, if you don't like your
arm. learn a trade, hut avoid the c0un-
er. A good mechanic can always get
work, at some price, and when business
$ GOOD at good prices, but the counter
uinper, Heaven help him, is as complete
slave as a South Carolina negro before
he war. What becomes of them when
hey getold the Lord only knows. Prob
.hly they never get old. 1t is likely
hat boarding house hash and steak does
Is perfect work on them before they
each thirty, and that they go, if they
we're piou8 and good, where they will
1e in no danger of meeting any of their
rreedy employers. How sweet it must
11e for one of Stewards twelve dollar
clerks to die ........ .....
Don't, | beg of you, ever think of
,lerkine in any of its forms Don't be
A salesman, a book keeper, a anything
about the great mercantile concerns.
There are prizes to be drawn, but the
Kentucky Library was certainty in
Where one gets a prize
.en thousand draw blanks, and blank
n this line of life is the blaukest thing
ia the world ---..
.s WHAT BERGH Is DOING, .-.
Henry Bergh, who is hated by every
Lwo.Iegged brute in New York, has en-
Iarged his sphere Of operations. He has
ali the sneers and jibes at his
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, and has got the brute trackmen
and car-drivers down to pretty decent
point. Now he has organized a Society |
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren. He proposes to stand between
helpless children and cruel guardians,
and more than that, to take the thous-
ands upon thousands of homeless chill
dren of the city under his charge. He I
will take them out of the street, place |
them where they will be cared for, have
them educated and taught useful en-
and make of the street Arabs |
useful men and women. There is no !
wider field of philanthropy or one. in
which more good can be done. The
drunken father or mother viii mot be al
lowed to beat helpless child at will-tf
such oarent keeps control of its child,