The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-23


vantage to you, The young man who
passes his evenings in the society OF re-
fined women, or in musical or art circles,
or in literary improvement, will be a val
liable subordinate. You need not be
impatient or disgustingly inquisitive, but
let the young man know that you are in
terested in his welfare, and he will tell
YOU. You ought not to feel or say: "lf
the young man is faithful to business,
that is all / care" God has made you
his gu irdian. MANY of these young men
are orph ans, tossed into the world to
struggle for themselves. They are pit
ched into tie middle of the Atlantic DC
can; plank is pitched after them, and
they are told to swim ashore. Treat
such one as you would have your son
treated were you dead. Be to your clerk
a father. That young man in your en-
ploy has history; his father was drum
kard, His first remembrance of his IA
tier was his coming home late at night,
and the children hiding under the bed
in fright. Many time did he stand be-
tween his father and mother, shielding
her from the fatal blow. He is prema-
turely old for having planned about the
house rent and the clothing for brothers
and sisters, He may seem to you like
other young men, but God and his mo-
ther know him to be hero. He has, at
twenty years of age, had as much tlou-
BILE as many at sixty. Do not send him
on useless errands I verify believe you
will decide his destiny in this world and
in the next. One of my earliest aCquain-
tsnces was old Arthur Tsppan. About
his politics there difference of opinion;
but that he was an earnest Christian, no
personal acquaintance ever doubted He
had a room above his store in New York
where he and his clerks met every morn
ing for worship before commenCiI 6 blsi-
ness. Samuel Budget, who had the lar
gest business in the st of England,
did the same thing. All knelt and pray
ed, employer and employe. No wonder
the Lord prospered these men. They
were men the Lord could trust with
plenty of money; they were careful and
prudent men. and understood how to
use money, something many men to-day
are ignorant Of. Sir Titus Salt OF Eog
land, a the opening of his new factories
had $500 persons present at dinner, and
he said to them: II can't look around
and see this vast assemblage, all friends
and work people, without being moved.
feel greatly honored by the presence
of the noblemen at my side. am es
pecially delighted at the presence of my
work people. l hope to draw about ME
q popul alton that will enjoy the beauties
of this neighborhood-a population of
we'll paid, Contented; happy operatives.
have given instructions to my archi
tects that nothing be spared to render
the dwellings of the operatives a pattern
to the country; and if my life is spared
I hope to see Contentment and happi-
ness around me-" On a smaller scale
there are thousands of employees doing
their whole duty. They forget not their
own early struggles, They remember
how lonely they sometimes felt; how
discouraged, and hungry, and sick; and,
though they may be between sixty and
seventy years of age, they know just
how boy feels between ten and twenty,
and young man between twenty and
thirty. They were not let down out
heaven with pulIeys of silk in wicker
basket, satin lined, famed by cherub's
wing. No; they started in toughest era
jle, on whose rocker misfortune put her
violent foot and tipped them up. The
Did man remembers it, and is very kind
to the boys. You must not only be kind
Yourself, but see that your foremen and
agents and hea clerks are kind to them.
getting little brief author
ty, those under you may be courteous
10 you, but brutal to those under them.
Sod only knows what some of the lads
suffer down in the cellar or up in the loft |
n our comm .rcial houses. They are
zicked and cuffed and spit upon, and
abused most shamefuly. They have no
1ne to appeal to. You, the capitalist;
you, the manufacturer; you, the business
firm; have not heard of it. These EN-
oloyers ought to be especially careful
about putting special temptation in the
way of their employ es. Do not let your
money lay around unguarded. Letthere
% no uncertainty about the exact amt |
n the money drawer. Do not let your
account books be loosely kept. God
Knows there are enough temptations for
our young men, without putting before
hem any that are unnecessary. II men
n Wall street thirty years ago, counted
honest, have fallen into Sing Sing, try
lot too severely the lad at fifteen. 1.-The |
10 wrong, do not pounCe on him like a
lyera. If he prove unworthy of your |
do not call iD the police. but |
AXE him home and tell the reason why |
you dismiss him, to those who will give |
lim another chance. Many young |
nan has done wrong once who never did |
wrong again. think we can afford to |
,iVe everybody a second chance, when We |
'emember we would all have been in |
,erdition before this, if God had not
,iVen US ten thousand chances. Be hard |
md merciless, exacting and cruel to your |
employees; impose upon them, and
hould not be surprised If the wheel Of
ortune would turn against you, and you |
become pauper, and your daughter 60 |
o the poor house, your son die on the !
allows. Some time when you hear your |
,mploye with an ominous cough, or see |
lin with too pallid cheek, tell him to |
tsy at home day or two. Or, if his |
ather die, do not demand that he come |
o the store the next day after the fu-
leral. Give him at least a week to re-
over that which he probably never can |
eCover.
Again, employers, encourage your EN-.
,loyes to positive religious living You |
,now what Brooklyn and New York and |
III great cities are; and you kno \ that
III our young men need God. In many |
torres and factories our young men, in
tead of being encouraged to be Christ.
ans, have their religion laughed at, and
eligion itself is frequently denounced |
md scoffed at. Zethen was one Of the |
,rave Generals under Frederick the |
1reat of Prussia, and was Christian.
Iiethen got excused that he might at.
ead the Sacrament. A few days after,
Iethen was dining with the King and
many distinguished people, and ia q 10.