The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-14
Conscientious Workers,

u0 I0uucuCy VI OuE ClIu0S Is I'd UlS.
regard old maxims. It lis true. many of
them, based on the experience of other
people under very different conditions,
are not applicable in our day. Haste
makes waste" may be true In the work.
shop, but the business man knows that
slime is money!" and it pays to be in a
hurry when the market shows signs of
q change.
The good old maxim that ''whatever
is worth doing is worth doing WE'LL"
is too often forgotten. ''That is good
enough for him, or for the money!" is
poor excuse for man to sacrifice his
good name, and still worse to induce
him to acquire careless habits. It has
been said that while American work.
men are better paid, better fed. better
educated, and, we may add, better be-
haved, than those of any other country,
they beat the world in sighting their
work and cheating their customers and
employers. The shoemaker, who turns
out one or two pairs of boots a week
for a customer, takes an honest pride in
his work, and feels and knows tina. he is
to be held personally responsible for
every stitch he puts in. In a large
factory, where the division of labor
should make every man an expert in
his own branch, the workman often
loses his identity and responsibility.
He knows the customer cannot fall
back on him, however imperfect his
work. If it is only covered up so as to
conceal it from the eye of his foreman
he is safe. Probably this is doing much
to encourage careless work. It is well
known that ready-made clothing, boots,
dresses, Undertaking, everythingmade
in large quantities, is far cheaper than
custom work, but alas! it is very often
not as good.
There are many people in every land
who like to be humbugged; while others
have an equally strong passion for cheap
wares, whether poor or good, and some
one must supply this demand. The
producers of such goods employ poor
workmen at correspondingly poor
wages, because they must make their
profits out of their workmen. Five and
ten cent stores are lowering the stand
ard of production as well as the scale
of wages.
It never pays to be poor workman.
IT you are q young man, aim to do
honest work, and, although your pres
emit employer may not be willing to
pay you any more for a well-made coat
or q neatly finished boot than he would
for botch, don't be discouraged. If
you are a carpenter, make the best
joint you can; if you are machinest,
see that every bolt and rivet is as firm
as if your life depended on its properly
fulfilling its duties. How carefully the
aeronaut examines his balloon, the
tight-rope performer his rope before
he trusts his life to it. Would ship
builder take passage on vessel of his
own building if he knew that he had
wilfully neglected or sighted any essen
tial part Of her hullf Yet many q
young mechanic has destroyed his own
future and committed moral suicide by
sending forth . poor piece of wolk.
The old surgical professors caution to
young medical student is not inapt
here. Said he, If you are ever called
to set broken leg. and your work is q
failure, and the man becomes q cripple,
you may be sure he will always come
Gmping along just at the wrong time,
when you are surrounded by your cli-
ents and friends. He is q walking ad-
vertisement of your incapacity."
I Every manufacturer knows the value
of good reputation. There are names
that will sell almost anything. Whyp
Because their productions are known
to be honestly prepared.
The path to fame by honest merit Is
. slow and tedious one. A manufact-
urar who In N Onrafnl ahont hia ,,rrra