The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-11
VHAT CARD.

and published the following item:
''Mr. B. L. Garretson, who has been en-
ployed in our printing Office for the last
four months quit our services last Saturday
evening intending to seek other fields oi
employment. He has our best wishes to
accompany him."
We published the above item with the
best of feeling, and meaning no harm to
anyone, neither did we intend to mislead
anyone or make any wrong impression.
MIR. Garretson, however, takes exceptions
to the item and in lengthy ''card' pub
lished last week, he brings the matter to
public notice seeming to be agrieved because
we said he ''quit our services" &c.
The sum and substance of the whole
gro,cl seems to have grown out of the fol
lowing circumstances: After hearing of
the names of three or four printers in Port
land and one IN Salem whom 1 had been
told could employ, l started to Portland
last winter for the purpose of employing
one. talked with two or three one of
whom was Mr.. Garretson. | plainly told
him that I wanted first-class printer and
one well versed in all the various branches
of printing and able to perform the best cf
work in all departments in country effice
like mine, and to do other things then men
toned. He expressed a willingness to work
for me if would make the term of employ
ment think he said six or twelve months,
which positively declined to do, at the
same time telling him in substance that
his good works ought to secure a continu-
ance of the situation and not depend on
agreement as to time. Wefnally, however,
agreed upon term of three months en-
ployment, by Mr.. Garretson stipulating that
his services should prove satisfactory as it
was concluded between us that it would
probably require three months in which to
ascertain whether his services would prove
satisfactory or not. Under this kind of an
arrangement he came to my office to work
on trial term of three months, and began
work on the Goth day of March last. and
continued to work about four months and
quit my employment on the 22nd day of
July last. During that four months we
became convinced beyond any question of
doubt in our own mind that he was not such
workman as we had contracted for nor the
kind we had told him we wanted nor the
kind we had engaged to pay for. Hence
after becoming thus thoroughly satisfied we
communicated to him the fact in substance
that his services was not what we had an.
ticipated or desired, ard after consultation
time was agreed upon when Mr.. Garret-
son was to quit. He setting the time to
quit himself. He gave us up the key to the
office and declared his intention to Quit
some days before the time appointed, and
at that time We asked him if he had secured
situation to suit him, to which he replied
mo. then invited him to remain in nv
Office longer until he could secure suitable
situation which he refused to do. Yet his
aim in that modest card was to pick hole
in that word quit used in the short item we
published.
1t IS not true either in substance or effect
that We told him he could continue to
work for five dollars less than we had been
paying him, or for any other sum, or give
way toa person who would" After we
found he was not what we had expected we
did not ask him to continue at all, except
as stated when he gave us the key. The
TACT of the whole matter is we have done
everything agreed to with Mr.. Garretson.
We did to our disadvantage more than we
agreed to and more than we would like to
do again under like circumstances. We
have paid him every cent we agreed to and
all we owed to him, and kept him as long
IS we agreed to, and when he went to quit
we invited him to remain longer in which
20 get him suitable situation. What
more any living white man could do we can.
lot tell. We are sorry of the inconvenience
% bringing his family here but we did not
'ring them here. He knew that he had
'ome here on trial of his work as we'll as we
lid, and while the circumstances may be
Unfortunate to all parties yet we feel that
We have paid well and dearly for our four
months experience and this should be suffi.
ient on our part.
The impression which we understand has
'een tried to be created around the streets.
hat Mr.. Garretson's services ceased for the
eason that another printer had cut him out :
y coming in and offering to work for
s for smaller wages, is not true. We
NEW year ago, and at the time we talked
nth Mr.. Garretson about employing him,
hat printers could be procured for less
money than he asked us. We have no
ornament arrangements made with any
ne to work with the job printing depart
nent of our office. A young man, Mr..
ohnson, has been working in the office but
% arrangements, except temporary, from
ay to day or week to week have been
lade with him, and there is no agreement /.
etween us as to what wages he is to get.
or ought we know Mr. johnson NAV Quit
ny time. We feel sure that if any blame :
lould be attached to any one in the matter !,
should not pass beyond Mr.. Garretson !,
nd myself.
We are sorry for inficting this matter !,
pom our readers. because above all things
e try to conduct our business affairs so not
bother other people with any of our ups =,
Id downs. But Mr.. Garretson has deemed
proper to bring the matter before the
lblic in such manner as might be calculat-
!, as we thought, to leave wrong impressions, :
It only as regards US, but more particularly :
other who 'tis stranger in a .strange.j !,
nd" and who we do not think in anv wav