The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-03

must take all that into consideration, and
then pay what 10 reasonable,
Do not DO too ready TO cut down wages,
Az far as possible, pay all, pay promptly,
There is q great deal Of Bible teaching on
this subject, Malachii VI will be swift
witness against all sorcerera, and against
all adulterers aud against those who op.
press the hireling In his wagea,' Leyitlouai
hThou shalt not keep the wages of the hire
ling all night unto the morning" Colos.
siOnsi Masters, give unto your servants
that which IL Just and equal knowing that
20 also have q Master In heaven So You
see II Is not q question between you and
your emplOye 80 much an II IL u question
between You and God,
Do not say 10 your employees "Now, II
you don't like this place get another, when
you know they cannot got another, Aa
far as possible once year visit at their
homes your clerks and your workmen,
That Is the only way You can become no.
quninted with their wants, You will by
such process find out that there ia q blind
parent or sick sister being supported,
You will find some Of your young men In
rooms without any fire In winter, aud In
summer sweltering In ill-yontlatod apart.
menta, You will find how much depends
on the wages you pay or withhold, On
Saturday morning, when you come into
your counting-rOOm and draw the check
which will draw the money for the wages
or salaries, you will have q thrill Of salts.
faction IN knowing II h not only the money
you give TO tho young man, but the relief
TO the dire necessities which stand back OF
him,
Moreover, II Ia your duty, az an employer,
90 far as possible, 10 mold the welfare OF
the employe, You ought 10 advise him
about Investments, about life insurance,
about savings banks, You ought to give
him the benefit ofyOur experience, There
are hundieda and thousands Of employers
IN this country and England, am glad TO
say, who nre settling In the worry best poaai-
BILE way the destiny Of the employo, Such
men M Marshall, OF Leodai Lister OF
Bradfordi Aluoyd, Of Halifax and men
10 near At home II might offend their mod
esty II mentioned thoir names, These
mon have built readng-rooms, libraries,
concert halls, afforded croquot lawns,
crIckot-NOunda, gymnaslums, ohlorO 30
ciclios for their employees, and they have
not merely paid the wages on Saturday
night, Int through the Coniontmont aud tho
thrift and the good morals Of their amplOyea,
they Oro paying wages from generation TO
generation forever,
Again, counsel all employers 10 look
we'll after the physical health Of their sub.
ordinntes, You are expected TO undor-
stand better than thoy all these questions
Of ventilation and sunshine, and all the
laws Of hygiene.
There Nre stores and banking houses and
newspaper establishments whore the at-
mosphero N death. Your employees may
not always appreciate your work, ~ that
style Of kindness was not appreciated IN the
instance mentioned by Charles RoAde,
whore In great factory fan was provided
for the blowing away Of the dust OF metal
and stone, the dust arising from the ma
chinory, and some Of the workmon refused
10 put this great fan In motion, Thoy
seemed TO prefer 10 mhalo the llllingG, tho
poisonous iillinga, into their lungs, But
will appreciate ovcry kindnoss In that diroe'
ton,
Do not put on thom any unnecessary fa-
tigue, never could understand why tho
drivers on our city cars must stand all day
when they might just as well VII down aud |
drive, II seems 10 me most unnghtoous |
that 80 many Of the female olorks In our |
stores should bo compelled 10 stand all day, |
and through those hours whom there arc |
few or no customers, These people have !
aches and Nnnoyancog and woalnoaeoa
enough without putting upon thom eddi-
tnnal fatigue. unleSa those fomalo clerks
must 80 up ana down on Lhe business OF
the store VI them Mt dpwp. AZ tho end Of ,
Inc yeE you will find that thoy have sold I
aR many goods and made ~ ilno bargains-- I
yea, better, for ono clerk With
q clear brain and rested body and radiance I
will sell moro goods than two clerks with A.,
health bedrOggled !
Then ] would have you carry ont this
sanitary idea, and put into as few hours ~
possible the work Of The day. Some time
ngo- whether Il has been changed / know
were 1000 grocer clerks In
Brooklyn who went TO business At o'clock
IN the morning and continued until 10
O'Clock Mt night, Now, thnt w inhumnn.
II seems to mo that all the merchants In
oil the departments ought, by simultaneous
movement, to como out IN behalf of the
onrly closing theory, These young men
ought TO have an opportunity Of going 10
the Mercantile Library, 10 the reading ,
rooms, to the concert hall, 10 the gymna'
stun, 10 the church, They have nerves,
they have brains, they have intellectual as ,
pirations, they have immortal spirits. II
they can do n good round days work In The
ten or eleven hours, You have no right TO ,
keep them harnossod for seventeen, | do !
not think that any intelligent employer eau
afford to be rcchlcss Of the physical and
mcntal health Of his subordnalcs,
But above all, | charge you o employ. !
orsl that YOU look after the moral aud epir.
itunl wolfOre Of your employees, First,
know whore they spond their evenings,
That decides everything You do not want
around your money drawer q young man
who went last night 10 zee Jack sheppard, /
A man that comes into the store In the /
morning Rhastly with midnight rcyolry N
not the man for your store, Tho young
man who spends his evenings IN the society
,f refined women, or IN mtBicnl or artistic
III clos, or IN literary improvement, is the
foung man for your store, without any
disgusting inquisitiyonoss, without any i'm.
ortincnoo, you ought TO have your young
non understand that you nro Interested no
MUM w lh'h N'llNlN lhAl NNN WWll W
,now whore they spend their leisure hours,
md they will frankly and gladly tell you,
Do not say Of these young mon "ff they
10 their work In tho business hours, that
. oil | have 10 ASK God has made you
hat mans guardian. want you 10 un.
lerstond that many OF those young men aro
orphans, or worse thOn orphans, flung oul
n society 10 struggle for themselves, A
'oung man Is pitched into the middle OF
b Atlantic Ocean, and plank ig pitched
fter him, and then he IN told 10 take that
nd swim ashore. Treat that young
nan os you would like 10 have your son
roatod " you were dead. BE father
o that clork There Ia nothing more boau.
ifu than 10 hear an aged merchant od.
lressing his clerks and saying my eonl"
That young man In your employ has his.
ory. His father was n drunkard, lla
irst remembrance of his father was the
ather coming homo late NJ night intoxi.
ated and the children hiding under the
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