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

his employees together every morning, and
having sung, they knelt down and prayed
side by slde-the employer and the en-
ployos,
Do you wonder at the mans success, and
that though thirty years before he had
been partner In small retail shop IN 3
small village, ut his death he bequeathed
many millions, God can trust such q
man as that with plenty OF money,
/ Sir Titus Salt had wealth which
was beyond computation, and at
saltaire, England, he had q church
and chapel built aud sup
ported by himself-the church for those
who preferred the Episcopal service, and
the chapel for those who preferred tho
Methodist service, Al the opening Of ono
OF his factories he gave q great dinner
and there were thrty-iye hundred people
pleseni, and IN his after-dInner speech ho
said TO these people gathered "l cannot
! look around me aud see this vast as-
sembage of friends and worSpeoplc With
out being moved ! feel greatly honored ~
the presence of the uOblGmnn NJ my size,
aud | ann specially dtlig d a the pres n o
| OF my worlspoople, ! hope 10 draw around
me population that viii enjoy tAe
beauties Of this neighborhood-a lopuh'
, ton Of woll-pald, cOnlonlei, happy
operatives, | have given instructions "
my architects that nothing Is to be spared
TO render the dwellings OF lhe operative a
y pattern to the country, and II my lie IN
! spared by Divine Providence | hope 10 hue
eontentmenl, satisfaction, and happiness
around me-"
That Ia Christian character demonstrated,
There are Others In this country aud m
! other lands on smaller scnle doing th"f
best for tnor employees, They have not
, forgotten their own early struggles, They
remember the first yard of nankeen they
! measured, the first quarter OF tea they
| weighed the first bnnislor they turned, the
I first roof they shiuglod. They rem mher
how they were discouraged, how hungry they
were, and how cold aud how uled they
were, and though they may be- 90 or 10
years OF age, they know just how boy
! feels between 20 and 30, They h 80 not
forgotten II, Those wealthy employers
were not originally lot down out of heaven
! with pulleys OF silk IN wickur busRet
! satin. incd famed by chcmbic wings,
They started In roughost cradle, on whose
rocker misfortune put her violent foot aud
tipped them into The cold world, Those
old men are sympathetic with boys,
But you are not only to be kind to those
who aio under you Chrialimly kind
you are also to see that your boss work.
man and your head clerks and your NgontH
aud your oyorsoerB IN stores are kind t0
those under them. Sometimes man will
get little brief authority IN q store or IN
q factory, and while they are very courteous
to you, the capitalist, or 10 you, the head
mOn OF the firm, they are most brutal In
their treatment Of those under thom, God
only knows what aomo Of the lads suffer In
the cellars aud In the lofts Of some Of our
great establishments. They have no one
10 appeal TO. The lime will come when
their arms will DO strong, and they can
defend themselves, hut not now. Alasl
for some OF the cash boys, aud the mea-
gongcr-boya, and the boys that sweep tho
store. Alas for somo Of thoml Now,
you capitalist, you the head man Of the
firm, must look, supervise, see those all
around you, investigate oil beneath you.
And thon | charge you not TO put un-
necessary temptation In the way Of your
young men. Do not keep largo sums OF
money lying around ungarded. Know how
much money there 10 IN the TIL. Do not
have the account book loosely kopt, Thoro
ore temptations inevitable TO young mon,
and enough Of thom without you putting
any unnecessary temptations In their way.
Men In Wall street having thirty years OF
reputation for honesty have dropped into
Sing Sing and pordition, and you must be
careful how you try lad of 10. And "
ho do wrong do not pouncc on him liko
hyola II no prove himself unworthy "
your confidence do not call In tho. police,
b,lt take him home, toll Why You dismissed
him TO those WHIP vYl give him mohcr
chance. Many q young man has done
wrong once who will noyor do wrong again,
Ali my friends, think wo can afford to
give everybody another chance, when God
knows we should Oll have been In pordition
" ho had not gyon ue ten thousand
chances
Thon " In moving around your factory
or MILL or barn, or store, you are inoXor-
nblo with young mon, God Will remember
II, Some day tho wheel OF fortune will
turn, and You will DO p0upor, and your
daughter will 20 10 the work house, and
your son will die ON the acallold. II In
moving among your young men You see
ono with m ominous pnllor of check, or
you hear him coughing behind tho counter
say 10 him, "Stay homo n day or two and
rest, or 40 ont and breathe the breath Of tho
hills" II his mother die do not demand
that on the day after the funorOl he bo In
the store. Give him nt loNet q week TO got
over that which ho will mover got over,
Employers, urge upon your employees,
above oil, q positive religious life, You
can do H. You are In position not TO bo
laughed nt, or acolicd nj, or iccrod Ot You
hold the Keys Of the establishment, and by
your position You demand reverence, Now,
urge nll those employees into religious
life, So far from that, how is Il, young
monY Instead Of being chccrod on tho
road 10 hoayon aomc of You Nrc curicnlurod,
and Il IL q hard thing for you TO keep your
Christian integrity IN that store or factory
whore there nro 40 many hostile TO religion,
Hiothon, brave general under Frederick
the Great, was Christian, Frederick the
Gront was nn inhdcl ono day Iicthon,
The venerable, white. haired general, asked
TO be excused from military duty that he
might attend the holy sacrament, He was
excused. A few days nftor Iiolhon was
dining with the king and with many no.
tabloa of Prussia whom Frederick the Groat,
IN jocoso way said "Woll, Ziothon, how
did the sacrament Of last Friday digoet2n
The venerable old warrior aroso and said
sFor your majesty have rlsked my lilo
many time on the battlefield, aud for
your majesty would DO willing any time
10 diej but you do wrong whom you insult
tho Christian religion. You will forgive
mo II /, your old military servant, can not
boar In silence any insult 10 my Lord and
my SAVIOR Frederick the Great loOpod
10 his feet and he put out his hand and no
said "Hoppy Zicthen Forgive me, forgive
mo. You will novor bo bothered again"
OH there are many beings scoiIed at for
their religion, and thank God there nro
many mon as brave ~ ziothen, Go 70
Heaven yourself, o employorl Toko MI
your people with you, Soon you will DO
through buying and selling, and through
with manufacturing and building, and God
will ask YOU; whore aro oll those people
over whom you had 10 groot inlucnceY
Ara ihnV hprn9 Mill lbnV lac lprn9n q