The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-07-09

fore God and your own conscience you
ought to pay him.
Do not be too ready to cut down wages.
As far as possible pay all, and pay
promptly. There is great deal OF Bible
teaching on this subject.
Twill be a swift witness against all sor-
cerers, and against all adulterers. and
ayains, those who Cypress the hireliny in his
wages.-MaIachl
Thou shalt not keep the wages of the hire
ling all night unto the morning.-Leviticus.
Masters. give unto your servants that
which Is just and equal. knowing th at We
also have a Master in FL .aven.-Colo ssians
So you see it is not question between
you and your emrloye so much as it is a
question between you and your God. Do
not saw to yonr employees NAV il ynu
don't like this place get another" when
you know they can not get another. As
far as possible once a year visit at their
homes. your clerks and your workmen.
That is the only way you can become ac-
quainted with their wants. You will by
such process find out that there is blind
parent or a sick sister being supported.
You will find some Of your young men in
rooms without any fire in winter, and in
summer sweltering in Authenticated apart
ments. You viii find how much depends
on the wages you paw or withhold. On
Saturday morning, WHEN you come into
your counting room and draw the check
which will bring the money for the wages
on the salaries, you will have a thrill of
satisfaction in knowing it Is not only the
money you give to the young man, but the
relief to the dire necessities which stand
back of him.
Moreover, it is your duty As employer,
as far as possible, to mold the welfare Of
the employee. You ought to advise him
about investments, about life insur-
ance, about savings banks. You ought
to give him the benefit OF your ex-
perience. There are hundreds and thou
sands of employers in this country
and England, / am glad to say, who are
settling in the very best possible way
the destiny of their employees. Such men
as Marshall. of Leeds; Fister, of Brad
ford; Akroyd, Of Halifax. and men so
near at home it might offend their mod
esty il men'io ned their names. These
men have built reading-rooms, libraries,
concert halls, afforded croques lawns,
cricket grounds, gymnasiums, choral So
cieties for their employees, and they have
not merely paid the wages on Saturday
night, but through the contentment and
the thrift and the good morals Of their
employees, they are paving wages from
generation to generation forever.
Again, I counsel all employers to look
well after the physical health of their
,h<-
better than they all these ques-
tions OF ventilation aud sunshine, and all
the laws Of hygiene.
There are stores and banking houses
and factories and newspaper establish
ments where the atmosphere is death.
Your employees may not slways appreci-
ate your work, a that style of kind
ness was not appreciated in the instance
mentioned by Charles Reade, where in
great factory q fan was provided
for the blowing away of the dust of metal
and stone, the dust arising from the ma
chinery. and some Of the workmen refused
TO put this great fan in motion. They
seemed to prefer to inhale the filings, the |
poisonous filings, into their lungs. But |
IN the vast majority of cases your en-
ployes will appreciate every kindness in |
hat direction.
Then / would have you carry out this |
idea, and put into as few hours |
Is possible the work of the day. Some |
lime ago-whether il has been changed |
rnow not-there were one thous and gro-
;er clerks in Brooklyn who went to BUSH
less at five o'clock in the morning and /
continued until ten O'Clock at night. Now,
hat is inhuman.
1t seems to me all the merchants in all
ought, by simultaneous move
nent, to come out in behalf of the early /
losing theory. These young men ought
o have an opportunity of going to the
Mercantile library, to the reading rooms,
o the concert hall, to the gymnasium, to
he church. They have nerves, they have
rains, they have intellectual aspirations.
hey have immortal spirits. II they can
10 good round days work in the ten or
leven hours, you have no right to keep
hem harnessed for seventeen. I do n OF
hink that any intelligent employer can
ford to be reckless of the physical and
mental health Of his subordinates.
But above all. l charge you, o EMPLOY.
Rs, that you look after the moral and spir.
tual welfare of your employees. FIRST.
now where they spend their evenings.
hat decides every thing. You do not
rant around your money drawer a young
nan who went last night to see Jack Shep-
ard. A man that comes into the store in
he morning CHASTITY with midnight revel-
IL not the man for your store. The
Dung man who spends his evenings in the
ociety Of refined women, or in musical or
rtistic circles, or in literary improves
lent, Is the young man for your store.
Without any disgusting inquisitiveness,
Without any impertinence, you ought to
ave your young men understand that you
re interested 30 much in their welfare
hat you want to know where they spend
heir leisure hours. and they win frankly
nd gladly tell you.
One OF my earliest remembrancss il Of
Id Arthur Tappan. There were manv
inerences Of opinion about his politics.
ut no one who ever knew Arthur Tappan,
nd knew him well, doubted his being an
arrest Christian. In his store in New
'ork he had . room where every morning
. called his employees together. and he
rayed with them, read the Scriptures tn
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