St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-11
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
The Relations That Should Exist Between
the Merchant Prince
And His Obedient Servant INTEREST
ing and Instructive Advice.
Thomas DoIchy Still Languishing In
JaiI--StIlIwater Sauce.

Last night Rev. Dr. c. S. II. Dunn of
Saltwater delivered another one of his in
teresting lectures-the fourth of the course.
The subject was Relative Duties of the En-
ployer and Employed. The church was
well filled. notwithstanding the extreme
cold weather. and all who heard the lecture
were well pleased with it. The following
is a sketch of the lecture on this important
question::
To be prosperous the citizens of a com
mOnwealth must have mutual confidence.
The employer and employe. from the bones
and muscles of society, their relation ought
TO be kind and philanthropic. The EN-
ployer should impaTt to the employed his
wisdom and help-and the emplOye should
render his services TO his employer with all
the diligence and faithfulness Of which he
is capable, thus mutually bene1ting each
other If the business man show towards
his clerks a selfish and indifferent spirit,
and the clerks avenge themselves by the
same spirit, then the store will give ample
room for the exercise of low views of life.
But how few of either class really ever
think of owing each other any respectful
recognition. That employer wonder owes
his clerk duty-a clerk in great need Of
religious and intellectual help. in need of
sympathy and watch-care, and the fact he
is in your store, brings
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
You owe him the chance to get proper
nowledge of that business or work he has
10 do. 1t is Just as essential to the country
that young men should graduate at their
rade or learn their line of business chosen,
as it is that lawyer. or physician under
stand their professions. y ''maSter-me-
chanlc" ought to mean as much as ''mas-
ter in arts" from a university of learning.
From love of this great country, and in
justice to his employees, the employer
should require all in his place
OF business to learn that business
in such way that they will be able to con-
troll it, if in after years fortune places them
there. How many. from inadequacy of
preparation, have been borne down in bust
ness by duties of which they knew nothing,
pOwerless to resist hard times, and have
finally gone into bankruptcy, paying ten
cents on dollar, disappointed and chagrined
their failures. falling at last upon a tax
paving and charitable public for support.
Many of these, | believe, could have been
saved, prospered in business, benefiting
themselves, general commerce and society,
had their EMPLOYERS interested themselves
in their clerks. giving them a knowledge
of the laws of trade and the specific bust
ness in which they afterward failed.
Second-Alongside this duty is that of
proving to the employees that business can
be made successful without fraud and dis
honor.
The employer has it in his power to dig
Nifty, to increase and strengthen the moral
sense and honor of young men, and to show
them that business is perfectly in unison
with habits or integrity.
Third-The duty of encouraging virtue
and habits of industry and dscOuntenanc-
ing immoral and profane conduct.
Fourth-Duty of speaking to his en-
ployes courteously and showing a genuine
interest in their morals, their education and
improvement.