The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-03

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piccaso the writer 49,;
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asked Of svery successful psssen and y
never answered in the same way twice.
Itba silly, insane, stupid question
anyhow, but you ask: ].
ITO what do you Owe your succlst
Mn. Green was silent forea' moment
and then she said:
ut IL = peculiar question, and yet
think I can answer it. Ny father vas
business mana good business man
when / was-well, good bit yoaage'
than I am now, I heard him lay down
these principles:
"If YOU owe man dollar psy him
dollar-a good dollar-on the day you
promised to pay. Dontpay him dolIa'
and a quarter, and don't try to pay him
20 cents. Give him the full dollar
Then he will know that you are neither
thief nor . fool. If you find . man in
your employ dishonest get rid Of him
quietly, if you can, but let him 60. TINS
. is not harshness; it is common justice to
honest men, and it is proper justice to
men who violate their faith"
"There was more than this, !" Mrs. Green
went on, "but these opinions alone form
a good business creed, and, If you wish It,
to them more than anything else ! attrib-
ute any degree Of success than has come
to me.
"There are two things that cannot
and will not abidea
"a fool or thief. They may be about
me, but they will not be if I know it, and
most of the time know it,"
.sYet l am told you are lenient and
kind as rule with your employees, Mrs.
Green2"
81 am Just with them, and a. result I
get good service, do not think you will
End anyone who has ever been employed
by me who will not say that I always
treated him at least as fairly as he treat.
ed me-"
"The best way to be beneficial is to be
useful. You may, perhaps, have thought
that I hoard my money and count over
and gloat over it O. nights. Well, | don't.
''Every man, and for that matter every
woman ought to work and to get paid
for the work in accordance with its value.
Now, you have read of me as mean,
grasping old woman. You have never
read of me giving away vast sums in
charity. You have not seen my name at
the bead of donations for free this or free
that.
II will tell you what did do, though"
Mrs. Green went on. 81 built houses in
Chicago, blocks of them at time, when
men wanted work. paid good wages,
lno the money was always there on pay
lay. In the business of managing my
Affairs and in working in my various af.
airs | employ great many men-yes,
Ind women, too. It takes great deal
If money to pay these, but they are paid
Zach one of them, as much as they are
worth within my knowledge"
sand do you know" she said, 81 think
work harder than any of them"
''But, then, you have the largest salary,
Mrs. Green" ventured.
SWELL! Well! Have it So" she said,
With smile. s.But think I'm worth it,"
This was incontrovertiblel
Then Mrs. Green passed to another and
different subject, upon which she spoke
NTH some warmth and vi3or.
I said to her: MRS. Green, in your
opinion, are the property rights Of NO.
men in this country considered ss they
hould BET Are women Disseminated
'gainsta Do they get the same courte-
'us treatment in court or before ref
rec that men do9''
"Emphatically, no." came the. quick
esponse. "They do not get the. same
restment, at least from counsel. I have
lothing to say against our Judges. They
10 their duty. But some of the laws that
ind them are old and Anticipated and
hould have been abolished long AGO.
hey discriminate against women Who
ave brains enough to mark out their
wn line of conduct in business. They
amper out at every turn"
"And the woman in politics, Mrs.
|reen2" asked.
"she is better out of than in politics"
rs the reply. "She is better in her own
ONE with her own children"
"Folitics may sometimes help . man