The Progress., 1897-07-24

Yhon a gre. RAJ comes to clerks in tho
| fact that they :rc the pnrsiElonious side OF
| human nature. You talk about lies ke-
| hind the count,r-there arc just many
| lies before the counter. Augustine 81 eks
| of a man who ;.!yertiscd that he would on
| a certain occasion tell the leolle what WIS
| In their hearts. A crowd usscm lied, and
| be stepped to the front ard said, 81 will
| tell you what is in your hearts-to buy
| cheap and sell dear" Oh. lay not aside
your urbanity When you go into store!
Treat the clerk> like gentlemen and ladies
proving yours, # TO be gentleman or
| lady RememL, THAT if the prices are Lirh
and your purse is lean that is 10 fault If
the clerks. Ard if you have son or u
daughter amid hose perplexities of CON-
nlercial life and such one comes home
all worn out, Ic !Cnient and know that tho
martyr Mt the ST.. ..c no moro ccrta inly needs
the grace OF G.. than our young PEOPLE
! amid the seven Times heated cSusrerations
of clerks life.
Bad Employers
Then there az, all the trials WI ich come
to clerks from &c treatment of inconsid-
crate employees. Their are professCd
Christian men v no have 10 more regard
for their clerks than they have for the
scales on which the sugars are weighed. A
clerk Is no more than so much store fur
niture. No Iteration for their rights
or interests. Mt one word Of encourage
ment from ST., Use to sunset, nor from
January to Dec. ,nber, but when any thing
goes wroDg-as :'eak of dust on the coun-
ter or a box wiki the cover off-lhunGor
showers of scol, rig. Mon in ICrioUs. Ca
PRECIOUS, crank. toward their clerks, their
whole manner ID much hs 10 say, IAN the
interest have in you is to see " hat Can
get out of you Then there are all the
trials of incompetent wages, not In such
hop hale
salary for his services he ought to be
thankful, but mean in prosperous times
some OF you remember when the war
broke out and all merchandise went up
and merchants We're made millionaires in
six months by the simple rise in the value
OF goods. Did the clerks get advantage Of
that rise? Sometimes; not always. saw
estates gathered in those times over which
the curse OF God has hung ever since. The
cry OF unpaid men and women in those
stores reached the Lord of Sabaoth, and
the indignation of God has been around
those establishments ever SINCE flashing
In the chandeliers, glowing from the Grim
son upholstery, milling in the long roll
OF the tenpin alley. Such men may build
up palaces OF merchandise heaven high,
but after awhile disaster will come along
and VIII put one hand on this pillar and
another hand on that pillar and throw it
self forward until down will come the
"A&oAo Ss1 oSouTcs crushing the WOrSn1DefS
as grapes are mashed in the wine press
Then there are boys ruined by lack of
compensation. In how many prosperous
stores it has been for the last 20 years that
boys We're given just enough money to
each them how to steal. Some were seized
upon by the police. The vast majority of
were not known. The head of
ne firm asked, where is George nows'
oh, he isn't here any more" A lad
might better starye to death on a blasted
heath than take one farthing from his en-
>loyer. Woe be to that employer who un-
necessarily puts temptation in a boys
way. There have been great establishments
n these cities, building marble palaces,
heir owners dying worth millions and
millions and millions, who made a vast
mount of their estate out of the blood and
muscle and nerve of half paid clerks. Such
men as-well, I will not mention any
'ame, but mean men who have gathered
% vast estates at the expense of the people
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