The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-16


and sweep. and Il were the duty OF
the maid In the Kitchen 20 preside IN
this par'or" The maid IN the kitchen
must say: II my employer seems 20
be more prosperous than l. that Is no
fault Of hers. I shall not treat her az
an enemy. will have the same In
dusiry and fidelity Downstairs as
would expect from my subordlnntss.
u ! happened TO be the wife Of a SIX
Importer"
The owner Of an iron mill. having
taken dose OF my text before leav-
ing home IN the morning. will 30 into
his foundry. and. passing into what
Is called the puddllng-room. he will
see a man there stripped 10 the waist.
and besweated and exhausted with the
labor and the toll aud he will say TO
him. why II seems 10 be very hot
In here. You look very much ex-
hausted, hear your child Is sick with
scarlet fever. II you want your wages
n little earlier this week so as TO pay
the nurse and get the medicines. iust
come into my Office any time"
After awhile. crash goes the money
market. and there u no more demand
for the articles manufactured In that
Iron mill. and the owner does not
know what 20 do Tie says. shall I
stop the mill. or shalli run u on half
time. or shall ! cut down the mems
wages" Ne walks the floor OF his
counting-ioom an day hardly knowing
what 10 DO Towards evening be- calls
an the iaborers together. They stand
al around. some with arms aklmbo
some with folded arms. wondering
what the boss Is going 70 do now. The
manufacturer says Men. times are
very hard, J don't make twenty doll
lars where ! used TO make one hun
drcd. somehow. there Is no demand
now Tor what We manufacture. or but
very little demand You see am al
vast expense. and have called You to-
eeiher this afternoon 10 see what you
would advise don't want 10 shut up
the mill. because that would force you
out Of work and YOU have always been
very faithful. and like You. and YOU
seem 10 like me. and the BARNS must
he looked after. and your wife will
after awhile want q new dress don't
kn0w what 10 do
There Is a dead halt for a minute or
two. and then one Of the workmen
steps out from the ranks 81 bis fel.
lows. and says; Boss. YOU have been
very good 20 us. and when you pros
pered We prospered. and now yon are
IN a tight place and ] am sorry. aud
we have got 20 sympaihlze with YOU.
I don't know how the others feel. but
! propose that We take on twenty per
cent from our wages. aud that when
the times get good you Will remember
No and raise them again" Tho work.
man looks around 20 his comrades. and
says "Boys. what DO you say 20 ih;sg
Al IN favor Of my proposition viii
say ay "Ay, ay' ay'" shout two
hundred voices
hut the mlll-owncr. getting IN some
new machinery. exposes himself very
much. and takes cold. and Il settles
into pneumonia. and he dies. In the
procession 20 the tomb are an the
workmcn. tcara rolling down their
cheeks. and on upon the ground. but
an hour before the procession gets 20
the cemetery the wives and lhe chill.
dren Of those workmen are at the
grave waiting for the arrival ~ the
funeral pageant. The minister co. &C..
llgion may have delivered an eloquent
eulogium before they started from the
house but the most impressive thugs
are sold that day by the working.
classes standing around the tomb.
That nlshi In an the clblns % the
worklng-reopie where they have fam.
ny prayers the widowhood and iht
orphanaFe In the mansion are remem-
bcrod. No starring populations look
over the ron fence Of the cemetery
but towering over the scene. the hene
dicllon Of God and man h comlne for
the fulallment Of the Chrlfi-llke ln.
Junction. Whatsoever yc would thai
men should DO 10 you. DO you oven 40
to them
"oh." says some tlau here. that \
Ell utopiau. that is apocryphal. that
Is impossible" No. cut out Of a pa.
per this One Of the pleasantes, In.
cidenis recorded lh iDsg time d re.
Ported from sheffield England. Tho
Nages Of the men In the Iron works
~ Sheffield are regulated by hoari
Of arbitration. b. whose decision both
masters and men are bound. For
some time pas, the iron ard steel trade
has been extremely improbable. and
the employers cinnot. without much
less. pay the vases fixed By the board
which neither employers nor employed
have the power 10 change. 10 avoid
this difficulty. tho workmen IN one of
the larecst steel works in sheffield hli
uTon a device ns rare ss q was ecuer.
ous Tasy oGefei To- work for their
employers ore week without any pas
whatever"
nut YOU go with me and ] VIII show
you not su Car on as Shemcld. Eng
land factories. hankine houses. store
hosses. and clsily enterprises where
iils chrlsi-liko injunction o. my ext
is mny Kept and you could no more
set The employer 10 practice an lnius.
lice upon Die mcn. or The men To ON.
splre AGAINST the employer. than sou
could gei your righl hand and your
leit hand youT rlght eye and ypur ten
eye. your flght ear aud your leil car
into physiological anisgonism Nov.
where Be- this 10 hcgln9 Ia our homcs
~ ON stores. on our farms -uol walt.
lre for other people TO do their duty
u there a llvsrgencc now between TIE
parlor and the Kitchen; Then thee
II something wrong. either IN The par.
lor or the Kitchen. nrfhana la hntk