The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-27
MR. YoUNG's RULES
Darkey lobe Discovess Nine on His Once
Window

Ne V0le ION NISSAN 1OuAS. say,
look heah.' Darkey lobe brought the
fore-finger of his right hand down in the
shape OF reverted or the palm of his
left hand as one Of the Second ward
fusion leaders approached him.
II bin down 10 Mistah Young's shop
ia.ely.-say, Mistah Young an desc yeah
Pop'Ists am de frens OBJ de iaborin' man,
amt dey? Desc yeah refomahs say de
wokkin man am hahd pressed, an
grnun' down an 'strictifed an his wages
an time squeezed till it's mos as bad as
it was afo' de wah, an Mis.ah LinkUm.
don dey? Yes. san. Ats what dey said
wen / jined 'em foah yeahs ago. Oh,
yes. l jined dis yeah alliance and Pop
lists Gaze dey said dey wuz de fren' Oh
de POI man.
We'll sab, as l wuz a gwine to say.
i wuz down TO Mistah Ioung's stoah
while ago an, sab, you ought 10 see
desc yeah rules he's got up. Desc pol
ertishuns toll me dat Mistah Young wuz
pow'ful tough on de po' man dat wokked
foh him, an I didn' bleave i, san /
wen down an suah huff right on de
offus wndur wheah de men git de wuk
an de ohdalohs an de checks WIZ some
'structions an regeriations dat l don
call much sympathy fob de po' lsborin'
man. II mout be shahp biZness an a
pow full good way foh de we'll off man
10 git hol' of mo- mummy, but, sab it's
mighty po' help an sympthy an sich
Ike foh de po' man.
well. sah, desc yeah rules an 'stric-
tons at Mistah Young's got up to his
6esk windur reads out to begin with at
lie start jes' bout like dis yeah:
"'Fust. men OATS wukkin' foh dis
house nus be in de shop wen dey is
wuk. an be ready fob il at seben o'clock
uhlv n de mawnin.'
Now, sab, dey ain nuthin- so pow'ful
mean bout dat fust regerlation. An II
goes on:
You can't git no mummy heah in de
week time till Sahtaday. Well, sab, !
guess rebbe dat's all hunky less yo'
wuz to git sick or sumpin'. On agin:
""Ployeez must pay out Of deah checks
or clean hahd cash fob evan scrap o
papah an SIGH at dey take from de
stoah foh pus'nal purposes. An no
man mus take no mon one houah foh
dinnah'.
"Wen. sab, wen I got down long
deah, l jes' imagine m my min dat ii
don SCUM like he wuz much in love OF
de wukkin man. No, sab; ats wat il
don TO me- An I wen on down de
string of regerlstions an 'strictions dat
Mlsjah Youngs got a stickin' 70 his
desk windur In plane sight IF de po'
wukkin' man ats a laborin' fob him.
An It says:
""Ployeez will be held 'sponsible fob
all wuk and all wuk mus be 'ceptable
to de customahs an mus be gahan-
teed by de wukkin' man.
yes, san. dey is sum people yo' can't
suit, san, at all. an Mistah Young's
'stricktion is mos neah an impossible
ty. sab. Ats right. 1t don SCUM much
like Mistah Young wuz pow'ful in love
of de wukkin' man.
Den, it goes on an says at if desc
'ployeez happen to an axerdent an de
wuk mus be don ovah agin' an re-
paihd, dat de laborin' man mus pay foh
all de extra papah an stuff. Now. sab,
what do yo' think of that foh high? He
don even Civ de wukkin' man de van
tage OF any sukkamstances. Mo- even
if de papah is bad an tedhs into an
blows away, or it buhns UP in de fan,
o. any way, II all comes out Of lie pOck-
cts of de wukkin' man. No, sab, don
like SIGH, fob a man who says he is in
favoh OF freein' de laborin' man Dey
is nine of desc yeah rules an 'strictions
an seben SAYS at yo' will be 'sporsible
foh all papah yo' take from de shop. an
all de stuff lef' ovah If you don take
it to the shop yo'sef, yoh have TO pay
foh it.
"An 'striction eight says If you don
git done job by Sahtaday night yo'
can't git no poy till mex Sahtaday
night. No. sab; If yo' commence On
Monday an wuk till Sahtaday an don
like morn an houah or two a bein' done.
an yo' family am sick an yo' coal am
out. an yo' ain got no meat. it's all e
same, yo' can't git no pay till mex Saht-
aday night. an If yo' sick foh week or
two yo' don git no mo- pay till at
wuk's done fixed up. Now. san, al don
SCUM much like Mr.. Young was sich a
wahm fren' OF de ldborln man. es,
san. dey is nine long rules an 'structions
stuck up in Mistsh Young's shop, an
if dean IS any particular love in EN- fob
de laborin' man yo' Uncle Tobe can't
see IT, No, sab, it don look much like
at Mistah Young had SIGH a big heart
foh de vukkin' man who makes his
close an his chirren's bread an meat.
an all his little family needs by hahd
days wuk Ats all right. 1t may be
stunnin' shahp business an Mistah
Young may git 'mensely rich by Il. but
il ours at ne is 'fraid OF de DO man or
got a grudge asin' him, or wuz a Shawn
him at evan point an o doin' evan thing
he could TO git rich an givin' il TO
the po' man in de shawl ribs evah
whack. Aat's right. I don want no
pclertcS in mine. Good day sab"