St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09

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and IL points from my text roscate and
jubilant, aud puts one hand on the
broadcloth shoulder of capital and puts
the other on the homespun covered
shoulder of toll. and says. with voice
that will grandly and gloriously settle
this, aud settle everything. ''Whatso-
ever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even 80 them" That
is, the lady of the household
will say: Il must treat the maid in
the kitchen just as would like to be
treated il / were downstairs, and ii
were my work to wash, and cook, and
sweep. and it were the duty of the
maid in the kitchen to preside in this
parlor." The maid in the kitchen muss
say: If my employer seems to be more
prosperous than l, that is NO fault Of
hers; shall not treat her as an enemy.
l will have the same industry and
fidelity downstairs as would expect
from my subordinates. if l happened
to be the wife OF . silk importer"
The owner of an iron, mill having
taken dose of my text before leaving
home in the morning, will 60 into his
foundry, and. passing into what is
called the pudding room, he will see q
man there stripped to the waist, and
besweated and exhausted with the
labor and the toll, and he will say "a
him: why, 1t seems to be very hot in
here. You look very much exhausted.
hear your child is sick with scarlet
fever. II you want your wages . little
earlier this week, 80 a. to pay the nurse
and get the medicines just come into
my Office any time"
After awhile, crash goes the money
market, and there is NO more demand
for the articles manufactured in that
mill, and the owner does not know
| what to do. He says: .'Shall stop
the mill, or shall run it on half time.
or shall I cut down the mems wages?"
He walks the floor Of his counting
room al day, hardly knowing what To
do. Toward evening he calls all the
laborers together. They stand all
around. some with arms akimko, some
with folded arms, wondering what the
boss Is going to do now. The manu-
facturer says: ''Men, times are very
hard: don't make 30 where used
to make 800. Somehow, there Is no
demand now for what we manufacture,
or but very little demand. You see
am 1t vast expense. and have called
you together this afternoon to see
what you would advise. don't want
to shut down the mill, because that
would force you out Of work, and you
have always been very faithful, and l
like you. and you seem to like me, and
the bairns must be looked after, and
your wife will after awhile want = new
dress. don't know what to do"
There is dead halt for . minute OF
two, and then one of the workmen
steps out from the ranks of the fel.
lows, and says: BOSS, you have been
very good to us, and when you pros
pered we prospcred. and now you are
in tight place aud ann sorry, and we
have got to sympathize with you.
don't know how the others feel, but
propose that we take of 20 per cent.
from our wages, and that when the
times get good you will remember NJ
and rsi.e them apain.n The workman
loolxs around to his comrades. and saws:
Boys, what do yOu say to thiss All
in favor of INV proposition will saw
ave.n Ave! ave! syer' shout 200 voices.
But the mill owner, getting in some
new machinery, exposes himself very
much, and takes cold, and it settles into
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possible.n No. / cut out of . paper
this: Zone OF the pleasante st inciden T.
recorded in q long tune is reported
from Shef{ield, England. The wages
Of the men in the iron works at Sheffield