Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-07-23

lar. " "A dollarl OutrageOus A dol
larl" Why, who is to blame for the fact
that it has got 70 be a dollar? Does the
indignation 90 out TO the manufacturers
on the banks OF the Mouimac because
they have closed up? No. Does the in
dignation 90 out toward the employer.
/ who is out at his country seati No It
comes on the clerk. He got up the war.
lie levied the taxes. He puts up the
rents. OF course, the clerk.
Then a great trial comes TO clerks in
the fact that they see the parsimonious
/ side Of human nature. You talk about
/ lies behind the couuter-there are just
as many lies before the counter. Au-
gustine speaks Of man who adver-
tised that be would, on a certain occa-
sion. tell the people what was in their
| hearts. A crowd assembled, and he
stepped 10 the frslt ana said II will
/ tell you what is in your hearts. To buy
cheap and sell dear Oh, lay not aside
your urDauity shea you 20 into a storel
Treat the clerks like gentlemen and la
dies, proving yourself to be a gentle
man OF lady. Remember that if the
p-ices are high and your purse is lean
that is 10 fault Of the clerks. And If
you have a son or a daughter amid those
perp.exities Of commercial life, and
such a one comes home all worn out,
be lenient, and know that the martyr
at the stake no more certainly needs
the grace Of God than our young peo-
PIE amid the seven times heated exas-
perations Of a clerks life
Inconsiderate Employers.
! Theu there are all the trials which
1 come 70 clerks from the treatment Of
inconsidorete employers There are pro-
/ fessed Christian men who have no mOro
regard for their clerks than they have
| for the scales Oh which the sugars are
weighed. A clerk is 10 more than so
much store furniture. No consideration
for their rights or interests. Not one
word Of encouragement from sunrise 20
sunset, nor from January TO December.
/ But when anything goes wrong-a
/ streak Of dust on the counter or box
with the cover oG-thunder showers Of
scolding. Men imperious, capricious,
/ cranky toward their clerks-their whole
manner as much as 10 say, "All the i'll
terest have in you is 70 see what l can
/ get out Of you " Then there are all the
trials Of incompetent wages, not ia
such times as these, when if a man gets
/ half salary for his services he ought
70 be thankful, but | mean IN prosper
Gus times Some Of you remember when
! the war broke out and all merchandise
went I'D. and merchants were made
miilionaires in six months by the sim
/ pie rise in the value Of goods. Did the
! clerks get advantage Of that rise! Some
/ times. not always. l saw estates gath
cred in those times over which the
curse O.. God has hung ever since. The
cry Of unpaid men and women ID those
stores reached the Lord Of sabaoth, aud
the indignation Of Gcd has been around
those establishments ever since, flash
/ ing in the chandeliers, glowing from
the crimson upholstery. rumbling IN
the long roll Of the tcnIin alley. such
men may build mp palaces Of merchan-
disc heaven high, but alter awhile
disaster will come along and VIII put
one hand on this pillar and another
hand on that pillar and throw itself for
ward until down will come the whole
structure, crushing the worshipers as
grapes are mashed in the winepres'
Then there are boys ruined by lack
of COMPENSATION. In how many prosper
Gus stores it has been for the last ~
wears that boys We're given just enough
money to teach them how TO steall
Some were seized upon by the police.
The vast majority Of instances were not
known. The head Of the hrm asked,
"Where is George now;" "Oh, be isnt
here any more" A lad might better
starve 10 death On a blasted heath than
take one farthing from his employer.
Woe be to that employer who unneces-
sarily puts a temptation IN boy sway
There have been great establishments Ia
these cities. building marble palaces.
their owners dying worth millions and
millions and millions, who made vast
amount Of their estate out OF the olooa
and muscle and nerve of half PAID
clerks. Such men as-well, will not
mention any name. But l mean men
who have gathered up vast estates at
the expense Of the people who were
ground under their heel. "Oh, " say
snch merchants, "if you don't like 1t
here. then 90 and get better place
AS much as 10 say: 1--WE got you in
nv grip. and mean to hold you. You
can't get any other place. "
True sympathy.
Oh. what a contrast between those
men and Christian merchants who to-
dav are sympathetic with their clerks
when they pay the salary. acting IN this
way: This salary that give you Is
not all my interest in you. You are an
immortal man; you are an lmmor'al
woman. l am interested in your pre-
sent and your everlasting welfare.
want Won 10 understand that If am
little higher up in this store l am De
side you in Christian sympathy 20
back 40 or 90 years TO Arthur Iappeh
store in New York, a man whose wofs'
enemies never questioned his honesty
Every morning he brought all the
clerks and the accountants and 'he
! weiehers into a room for devotion
, They sang, they prayed, they exhorted.
On Monday morning the clerks were
asked where they had attended church
, ON the previous day and what the ser
, mons were about. 1t must have sound
ed strangely. that voice Of praise along
the streets where the devotees OF Nam
, mon were counting their golden beads.
| You say, Arthur Tappen failed. Yes
. he was unfortunate, like a great many
good men, but | understand he met all
his obligations before he left this world,
and know that he died in the peace OF
,, the gospel and that he is before the
throne Of God today-forever blessed;
.. If that be failing, | wish you might ali
! fail.
There are a great many young men
!, and young women who want word oi
uragement-Cbristian encourage
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