The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-01
coI1EcroRs AND THE SERVANTS.
The InstalIment Mems side of Their
business.

Savannah. June 5O.-Editor Morning
Nous. Having noticed an article IN To-
dav,s Morning News directed on the
instaument collectors, l thought that
few words in their defense would De III
order. In the first place, your reporter
is misinformed as to the men as class
for they will compare favoraoly VAIN COW
lactors EMPLOYED in other lines OF pusl-
moss They may not present quite so good
an anpearance. but they are none 'ue
lass gentlemen and know how TO cohuuct
themselves as such. Some OF them colies
from choice because their health "ouI"
suffer from indoor or sedenlary occuPa-
lions. and not because they couid NOT NC
otherwise employed. -
There are always two sluea 20
question. and if the matter q
= sarvant losing her situation on account
Of q collector were sifted, l think IL wouiu
he found 10 be the servants own iauI''
There is a certain class of negroes VINO 10
moi have TO be urged to buy gooIs' a.
who after they get them, VIII fesOi "
almost anything TO keep from paying loI
them. and viii, of course, represent ~
their employers that they are peIus Pc
cuted and victimized by the terripie co'l1O
tors Put the fault Is not always WIN 'He
thair servants about every three OF lou,
months making st a practice TO YEA
tben ont of a months or more wages II
tbev can. Others again keep them "alliiis
two or three weeks after their iloli'n -
up before they pay them,
servant meanwhile keeping the coliec I,og
coming every day. l have a case Ai ma Ia
right now of a lady who has not ye' % -
her cook her last months (May s. Nd5e9'
a
nor cook accidentally broke uish lvoh
,hrea times the value of it out Oh ne.
wages. and still, she would not oe acc S,
of robbery like the poor lhstaiiiiIoH'
hector. who earns every penny ne 81,
II &c said the collectors come Wheh o'ly
the female members of the fanny az a.
home and when there is no Pro'eU -
against the collector, conveying - -
maj he is little better than WHO ueas.'
h., 90 been n collector for over ten years.
"a bava ALWAYS made 1t rule TO see the
servents inst after the dinner hour' WneH
thew have more leisure than at any o'"sI
t;rnc and | imagine most cohectol "
likewise. | collect from servants elIpioy ~, ~
at the hest houses in the CITY, anu Hes
never vet given anyone cause 10 oiai -
,.,ith 5iscourtesv. and have only mao Two
w 49, 1nnstarts" who had lately come
into possession of a little more OF this
,,,er,d's Goods than they had Formerly
liz AA
been used to. try to make me reaize tns
inferiority of my position when, NOV"
ever thew were unsuccessful in dong. =
coIIactor can be, and the majority Know,
are. lust as good as anybody, ana ao ,i.
see Tbv they should be regarded as mus
onces and trespassers. They all nave
families depending upon them l and S,, are
a,I,, irving TO make an honest hvihe.
1 1InSn5 mat this will rectfy the wrong
;rto,, esslon conveyed by your article,
am very truly yours o''e0'o''
The collectors say that they are unjust
N, treated in many instances; that they
hava 4 difficult class of people to deal
LIN generally but that they are JUST as
sood as the collectors in any business
Tbe Morning News has no grievance
against the collectors. 1t recites the ire
o1ent complaints that have been made 20
n against their interfering with servants
while engaged In the duties of their en-
Movers A recent communication to the
Morning News from a housekeeper, one OF
several of similar character, re-
ceived at various times stated that she
had TO lock the gate of her yard to keep
the collectors from interfering with her