The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-04

Such thing is degrading, both
for employer and employee. A
man who knows his business, and
who wants to do the right thing by
his employer, does not need to be
addressed in a loud voice and gruff
tones, and if a man cannot do his
duty without being driven to it in
this way, then he deserves his dis
missal the next minute. | do not
mean that an employer shall polite
ly beg his men to do their work,
or shall accompany each order with
smile, but | do believe that every
man who hires another should treat
him in a manly kind of a way, and
when he tells him to do anything
he should speak to him as he would
wish to be spoken to if he were in
the employ of another. This snap
ping one up so ungraciously is not
the thing for an employer to do. /
know of a woman who left off
trading at one store because she
disapprOved of the way in which
the proprietor treated his men.
Rarely did he give them an order
without hOllering at them, and she
came to the conclusion that she
would leave her money with some
dealer who knew enough to treat
his men decently.
LET EMPLOYEES BE sELF-RE-
SPECTING.
Just as going into a home, one
soon finds out if there is har-
monious relation among its mem
bers, so in a business establish
ment he soon detects the feeling
existing between the employer and
employees. In some stores the
men know that while they do their
work faithfully they will be we'll
treated and be secure in their posi-
tions. The good treatment they
receive, and the sense of security
which they have, give rise to a
feeling of self-respect which shows
in all they do. While in other
stores the men show that their ser
vices are those of fear. \ service
of fear IS always poor one. Fear
robs man Of that freedom in his
nature which is so necessary for
him to have in order to do his
best work. The employer who
holds the lash of fear over his men
has not discovered the secret Of
how to get the most out of them.
He may think he has, but assurd-
ly he has not If any man wishes
to make eye-servants of his en-
ployees let him make them fear
him. But are eye-servants the
kind Of employees a man most de-
sires? Is it not far more desir-
able to have men who are interest
ed in their work, and who find
pleasure in doing all they can for
the interests of their employer be-
cause he shows them that their in
terests are his too2 Some EN-
ployers realize that in order to do
a successful business for a number
of years in a community it. is not
only necessary, to win the good
will of their customers, but also
to have the good will Of their en-
ployees. To this end these en-
ployers treat their men rightly, and
endeavor to make them so well
satisfied with their positions that
they will want to remain in them a
long time. Contented, well-paid
and interested service pays better
than any other in the long run.
HERE LIES THE SECRET.
Span the distance between an
employer and employee with
feeling of mutual interest and you
have an ideal relation. But let
each believe that the other cares
no more for him than to get what
he can out of him, and from that
time on he will do no more than
he is actually obliged to. Proprie-
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