The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-31
INSIST ON THEIR DIVVY.
Servants Who systematically Rob
Their Rich Employer.

Servants VINO Syatemntlcdlly NOD
Their Rich Employers.
The champion toll takers are the coach
men. Most Of them are importations,
and the government permits them to en-
ter free of duty-an insult to our own
drivers! Bah! But they come here with
q purpose to "do' our Anglomaniacs.
The head coachman receives from $50 to
$75, and his assistant the fellow who Is
sometimes called "tiger" and funk"
gets about $40. The hay may be pur-
chased of the most reputable firm in the
world, but II Mr.. Coachman does not get
his "divvy" he reports to his employer
that the horses are not doing well-the
hay is not of good quality. If the oat
man on the Produce Exchange does not
put something in the privy purse Of Mr..
Coachman, the horses have bolts or
something equally impossible-the oats
are unsound. 1t is the same with corn
and other provender.
One of the leading firms on the Prod
uce Exchange received from millionaire
in Fifth avenue last week an indignant
letter calling attention to the very poor
oats which they had sold him at an ex-
orbitant price. They proved that they
had given him the lot at the market price
and introduced dozen witnesses to
show that the oats were the finest ever
sold in this market. But the firm re-
fused to tip the coachman In the matter
of harness--why our fool millionaires
are robbed to "beat the band" There
is an alliance between the British har-
ness dealers in New York and all the
l., h., Nnth ha
bought for horse to wear unless through
this dealer, who Is liberal in his "divvy."
l could name millionaire who paid
$1,000 for set of harness that could
buy anywhere for half that price. His
coachman got the extra 5000.
The style in carriages changes every
season, just to keep people buying and
swapping. The coachman stands in with
the more prominent carriage makers of
this city--deny it who dares!-and if his
employer, feeling triae behind the
fashion, wants to exchange his cabriolet
q year old for new one he must pay
nearly the original price. His imported
British coachman makes usually $500 to
$500 by an exchange.
On horseshoeing, axle grease, harness
oils, silver and gold polish, uniforms, etc.,
the men connected with the stables Of
the millionaire are expected to more than
double their annual salaries. And these
importations, duty free, never fall short
Of expectations.
Down to the minutest detail Of house
keeping there is profit for the serving
man and the serving women, and woe to
the dealer-the butcher, the baker, the
candlestick maker-who refuses to see
the extended palm of Major Domo and
Abigail. The milkman pays his way be-
fore he deposits bottle Of water solu-
ton, the butter man agrees to divide
before he scents the pantry with pound
of oleomargarine, the baker has no need
of yeast In his business until he has
fixed" the people below stairs, the ice
man-Great Scott. The giant monopolst!
Why, he freezes. to the butler and the
cook as lquefied air and can give short
weight until eternity. Coal and wood?
Every ton delivered in the milionaire's
basement costs so per cent more than the
common people pay and every cord 100
per cent-New York Press.