The morning news., 1899-11-19
THE ANTI-TIP ORDER,
ParIOr Car Porters Much worried
BY the Innovation.

From the New York Journal.
porters on The Wagner palace cars on
the Vanderbilt system of railroads are try
ing to find out which officer 1t was that
thought of issuing a general order pro-
hibiting them from taking tips. The order
was invented in moment of absent
mindedness, It is said, and was TO be pro.
muIgated, when suddenly realization OF
what he was doing and the trouble he was
causing came to the inventor and he made
his escape Nor has he been seen since.
Some one fathered the report that to
General Passenger Agent George Fl. Dam
iels first came the thought Mr. Daniels
was waited upon by committee OF por-
ters. 90 whom he explained that ne was
not governor general OF the palace cars
at all. and that he was innocent. The su-
perintendent Of the Wagner Company Ike
wise denied oil responsibility The por-
ters are securing the state now with the
hope Of fixing the blame where It belongs
They have received signed statements 1t
is asserted, from every one connected with
the corporation from Chauncey Nj. Depew
downward repudiatng the scheme
However, the rumor has gone around
among the passengers that no more tips
are permitted Americans are always obe-
dent TO the commands of corpora tons
sometimes When the Chicago Limited
reached the Grand Central station yester-
day the porters climbed out with woebe-
gone faces. They reported tfat the pas
sengers had nearly all got the "no-tip'
idea.
"see that half dollar?" asked a drum
mer of porter No. IS. The only porter on
earth who cannot see half a dollar when
II Is within his sphere Of influence is not
at work for rae Wagner Company. This
one admitted that he saw It.
tThat half dollar would have been yours
only for the ant-tip ORDER" the drum
mer declared as he put the coin back in
his pocket. I'm awfully sorry the COM
pany takes that stand"
In vain did the unlueky porter try to
argue the point.
"Oh. | know all about It," the drummer
said, with a superior air; II read 4 in
Chicago paper. Daniels or Depew or some
one made the rule. / have been doing
what trusts and companies tell me TO do
for 50 many years that | can't get myself
out of the habit"
Other porters had the same streak of
luck An idea that it may take years to
eradicate had fastened itself in the minds
OF the passengers. The colored men never
worked so hard in their lives as they did
in eloquently talking the thing down
"rhere was only three lines In the pa
per- SAID one OF porter, Dht every one
read It. More people saw 1t than would
have seen page article saying that tips
had been raised.
A tariff printed and framed had been
suggested to regulate the tipping OF por-
ters, but they object to 1t on the ground
that 1t would. be undignifed and cheaper
the profession
The charge for asking a passenger II he
will sleep with his feet 10 the engine,
finding out that he will and then making
the berth up the other way Is now 80 cents,
while for half that sum the porter will
ask II he wants his berth made up now or
wait until he gets t.
The rate is % cents for losing a valise,
and the fee a dollar for informing the
thirsty victim that he has just entered a
prohibition state 400 miles long, and that
the buffet car was left at the last station
An all round charge Of q cents is propo e1
for every separate service performed. the
scoring to be done by the porter and no
right Of appeal to attach TO the passen-
ger.
Il believe what the company meant 10
DO" seid a very intelligent porter, was
70 suggest that It make an exchange ar
rangement with us, we 10 have the fares