Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-04-14
THEY INSIST ON THEIR oIvvY.
Servants Who systematically ROI
Their Rich Employer.

Servant. Who systematically Rob
Their Rich Employers.
The champion toll.takers are the
coachmen. Most of them are lmpOrta.
tons, and the government permits them
to enter free Of duty-an Insult to our
own drivers! Bah! But they come
here with purpose to do" our Anglo.
manIacs. The head coachman receives
from 500 to $50, ana his assistant, the
fellow who Is sometimes called "tlger"
and 'hunk." gets about $40. The hay
may be purchased Of the most rcputa.
BILE firm In the world. but II Mr.. Coach.
man does not get his "dlvy," he reports
to his employer that the horses are not
doing well-thc hay IL not Of good quail
ity. IL the Oat man on the Produce
Exchange docs not put something In
the privy purse OF Mr.. Coachman the
horses have bolts, or something equal.
~ rs impOsslblc--th oats are unsOund.
1t IL the same with feed, corn and other
provender.
One Of the leading firms on the Pro.
ducc Exchange received from mill.
iOnairc In Fifth avenue last week an
indignant letter calling attention to the
very poor oats which they had sold him
ut an exOrbltant price. They proved
that they had given him the lot ut the
market price, and introduced dozen
witnesses TO show that tho oats were
the finest ever sold In this market. But
the firm refused to tip the coachman!
In the matter of harness-why. our fool
mlllionaires are robbed to "beat the
band" There Ii an alliance between
the British harness dealers In New
York ana all the coachmen In the city.
Nothing can DO bought for u horse to
wear unless through this dealer, who Is
liberal In his "dlvy." I could name n
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 aud
swapping. The cOachman stands IN
with the more prominent carriage
makers of this city-deny 1t who dares
and II his employer, feeling trIfe
behind the fashion, wants to exchange
his cabriOlet year old for new one
he must pay nearly the original price
His imported British cOnchman makes
usually from 500 to $500 by an en-
change.
On hOrseshOclng. axle grease, harness
oils, silver ana gold polish, uniforms
etc, the men connected with the sta
bles of the millionaire are expected Il
more than double their annual salaries
And these importations. duty free
never fall short Of expectations.
Down to the ininutest detail OF house
keeping there Is profit for the serving
man and the serving women, and wO'
to the dealer-the butcher, the baker
the candlcstlck- maker-who refuses I,
see the extended palm OF Major-DOm'
and Abigail, The milkman pays hi
way before he deposits a bottle of wate
solution. Tho butter man agrees Il
a divide before he scents the pantr.
with n pound of OleOmargarlne. Thu
baker has no need of yeast In his bust
ness until he has fixed the people be
low stairs. The iceman-Grcat Scott
The giant monopolistT Why, he freeze
to the butler and the cook rs quick al
liQueficd air and can give short weigh
until eternity. Coal and wood? Ever.
ton delivered In the mllliOnaire's base
ment costs 80 per cent, more than tn,
common people pay and every cord lO'
per cent.--New York Press.