The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-25


The right ofa laborer 10 tell his employer
what he must pay implies the right OF an
! employer 10 compel u man into "a service
whether he will or not, and either Of those
ideas ls despicablc.
When any employer allows n laborer &c
I say what he must do OF have his business
ruined. and the employer submits TO II. he
does every business man m the United
! States a wrong and yields TO the principle
! which, carried out, would dissolve society.
I Look over your affairs and pat your
selves In Imagination In your laborer's
/ place and then pay him what before God
{ and your own conscience you think you
ought 10 pay him.
"God bless yousl" aro well I'm their
place, but they do not buy coal nor pay
/ house rent nor get shoes for the children.
/ At the same time you, the employer, ought
| 20 remember through what straits and
! strains you got the fortune by which you
/ built your store or run the fnctory. You
are 10 remember that You take all the
risks and the emplOye takes none on
scarcely any. You are 10 remember that
there may be reyerses In fortune and that
some new style OF machinery may make
your machinery valueless or some new
Z style OF tariff set your business back hope.
lessly and forever. You must take NIL that
into consideration md then pay what IL
reasonable.
DO not be too ready 10 cut down wages.
As far as possible pay all and pay prompt
ly. There IL n great deal OF Bible teaching
on this subject. Malachi, "I will be swift
witness against all sorcerers and against
all ndulterers and against those who op.
pose the hirelIng In his wages. -" Levltcus,
Thou shalt not keep the wages OF the hire
ling all night unto tho morning" Colos-
SLAMS, Masters, give unto your servants
Tint which IL just and equal, knowing that
ye also have n Master In heaven SO you
seo IL Il not question between you and
your employe so much as 1t Is a question
between you and God.
DO not say to your employees, "NOw, ~
you don't like this place, get another"
whom you know they cannot get another.
A. far as posstl le, olce year visit nt their
homes your clerks and your workmen.
That IL the only way you cHn become ac-
quainted with their wants.
You Will by such process Ind out that
there IL blind parent or n sick sister be-
ing supported. You Will find somo OF your
young men In rooms without any fire In
winter ana in summer swelterIng In III
ventilated apartments. You will find much
depends on the wages you pay or with
hold
Moreover, 1t is your duty ns employer, as
far as possible, TO mold the welfare OF the
smploye. You ought to advise him about
investments. about life insurance. about
savings banks. You ought TO givo him the
benefit Of your experience.
There are hundreds and thousands OF
employers, ! amsglnd 'to say, who are set.
Hing In the very best possible way the des.
tiny OF their employees. Such mon as Mar
shall OF Leeds, Lister OF Bradford Akroyd
" Halifax and mon so near at homo IL
might offend their modosty IL mentioned
their names-theso men have built reading
rooms libraries, concert halls, Afforded
sroquet lawns, cricket grounds, gymna-
Sums, choral societies for their employees,
and they have not merely paid the wnges
on Saturday night but through the con-
tentment ana the thrift aud the good
morals OF their employees they are paying
wngos from generation 20 generation for
over.
Again, counsel all employers TO look
we'll after the physical health OF their sub
ordnntes. DO not nut on them any un
necessary fatigue. | never could un der
stand why the drivers on our city ears
must stand all day when they might just
as we'll sit down and drive.
IL seems to mo most unrightoous that so
many OF the female clerks In our stores
should be compelled 10 stand all day and
through those hours when there are but
Few or no custotners. These people have
aches and nnnoyances and wearnoss
enough without putting upon them addi.
tional fatigue. Unless these female clerks
must 30 up and down on the business OF
the store, let them ait down.
But above all charge you, q employers
that you look after the moral and spiritual
welfare OF your employees. First, know
whore they spend their evenings That
decides everything. You do not want
around your money drawer young man
who went last night TO see Jack Shep
pntdl' man that comes into the store
In the morning CHASTITY with midnight rev
elry Is not the man for your store. The
young nan VINO spends MS evening IN IN,
society OF refined women or In musical oi
artistic circles or In literary improvement
Is the young man for your store.
Do not say of :hese young men. I'll
they do their work I'm the business hours,
that Is all have to ask God has made
you that mans guardian. l want you 10
understand that many OF these young men
are orphans or worse than orphans, lunp
out into society to struggle for them
selves.
Employers, urge upon your employees.
above all, n religious life. So far from
that, how is II, young men' Instead OF
being cheercd on the road 10 heaven some
OF You are caricatured, and IL is u hard
thing for you to keep your Christian integ-
rity In TINT store or factory where there
urc so many hostile 20 religion. Xietheu,
u grave general under Frederick the
Great, was a Christian. Frederick the
Great was n skeptic. ono day Liethcn,
the venerable. white haired general asked
TO be excused from military duty that
he might attend the holy sacrament
He was excused. few days after
Zlethen was dining with tho king aud
with many notables OF Prussia. when
Frederick the Great In n iocose way
said. well, Zietheu. how did that sacra-
meut OF last Friday digest}' The venera-
bic old warrior arose aud said: "For your
majesty have risked my life many time
on the battlefield and for your majesty
would be willing any time To die; but YOU
do wrong when YOU insult the Christian
religion. You will forgive me 10 l, your
old military servant, cannot bear In silence
any insult TO my Lord and my Saviour. 4"
Frederick the Great lcuped 20 hls feet. and
he put cut his hand. aud he saiG Happy
Ziethen Forgive me. forgive mei'
Oh, there are many being scofied az fof
their religion, and thank God there are
many men as brave as Zethenl Go %
heaven yourself. o omployerl Take all
your people with you. Soon you will be
through buying and selling, ant through
With manufacturing and building. aud
God will ask you Where are all those
people over whom you had 80 great IN.
nuence? Are they here? VIII they be
herep' o shlpowners. Into what harbof
will your crew sailY oh, you merchant
grOrpra are thOea xouuw man TINT