The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-25
be reverses in fortune and that some

be reVeree0 IN fortune ana That some
new style Of machinery may make
your machinery valueless or some new
style OF tariff set your business back
hopsiessly and forever. You must
take all that into consideration, and
then pay what is reasonable.
Cutting Down Wages.
Do not be too ready to cut down
wages AS far as possible, pay all, and
pay promptly. There is great deal
of Bible teaching on this subject.
Malachi: 81 will be a swift witness
against all sorcerers and against all
adulterers and against those who op-
pose the hireling in his wages" La
viticus: Thou shalt not keep tie
wages of the hireling all night unto
the morning" Colossians Masters,
give unto your servants that which is
just and equal, knowing that ye also
have Master in heaven" So you
see 1t is not a question between you
and your employe so much as it is
question between you and God.
Do not say to your employees, Now,
if you don't like this place get anoth-
er," when you know they cannot get
another. AS far as possible, once a
year visit at their homes your clerks
and your workmen. That Is the only
way you can become acquainted with
their wants. You will by such process
find out that there is a blind parent
or sick sister being supported. You
will find some of your young men in
rooms without any fire in winter, and
in summer sweltering in i'll ventilated
apartments You will find out how
much depends on the wages you pay or
withhold.
Moreover, it is your douty as en-
ployer, as far as possible, to mold the
welfare of the employe. You ought to
advise him about investments. about
life insurance, about savings banks.
You ought to give him the benefit OF
your experience. There are hundreds
and thousands of employers, am glad
to say, who are settling in the very
best possible way the destiny of their
employees. Such men as Marshall OF
Leeds, Lister Of Bradford, Akroyd OF
Halifax, and men so near at home it
might offend their modesty IL men
toned their names-these men have
built reading rooms, Libraries, concert
halls. afforded croQuet lawns, cricket
grounds, gymnasiums, choral societies
for their employees, and they have not
merely paid the wages on Saturday
night, but through the contentment
and the thrift and the good morals of
their employees they are paying wages
from generation to generation forever.
Again, counsel all employers to
look we'll after the physical health Of
their subordinates. Do not put on
them any unnecessary fatigue. I never
could understand why the drivers on
our city cars must stand all day when
they might just as we'll sit down and
drive. 1t seems to me most unright-
eous that SO many Of the female clerks
In our stores should be compelled to
stand all day and through those hours
when there are but few or no custom
ers. These people have aches and an
noyances and weariness enough with
out putting upon them additional
fatigue. Unless these female clerks
must go up and down on the business
OF the store, let them sit down.
The Duty of Employers.
But, above all, l charge you, o en-
ployers, that you look after the moral
and spiritual welfare of your employees
First. know where they spend their
evenings. That decides everything
You do not want around your money