Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-02-07


nine out of ten who apply can Meth
er spell nor punctuate-and do no,
think it necessary.
Can such one write "A letter To-
Garcia:
"Iou see that bookkeeper?' said
the foreman "a me III large factory
"Ycs; what about him."
"Well. he's fine accountant: but
# Ia send him uptown on an errand
he might accomplish the errand all
right, and. on the other hand. might
stop at -four saloons on the way. and
when he got to Main street would
forget what he had been sent for"
Can such man be- entrusted tu
carry a message to Garcia:
We have recently been hearing
much maudlin sympathy expressed
| for the down trodden citizen of tn,
sweatshop" and the "homeless wan
derer searching for honest employ
ment," and with it all often 20 man,
bard words for the men in power.
Nothing is said about the employer
vino grows old before his time in II
vain attemp; 10 get frowsy ne'er-do-
wells 20 10 intelligent work. aud his
long, patient striving with "help"
that does nothing bnt loaf when his
back is turned In every store aud
factory there is constant wedding
out process gOiug on. The employer
Is constantly sending away "help"
i that have shown their incapacity to
/ further the interests of the business.
aud others are being taken on. n"
matter how good times are, this sort
ing continues; only if times are hard
and work Is scarce, the sorting is
done tiner-hut out and forever out.
the incompetent and unworth go. II
Is the survival of the tittest Self
Interest prompts every employer to
keep the besf-those who can carry
message To Garcia.
know one man of really brilliant
parts who has not the ability to mau
age "A business of his own, aud vet
who is absolutely worthless to anyone
else, because he carries with him con
( stantly the insane suspicion that hi>
EMPLOYER Is expressing or intending
{ t0 opprrss him. lie cannot give or
ders and he will not receive them.
Should message he given him t.
take to Garcia his answer would
/ probably be, Take it Yourself"
/ Tonight 'his man walks the streets
looking for work. the wind wbl>tling
/ through his thread bare coat. No on,
who knows hIm dare employ him, for
i he Is regular fire brand of diScon
tent. lie is impervious to reason,
and the only thing that can impress
him is the toe of "a thick-Sole No. .
4 boot. OF course | know that one SO
morally deformed Is no less to b,
/ pitied than physical cripple; hut in
our pitying, let us drop IA tear. too
| for the men who are striving to carr,
ON great enterprise, whose workin.
hours are not limited hy the whistle.
and whose hair is fast turning white
through the struggle to hold in line
dOwdy Indifference. Slipshod imhecil
ity, and the heartless ingrattudr.
which, but for their enterprise, would
he both hunger and homeless.
Have ] put the matter too strong
Is? Possibly have; but when all the
world has gone a Summing | wish to
speak word of sympathy for the
man who succeeds-the man who.
against great odds, has directed the
efforts of others, and having succeed
ed, finds there's nothing in it; moth
ing but bare board and clothes.
have earned dinner pail and work
ed for days wages, and have also
been an employer of labor, and |
know there is something to be said
on both sides. There is no excellence.
per Sc, IN poverty; rags are no rec
ommendation, anu all employers are
not rapacious and high handed, any
more than all poor men or virtnous.
Ny heart goes out to the man who
does hls work when the "boss" is
away. as we'll as when he is at home.
Aud the man who, when given let
ter for Garcia, quietly takes the mis-
sive without asking any idiotic ques
| q l.