The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03

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Correggio.
viii the clerk quietly say, Eyes, sir"
and go to the task.
On veur life, he will not He Will look
at YOU out of a fishy eye, and ask one OF
more of the following questions:
Who was he?
Which encyclopedia?
Where is the encyclopedia?
Was I hired for that?
Don't you mean B1Smark.
What's the matter with Charlie dong
It?
Is he dead?
Is there any. hurry?
Shan't I bring You the book, anu :et
you look 1t up yourself? :
What do you want to know LOT
And T will Law you ten to one that after
you have answered the questions. ana en-
plained how to find the Information. ana
why YOU want it. the clerk Will so OH ana
get one OF the other clerks TO neip MN
try 70 find Garcia-and then come pack
and tell YOU there is no such man. or
course. may. lose my bet, but, according
TO the law of average, I will not
Now. If rou are wise, you Will not
bother. to explain to your assistant
that Correggio is indexed under the 5,
not in the KS. but you will smile sWeetlv
and say, Never mind.' and so LOOK II
up yourself
And MS 1uCIEldClLy Aol ii'epSAtNSNAs
ton. this moral stupidity, this lnfrmlty
of the WILL. this unwillngness to cheer
fully catch hold and lift, are the Things
that put pure Socialism so far into the
future If men will not act for thein-
selves, what viii they do when the oene-
fit of their effort is for all? a first MAZE
with knotted club seems necessary: ana
the dread of getting 1.-The bounce satur-
day night holds many worker 10 ms
place.
ont of ten who apply can neither spell
nor 5punctuate-and do not think 1t ne
cessary.
Can such one write a letter to Garcia?
..You see that bookkeeper?' said the
foreman to me in a large factory.
Eyes; what about HING?
well, he's a fine accountant; but II
send him uptown on an errand he might
accomplish the errand all right, and, on
the other hand, might stop at four sa-
looms on the way. and when he got to
Main street would forget what he mad
been sent for.
Can such a man be entrusted to carry
a message to Garcia?
We have recently been hearing much
maudliu sympathy expressed for the
| ".dowu-trodden citizen Of the sweat
shop and the '.homeless wanderer
searching for honest employment and
with it all often go many hard words for
the men in power.
Nothing is said about the employer who
grows old before his time in vain at
tempt to get frowsy ne er-do-Weils 10 40
intelligent work, and his long, patlent
striving with help that does notnlns
but loaf when his back is turned. In
every store and factory there IS con-
| slant weeding-ou process going on Inc
EMPLOYER is constantly sending away
| '.help'' that have shown their lncapacity
| to further the interests of the business
! and others are being taken on No mat
| ter how good times are, this soruns con-
I tinues: only if times are hard ana WORN
| is scarce. the sorting is done hner-but
out and forever out. the incompeten. anu .sa
! unworthy go. It is the survival o. the
1 fttest. Sself-interest prompts every en-
| Mover to keep the best-those who can
J carry message to Garcia
! know one man of &really brilliant
I parts who has not the ability to manage
| a business Of his own, and yet VINO is
/ absolutely worthless to anyone else, pc
| cause he carries with him constantly Tue
| insane suspicion that his employer IS OPP
pressing or intending to Cypress him. He
cannot give orders and he will not re-
! ceiye them. Should a message be given
/! him to take to Garcia his answer would
probably be, Take it yourself
Tonight this man walks the streets
looking for work. the wind whlstlins
through his threadbare coat. NO one VINO
i knows him dare employ him, for ne is
a regular brand Of discomfort. He Is
1nrpervious to reason, and the only INNS
i that can impress him is the toe Of a thick
! sole No. boot. OF course know that
! one so morally deformed is no less 70
be Spitied than a physical cripple; but IN
our plying, let us drop tear, too, Tor
the men who are striving to carry on
great enterprise, whose working hours
/ ara not limited by the whistle. and whose
hair is fast turning white through the
Il struggle to hold in linesGSwdy lndfner-
ence. slipshod :mbecilfty. and the heartless
4 insratitude, which. but for their enter
prise, would be both hungry and nome
/ less.
Have I put the matter too strongly
4 Possibly have; but when all the world
4 has gone a a-slummins I wish to speak
a word of sympathy for the man who
succeeds-the man who. against great
odds. has directed the efforts of others
and having succeeded. finds there's noun
ing in it; nothing but bare board anc
I clothes. have carried a dinner pail ane
worked for days wages. and nave aiss
been an employer of labor, and l EnoH
q there is something to be said on botf
hsides.s There is no excellence. per Sc, II
poverty; rags are no Recommendation, an.
all employers are not ranacious and high
handed, any more than all poor men arr
81 virtuouS.
My heart goes out to the man WHIT
does his work when the boss is away
z as well as when he is at home. And tn
man who when given a letter for Garcia
quietly takes the missive without asktn.
4 any idioric questions. and with no lurkin;
intention Of chucking 1t into the neares
G sewer, or OF doing ausht else but deiive
it. never gets ..laid off" nor has to g
on a, strike for higher wages Civilization
4 is one long, anxious search for just sue
individuals. Anything such man ask
shall be granted; his kind is SO rare tina
5 no employer can afford to let him 60 Fl
. 1 is wanted In every city. town and village
& in every office, shop, store and factory
The world cries ont for such: he is need
= ed. and needed badly-the man who ca
: carry a message to Garcia--Elbert Huh
& bard in Philistine Magazine
& rs it Coming to This
The keeper pointed sadly to the inma3
& Of the padded cell
{ This, = he sale. 8 us our worst case. u
, cor anyne anSwer4