The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-25


boys.
But you are not only to be kind TO
those who are under you-Christianly
kind-but you are also TO see that your
boss workman and your head clerks
and your agents and your overseers in
stores are kind TO those under them
Sometimes a man will get little brief
authority in a store or in a factory,
and. while they are very courteous to
you, the capitalist, or to you, the head
man of the firm. they are most brutal
i'm their treatment of those under hem.
God only knows what some of the lads
suffer in the cellars and in the lofts
of some of oui' great establishments.
They have 10 one to appeal 10. The
time will come when their arm will be.
strong and they can defend themselves.
but not now. Alas for sowr OF the CASH
boys and the messenger boys and the
boys that sweep the store! Alas for
some Of them! Now. YOU capitalist. you
thc head man of The Glm. must look,
supervise. see those all around you, i'm
yostigatc all beneath you.
And then ] charge son not 70 put un-
necessary temptation iu the way OF
your young mon. DO not keep large
sums of money lying around unguurd-
al r,po,y how ,-rr5 money there is i'm
tb,.tiu DO mot r,,. th. account books
foos,lv sspt Thor. are teuptations
ipcyitabIe To- vourg men. and suorpb
of them. without Your putting any UNI
necessary temptations i'm their way.
Men in Wall street. having 30 wears Of
reputation for honesty. have drorped
into Sing Sine and pcrG,tion. and Won
must Doe careful how YOU trv lad of
Is. And If he do vror,r do not nouucc
on him like a bveua. Ifhc proves him
self unworthy of your confidence. do
not call i'm the police. but take him
home. Tel why YOU dismissed him TO
those who will give him another chance.
Many a young man has done wrong
once who will never do wrong again.
Al. my friends. think we can ford
TO give everybody another chance when
God knows we should all have been in
pcrditon if lie had not given us 10000
chances.
Then. If in moving around your fac
tory or mill or barn or store. You arc
in,varab,c with ,cuur L.u God viii
rerca'cr 81. Sc.ro day Tie wheel Of
iurtm, will turn. and youvill Zee pau
per. and your daughter VIII go TO the
worlhuusc. and your son will die on the
scaFo,d. II in moving among your
Young men you see one with an omi-
nous pallur of check or YOU hear him
coughing behind the counter, say t.
him "stay home day or two and
rest or go out aud breathe the breath
OF the hills" If his mother die. DO not
demand that on the day after the flu
neral ne be in the store. Give him at
least a week to get over that which he
will never get over.
Employers. urge upon your employees.
above ali. religious life. So far from
that. how is it. Young men? Instead of
being cheered on the road to Heaven
some of YOU are cqricaturcd. and if isa
hard thing for YOU to keep your Chris
tian integrity in that store or factory
where there are so many hostile to re-
ligion. Ziethan. a grave general under
Frederick the Gre8t. was q Christian.
Frederick the Great was sl,eutic. One
day Zieth,u. the venerable. vhife-b,,red
general. asked TO be excused from mill
tary duty that he MIGHT attend The
holy sacrament. lie was excused. A
few DAYS after Ziethen was dining with
the king and with many uotablcs OF
Prussia when Frederick the Great in a
iocose way said: "Weu. Zietbcn. how
did the sacrament of last Friday di.
gest?" The venerable old warrior
arose and said: For your maiestv /
have risked nv life many time ON the
battlefield. and for YOUR majesty /
would be willing at any time to dic.
but YOU do wrong when Won insult the
Christian religion. You win FORGIVE
me If |, YOUR old military servant can
not bear in silence any insult to my
Lord and nv Saviour" Frederick tbe
Great leaped to his feet. and he nut ont
his hand, and he said. "Uornv Zio-
then! FORGIVE me. forgive mel