The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-05-26

place, but thel 90 not oul Coal nor pae
house rem, nor get shoes for the chill
dren. At the sans time ycu, the en-
ployer, ought TO ramsmbsr through
whs, straits and strains you got the
fortune by which you built your store
or run the factory. You are to remsm-
Der that you take all the risks and the
emplOye takes none or scarcely any.
You are 10 remember that there may
be reverses in fortune and that some
new style Of machinery may make your
machinery valueless or some new style
Of tariff set your business back hope
lessly and forever. You must take all
that into consideration, and then pay
what is reasonable.
Do not be too ready TO cut down
wages. As far as possible, pay all, and
paw promptly. There is a great deal of
Bible teaching on this subject. Malachi:
Il will be a swift witness against all
sorcerers and against all adulterers
and against those who oppose the hire
ling in his wages" Leviticus: Thou
shalt not keep the wages Of the hireling
all night unto the morning" colos-
SLAMS: Masters, give unto your serv-
ants that which is just and equal,
knowing that We also have a Master
in Heaven" So you see II is not al
question between you and your en-
ploye SC much as II is a question be-
tween you and God.
Do not say to your employees; Now.
II you don't ike this place get another"
when you know they cannot get an
other. As far as possible, one q year
visit at their homes your clerks and
your workmeR That IL the only way
you can become acquainted with their
wants. You will by such process find
OF that there is q blind parent or q
sick sister being supported. You will
find some of your young men in rooms
without any ere in winter, and in sum-
mer sweltering in H-ventilated apart
ments. You will find out how much
depends on the wages you pay or with
hold.
Moreover, it is your duty as employer,
as far as possible, to mold the welfare
Of the employe. You ought to advise
him about Investments, about life in
surance. about savings banks. You
ought to give him the benefit Of your
experience. There are hundreds and
thousands Of employers, l am glad to
say, who are settling in the very best
possible way the destiny Of their en-
ployes.
Sir Titus Salt had wealth which was
beyond computation, and al SaltaIre.
England, he had a church and q chapel
built and supported by himself-the
church for those who preferred the
Episcopal service. and the chapel for
those who preferred the Methodist
service. At the opening Of one OF his
factories he gave o great dinner, and
there were $500 people present, and
In his after dinner speech he said to
these people gathered: ~ cannot look
around me and see this vast assem-
blage Of friends and work people with
out being moved. / feel greatly hon
ored by the presence Of the nobleman
at my side, and l am especially delight
ed at the presence of my work people.
l hope to draw around me q population
that will enjoy the beauties Of this
neighborhood-a population Of well
paid, contented, happy operatives. I
have given instructions to my arehi-
tects that nothing is to be spared to
render the dwellings OF the operatives
a pattern TO the country, and IL my
life is spared by Divine Providence /
hope to see contentment, satisfaction
and happiness around me-"
That Is Christian character demon
strated. There are others in this coun-
try and in other lands on a smaller
scale doing their best for their en-
ployes. They have no: forgotten their
W early struggles. They remember
how they were discouraged, how hun
CRY they were and how cold and how
tired they were, and, though they may
be 60 OF 70 years Of age, they know
just how a boy feels between 10 and 20
and how a young man feels between
20 and 30. They have not forgotten It.
Those wealthy employers we're not
originally let down out Of Heaven with
pulleys Of silk in a wicker basket satin
lined, famed by cherubic wings. They
started in toughest cradle, on whose
rocker misfortune put her violent foot
and tipped them into the cold world.
Those old men are sympathetic with
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 oyerseers in
stores are kind to those under them.
Sometimes a man will get a 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
in their treatment OF those under them.
God only knows what some Of the lads
suffer in the cellars and in the lofts
Of some Of our great establishments.
They have no n TO appeal to. The
time will come when their arm will be
strong and they can defend themselves,
but not now. Alas for some Of the cash
boys and the messenger boys and the
boys that sweep the storel Alas for
some Of them! Now. you capitalist, you
the head man Of the firm, must look,
supervise, see those all around you, in
yestigate all beneath you.
And then | charge you not TO put IN
necessary temptation in the way OF
your young men. Do not keep large
sums OF money lying around ungusrd-
ed. Know how much money there is in
the till. Do not have the account books
loosely kept. There are temptations
inevitable TO young men, and enough
OF them, without your putting any un-
necessary temptations in their way,
Men in Wall street, having 80 years Of
reputation for honesty, have dropped
into Sing Sing and perditlon, and you
must be careful how you try u lad OF
Is. And II he do wrong do not pounce
on him ike a hyenA. II he proves him
self unworthy Of your confidence, dc
not call in the police, but take him
home. Tell why you dismissed him to
those who will give him another chance.
Many a young mar has done wrong
once who will never do wrong again.
All. my friends, / think we can afford
to give everybody another chance when
God knows we should all have been 10
perditiOn II He had not given US 1906
chances.
Then, II In moving around your fac.
tory or mill or barn OF store, you are
MEMORABLE with young men God will
remember Il. Some day the wheel OF
fortune willturn, and you will be a pau.
per, and your daughter will 60 TO the
w~orkhouse. and your son will die on the
scafold. II in moving among your
young men you see one with an omi-
nous pallor Of cheek or you hear him