The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-19
TALKS TO
MECHANICS
rancis Murphy at the
Iron Works.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY HEARD.
Many Brawny Sons Of Toll Welcome
the Man Who Labors for
Sobriety.

at the blast of the haIf-past twelve whi
tie Mr.. Nun by took his stand on 4,
! goods box in the center of the big She
The men were grouped around in alter
tive attitudes, and they gave vent
their apprsc alton by frequent and na1rl
y cheers.
You men are not working here exclr
siyely for your health" said Mr.. MIL
ply; Just let me tell you that You ar
working here for money, and you get !;
and you earn it, don't you? Yes: wei
what do you do with it? Do you saw
lit? If you don't, you ought to; save
and put it into your home, and dres
your little wife up and make a queen GU
OF her and be proud of her, that's wha
you do! I tell you, my men, it dom
, matter how you look when you go gu!
or what sort of clothes you have on
docs it? But the minute your little wifi
steps out the door she is a target TO
ian eyes, and the ladies all look to Sc,
what she has on, and they say, oh, myi
land the little woman steps along Xix,
this Qllustrating), and, Lord bless her
II she has got on a pretty dress, ism
she NIGEL
/ Il tell you, boys, you save your money
and dress her like a queen, and love hel
like prince yourself, and she'll love
you and be proud of you, and think
you're a great fellow You don't want
to dress up the other fellows wife by
handing money over the bar to him! Put
the purple and fine linen your own
little girl, bless her hearti And do you
know that you're spending a whole lot
| OF money that you oughtn't if you're a
drinking man? With this two-bit system
lof drinks here, why, don't you know a
! dollar a day is only four drinks. and
| that's economical drinking, isn't it? Yes,
but l tell you a dollar a day is a whole
lot, and if you'd strike for a dollar a
day more on your wages there'd be big
howl, and there'd be fuss, too, if YOU
We're going to get a dollar a day less:
yes, there would! But that's just what
1t amounts to. boys. When you take
TOUR drinks day, you are docking your
own wages dollar day, and you can
just as well raise your pay dollar a
day as not! You've got the privilege of
marking up your salary. If you want to
go on strike and make fuss around
mere, why just go on a strike for dol
lar day, and make the strike against
your evil habits! You can do it; of course
you can! And, say, do you fellows know
mat there's good deal of comfort in a
good beefsteak cut thick? You bet
there is, and you want to- put some of
that whisky money into a fine porter
house for the family occasionally! And
potaty' with the steak and gravy
bless your heart! When you're working
as hard as you do, don't you know you're
cutting good beefsteaks, and cutting 'em
thick, for somebody, and why not cut
EN- for your own little family! / tell YOU
you have to have money everywhere you
go, that's what you do! You get on the
street car up here and that big CORPORA
ton wants a nickel out of you, and if
you don't put your nickel in the box
you'll have to get off and walk, so you
WILL or they'll throw you off, bless your
heartr'
Mr.. Murphy went on to illustrate the
value of money and the dignity of the
dollar by telling a story of two men in
a butcher shop, the one wanting five
pounds of steak and the other a little
piece of liver. He gave an excellent i'm
ltation of the butcher bowling and lump
ing around to wait on the prosperous
customer, how he cut the steak off and
how he addressed the poor man gruffly
and with Impotence. He told of the bit
-erness that the comparison brought to
the heart of the poor man, how he took
MS miserable dimes worth of liver home
now 1T was cooked with pepper and salt.
ana watched hungrily by the little ones:
but the poor man wasn't able to touch
bite of it himself said Mr.. Murphy.
and, do you know, fellows, that man
sot MN job and went to work on Mon
lay morning, and he worked all week,
Ina on Saturday night he went into that
'utcher SHOP in his ragged clothes, and
lie called for five pounds of beefsteak
ina he wanted it cut thick and the best
mere was to be had. The butcher didn't
'eheve him, and told him to tell him
"hat ne did want quick, or to move
liong and be quick about It, Well that
elbow just went down into his pocket
Ind he pulled out a lot of silver and
lie said, Now give me that five pounds
II steak, and do it as fast as Won know
low, or I'll just move along to the next
mop! And he got his steak; yes he did.
'oys, and as God is my witness that man
drawing $4,000 year in the East at
his minute!''
Mr.. Murphy told the story of Audrey
Carnegie; how he rose from nenniless
10Y to his present high station, and
nrough the trade of a mechanic. "That."
alo Mr. Murphy, lis the difference be-
Ween mechanic sober and a mechanic
runk'
lie also provoked hearty applause from
: group OF Englishmen by telling a story
II point and saying that there was no
~SAA
GOD things tasted like or better appre-
ated eating, or could eat more. than
n EngIishman
men ne said he had talked enough
no started to dismount from his hoy
mere were cries of More yet. Mr.. Muir.
NY! and Just little more. Mr.. Muir
ny; there's fifteen minutes yetp' The
10 gentleman took his stand. much
leased with the hearty sympathy mani
ested' and spoke with a great deal of
eeilng. He appealed to the men tn all
tam, and pointed out the policy of fem
eranee as Well as the religious side of
ne quest on He then admonished them
De content with good fortune. and TO
MY no one. He referred to his own
airy HE and said he didn't have half a {
nance !, but he had managed to get
e praised" ~
NO, sir. don't you go to envying any,
oov' fellows,' he said, because Won
ch Know whether he's any better off
lah Yourself, and besides, If anybody has s
OF mere genius. or more industry mr. {
lore Drains and ability than YOU wbv $
It him go ahead and win success and s