Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-05

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not. Yet as the first Of these results
usually obtains q much stronger li'lu
upon MS than the latter. ii follows there |
i3 often Il very marked difference III |
TIE quality and amount Of labor under
taken at our own risk Of success ana |
that which we do FOR another who gives |
4 certain stipend in return. me
chanic, for example, opens up .sn'ail |
shop as carpenter or blacksmith OF
shoemaker. Presently his business in
creascs and he hires another man To |
help him at q regular price per Week. |
In like manner the lawyer must obtain |
n clerk, the writer an amanuenSis. the |
housekcnper a cook. From these simple
beginnings up to the complicated bust
ness of the large merchant or manu-
faCturer, or agriculturiSt, or other or
gained industry, the same diacrimina-
ton must exist A few run risks and
ia Ike profits; a much larger number sell
their labor for a definite sum. Both are
equally necessary for the efficient con
duct of most of the occupations Of life.
There are. it IS true. II few solitary
workers--the artist the author and -th-
ers who may prefer TO labor in retire
ment-but the large majority belong
either to the class Of employer or en-
ployed.
We must admit that one of the
former class has an incentive to siren
uous effort that is hacking 10 one of the
latter. He knows that success OF
failure in the enterprise means per-
Sonal success or failure to himself.
While to the other it carries no such
| vital result. He who is working for
| himself knows that every effort lie
| makes tells directly upon his own pros
/ perity. while to him who is working
| for others. at 4 stated amount. il may
| sometimes seem for his own interest
| to give as little labor as possible for
! what he receives The whole sal. buyer
| and the retail customer certainly adept
this plan in regard 10 the moncE they
| pay out. Yet he who regards his la
Dor simply in this light will generally
Lc disappointed. He may plead that he
| keeps within the line uf strict Justice
as did young maa The other lay.
who, Ecing sent by his employer on a
business crrand To 4 distant town.
found, when within 4 Very short dis
| tance of his destination. that he could
not perform the errand and return
home again exactly by o'clock. The
hour of closing. so stopped at tie next
| station and returned 10 the office in
| time 10 leave of work 1t hardly
needs to be said that as such ideas ~
justice formed his habitual STANDARD
they did not render him sufficiently
| valuable 10 be retained. ana he is now
seeking for another position. Indeed.
no real justice can exist when pe.-
Sonal interest is the only consideration.
If we care only for the wages ~ the
salary ana nothing FOR the results of
our labor. We are thereby apacitattl
| from forming any just idea Of what We
owe to others. And who thus reasons
ana acts viii never gain more than p
melc temporary success, for The, value
Of his work viii be measured bv Irtv
different standards by thus" who uHy
for it. 1t W. examine tn records ~
those who have risen from small L~-
@innilgs to Important Iuats ya small
find that th.y took no such narIa.-
views ana droye no such hard ana
fast bargains when they disposed Of
t.eir labor. but rather stTuve to make
themselves rs valuable az possible To
those who employed them Were there
no other object in lif,. than self inter
est. even il would lest thrive IN h
broad ANA generous basis when labor
ms for others.
IT i. however, not mrrelv from policy
mat We would uIE" a certain iIbrrttiity in
labor upuu those who WORT Tor others N
wiil bear still richer frIit titan personal
prosperity II Induced 10y higher motives
\" on" can riS" u ANY high level OF
character who takes uo pride in his work
! rms Is something qJitc apart frcm tn,
| relation he bears 10 the one for whom
he lahorS. II, beside the money ii brings
him and the prospect OF promotion. aud
even tho justice of the contract Itself hr
also longs lur excellence. III h. take d.
light IN it,: snlldity Or hrauty in Ita ti.,.-
iulnesS rr perm2ncucr. in its $ iperioritv
as :. whol" or the perfection Of its G..taits
IN the good II may dc ana the influence, II
may exert. 4" Is a higher typ. II char
actcr and a far more valuable factor IN
the welfare Of the world. Adam T. IT,"
I 1nat admirable carpenter of George
| Eliot : creation, says:
! II can't abide to see men throw away
| their tools in that way thu minute. M.
clock begins 20 strike, rs il they took
no pleasure / their work and ", re- afraid
Of doing Il stroke too much. hate to see
| a mans arms drop down as III ~ was
shot before tho clocks fairly struck. iugt
as if he'd never bit a pride and d.light
| IN : work. The very grindston.. 'ull go
IN turning biz after You loose it,
| foreman II ne \ got 4 conscience and
! delights i'll his work. viii do his business
as well as if he was partner. | wouldn't
| give penny Tor a man AZ I'D drive i
| nan IN slack because IL didn't get extra
/
| Moses best. in tn Ola Testament. HI
carried a hard business well through ami
died when other folks were going to rcau
he fruits. \ man must have courage to
| look AT MS life 80 ana think what'l cIfn,,
81 ~ after he $ Ccld ana gone. 4 gooL
soild bit e. work lasts; If it : only Ia vim.
a floor Gown, somebody's the better for
It being done well besides the man a,
does il.
We're all our master Builders ana me-
chahlcS Ike Adam, how strong ana solid
would our houses be, How safe ana
sanitary would be the plumbing. how firm |
the masonry. If All oar manufacturers; /
were conducted IN this spirit. how pure |
would be our household supplies how !
TRUSTWORTHY oar i3brIcS, how reliable our I
possessions Of every klnu, II such mo /
yves governed the leaders ana stat s:nen |
OF our land, what a marvellous change |
would take place in our entire social ana |
political condition, Trust would replace. !
suspicion. purity would replace corrup- |
ton, the good of the community ANA In. /
good OF the individual would together H.
increased Il hlndrt d-tOld.
Although We can look for no such sud
Gen or radical change in our character Il
Il people, though We kaow that moral |
progress has too many adverse factors to
contend with to De rapid in its movement
YET We also Know that each lu,lV,dha,
can 90 ms share towards acceitrating it,
IN ms own department Of industry |