The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-04

Me- 81 II needed TO build
~. the Panama
~ canal Incident
ally a number 81
Clarence barrow. thousands OF 9th
er men. mostly
poor and unknown. will give their
strength and energy and lives % do
the work. bat one man worth a hun
drod thousand dollars must be had
Ia boss the lob
Tho newspapers have been IN
dustrlously pointing out the hundred
thousand dollar man. In the main
they seem To unite on such men sa
have been able tn command large
salaries or amass great wealth.
To settle the question of who Is In
reality the hundred thousand dollar
mau Ia this world. like every other
subicct OF discussion. requires 4
starting point What President
Roosevelt aims ~ IL 10 find the
man who. under present conditions.
could demand a salary Of this slEs
IN the performance o. such work As
he requires OF course with this
basis of the worth OF a man. the
newspapers are flkhi. and the presl-
cent IL right. There "a but one
commercial way Of nxinK the value
Of a man. and this II 30 apply the
business test. What can he COM
mand Ia the markets OF the world
This means that II nature has en-.
dowed him In = special say. OF be
has been highly educated a. 80
eisty'E expense. then the individual
has the right tn demand for those
natural or acquired gifts all that The
market viii peFmlt. or course there
are fewer men born or educated 10
boss the job Of digging the Panama
canal than there are lshorerH to do
ths work
Then. too. these few have the
power and akill 20 IN their owa
price for their services and not
dump them on the market az the
laborcr does hia toll and the fArmfr
doaa his wheat
But the fact that a man Il able
10 get a certain thing does not she's
that he IL really worth the price
THE TRUE MEASURE SHOULD
BE THE VALUE oF ftis SERVICE
AND His SACRIFICE To THE
WORLD Measured In this way
the hundred thousand dollar man IN
not the aehemer and piotter whoI
can exploit his fellow. but the pa
tient iaborer who knows no other
trade but work and who has really
created alt the wealth % all he
world n By the hundred thousand
dollar man la really meant the man
Of greatest worth. thea THE IN.
uuSTRtOrs WORKMAN SHOULD
BE THE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLAR MAN
The average workman who does
the labor OF the United States
would consider this salary fabulous
beyond his widest dreams In the
language OF the markets. he t. not
tho hundred thousand dollar man.
Tut the five hundred dollar man
For five hundred dollars a year ia
about tho amount left 10 the aver
age workman for himself and FAM
psssliApd su suiGliuJ JolJu At
classes on his back.
II In from the earnings 81 these
five hundred dollar families that
Mr. Rockefeller builds up his fabu-
loua fortune. that Russell SAGE
schemes and piuchea and saves;
that Morgan and Gates jugEle and
gamble: that Cox and other corrupt
politicians live in show and SPLEEN
dor. and that Carnegie has amasaed
wealth 10 throw Al the birds for the
begullement = his old age.
These ~ hundred dollar
men are modest and obscure
Their names are never in the news
papers except the obituary notices
that show that their work ln done.
still. however unknown and poor.
they make up the bone and sinew
81 tho land II ia given 10 them
To produce the wealth In times Of
peace. and oil the ranks Of the com
mon soldier in times 81 war. and
then 20 return from the field Of
battle and work TO repay the money
which the rich have loaned M uauri-
Gus rates as their contribution to
the cause II In given 20 this class
to toll the longest hours NJ the hard
est work. to take the most disagree
able and dangerous tasks, 10 turn
the switch In the yards while Tho
Pullman coach goes by. and. finally
to leave the world as poor rs they
came In. and al least 10 or 10 years
earlier than the rich.
While the vast majority are living
and toiling In the constant shadow
OF want a small minority have ever
been deyising wayH TO spend the
wealth created by these five hun
dred dollar men. IN NOTHING
ELSE BUT MONEY rs THERE
SUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MEN. and In nothing else does pos.
session have such little relation to
either brains or merit.