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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
New York, Oct. 13.

New York, Oct. 13.
A T luncheon with q captain Of In
a dustry! There IS scarcely any
"a thing that means so much to
"A rising young lawyer or business
man. The other day this note
pushing ahead in commercial life and
wants to butt into society:
1T should be glad to have you lunch
with me tomorrow between IL and 2
clock. If you will be my guest, drop
me a note to that effect or telephone
my office. We will decide where to
20 when we meet
The recipient was delighted, for the
writer was one Of the national figures
in finance and leader in New York
social life. An invitation from him is
regarded usually as the equivalent to q
command. In an ebullition Of spirit
tho young man showed the note to a
veteran Of Wall street, and said with
considerable pride that he had at last
accomplished a purpose long kept In
ITO be invited to luncheon is but the
entering WEDGE" said he. Tomorrow
I shall be his guest at some club OF
restaurant; within month I shall dine
with his family in his residence. Am 1
not a lucky dogs have been working
for this ten years.
But the young man was mistaken
Up to 1890 or thereabouts, when big
man of finance wanted to pay COM
pliment to a stranger with whom he
was negotiating some business, 1t was
second nature to invite him to dinner
at home, in, the bosom Of his family,
and aft er the meal to talk, over the
affair in hand in the smoking
But that is all changed. Hosts now.
adays do not impulsively invite men
home to dinner and hastily say to their
better halves, "Please be sure to have
goSSd They fall bafb on ac the
Of convenient places. ~
Social amenities, or obligations, are
entirely unconsidered. If the banker
desires to talk business with you over
q luncheon that costs SIS, that fact does
indicate that he intends inviting you to
his house as a guest. Sufficient unto
that luncheon is the digestion thereof
If he wants to talk with you a second
time, he will invite you again-ttc
know that he has a home and family
That is none Of your business. H
does not expect you to inquire after TIT
health of his wife and children. If 20,
should do so it would be resented.
Much Of the important business Of
financing and promoting great enter
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Standard Oil Trust. While the truth
was declared illegal by the courts as an
attempted evasion Of the corporation
laws and as an unlawful combination, it
undoubtedly was the forerunner Of the
big corporation which followed, and
probably gave the name trust to all
the big corporations which have since
been organized.
Another story Of big fee received
by New York lawyer, was that OF
jersey, for bringing about peace be-
tween Andrew Carnegie and Henry G.
Frick, or at least compromising their
difficulties. If reports are true, the
matters were adjusted within a short
period Of time, and innumerable yarns
are afioat concerning MT. Dill 3 fee, it
being stated on numerous occasions that
he received 100000 for his services
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Course for Office BOYS

So many different things are being
taught in the public and private schools
nowadays that there are few innova.
lions in the line Of pedagogy that will
be a surprise. But there one new
course started this fall in an institution
that makes q business Of originating
novelties in the way Of education that
will be likely to make old-fashioned
folk rub their eyes to read of It.
This is nothing more nor less than
an Coffee boys COURSE designed to
teach the terrors Of the business world
the most approved methods in fling. in
dexing, mimeographing, letter copying,
etc. as we'll as applied arithmetic, bust
ness English, spelling and PenmanshiP.
Importance will be laid upon business
etiquette.-New York Press.
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The Capitalist S Lunch
It's a Business Affair.

prises is accomplished at the luncheon
table. Many millionaires have their
own private dining-rooms, either in
their office suites or in some sky
scraper near by. In one Of the largest
buildings in Broad street, for instance,
GaPtt Of o Se Of ere y9n abc to
many private. In them from day to
day the work of master minds is carried
on simultaneously with the mastication
This new custom is due to tho
women at home. They were wearied
out by repeated surprises from their
husbands. The unexpected entrance Of
stranger within Che family circle 3, is
downtown luncheon, therefore, has
emancipated the woman.
And it is a mighty nice thing for tho
means from i to 2. You are expected
to understand that the period Of your
hasn't finished talking, in which case
he invites you to linger. But the point
the necessity Of lingering with. you
after the stated hour; whereas, If you
have your legs under the citruswood at
home he must do the agreeable as long
as you care to bore him. =
When man invites you to his home
to dinner and presents you to his family
you are indeed supposed to be his So
cial equal. But at a business suite in a
downtown club or restaurant you may
be different class altogether, and n q
friendliest footing. I saw the plans OF
a new building the other day, and there
are in them features that would sur
prise you. Suites for brokers, for in
stance, are arranged with kitchen, a
dining-roorn, and q small apartment FOR
sleeping. It is almost like moving the
home into the financial district.
It Is bound to come to this IN time
Take some broker and commission off
GERS in busy times; they are going
practically day and night. Look at Mr.
Sully's recent experience. He and his
customers ate in his office, and many
Of his trusted ASSISTANTS not only ate
but slept there. One Of the oldest films
on Broad street has followed this plan
however, having culinary department
, on the premises. In the rear Of it
room for customers it has a dining-roon
where meals are served by a. caterer
whose place Of business is in the vicin
;. ity. =. Walter Perry.
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NOE upon time there was q
highly efficient and thoroly sat
isfactory ianitor. (This is true
. story, tho it starts like fairy
tale.) He was so good~a janitor
that he was on friendly terms with ev-
cry one Of the tenants in the ffty-four
and during five years Of service no one
had ever complained Of him.
During this time the landlord had
the property himself, collected
his own rents and signed new leases,
but the time came when he wanted to
90 away and leave the property in the
hands Of a reliable agent. Experience
had shown him that agents are not al
ways satisfactory and that one who had
the landlord Is interests at heart is hard
to find. Common sense suggested that
the janitor, with FIVE years. experience
in looking after repairs, hiring under
janitors, and keeping the tenants con-
tented, would be the man for the place.
He lived right in the building, stood
the necessary qualities to please others
who might come into the apartments.
j. i. J.
But he was such a good janitor. II
he were given the renting agency, in.
Guiding the collections, he could not
then attend to the janitor work and su:
perintend repairs as he had done, AND
it would be pretty hard to get another
janitor half as good. No, it simply
would not do to promote him. He was
too good where he was. Better gel
some one else to take up the renting
and collections and let him stay where
he was giving such satisfaction.
So an agent was found. The janito.
was told that in the future he must dea
with the agent in place Of the owner
It did not please the ianitor to have
his mouth to speak several times. bu
each time failed to say the thing he ha,
In mind namely: that he would hav
liked chance to manage the buildini
and have the promotion he knew he de
served. Each time his nerve deserte'
him and the opportunity was lost.
Within three months the new agen
had established an absolute monarchy
He lorded it over every one, including
the ianitor. He favored those tenant
who come in the building during hi
reign, and was disagreeable and unres
sonable with those who had been Their
for years.
One day the janitor wrote a lette
to the landlord and told him how thing
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'w$HE cable report that the largest fee

49, Nv
ever paid to Scottish barrister
for one day g services was that re-
IL ceived the other day. by Thomas
Shaw. K O., N p, Of Edinburgh,
Of 800 guineas, or $2,625, for defending
che two sons Of Henry Phipps against
the charge of shooting some of Lord
Lovat' g employees who were poachlng
on q salmon pool that Mr.. Phipps had
leased Of Lord Lovat, recalls the story
Of Boswell, the famous biographer Of
DR.. johnson. Boswell once remarked
that his income as a Scottish barrlster
amounted to 100000 year, and some
more or less sarcastic friend, who heard
the story Of Boswell g income, remarked
that he wondered what all the other
Scottish lawyers lived on.
Of course, It Is scarcely probable that
the correspondent who made the asser-
ton that 500 guineas was the largest
fee ever paid to Scottish barrister
Cor one days services could have accu-
rate information to absolutely support
his statement.
Il Is an indication, however, that
large fees are not common in Scotland,
and inasmuch as Boswell Is friend sug-
gested that If Boswell got $50 goo a
year there would be nothing left TOR
any Of the other Scottish lawyers, it
seems to indicate that the same condl-
ClOH OIL audlIb SAAStoo LII oos"SAA S~
that exists now.
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IN this country, says the New York
Tribune, accounts are frequently heard
Of big fees, some Of them we'll authen'
tioated and others brought out appar'
emily by some "Lewis Jarvis,' who
took this method Of impressing the pub
lie with his Importance. There have
been all kinds Of stories printed at va
rious times and many others circulated
by word Of mouth that never were put
in type concerning the immense fee
which q well-known New York lawye!
reesived for organizing the original
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The Professional Finder

Chicago has an interesting profession
with a single xponent-namely, that
Is1n asf tfH naaT e %he
leads remarkably busy life Of it and
has reduced picking things up to an
thing Like $3.50 day-largely in re-
wards; for, having invented the pro-
fession, he has established as it's first
rule that nothing shall be kept by the
finder until after he has made every
possible effort to discover an owner.
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Among Men and Women Who Work Nth Hand Or Brain

he accompNshes important results for
his client, and does it within day or
two, or perhaps in an hour or two, it is
hard to make the client believe that
the services are worth as much as the
lawyer thinks they ought to be-
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A story is told Of one Of the most
awE fst IL the Y who and aaa
self that if, he could secure $4,000 the
lawyer could have half that amount.
The attorney finally, after some negotia-
tions, secured settlement by which the
client was to receive $4,000, and called
his client in to carry thru the adjust
ment- The story goes that when the
client discovered that the money was in
sight he made a strenuous objection to
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Stock Boys Chances Good

one in big store or wholesale house.
He Is placed where he is in daily and
hourly touch with the inmOst workings
Of tho store. He is placed where he can
learn the. goods, their purchase. price,
selling price, value, quality, origin, and
sha p %Rss. they Za l rm He nsfe. hew
and this is the best thing man can
know in business.
The stock boy goes to work at SIS q
week. There are no qualifications Of
education or training insisted upon.
On tho other hand, the opportunities
for 3. the opposite kind te manifest him
tunities for showing interest, capacity
and industry are numbered BY the
dozen daily. It Is impossible for his
work to escape notice in the well regu-
lated store or firm for any length Of
time, whether it be good or bad. If it
is bad there will soon be a vacancy
among the stock boys Of his particular
before he is given more important and
more remunerative work to do.
The next step is subclerkship in the
stock room. Here the pay is better by
a few dollars, the work more pleasant,
advancement immeasurably increased.
It is here that the upward climb Of the
stock boy beginner really will begin.
AS stock boy he is in position
where he can be considered for q pro
But Immediately he has attained t.
the dignity Of this post he is eligible
he has learned enough to fit him for the
different branches Of the work of
selling, buying, keeping, and "know.
ing''5 goods
Here also his chances for showing
what, is in him are much better. He
will be two, three, or four years older
by the time he is a clerk and his bust
have asH begun to form. lis superiors vii
have q line on him as to what he can
will, and might do: and they will treat
him accordingly. He is Of course still
minor employee, but the fact that
sign. If he was entirely devoid Of the
stuff that makes good business men OF
good employees he would not have
lasted long enough to take it.
The subclerk soon becomes a full
Aedged clerk, and after this he Is apt
to be taken into different departments
and different lines Of work. He may
become salesman, buyer, or what not
His training has been such as to fit hin
for almost any position in the house
with the exception Of office positions
and the men above him always arr
watching for men Of the right kind q
OF course, his success OF failure vii
depend just as much on his own efforts
as if he started in any other position
in the house, but as stock boy ne Il
making his efforts count quickly ant
well IN the start than in any othe
position. II. Jackman.
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The demand for barrels is steadily in
made it possible to make them for the
trade cheaper than almost any other
form Of package. That it is the most
convenient form Of package has long
been acknowledged. The ancient coop
err art was a skilled one, and the work
Of cutting out the slaves and then as
sembling them required long practice
and apprenticeship. Today machinery
performs in fraction of the time what
hand labor did so slowly and clumsily.
The modern veneer machines have
been instrumental in reducing the cost
Of barrels. Hand labor is eliminated
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that which concerns itself with the ma.
terial best interests Of the worker.
In few places the duty Of the Off
cial in this respect has been put Ut into ,t,
perintendent' mission in this regard is
too plain to be mistaken. One OF these
days it is possible that when a. man
quits the service OF a house OF when =.
superintendent has been forced to dis
charge him, that superintendent may be
For years one of the most 1nimical Of
institutions to the prosperity and con-
tent Of the ,workingman has been the
usurer and loan shark establishments:
A man in the grasp Of the loan shark
increase Of 20 per cent in his salary
hardly would give him the value re-
ceived on the face Of his pay envelope.
i. i. i.
Now in many places an employee who
needs money is invited to appear be.
fore the superintendent Of his depart
ment, explain the circumstances Of his
need, and receive from the house such
money as seems necessary IN the eyes
tuition adopting this practice bases the
amount Of the loan to some extent upon
the value and trustworthiness Of the
employee, and in such cases the person
receiving the loan gets the money at
the lowest possible interest terms and
may make his return payments on as
favorable basis as is commensurate with
the circumstance
The loan feature Of some Of the mod
ern houses has q wider field than ap-
pears on the face Of it to the public.
An old employee Of q conservative
house died last winter. Looking to the
condition Of the family, the superin-
tendent discovered that there was
scarcely funds with which to bury the
man respectfully. There were two chill.
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tie or no danger to himself in case Of

Gle or no danger to himself In case Of
defeat.
It is said that Guiteau, tho assassin Of
President Garfield. who at one time was
a practicing attorney in New York city,
once took a case on contingent fee,
the agreement being that he should
have half Of what he collected. He col
lected one-half Of the original claim
and informed his client Of the fact, tell
ing his client that the half he had al
ready collected was his, the lawyer g,
half, and when he succeeded in collect
ing the other half he would turn 1t over
to the client.
OF course, the value Of lawyers
fectiveness Of his work rather than the
time which he takes to do It, and when
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EW persons s know that TIL the 1 msnu
States is a very extensive indus.
Il try, and that tho introduction Of
improved machinery in their
manufacture has made the cooperage
tSs %o4d Of h hs ssSa1sEy ths ass IN
nishes figures that will excite general
surprise. It appears that there are up
ward Of 3O0,O00,000 barrels and circu-
lar packages manufactured in this coun-
so that this output must be steadily
broadened in order to keep pace with
the growth Of the business. The larg-
est demand for barrels is in the cement
business, which approximately amounts
to 85,000,000 year for the trade, while
asHE f ges T yyPes ds%and fez
and nails require 5000, and sugar
100000. Roasted coffee, spices,
crockery and fruits and vegetables use
up about 100000 barrels a year each,
while the glassware trade, baking pow
der companies, distilled liquor manufac-
turers, and candy, tobacco and cheese
packers are big users Of barrels, aver
aging in each trade from 100000 to
100000 barrels. The demand for bar
d1SO WI4AO uAy poAhoS SAOS9
snuff, oatmeal, screws, castings and gen
eral hardware articles annually increase
the demand on the cooperage supply.
While tho amount Of expenditure for
barrels can be closely estimated for q
given year, it is not possible to say how
many barrels are in actual use. The
life Of barrel is put down at one year
by the trade, but That is far from true:
The great majority of barrels are used
many times. They begin as sugar or
-four barrels and are then sold to the
farmer for shipping his product to mar
ket. It may be they are returned to
him several times, carrying potatoes or
pickles to market in the first trip, and
then cabbage or lettuce in the next, each
cargo being lighter in weight than the
previous one, owing to the weakened
Condition Of the barrels. Finally the
barrel may serve out it's life as q gar
bage receptacle, and be burned in the
end in some tenement house to keep out
the winter g chill. Thus it may be said
that barrel follows more useful car.
eer than almost any other manufacture
ed article, and it's life is much longer
than a season.
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in this case. If this is true, the fee Of
the Scottish barrister before referred
to sinks into insignifcance, as Judge
Dill is credited with having brought
about the compromise after few days.
work.
A more recent case of a large fee is
that said to have been received by Will
about the transfer of the interests Of
the French Panama Canal company to
the United States government. Many
accounts have been printed about the
size of Mr.. Cromwell 8 fee in this mat
ter, some Of them making it as high
as $1O,OOO,OO0. This fee was not earned
in a day, however, but only after long
and tiresome negotiations.
Since lawyers fees have become the
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/ITHE position Of the stock boy is
- the best possible place for
boy to start In to work up
with A. hip firm. The best place

Win q dig nrm. Inc DeSC place
for him to start to learn mer-
chandizing." This is the verdict Of the
head Of a great store when questioned
in regard to, the stock boys chances;
This makes this position one Of general
interest. It IS interesting to know that
there is one place in large mercantile
enterprise that is best for 9 starting
point in tho upward climb. It is also
Interesting to know that this place is
at the lowest round Of the ladder, &C
cessible to any boy over Is years Of
age. The old rule still holds good, ac-
cording to this store manager. "Begin
at the bottom and work up" Begin as
stock boy and you will work up If you
are Of the right kind More Of the best
employees in this store have started in
as stock boys than in any other place.
The chances are best for the bright
boy It is the opportunities for learn
ing that constantly are offered him
that make his position an enviable
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Watching the Workers. Needs

dren and the widow left. The widow
was sent for, questioned, and sized
up" after which the suggestion was
made that she might be able to 60 into
reply was the difficulty Of money. But
the house opened the little millinery
and dress goods shop in likely neigh,
borhood, took its mortgage upon it, and
within six months has received q mate
rial repayment upon the amount loaned,
while resting under the consciousness
that the widow and children of an old
employee are self-supporting.
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Perhaps no feature Of this modern
movement recognizing the social claims
Of an employee is as vital as this money
lending idea. 1t cannot be regarded as
in any way encouraging the habit OF
debt, for the reason that an employee
chronically asking for loans would be
placing himself in unenviable posi-
ton with his manager. But whore the
loan be a necessity and where otherwise
loan shark might be the only recourse
in an emergency, the employee finds his
employer ready to advance him the
terest, while, according, as his needs
seem logical and inevitable, the situa.
ton may suggest q better salry.
The hollowness Of the old model
city, has been shown up time and
again in Industrial history, but in a
strictly business way, the modern indus.
; trial and commercial institution may
favor If personal touch with its EN-.
ployeeA ari Minor.
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When the exigencies Of business made
necessary the crowding of workers into
Misunderstanding plants E came home first
to the arrangements Of such industries
that it was worth while for the con-
Germ to have regard for the health
ing been discovered to be the source Of
many Of the ills Of man, the sanitary
drinking fountain, with its spring water
and germless ice, became an innovation
which might have shocked the close
conservatism of another generation.
Elaborate, sanitary toilet rooms, with
sanitary soaps and towels, followed lowed the t
have been even state concern in such
cases where the individual house has
not regarded it.
Today one Of the most important
Offices Of the superintendent Of an in
stitution or Of a department in it is
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The earliest known mention Of shaw
ing is in the Bible Genesis Xiv, Jay:
And he (Joseph) shaved himself and
came before Pharaoh. Shaving tho
beard was introduced by the Romans
about 800 3. G.
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"A HE employee in many Of the great
or institutions in the industrial
and commercial world has come

Il in for. new recognition on the
part of his employers.
With the first radical departure IN
business methods, resulting in the great
consultations which seemed to remove
the employee far from his employer,
the average employee felt the estrange-
ment in double sense. Not only was
the tn great business machine, but, in
certain social sense, he hungered for a
with Ngood morning" when he might
pass the man for whom his best efforts
at labor were expended. In such great
plants, where only an official acquaint.
ance with some arbitrary, cold-blooded
subleutenant far down the executive
line became possible to the worker, dis
affections and misunderstanding Of the
powers that be were the consequences