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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-14
WEE CT + N on TRUST HAS REACHED TTS
ZENITH AND LEAVES AN oRENINd
PoR UNORB aAAE.

Say what you please the signs Of the times give ~
dtonsl evidences day that the robber oil trust
going to pieces It has built false methods OF bus
mess; II Is enlisted under black flag, and sooner
later must meet it's Waterloo for right win win in N
erd-it always has and always will The Uncle sai
Company II backing the principles Of square deal an
as the pioneer in the field supply the market
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-14
FROM THE AGKANBAs RIVER TO TIE ArIssoUI
RIVER WILL HI TIKI LINn-UP.~

There is not locality in the Missouri valley where
Uncle Sam not take the oil trade Of the
away from them with the large Of stock
holders Uncle Sam has Don't you know this good viii
for the company is worth untold value and is an
back OF this stock hard TO estimate value
We don't have - beg people to buy Uncle Sam but they
just come anyway and then want to know II they
help us out ana Willingly intereede With q neIEhbor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-14

Uncle Sam Company has better start in the first
Of its existence than the present oil trust had in
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] peril s.inSWarring with JOB.

Peril in8WArrtnG with 10 o.
There are clever accountants who have 9
X gambling instinct The steady routine o.
figures Is uncongenial. They love to take Ike
chances. Figures are a stone wa y 70 y q
sort OF men; II there Is anything certain In
life 1t Is figures. III It is a mistake to think
that such men are shlftless. They may have
strong wills ana do thelr.work we'll. Butt
y Is never congenial. They should be IN some
4 business which depends upon chance tcm-a
Il pered by judgrn emit; mere gam bling Is no bus
Il lness. 81 tx ij4 53ai
4 IA The fellows who go wrong a nd X take "a
chance (. with their employers money are
Riust the ones whose temperarnentis always
4 at war with their trade. y II they in a.
4ilegitimat e business Of chance their gambling
&instincts might he reasonably satisfied. Be
hind d, set OF books hey grow res less and
gamble for. relief. Il iS "a II .s 81
~ Some people are OF tho oversensl 1.-Two sort.
( They cannot stand being Jared. In q bust
mess organizat ton ma ny eparat e WI ca n!
not be expected to get along y! thout fric.i
ton. Rivnlrles will arise preferences will
be shown. Fairly or Unfairly, one man Will
kbe promote above anot her one ma n w III be-
favored ever another. Under the stress Of
chance and business exgenoy such things
cannot be avoided A crop OF soreheads5re-
suits Thcysstand in their ownlight Some
y times they mako trouble and get themselves
into trouble, all because they are not the
people & whose blood and judgment are SO
well commngled3 that they are not a pipe for
fortune 8 fingers 10 play what stop she
please. 81 S e
Case Of Ruin by Sulhs.
The story is told Of a young man who had
worked his way up to the head OF an Q O
In ST. Paul, when q change OF mana cement
i occurred. a new mana ger was appointed
and brought With him his office assistant
Tho young man was retained at his old pay
4 in a slightly inferior capacity. Ills pride was
hurt; he did nothing to aid the new chief In
\ his work, sulked when he should have smiled
The mana ger was fair; warned him several
tti,nes OF his mistake, and finally offered him8
q place on the road for the good OF all con-
acarned. The foolish boy fancied he was be-
4 Ing plotted against-put out on the road
4 to be rid of-and made himself and his EN-
ployer 80 uncomfortable tina dism!ssal8r re- 4
suited. 1t was the ruin OF a capable man
whose temperament was too sensitive for
ordinary business 4 a I $3 SIS:
The harmony and effectiveness OF an orr
ganization depends much upon the tempera-5
Ement of Its executive, The tendency to carp
or find fault with the employees is fatal to-
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n - A1NTING OUTia black eye approaches
Ek1 #fl realism In z art 80 closely tnnt the
Ssi ~ person ten feet from the paint eye
#5 cannot toll where the skin stops and
%SS35 g$ the brush color begins. accidentally.
as the knowledge D the art has Epread, g
3 few5yictims OF fisticuffs have arpcared now
n and then to a few artists WI g may nave
been surprised Themselves at an orc er, anu ND
then have xpermonted With me pilcta75
Il ton OF flesh colored paint Il 4s S HI
4 But painting backencd eye 5is not an an.
easy thing for the average painter 20 ao.
There are varying degrees Of hlackncss Of
IL & ave. there are varying positions Tor tho
settling OF the pigment under the lids. there
arc variations Iii tho protruding OF the .eye
Shrowps and In tho shadow 9 fleets IN an funin-s
d,ircd eve itself there are pos sbil ties fort
8inexperienced artists ma letng N otner4 eye
stand out In wl1itened cont ras Wor Sc ina 2 Der
\ fore. III Is 83$5f, S s6si PIT s
y I Ali OF this 4 & suggestive Of a new Industry
the great cities hat Of the rtlst studio
which has for its one feature the5elmina-
ton OF the black eye In any and all OF its
stages $$sfs Az }5sis @ sfst
One hundred blacle eyes every tven ~
four hours in Chicago Is a9conservatl Tive
police figure. At least 80 per cen 7 ct those
receiving these distinguishing marks would
be willing and able to pay. according to q
sliding scale, to have them painted out e rho
! range OF prices would be according to- the
degree Of humiliation which the disilgure-
ment carried. together with the ability Of
tie dsngured ono to pay. There would pc
no llns OF caste drawn, either, as 70 the hui
initiation OF tho eye. Tho bruiser who
might get q a colored lamp '' unexpe tedly
from anUGiler pair OF knuckles would be q
sensitive to the Disagreement as any young
society rnasher who didn't. know the hus g.
band or brother was SO close at hand and so
quick at handing things out 355} ss
& Millions in the Idea. .8
There are milllons In the idea, active and
potential Ei III YIN ~ S,., III
From the artist point OF view the blacken,ed$
eye IS a. hard proposition. The man at the
palette may mix his 4 flesh color az he s. es
d It In the face OF the man OF the ornarnented
lamp. but the first application Of the brush
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25

coal broadcast among 6anlers and nlanufao-s
turers ut mine ptace on the spe o!ous plea, that
"a large tonnage was being secured Sc!
enough to Influence q special rate to Chi.
cago. Enough coal was sold, and the rate,
was secured. The beauty Of his work con
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UP 70 date Is quite compli ted and extern
slve.5& " 81 . al
IS inaccuracies Cause Trouble.
.5 The pay roll department finds another
5cnuse for the most careful abor In the hand
ling Of employees rat es. bove all things else
accuracy Is required. u for the really Y" tick
Elish '''' spot in every mans anatomy Is that
which has to gdea l with Ills wages, Nothing
will breed Dissatisfaction and "a desire to,
S"}quit e among slopm en- SO much as to have
4 errors occur In their pay. y Eth
sB There are some petty annoyances outside
the possible errors which have to be adjusted
with more or less fred tape which can
scarcely be classified a $ part Of the regular
routine OF the payroll departmental utWhtch
that department has to put UP vi TIL T roml-.
nent among these is a request for wa ges be-
fore pay day. Thisi is particularly annoying.
lust before a holiday. I have seen as many,
as 200 men call at the pay roll department.
on such occasions, s5{9 t$sss3S Il $ l6 Il gs3$5
Errors Will slip Through .ss5s
.s55 The pay roll department more than any
other Is q place where a high class Of work
lis necessary.fssI Errors here must be reduced
ITO a minimum. a few are hound to slip
through but the scarcItySof them in the we'll
organized department. Is almost amazing
Every step Of the work is carefully checked
and 1t should be, for 1t dealswith one Of tho
most lmportanto Of all the details Of the busi-
ness. The employee insists upon and Is ems
Titled to every cent due him, while the ems
8noyer, on the other hand, is just as firm In
his demands that there shall be no ovcrpay-
5ments. This department is really3the con-
Meeting link between employer ana enploye.
and Is ns responsible to the$ one as to the
other, 1t calls for careful management, but
when conducted on systematic PRINCIPLES be-4
comes an interesting place to work, n Pay roll
work has been revolutionized within the last
decade through the introduction and appli-
cation Of improved Office appliances, such as
time registers. comptometers, the addresses.
graph. and the like, and aHtrustworthyi boy
can now do to better advantage the work
that formerly required the services Of three;
men, 81 Fl
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his own contagious enthusiasm and belief.
That is his secret--a subdued enthusiasm,
which shines In his eyes and yibrat es In his
voice. 10 is ps''er extravagant nor art acial,
always subdred and effective. XII 5,3 K II
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Millions in the Idea.


petitions. The substitution Of girls Ia made
possible because OF the offices IN large build
ings being cleaned by the jantors, thus doing
away w!ththe heretofore disagreeable fea-
ture OF the work, Again, girls 10 and over
will work for o dollar less than boys Of the
sano age. 5.3 ;z Ks K II
Girls Becoming Office Boys" 4
Another reason why SO many young girls
arc employed In offices Is that thereis alarge
army OF them glad to have such an oppor-
atunity. The hours are shorter than In q
factory or store, the work u hter,s md the
chances Of meeting young men With mar
ryng Intentions are much better. Econon-
X ical reasons also compel a lArg err percentage
Of girls than hoysto begin toll early. They
como from respectable but poor families,
where all the surplus money Is expended on
tho education of the sons, md the daughters
are put to work, AT any rate the girls
prove themselves quick and wi Hing. and can
be depended onto do what IL expected OF
them Ina few q fflces old men who have mot
with financial reyerses MI the pos ton Of
office hoy. 5ss u Il s5s 5
t Whether once work. is being performed by
girls or old men. the fact remains tina boys
are scarce, In future years autobiography
writer's Will not have occa sion to' reSord thai
the successful merchan atlrte 9 his business
career by sweeping the office f'oor and clean:
Ing the windows
q Then, where can we look 5ebr ! he proprietor
Of tomorrow. II by force. of circumstances
the few Office boys now at work are not Ct
the right material3 PERHAPS the business
schools VIII turn ont era uates better
equipped for iEa pld promotlort in mercantile
lines. Yet any method Of dtyeloping ma
ierial Which does away with tfe hard work.
the .pough knocks, and the Iona hours, .wlll
Z be lacking In many valuable qualities " hlcA
helped build and, perfected the character
and success Of many Of the 4Tessnt gay
proprietorS,5 Sss8S lt44a s5t 35. ~
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communities Is being trained for the profess
sioi,s, Commercial pursuits are the losers
thereby, sS$s 3stff n * x n *. q II
Not all country boys, ho weyer, SO TO col
Iegc, There are a FEW left who stra gg!e into
the city, glad OF an opportunity and chance
\ to work. But after they. get here they are
confronted by a lew that prohibits boys, un7
der 10 years Of age being employed longer
than eight hours a day. It mat not how
Il ons, nov, one rye tic, or how willing they
are to do whatever Is asked Of them, they are
handicapped by lew. Unable to work Oft the
sa,lrplIs energy Of youth In learning the busi-'
+, ness IN which they are. engaged, they e.pend
the extra time as they please, This = tine
MS YOU please z usually means to q boy bad
Il company bad habits. and later ylctinl 70
many temptations which do not exist In the
country town from whence he came. E
city Bred Boy Is Spoiled.
& !, The shoys over 10 years of age who come
from the country usually consider themselves
too largo (and country boys At ~ are large for
their age) for office work. and invariably
enter the trades where more money Is offered
them at the start. Thus, the supply Of coun-
try boys for office work positions has been
almost entirely cut Off,
In place OF the sincere country lad he city
bred boy is now n fixture Of the office. His
training and surroundings are tirely dlffer-
ent fromthose which contributed to the sue-
cess OF his country cousin. Living In a steam
heated fiat, having no wood 10 saw. or chores
10 do, tends to unfit the city lad for energetic
work, When HIS parents decide that theiF
boy has reached an age 70 contribute a share
Of the living expenses, he reluctan'ly lnqulres
for work, and locks for the easiest job ~
,cignt. Opportunity is no incentive, me city
boy wants as l,l@h wages rs he cangHt, With
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
.By.J ohm Benson.

an Remonstranoe had no effect on him and be
K ant cred the ripg, He was g clean boy, well
kept, and made some money With the gloves.
h books. % III III
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Influence. Many an able lender has failed to
carry out hts plans b ecu uae he could not con-
troll himself or inspire his men The fussy
man has no place at the heed OF a business.
3 This Is q world OF compromises. md here.
are people init who never can I'D just \ hem
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
FILL the office hoy OF syesterday8olr
n today be the proprietor Of tomor--i.
S3Il,.n ~ 49, aft l5tss /. ~

WV row. M u. q, r. 4. !. !, /. u.
culties experienced by business
men to get and retain satisfactory tlce boys
the answer Is mol" The supply o. good
Office boys seems 10 be exhausted, There are
plenty OF boys but not at the right stock,
Occasionally here and there may be found
an exception, sae
The PROJECTORS OF today. who were the Of
flce boys OF yesterday, Invariably came from
tho farm or small town, where they wera
trained to do work. Willingly aud lahor,l long
hours. Fresh air, plain diet, and example,
OF Industry and frugalty as set BY his pa
rents gave tho country boy q strong constl'
tuition and a determination worth more than
capital in the fast growing cities, No5work
was too hard for him, no hours too long, He
was at the store or Office before the proprietor
arrived The country boy was glad OF IN
a opnortunity TO work extra time for the OK 4
3perience it gave him, and In doing 20 he never
thought OF overtime pay, The experience
was the valued thing desired not q few pal l.
thy dollars. Often the boy worked merely
i Far his clothes ard board, and WAS thankful
for the opportunity given him 70 learn q husi-
ness. 5t'f 5. ts1f
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\ Has, the 2. Selling r emperAment."'

One season NO had a bad run Of coal CO,
The stuff was below stand I'd, but he .l st,ld
Sit persistently. II never knew him TO- So y
jitBwas good or n,islead any one TO believe So
4 complaints rained into the office. People
would come In load ed vi th rfsentn ent. and.
as It may seem, Id go out t
peace with the world az ter having bought
some more coal. y They: seemed eager to deal
with him. ITO feel in a. va cue Z sort Of way
that he could do them q great deal Of good;
| and when they aWoke to the act Of a loss
they; ,conl d not + blame the salesman. He had
not induced them to buy In SO many word. |;
he mad assumed they would buy as q matter
Of course, and that q ssunip lon SCENE q to De
irresistible. In t4ler% words lie had asselling
Temperament III " us. d
The story was chara ct erigt e. very on &
recognlzedsfthe brit liant /, Dung salesman IN
tho old man $ ana lysis of him. a " had
thought SO themselves but never quite I'M
3derstood t3so clearly, was a singular IN !,
stance ola tomparam ent suite q to ITS Wor
There are many more stances OF busiHsss
careers being wrecked by unsu bic temper.
alnent 8, VII 81 M 81 IN NJ Ss5 81; Il
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I By William w. Hiscox.

the shortest number OF hours, He objectsto
NaWeeping out the ONCE staying q few minutes
overtime, or doing anything tk-At he is not
absolutely obliged to do in order to draw his
pay, When the proprietor wants him he
\ can't find him; he may DO chasing al fire or
playing craps in the q LEY back ofsthe office
/ It. is strange-a1ld sad too-how often his
relatives clio and he Is away TO attend the
4 funerals, Stormy days awe the city hoy, or
else he Is kept at home by hls fond mother
for fear he may catch cold. These bad habits,
7 as enumerated, with many others too nunleY-
Gus to mention, are handicapping the city
office boy In his struggle for .slccesa
" Office Boys Grow Scarce. /.
~ Good, indifferent, or bad, 1t Is a fact that
office boys are scarce. One reason, perhaps,
+ 10 because general prosperity has enabled
tho parents to keep their sons In school until
4 they pass the Office boy age ; nnot Their reason
5is}lhe law preventing boys under 10 years
4 OF age working longer than eight hours, And
still another reason Is that the empl oyment;
agencies do not make a special effort to sup
& My this line OF help, Only once a year is
there a surplus ri boys, ard that Is In sum
nler, when pupils out o school desire work
during. the vacation, However sincere the
summer office hoyinla be In his expressions,
on accepting the job, that he Intends to re-
main permanently, 1t somehow happens that
along about the list Of September many Of
them lose interest In their work and quit In
time to resume their schooling Two months
arc sufficient to show he sumlner city boy
that working at $4 d Weelt Is no slnecure, and
that they are eSpeeted 70 earn every cent
they set in The Weekly pay "a Yelope.
Naturally, * boys are not obtainahle other
persona must be subs ID Tor offee work.
Inlmos. cases G!rlf nra being trained for he
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
"a }ssl 3 our,is IN rs vim.

III Il. ts1aissa
"a. Adtsst Yoursslf % Win.
VI After the formal onsot q cor tain conibtnss
\ Of producing ,rtarasts ,At Tit tsbnre ) well
uniformity the indivlduals II ceunti syS-
tens which had been Ii, use, 4 II wns a rnatht-
rr,atical problem, ana he Wa al expert "
3 figures Bit he made "a mess of tn .0ntsr-,
taking. 10 his mind figures were ali there
was 10 GUINNESS, and to 8co,npror1tss Ii, tho
least with! his psf methods seemed unthinkA-I
4 tlo. The various heads iof the pfIiceS ils
sought to reform were tumble men III their
way "a bic snleslnep, etor-who were not al
ways modern their ookkeepln & methods.
Like oil Of human nature. they prided them
selves on the things they were least prof.
dent Ia doing, and resented some OF the minor
improvements MADE In the accounting n It
seemed q case Of ding esse ntials BY
tnctfully yielding on minor points, but 70 the
AUDITORS notion such COMP ises3 were a
breach fof that fine spun loglc-t The harmony
Of figuyeS-in which be had beer reared nil
forgstfpl OF HE more eFzen ttal harmony q
ilfaots. Theirs resulted frIctionw I he heads,
Il and the auddtor was recal y Cd. S
4; IN iifo insurance service temperament
plays 10 large role that Isl q decisive quiili-
f,cAtion for an agent. . II his; temperament3is
not proof against the nee rtal ties. sudden
successes i, and protracted periods OF "a lure
Incident to life soliciting ltlsuseess to iven-3
ture In the business Ills other abilities will
not avail him. 5iSs
5 Whatever may be said about the fitness OF
temperament for this or that occupation,Slt
is true OF them oil that cheerfulne sswins and
tbs low spirited loee In the race for success.
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Conditions aaye CHANGED.

conditions In the country tWsiil y-!lge years
ago we're different from now. Large families
md n scarcity Of money compelled the boys
5toleaye the'farm atanenrly age and seek en-
sployment In The cities. BY training ana ex,
ample they had laid the ou'dat!on1 for b'lsl-
ness success,
with the intrpdpctipn OF labor saving ma
chinery md the conke quent gro W ~ ana prem.
OF the farms, the farmers sa2pSaceuniuia'eu
suii.ciei,, money oseiid tiieir5sons toeallege
and educatelthem fora professionalism The
conditions OF prosperity al pfsYail IN she
country, and the hest blood OF me iarlsihg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
Han Who Needed TO Fight.

N. A bright young fellow; Keeping records in
an office made little progress. He was clear
headed and alert, O manly, arninble .dispnsi-
itIon. whom every one liked and wished TO
aid He work ed hard. Z p ut, some chow lie ac-.
compllshed little. His work fell behind
his employers begansto study him5the
difficulty gradua y dawned upon them They
observed hat he was easily distracted by.
any motion; II al fire engine passedby.hei
was the. first to renc n5wind ow, and itItookt
him a. long time to settle down aft er' thetex-!
element. His muscles were forev r. twitch-s
ing, his legs forever shifting. The fellowWas
using up energy continually, TO keep his en- n
gysdown. Itisoon became evident that he
ihadno bookkeeping temperament.
one day lie 4 old the boss he was going-to.
5qult;$he could not stand any longer.
s,&., Stand what?"S quer1cd the boss. Nh d
Reading In he paper RS 81 out boxin g--rny
muscles Itch to get at It every time I read. Of
a fight. can't stay here any longer
8ss" hut Jack. that is apoor game in lend;
tits hazardous, and after you fall IN IT no
business wants to employ, you. = IA Il
i,&." Can't help 1t. am as hard as nails and
have trained all my life. have got TO have
q rap al som ebod y soon."f$ ii ~ EEB )
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Pay Roll Of Modern Factory
Exacts Ceaseless Vigilance.
ByA.SG. Hunter.

4 s Ito gsee that the work OF keeping the files,
UP to date Is quite complicate ted and extern
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: WANTING OUT5a black eye apron! ch te:s
II realism In art 80 closely that the the
person ten feet from the painted mt y eye
cannot toll where the skin stops ana
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5)f6YaFT77 a rnons The - VIII Work [2IEEgg1YD0
&e*Yy998KzJ ~ IL II ara q ~, 3 -

selyes to them. .rkcy. are the oyorsortp ~
Men akillsd An their own trade ofte1,
spoit theirttissf 1tless by mario W absorptso
Il IN ~ Al * st83 "A sfs@aiyss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
For Sunday, December g.:
"THE RETURN.S

Dreams, and stories of picnics and thunder
storms barred.
The stories must be strictly original in plot and
composition, but they may be true or fiction. IF
true, they must be written in the first person. If
fiction, they must be written in the third person.
The stories should be mailed so as to reach the
office Of The Journal Junior = -
Not Later Than Thursday Morning, November 20.
They must be written in ink on one side onlv of
the paper not more than 300 words in length, nor
less than 100, marked with the number Of words
and each paper signed with the grade, school,
name and address of the writer. The papers must
not be rolled -. - ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
A CHATTY VEIN.
Honorable Mention.)

(doAordDIe menIlOn)
want to tell about the experience had in writ
ing first business letter Ny teacher explained
write it, but did not pay attention to what she said
wrote it as friendly letter, told them all about the
weather. and asked them to |twrite again soon.' did
which the company began, sDear friends, and
at the close signed only my first When the teacher
saw this you may imagine what she said. She told me
good, stopped had to another letter The
next time paid better attention.-Ruth Utzinger,
Sixth Grade, 523 North Second Street,
Franklin School. - Mankato, Mimi