The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-15

party OF business men eontin-
ued 10 sit in the roof garden of the
Hotel Astor, where they had already
~ Tor an hour. Joannis Carolianus,
lhe college boy son of well-to-do IA
1ner, took little part in the converse.
uoh. Business. the subject talked
ABOUT, was new to him; he was to lis
zen and learn, rather than to talk and
teach.
It's wonder that we manufac-
eurers.' began the maker of shoddy
cloth, are able to turn out anything at
all. Our WorkInen are getting SO that
we can't get good days work out OF
them. They take no interest in what
they are doing. At the strike of the
CLOCK on the quitting hour they drop
their tools. to a man, even If they
could work minute longer and finish
something they were doing. tell you,
manufacturer must keep whip in
nls hands all the time to keep these
buffers in line
Well, 1t may be that way in your
factory said the hat manufacturer,
who had joined the group, .'but
II isn't that way in mine I used to
have ideas like you myself but several
years ago, just as was going down to
my factory over here in Orange, /
heard the door bell ring. ! opened the
door myself. There stood bent, old
man.
Good morning. SIR said he with
la in Il fc do
feel sorry for him. I knew he wanted
something. AS rule I turn off these
fellows who come proving around,
but I listened to what this old man
had to say. Maybe you have some
furniture that you would like pol
ished, said he I'll do a good job for
you If you have something of that
kind. sir. I don't like to go around
this way bothering people, but I'm not
able to do fu1r days work in the fac
tory like I used to. MY daughter,
who is a widow with five young child
ran, has been sick for several years,
and have to help her along. Medi-
tell you, when a man has to work by
the day Tor a living.
Had job for Him.
Yes, come right in said I. You're
just the very man we've been looking
for. My small boy here the other day
took a toy train and made a railroad
track out Of the top of our davenport.
He scratched some of the varnish and
finish off, and we're very glad to have
you come and do 1t over. Here is the
davenport right here" said | to him.
How much will it be worth for you to
fix 1t up?
20, can do that for so cents said
the old man. Tt will take me only q
couple of hours or So
We'll, now, let me tell you, friends.
my father before me was at one time
a workman at the bench and kind of
thought that I wouldn't like for my
sister to have to be supported in this
way. SO I said to the old man, You
make real good job of it and I'll
give you dollar. Every once in
while we need a little something of
this kind done and you be sure to come
around occasionally and we will save
the work for you.' | don't believe ex-
actly in giving money to people out
right, but if you can manage to throw
a little work in the way of the needy.
don't think it's bad thing to do.
Another time when the old gentle
man was polishing table for me, he
said, 4 worked for 35 years for ones
firm. was in the polishing depart
ment OF large furniture establish
ment. You see, know how to do this
work even if am rs years old. But
the rheumatism got grip On me and
had to lay off once for about three
months. They put in another man to
take my place and when ! went back
and told them I was ready to work
again, the foreman said to me-and it
almost broke my heart-3Well, Mr.
Travis. Z guess we won't have place
for YOU here any more. You are get
ting SO old that you can't do much,
and then you are ailing with rheuma-
tism and we can't count on you. Bus
mess is business, you know. Your
children ought to begin to take care
of you now, anyway But, | haven't
but one child and she's widowed
daughter with five little children said
I. Cant you give me something to
do?' NO, I was talking to the mama
ger about that, said the foreman-he
was a hard hearted kind of fellow
anyway, just the sort that the COM
many wanted in that place-sand the
old man said that he didn't want any
one just puttering around, that he
wanted people to work for him who
could work There's no use arguing
the case. That's the end of it, and
away he turned. There had worked,
continued the German, warming up,
fol that firm for 35 years and when
was turned away that way. | had q
dime in my pocket that morning and
that was every cent there was between
me and starvation. But I'm doing
pretty well now. I'm getting lots of
good customers all around. You shall
always have a good customer here,
answered I Well save the work for
you
Made Prosperous Man Think.
.Well, i got to thinking about that
ola man as went down toward my
factory. and made up my mind that if
any one had worked for me for IS
voars and if he were in trouble, I