The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-09-15
CATHOLICS IN LARGE STORES.
Business Men Employ Them Because
of Their Sterling Honesty.

Did YOU ever notice how many Cath
olics are employed in the large stores,
and especially lrish-American Catho-
lies, in positions of trust and great re-
spnnsibility? asks the Kansas City
Catholic Register. And iIavc readers
ever noticed too, that in the list of
betrayal of trust in these business
houses in Kansas City. Denver and
elsewhere, which is the cause of con-
tinu".l trials in the criminal courts and
of sentences to prison, scar>ely an Irish
Catholic nanln appears?
Tho late Marshal Field, % Chicago
had 10000 employees in his great store
and n large majority nf these were sec
ond ycrcluticn Irish Catholics. Mr..
Field preferred them because they
were honest and he said - more than
once. although ~ Protestant himself.
They practically condu,.s all of the
great departments of that store today.
Frequently one sees in the news
1HllSCt ACCOMPLISHMENTS INC lIIS.
Wantcd-A clerk in il grocery store:
educated young man from Ireland. or
Irish American preferred.
In nine cases out of ten, il the source
of the advertisement is traced. it will
be found that the author is: Il Jewish
business man who wants L.: avoid all
CRAFTS and dishonesty. AS q matter of
fact Irish Catholics are in the highest
places of responsibility and trust in
about all the great Jewish department
stores of Pittsburg, Chicago. and
largely. also. in New York The sec
appear to cling as closely to honesty
us the Irish Catholic. in these days OF
comme,cialism. Mother Church and
her confessional are the cause of this
rugged and sincere devotion to strict
est integrity. and when. occasionally
there is /, departure from the straight
and narrow path how often do we read
of instances, in strong relief, wherein
property and money. wronsfully taken,
are restored through the confessional
to the rightful owner!
The Krantmanns. Rothcl lids. Sisel
e. Cooper, the Fair. OF Chicago. Man.
dcls. ana many other of the largest
stores of the country, where thousands
of clerks are employed in each, arc
largely conducted by Irisi, Catholics.
Jewish business men, With keencst in
sight. will not long retain the CRATER
in their employ. The same is true Of
leading Protestant merchants. who
know that they can trust the sous and
daughters Of the Emerald Isle. There
only and that is that the 'cmpermental
Irish nature sometimes resorts to the
use of intoxicants, which If rot prompt
~ checked. results In dislnissal: but.
this. too. is only an exception in which
all other races are participants.
When Marshal Field. Il few years
ago. gave out the emphatic statement
for publication that he preferred Irish
Catholics for places OF trust. because
lie could rely on their honesty, man.
ayers of other great stores. were inter
! viewed, and they expressed {, similar
| opinion. AS the late Mr.. Field was the
proprietor of the largest store in the
| country and of the world. Ills declara :
tion cannot be gainsaid. or contradict
ed. 1t is the highest compliment that
! could be paid and II proud distinction
which should be jealousy guarded by
! every man and woman of Irish blood
and Catholic faith.
| When thinkers connect such Il high
enconium with other traits Of char.
actcr that make for the BEST citizen.
ship and with the bravery of men anc
| women of the same race who are Win
ming nearly all the Carnegie hero ant
heroine medals and are fist in peace
and first ir war; they nccessarii,
f! reach the conclusion that the YER,
best American citizenship IS the Irish
+, American. without any pci,,dice or de.
traction from other races. native" ol
foreign.