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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-11
come SOUND ADVICE.

Asa G. Briggs, general attorney of
the Chicago & Great Western rail-
road, made an address to the Associa-
ton of Transportation and Car Ac-
counting Officers at a recent conven-
ton in st. Paul Some of Mr. Briggs
advice is so sound that we wish every
railroad emplOye in the entire country.
every ticket seller, every passenger
agent, every conductor and brakeman,
deed. from section hand to president.
could read il. Mr. Briggs said, in part:
The character of the men who rep
resent a railroad determines the char
acter of that railroad. With them lies
the duty of determining whether or not
that road shall be open to Just criti-
cism. They are it's trustees-both mo-
raj and business trustees-and this is
true not only of the president and gem
eral manager, but fl is true of
every man connected with the road.
If man buys ticket, for him the
ticket agent of the moment is the rail-
road To every man who is carried by
his station the brakeman or the porter
is emphatically the railroad. To every
shipper who appeals to you for relief.
whether or not you can give it, you are
the railroad; and depending onyour ac-
ton. ne will think well or i'll of your
railroad"
As men are judged by the company
they keep so railroads are Judged by
the character of their employees. A
depot ticket agent whose manner is
surly. who gives information with the
air of comforting a great favor, or who
refuses to give any information what
ever. can make his railroad so I'M
popular that people will ride over it
or ship goods over it only as a last re-
sort. Railroad employees should re-
member that they do not own the
public and that they cannot treat the
public as if they did own it, There is
no more reason why a railroad en-
ploye should not be affabie and cour-
teOus than why d clerk in dry goods
store should not be always pleasant.
No clerk in a dry goods store could
long retain his position If he contin-
ually wore sullen demeanOr. if ne
acted as If he did not care whether he
sold any goods or not. Some railroad
men whose lines occupy "a territory to
the exclusion of all other lines feel that
they can afford to be discourteous. pro-
ceeding on the theory that the public
must patronize them, whether they are
liked or not. 1t should not be neces-
sary for US TO point out the fact that
this is a decidedly erroneous theory.
A railroad that holds a monopoly can
are courteous. They are the railroad
to the people who deal with them, and
they should always bear the fact in
mind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-11
lust ONE WHO CAN'T STRIKE.

In these days of strikes galore, when
switchmen and brakemen and tele-
graph operators and boilermak ers are
all quitting work 70 effect Improvement
in their condition or achieve some other
purpose, one turns in sympathy to the
only man who can't strike. the Boss.
The dispatches announcing the strike
of the operators invariably conclude
with line to the effect that the bust
ness of the Office is being handled by
the manager and the chief operator.
who alone remain on the Job. If it's
some other line of work, some one man
in responsible position has TO stay by
it. No matter what the conditions or
the cause of the breakdown, one man
and only one man, stands the brunt of
the emergency.
Whether it's a question of millions
invested in great operations or a boot
black stand with only one chair and a
set of brushes for the whole plant
there is no escap ping the responsibility
and some one man stakes his reputa-
ton on making a success of it. His
assistants may desert him, things may
all go wrong: he may be worked to
the breaking point-but he can't strike;
and if it's a very large undertaking he
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sUNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.
(AtchisOn, kan, GIobe.)

tAtchlSOn, Kan, GlObe.)
There are some kitchens that always
smell like the lunch basket the second
day on the trip.
The average woman who belongs L
lodge thinks here is the most socfa-
BILE order in existence.
Some people spend half their tins
telling what they intend TO do. and the
other half explaining why they didn't
do it.
The people complain Of nearly every
thing else, but seem satisfied with that
scrapipg noise in monographs.
The trouble some men will take to
get whisky is not small. but il seems
trifiing compared with the trouble the
whisky brings.
Weakness is one virtue that never
seems properly distributed; the com
mander of an army may posses it to
a degree, but you never see a Pullman
porter thus endowed.
Be careful of side issues; they have
ruined many a man who would have
otherwise succeeded. If you give your
business proper attention, you will
have no time for side issues
If a woman writes a letter without
telling a secret, she is pretty ant to
has to tell the next time she sees the
party to whom she is writing.
Nothing will pay you better than DO
likeness. It makes business life easier
in a hundred different ways: in addf-
ton to this it makes your business
more successful.
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MASSIE'S CREEK.
Chicago Post.l


I've lust been wondering, Bill If you re-
member Massie's Crick-
Or creek they call it nOWadays-with
sumach growing thick
Along the banks. and willows that bent
down to make shade
Around the dreaming shadows where us
boys one time would wade.
Remember how We used to loaf sedate-
ly through the town
And out into the pasture land, and then
would hurry down
Between the ciiffs-and sang and sang a
song to you and me
That told us of the outer world, the riv-
ers and the sea.
I've Just been wondering, Bill. that's all.
If you still hear it sing,
If you can shut your eyes and see the
spray that it would fling
Above the rocks until ii sparkled on the
hanging ferns
That nodded from the messy cliffs IN
hidden hooks and turns.
Remember how We used to throw our
bare selves down and lie
A-looking through the checker work of
good green leaves and sky
And count the cloud ships sailing through
the sea of limpid blue
All, then we did not know how much
that meant for me and you,
The sunshine shuttled through the leaves
and jeweled ali the stream,
As laughter sometimes bubbles through
the mazes of a dream
And we knew not that roundabout the
big world waited then
To rob us of our boyish ways when we
should grow to men.
I've just been wondering, Bill. il you can
hear old Massie's Crick
Call softly through the summer days-and
does your heart beat quick
In answer Does your mind leap back
into the long ago
And laugh ard sing and dream again the
DAYS we used fG knnW9
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CIVIC BUSINESS SENSE.

During the Norris administration of
the city an effort was made to concen-
trate the purchase of city supplies in
one office as Il matter of economy and
efficiency in the public service. The
effort failed because it was opposed by
men interested in the continuance of
the old system by which every depart
ment bought its own supplies at any
price that would pass the council and
the same system is in use now
Any other corporation buying the
same amount of material would have a
purchasing agent at good salary and
get the best man possible for the place.
a first-class man could save Salt Lake
thousands of dollars annually; and a
first-class man would cut off the petty
larceny graft possible under the pres
ent plan. Even where the intent of
the purchaser is honest. every depart
ment buys now on the retail plan
while a purchasing agent by concen-
trating orders could get wholesale fig
ures just as the purchasing agent for
a railroad or any other big corporation
does.
Cleveland, which is accounted the
best managed municipality in the coun-
try. has adopted the idea suggested for
salt Lake under Mayor Morris. and
the Cleveland newspapers tell about
The change the new system is making.
one report puts it thus:
Every day Harry d. Baker. CITY
purchasing agent is taking over de-
partments of the city government. and
by the end of next week his Office will
have charge of the purchasing of sup
plies, for thirty-three departments.
Goods exceeding 81, 900, 600 win be pur-
chased every year through this agency.
Instead of having soap to buy for
one institution there will now be thir-
ty-three. Yesterday an agent for a big
soap concern talked prices with Baker.
His first demand was 1925 for twenty
five-case lots, but upon finding that he
had a chance to sell thirty-three times
that amount he came down 10 cents a
case. With all other kinds Of goods 1t
is the same way, and it is believed that
in a years buying there will be a cut
from 10 to 20 per cent on all kinds of
goods.
Baker has asked each department
he is TO buy for that he be given an
outline of the total amount of supplies
required for the next six months. This
viii guide him in the amount 10 lie
purchased. The bigger the orders the
cheaper the price quoted by the whole
salers"
Any business man will recognize
without argument the common sense Of
such an arrangement. None but the
smaller politicians. the men who have
reason TO desire a wastefuI extrava-
giant management, will oppose ii. III
the Americans" now in control are
sincerely anxious to reform their adj
ministration they can find no better
place TO begin that in the organization
Of a purchasing department patterned
along the same lines as the Cleveland
office
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TRUsT-BUsTINe AS A DIVERSION

In the midst of the congratulation
and felicitation the country over on
Judge Landis' punishment of the
Standard OIL by fine which may or
may not be paid, a Baltimore man rises
TO inquire what good the fine is doing
the people of the United States. or
what good any fine is going to do so
long as the trusts keep on cinching the
country with monopoly prices This
oyster eater is so curious that he in
sists on knowing what the trusts care
about fines so long as they can make
prices and profits TO suit themselves.
The answer is so simple that any
wayfaring man though he hail from
Baltimore may read it. Law suits and
fines furnish capital for the Repub-
lican party. and at the same time
make folks believe this is a trust
busting administration. One such
fine as Judge Lands imposed is enough
to convince the unthinking that the
end of all monopoly is in sight, the day
of competition about to dawn again.
1t prevents embarrassing discussion of
the relation between monopoly and a
Republican tariff, and it need not ne
cessarily prevent the trusts from con-
tributing once more to the campaign
funds of the Republican party in
presidential year. provided the party
remains right" as to the tariff ques-
ton.
1t may take years, possibly only
months. TO reach final decision as TO
the correctness of Judge Lands inter
probation of the law; but whether the
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can't even run away for a short vaca-

can't even run away for a short vaca-
ton
The bigger the scope of operations
the smaller the chance of escape. The
half dozen richest men in the world get
less real fun out of life than the poor
est paid Office boys in their employ. If
the boy stubs his toe and wants to quit,
he doesn't have to worry about any
thing but landing new job when ne
gets ready; but the Boss can't afford
10 be sick minute, and if he is he
worries SO about being off the job that
it isn't even restfuI to bs sick Well
or ill, his load is bound to his Shout
ders and he carries it always.
To the toiler the lot of the men OF
great affairs seems enviable: it seems
so simple a matter 10 be rich and hire
everything done. But the men who are
rich know that one man, only one man,
is responsible in the long run, and that
no assistance can be hired that will
distribute the peak of the load. Like
every other boon. the rewards of wealth
or success of any kind carry with them
the responsibilities that equalize this
worlds burdens. The Boss can't quit
work If he feels aggrieved; the man.
ager has to stand I'D to il if his as
sistants weaken on him; the superin-
tendent of the railroad can't plead any
excuse or grievance-it is up to him
to keep things moving if he is the only
man left on the payroll; and while his
salary check is bigger than the others
he must sometimes envy the brakeman
or the switchman who can quit when
he feels like IL.
The Boss job looks easy; but i'm these
strike unless he is willing to admit he's
q failure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-11
FRANKS DAY OF SACRIFICE.

The August American Magazine con-
tains the story of a wonderful negro.
big Frank" whose loyalty to his mas
ter must surely stand as unsurpassed.
In the course Of the narrative the au-
thor tells how Frank came to be mar
ried. This particular event, which is
quite apart from the main story, hap
pened in this way:
zone morning before I was out Of
bed Frank came in and stood at the
door, just inside, dropping his hat to
the floor. At the instant of my turn
ing to look at him I saw in his usually
downcast eyes that look of utter trust.
confidence and affection, the eyes OF a
faithful dog.
well. Frank
Z" IF you please. sab. eff you got de
time. kin you loan me two dollars?'
DO you need it bad. Frank
'Ya-as. sah.'
Don't Doctor Joe pay you enough
'Ya-as. sab.
81 know he does; wasn't Saturday
payday
'Ya-as, sah.'
Didn't you get your money!
'Ya-as, sab: but Aunt Sue got tt
What do you want with two dol
lars today2
I needs it
W hat lOI
TO get a marriage license
When are you going to get mar
RED?
"'Fo' long
How long"
'Fo' long,
Well. when? Next week.
'FO' dat
Sunday
d" 'FO' dat
" Tomorrow -
'Fo' dat
Well, when?
Dis morning
Who are you going to marry?
You knows her
Who is it2'
Aunt Sue
You don't mean that you are going
to marry that old harTfdan? WHY.
she's old enough to be your grand
mother
'Ya-as, sah.'
Why, what or earth Why, Frank
I'm amazed at you, What are you
marrying old Sue for? She'll make life
miserable for YOU
'Ya-as, sab; I knows dat: but she's
terminated to have me an I done re-
signed my consent-an' terday's de
day er de sackyfice.
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AUTOMOBILES AND ENVY.
Why Should Ownership of a Motor
Car Make a Man Unpopular?
(Charleston NeWsl

charleston News)
II ye know before / got the price
10 BUY an automobile for myself" re-!
marked the man with the oily splotchesi
OF mine who possessed motor cars.
Fact. Didn't even feey jealous of 'em
Wen, I've got one now. I've had it
for about two months. And I notice
that quite number of my old friends
are beginning to treat me some frfgid
~ especially when they catch me in
the act of driving my car about
should add that all of those who stake
me TO the aslant gaze are those who
haven't got motor cars of their own.
I have heard, indirectly that some
Of these friends express the conviction
that I have developed a case of the
sWelled head. One of these friends has
announced his belief that ! have be-
come too large for my breeches. An
other of my friend has adverted to me
as a 'pufry-wuffy.' whatever that may
mean.
"A man with whom I used to be on
cordial terms resents my Haunting past
MS house at all hours in a big lum-
moX of foul red buzz wagon. This
man lives on street that is used BY
many vehicles 1 never knew. or
imagined ill I heard of his remark
that hurt him by going past his house
in my car.
Il hate to annoy any Of my neighbors
and friends but because some of them
object TO my having 4 motor car it's
not up 10 me to sell the automobile or
TO convert in into junk is it?
You see, 1 enjoy the thing. like To
drive it about. It's one of my few
pleasures. Now. 1 know lots Of fellows
who enjoy playing poker. I don't be-
cause I'm poor poker player, and 1
can't stand the loss of sleep any more,
anyhow
But I don't object to their playing
poker. Not in the least. 1 listen 10
their stories of how they caught a pat
full against the other fellows pat flush
and how they didn't do a single thing
TO the other fellow, with real interest
and enjoyment. 1 don't hate them for
playing poker, because l know that they
like and enjoy the game, and I'm glad
that they're glad
I've got plenty of friends VINO drink
a great deal Of liquor because they en-
joy it, have fun with it and presumably
know their own business. Now, l don't
object to their drinking
II know slews of fellows who are
crazy over golf. I don't object to their
golf. Plenty of men l know go in for
naphtha launching. They talk to me
at great length of their favorite sub
jects during the season, and I always
listen to them with interest and glad
ness, though / never cared for canoes
or naphtha launches myself.
81 don't learn TO dislike the fellows
know who are bug over fishing or
hunting These things are their pleas
ures, and they're certainly entitled 10
'em.
Why. then, should these chaps dis
like me because / have a good motor
car and drive about in it?
Il give it up. I don't know. You
can search me. Ask me an easy one.
But the automobile certainly does
seem to arouse envy, malice and hatred
in those who don't own one. Why is it,
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fine is upheld and paid or not, the ad-
ministration can point to the fact that
it did its utmost to punish the arch
sues, is the fault of the law. not of the
administration.
But, supposing the fine is sustained
and paid, then what? Is there any rea-
son TO suppose the Standard Oil will
go out Of business or permit COMPETE
ton along legitimate lines? Will the
tobacco trust or the cracker trust, the
Irvine trust or binder trust or any
other trust be very seriously alarmed?
Will prices of the food and clothing
and fuel. of the common necessaries of
life, sink to reasonable level? So
long as the tariff gives them an i'm
pregnable wall against competition or
the prices of competition are the trusts
going to worry much about courts or
fines?
Once upon a time the present presi-
dent of the United States had a mes
sage written to congress in which he
suggested that the time had come for
consideration of tariff revision by
friends of the tariff. That seemed
reasonable proposal, since friendly
revision could mean little more than a
family discussion of the best way to
rob the family's neighbors without
disturbing the general peace But even
so mild a suggestion evoked a storm
of protest from the trusts and other
beneficiaries of the tariff: a protest So
vigorous and threatening that the
president of the United States changed
his mind over night and struck out of
his message all reference to the tariff.
Instead of striking the trusts in their
only vulnerable spot, the tariff, he side
tracked and shoe-fiied around the
question until he struck the branch
line of trust-busting suits. So far the
new line has led only to disturbance of
public confidence in the securities of
the nation, to guerilla fights against
in various states and an
epidemic of fear among investors the
world over as to what will happen
next.
The administration may dodge the
tariff question while longer; it may
divert attention, as the stand-patters
hope. from excessive duties for the
benefit of the trusts, but the American
people can't be fooled all the time. as
the greatest American once remarked.
The tariff and the trusts in their rela-
ton to each other will be the big issue
of. next years campaign; and all the
suits and all the finest can't stop it.
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Girl Learns How to Judge Parents
Worth

She was a young miss of and much
petted by the family and their friends
Mary's constant association with older
people caused her to indulge in wise
sayings for one of her age. One day
Mary was severely critising her father to
neighbor who was an old and init
mate friend OF the family.
20. Mary" said the lady, you should
not speak so of your good father" to
which Mary quickly retOrted:
20, you may think he's good. but you
don't know a person till you live with
themt'
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StartIes Diners; Says Minister Was
"Peekinq."

When the minister came to take din
to ask the blessing While doing so he
bowed his head but slightly and half
closed his eyes. This latter. fact caused
the old gentlemans eyelids to culver.
earnestly noted this all At the most i'm
pressive moment of the low uttered pray
er the large gathering around the table
was startled at hearing Charlie say TO
his mother in an intense whisper: Look,
mamma, he's peekin; he's peekin'."
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AS we understand it, the presence of
D. c. Dunbar on the reform committee
of the reformers' party is sufficient
guarantee that the movement is disin-
terested, unselfish and eleemosynary.
so to speak
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Did Not Want to Break in" Any
New Mother.

Alice, aged f. was tearfully rebellious.
and her mother was having trouble to
secure obedience. There is no use talk
ing" said the mother, II can't put up
with any little girl who does not mind.
1 will have to take you to the orphans
home and get little girl who will mind
me-
We'll" shifted Alice. Il don't know
how you feel about it, but sniff l don't
want to break in any new mothers"
80, 'mamma" cried Dorothy. Il found
a little flea on kitty and l caught it"
What did you do with it?" asked her
mother. why l put it back on kitty
again. of course. 1t was her flea"
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WIT AND WISDOM
FROM CHILD LAND
He Knew How to Live Without
WORKING.


The clock licked ominously while the
teacher was trying to think Of an orig
inal and effective sentence which might
appeal to the victim of idleness and mis-
chief before her. The other prOcrastinat-
or, eager TO escape. was diligently per-
forming the task neglected during the
study period
Despairing of anything new in phrase,
Miss Blank finally appealed to the still
idle boy: James, what do you expect
to do when you become a man If you
idle your time away in this Manner
James, having no interest in a time TO
him SO remote, was at a loss for an an
swer Not so with the second procras-
tinator He leaned toward James and in
an audible whisper prompted; Marry a
school teacher.
Lois is years old and is fond OF ChOc-
olate creams. Her mamma is a dress
maker and one day as a lady was haV-
ing a dress made asked what she had bet
ter get the next time she went down
town. Lois as quick a flash answered;
Il think you had better get chocolate
creams
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AWKWARD MISTAKE.
(Chicago Tribune.Ja

Mrs Upmore (makins a caID-why. this
is your latest photograph, isn't it2 It's
an excellent likeness OF you. but IL isn't
so good OF baby. Wasn't he.
Mrs Highmus-The idea Did you think
the little darling in my lap was baby?
That's FidO.
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But while they are at it, the per
suaders' committee ought to insist on
the resignation of Black and Crabtree
and Mulvey and Martin and Davis if
they really hope to reform this city
administration.
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The unkindest thing that has been
said about William Dean Howells
lately, and perhaps in his whole life,
is that he discovered" Henry James.
We do not believe it, for if Mr.. How
ellis had discovered" James he would
have at once warned the public. His
conscience would have permitted no
other course