Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-30
tBy John A. Howland.)

never have liked that almos
universal attitude which always 4
imDressIng upon the young man hi
duty TO his employer. But J. reallz,
The necessity of the thing in larg,
measure. for the reason that the EN-
ployer always Is I'm the position o.
dictator tD the employe. Individual
ly u Is a personal outrage upon thai
type OF man who does his full duty
always In time and service, 10 be
forced with others TO press n button
In time clock. But the employer
has learned that most men will not
give even full time without this
force measure spurrlng them.
Therefore among the dozens, scores.
cor hundreds of this irresponsible
class, the duty of the honest one is
To press the button too He must do
u II he would hold place with his
employer.
But OF all the feeling engendered
among all employees In all kinds of
work, nothing Is harder to stand
from the employer than Is some rule
which seems TO reach out and at
tempt to regulate the private life OF
The empIoye when at the close of
days work he has pressed his button
In the time clock and has gone home.
what right has he to say where
J go or what do Just so I'm on time
tho next morning and ready TO
work."
This question has been asked bill
lion times and will be asked a mil
lion billion times again unless some
golden age OF the reformer shall In
tervene and train aud breed differ
ent race OF men. Employers Will con.
tinue TO have interest In the move
ments OF employees after Office hours. |
Employees Will continue to resent that |
inquisltlycness And between the ag-
gregate worry Of the employer and
1he Individual resentment OF the en-
ploye, material progress must be de-
layed In Just such degree.
Let us look at this question:
what business is II OF his what
40 when | show up ready for work
next morning?"
You have asked the question. Let
ms suppose you are the managerial
head In the operative department OF
a railroad. You have train conduc-
tors. locomotive engineers. flrgmN.
station telegraphers. and train dis
patchers for whom YOU are responsi- 4
bile. Last night the whole uiglR shift q
all along the line performed dWtheir
duties admirably and without flaw, ,
Would you dare 10 say that In such /
a position of responsibility YOU have !
not an insistent right 10 know whore q
eyory man OF them IL today and what
every man of them is doing? Not {
that II IL possible for YOU 60 know G
lll this, but II YOU should know that {
b locomotive engineer. or station OPP |
orator, or train dispatcher. or signal 4
man anywhere ON the line. WORKING ia
faithfully all last night. were spend a
Ing the whole day awake at a family "a
picnic In the most innocent Of pleas c
nres and amusements with the inten. Z
tion of going on duty tonight with \
only two or three or four hours sleep p
and rest Ia
Would you dare To say that you a
would allow u single, man of these to "
go TO work again tonlghtg Would 4
YOU care To ride ten hours tonight a
over your own road on limited pas &
,enger train with the knowledge that y
nnly one or two or three of these men Il
had done such thing Yet for all
he overtness of the act OF going to q
The family picnic, the man might q
prove himself the highest type of low q
Ing husband aud devoted father. "