Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-06

His time Is valuable, SIR"
only for q minute or two
His time is worth IS minute.
sir"
What's that? didn't know II was
SO expensive
yes. sir. he figures 1t at that rate,
and II costs him about l6 cents to say
Good morning. SO he Is rather care.
full about receiving visitors. The 9th.
er day ne lost 81 listening to joke
ard the laughter amounted to 70
cents"
"Well, well. ! wouldn't care TO rob
Mr. Hammond Of his time at that
rate. although I would like to shake
him by the hand 10 cents worth. It's
worth while to shake hands with the
leading proletarian Of the country. He
Is wage-earner. isn't he?"
That's what they say. sir. He
makes $500 an hour
"Ah! fancy that his employers
give him half an hour for luncheon?
No doubt they do. His days wages
must amount to about 1856. and In
an hour and half he earns as much
as the majority Of his fellow Ameri-
can workingmen earn in a year. Is
that right"
Yes. sir They say he gets $l0.-
900 bill every Saturday night when
he quits. That's a good weeks wages
to take home to the wife and kids.
for a fact. and 1t makes 100000 in a
year. The loss thinks y lot Of Mr..
Hammond. He's Just hired him again
on a five-year contract.
This conversation is one that nigh,
have occurred between visitor and OF.
fee attendant at shop In the EN-
pire Building. No. II Broadway. where
John Hays Hammond. the most ex-
pensive hired man man in the United
States. works for living. says the
New York Tribune. The President OF
the United States gets $4,000 a year.
Hammond, the wage-earner. draws
this amount In five weeks Of toll. A
few railroad and insurance presidents
find 100000 in teir annual pay enve-
lopes. The horny-handed Hammond
realizes as much In the labor Of two
months and a half Some monarchs
of Europe are supposed to earn more
than the champion breadwinner Of
America. but Mr.. Hammond evens It
up with the receipt Of christina
boxes and returns from the invest
ment of his modest savings. which al
together net him as much as his reg
ular pay.
John Hays Hammond does not be-
long to any union. He has never
been on q strike. and has never lost
his head. though he caLle near los
ing 1t In the Transvaal. Hard times
do not bother him. He does not look
In the want column or worry about
being unemployed. In order to make
himself enicient and worth to bis en-
ployers the price that he gets. Mr..
Hammond takes care Of himself In a
way that is an example to other work
men. He recuperates his strength at
his country estate at Gloucester,
Mass. and goes and comes from here
in his two hundred foot yacht. man.
ned by a crew Of thirty men. He Is
extremely punctual and the boss new
er catches him watching the clock to-
ward the close OF q Eve or six hour
day.
III. c,,s om.. h,, t,i,as IN nub
u.s &c :. 10 n,,h,,srea IN the case
80 n,her American I.borers what pro-
.a.,,.n. - NJ u.mmnnd.s v,,e. 90
-. -o,,t msot vagatahIes clothes. re-.
crss,;o.,. .nd chs,i,ies so that these
interesting sociological details cannot
be known with accuracy.
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Class oI sAeo ." .:s
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sno s'e''s on tus e a..
iA'e'y 80 49, ~. ~ n. 80.
.on ..,,, :. '' ;" "~.;.;e =. 5000 nj
co''inu'e '" oS 1870,