The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-01-28
COMPENSATION.
BY HARTMAN

BY HARTMAN STEWART.
h does Compensation" mean tc
you, my friend?
Money? Just money? The price you
get for the work you do?
I know.
But there's more to the word thar
that.
Here's the broad view:
You are what o are and where you
are largely as q matter Of
There's no such thing as luck; cir
cumstance and environment are com
paratlvely small matters.
Almost everything-good or bad
that has come to you is compensation
1or something you've given or done.
Good health is the compensation Won
get for taking care of yourself physic-
ally.
Better pay is the compensation for
putting your soul in your work.
Self r6spect-and the respect Of 9TH
eIs-is the compensation for living
Happiness is the compensation for
Keeping your heart free from envy.
Jealousy and ~backbiting.
Inc esteem OF your employer is the
compensation for proving to him that
you are interested in his welfare.
And-just as truly-bad heath IN
ferior position, self scron and the scorn
or others, unhappiness and q bad stand
ing with your employer, are almost in
Var1aoiy compensation for acts of vour
own. y Soul
Is fair-whether you
think so or not.
Its a natural law, and nature na1er
does anything unfairly.
1000 Tor good, and evil for evil.
livery act OF yours, or mine. or the
o'eer euoW IS balanced in some way.
balanced; not a waver of
the scale beam on either side -
Nothing in your life-or In the world
goes we'll or i'll of itself.
Inc law has always been and will
always be. VIII
You can't change It.
Iheres nc use in arguing against 1t,
or quarreling with it.
The thing to do is to accept it intel
ligently. 'nlei-
Study It out.
see just how 1t has applied to YOU
IN the past-how it applies to Won
now. soo
Remember that you've got tn live hv
It, whether you want to or not.
Decide that you might as we'll pe+
good compensation as bad.
Compensation has two phases-posi-
tive and incidental.
The positive is the result Of an act
or q series Of acts hat you can figure
on. soio
The incidental accompanies the act
ana can't be exactly figured on
Because nobody who reads this is go-
4 tn 70 40 a really wrong thing, wen
axe q wrong thing as an example.
Ihere's an orchard with a hieh Won
around 1t. and jail is certain for who
ever Is caught trespassing.
Some chap decides to take chancas.
Tails OH. the wall into the orchard and
breaks his leg. LII
49, fNhn oooIJerA - 49,. iii
rensation-with the pain and fear and
a possible limp for the rest Of his DAYS
Inc positive compensation comes
along !ater, Tor, soon as he can hobbIe
around. q tresps4sser goes to jail.
ICONS mes getting paid twice for
the same job. doesn't It?
No; he's simply getting ii IN two ~
vslopes. IVY en-
I'm going to let you recall for your
self some illustration Of these I've
KINDS OF compensation when they've
n The long run every mar gets ex-;
No man ever went highar-on : 1.a
der or IN position-without the exertion
OF climbing. Aeieioi
E1fort, you see-and getting IN high
er IS y compensation for that effort
bua theres something to consider in
connection with being higher IN
You have to be careful aho,,t f.1,,n.
Is slight. Hanger
With every round the danger IN
reases: Q have to hold harder and
watch your footing. 49,
Compensation again.
When I was a youngster. / env,aa ~,
foreman. ny
superintendent. IS
And Q little later I decided that the
superintendent envied the boss.
wished he was q boy again. doine what
I was. nAas
! lost all my envy on the spot.
emerson says; The farmer fmag-
ines power and place are fine things.
Bmt the president has paid dear for his
u Y snlts louise. It has commonly cost