Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
AS TO BENG ONES OWN BOSS
No Man, No Matter How High Up
Really Free To Do as He Pleases..

No Man, No Matter How High Up
Really Free To Do as He Pleases..
New York Sun.-"My impatient
nephew" SAID Uncle Bill, says that
what he wants is to be his own boss;
he's tired of working for other peo-
ple. He's tired of hearing the boss
where he works say to him: Here
Jim do this or Do that or Hurry
up now or Get a move on, or
What's the matter with you? Don't
GO to sleep!' 1t makes him tired,
Jim says, to be bossed around, and
he wants to be his own boss.
Poor Jim! He doesn't know that
nobody ever is his own boss In the
sense that he means, so that he
can't be ordered around. Never was
a greater delusion. Lots of people
think that IL they can get one step
up, or get a business of their own.
why. then they'd be free. be their
own boss; but goodness gracious,
no man IN the world ever gets so
high up but what he still has a boss
somebody or something over him.
Why, the earth itself that we live
on. | tell sim, has boss in the rest
of the universe. Suppose the earth
should some day get tired of being
bossed around, the way Jim does,
and say TO itself
I'm sick of this turning around
every day. just so. every "a hours
and following the same great circle
besides year after year. I'm sick of
having to do this same Oh grind
day after day, and year after year.
being bossed around like this, and
I'm going 10 be my own boss.
Suppose some day the impatient
earth should try this. should try
setting up on its own account; why,
in about one minute and three-quar-
tiers the whole business would be
going to gol-dinged everlasting eter.
nal smash. and ~ along with it.
The fact is that there isn't anything
or anybody but what has something
or somebody over 1t or him. We
can't. any Of us, be our own boss
in the sense that Jim is thinking
OF. free to do what we like.
'You take, Tor instance, Jim's
boss. Jim seems to nave an idea
that his boss can do what he's a
mind to-: that he's the head Of the
whole outfit and free to dc as NJ
pleases but heavens and earth! II
Jims boss has got the gumption
give him credit for he's got hun.
dred bosses. a boss in every Gus
toner that comes into the store. II
Jlm's boss has the brains and com
mon senEo that he appears 10 have
he treats every one Of these Gus
TONERS politely and squarely. puts NJ
with he peculiarities Of every one
Of them. whether he likes him OF
not, serves every one Of these hun
bred bosses TO the very best of his
ability. just as Jim ought 10 serve
his one boss
but his customers are not tho
only bosses Jim's bogs has by a long
shot Suppose Jm's boss, Ike many
ano.her man is doing business on
insufficient capital Then he has 10
borrow money TO carry on his bust
mess: and every man that lends him
"a sure enough his boss and be may
be a hard boss.
Suppose trade is dull and Jim's
boss has to get out and hustle for
business Why. every man he meets
is bis boss, after fashion. and many
u these bosses turn Jim's boss down
'n a way that woaldn please jiro
o bit
"Jim- boss may even ind ifha.
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to rav his help Jim included on
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doesn- Bnow
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