Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-09
REVIEW slsBgE ARIZONA SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER s
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OBSERVATIONS BY
 i FUCKER

Editor Rsyiew--Af;er a short re- tirement ex-President Roosevelt is again cutting a wide swath in the public eye and is saying great many things; some of which are well worth remembering. The great burden of his speeches seem to be that poIiti- clans should be more honest.
 This sentiment think is seconded by almost every persons-out of of rce-throaghout the whole country. irrespective of their political faith, and while some may doubt his entire sincerity, yet, I, for one, bearing Tn 'n.nd the charge of the Psalmist, made thousands of years ago. that all men are liars" am still willing to grant Mir. Roosevelt the common honesty the Arkansas lawyer had ID his mlnd when, in answer to persist ent cross questioning as to a neigh. bors honesty. finally blurted out: "Oh l don't know that he's so gol darned all fired honest, he's just hon est, that's ar"
 However. this same. just honesty. Is really of much more interest to us in our daily life and work than in politics.
 Viewing it from rancher's stand point, deduce the following home applications. viz: That when a muck. CT takes a job he virtually enters into an agreement with his employer to give a fair and reasonable days. labor in exchange for the proTered days pay, and if he is just honest" ne Will do reasonable days work whether constantly under bosses eye or not. If. on the contrary. he tries to shirk every duty as far as ne dares. he is placing himself on the same plane and in the same class as the politician who betrays his con- stituents, the grocer who gives short weight and short change, or the en. ployer who. by dangl ng the 'cau. .p tres to get two days work for tbs price of one All are equally dishon- est' although I think. the case Of the mncker the most fiagran.. besause he is not only robbing his employer. out also lays an extra bu. .-r |. .n ms pardner of the opposite shift to
 make good the work he shirked, ior the foreman, as matter of fact, 'niy knows that there have baen two shifts working and only one shit work done, and in looking for the solution, the opposite pardner gener- ally gets the worst of it, for your true shirk never is caught idle by the boss, and is always in the collar |hen the foreman comes aro1aI so ne stands an even chance with his fellow and better workman. possibly causing his discharge Yet this some man whose dishonesty causes an- other worker to lose his place. you Will always find loudest in his dsL nunciations against corporations and public officials who, in his mind are all thieves and robbers.
 As an offset to the shlrk." muck CT, we have the petty shift boss generally developed from the shirk mucker-who tries by ind 'scriminate and unnecessary thI eats of the "can" to get two days work in one and who appears to .ake ! pride and deli,at Tn making ree ord of men canned fin week or month. I desire to pIace myself on record right now as say Ing that when shift boss makes a record for men fired during the month, that at least 25 per cent of the men fired were better men, fin all mat those words imply. than the boss who fired them. may have made ehe percentage a little lower 'nAn needed but we don't let it go at that. Also I hold that the en- pioyers who are constantly urging their bosses to apply the lash to ob- tain more than what is due them fer the pay offered, are in the same class with the muckers. the polltican the shift boss. and grocer, aforesaid.
 To sum up:
 If muckers would all do an honest days work. and if all employers would be satisfied with an honest days work there would be no strife between sm ployer and employees. So let us muckers strive for "'Ist honesty" between ourselves and oar employ CTS and by the time that is fully achieved, our politicians orr groce:s and eyes the foremen will be hon