The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-30
KANSAS COMAENT
IS A TIP A RRIRE2-

- "A LIZ "A DIL1bEs
A college professor in a commence
ment address gave a severe denuncia-
ton OF tipping" alleging that 1t was
halfway house to bribery He was
speaking of the frequent habit of COL
lege boys making money during vaca-
ton acting as walters in summer
hotels, but OF course that would onIy
be an incident in the general PROPOSE
ton.
1t seems a little far fetched to call
the quarter You give to the Pullman
porter a bride. But when the condi-
lions develop that you can't get a de-
cent meal without tipping the waiter
the operation is simply bride or a
holdup. And then as the practice con-
tinues, being required to paw for SER
vice in addition to the regular, avowed
and agreed amount, under penalty of
losing or suffering IL you do not, the
clerk who takes tip from a customer
or travelling man, the public official
who accepts favors from a corporation
or contractor and the legislator who
draws something from "the Jack pot''
as in Illinois, can see the straight road
leading back to the supposedly harm
less tip. --z--.s- 's--~ -ls-s5.=- =---s'.-
The college professor said it weaken
ed the character of the student-waiter
who took the tips. 1t certainly does
put honest service into selfish mer-
cenary ways and can not be treated as
essentially different from the other
relation in which man who takes
money from both sides is regarded as
questionable.
The custom of tipping has grown
very rapidly in the country 1t came
from Europe, where it takes the nat
ural way in which one high class paid
low class for personal service. Under
the old ways the servant had little
right OF contract and had to take what
the master gave. 1t is unfortunate
that a custom with such an origin and
with necessary accompaniment of
condescension On one side and sub
servlence on the other should have be-
come so prevalent in a land where all
men have an equal chance.-Hutchin-
ALL ROTTENNESS NOT IN DEN
MARK.
There is something almighty wrong
with Wichita, or else the Beacon is
getting batty. That paper makes this
charge in big, bold letters on its edi-
tor1al page: IAN inspector was sent
out by the city engineer to inspect a
piece OF work, concerning which COM
plant had been made. He turned in
a false report. He afterwards admit
ted 1t was a false report But he was
not discharged, and still holds his
| place. Now we contend that such a
state of affairs could not exist in any
city save one governed by commits
sion. The commission form of gnv-
eminent was to stop all graft, stop
most OF the expenses, and prevent ali
evils in municipal government. Ever
near of anything half as bad as that
In city governed by the old rotten
| system 2 Lawrence Gazette.
That's nothing. You are pett;ns
hn1cky. What would you think of q
town where the mayor gets in on sew
er contracts and the like, winks at d.
rect violations of contracts in order
10 swell the mutual profits, and where
| councilmen directly violate the statute
prohibiting the furnishing of sunn1ieS
and when charged with it. supercil,
iously remark, well, there's no pro-
vision for punishment, is there ?''-
Clay Center Republican.