The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-20
TIE BOSS
TO RUFUS

starting in wrong.
'HThis idea OF yours that the boss Il
going to get out Of you all he can for
the money is right. but your idea that
you Amt going to DO any more than
you get paid for, that you amt going
to give the boss something for moth
ing, is about as foolish as il could be-
| It's about as sure a way as yon could
find of always keeping yourself down
| and never amounting to anything al
all
| "Of course the boss wants all he
| can get out Of you for what he pays
| you--why shouldn't he? When you
buy anything you want full value for
| your money, don't you? Why shouldn't
| you give full value when you SELF
You say you do give a full day, q
full square day, but you don't see any
reason why yon should give any more.
why you should make the boss pres
ent of anything valuable.
"How foolish. Suppose you found
one grocer who, when he sold you a
pound of sugar gave you down, plump,
! generous weight, and another who
gave you a pound but looked sharp all
the time to see that he didn't give you
grain more? Which grocer would
| you patronize? Eth?
Don't You suppose the man you
work for likes men who give down,
| plump, generous weight In work.
Don't you suppose that that's the sort
| of man the boss likes to do business
with and that he keeps? Isn't that
the sort Of man that always has work.
| whether anybody else does or notg
Don't be satisfied with giving just
| full measure of work, with doing your
stent. Take an interest In the bust
ness and do all you can, and don't be
afraid Of responsibility Make your.
self valuable as well as useful.
Going home on the subway last
night | heard two business men talk
ing shop together, and one OF them
was telling the other about some
changes that he had just made in hia
store.
1T seems that this man had work
ing for him two young men who had
both been with him some time but
one longer than the other and getting
more pay. After while tho next
man still higher UP than these two
young men went out and somebody
had to be promoted to his place. Nat
urally the man to go up would have
been that one of those two who had
been there longest; but sNd this
man, was doing the talking, the other
man who hadn't been there so long,
was now the better man.
"They we're both good, faithful. de.
sirable men, You understand, both
workers: but the man who had been
there longer could only do what he
was set to do, while the other had go
ahead in him and he vast afraid; he
was ready to meet and tackle any
thing that came along and able tc
get away with it, good man in the
business. And, says the man who
was telling this, i hated to have e
promote the junior over the seniors
1
years too; but what else could doG
Suppose you were in business for
yourself, Rufus, and suppose you'd
got In that business every dollar YOU
could rake and scrape. You'd be In
, terested In that business, Wouldn'
, you? Well, some; you'd be more
than interested. you'd be anxious and
you'd plug in and work harder thar
anybody you could hire, besides ia
king all the risk.
, You'd have your troubles, yes;
more than anybody else in the shop
! and you'd want to get all the wori
, that was coming to you out of tn,
I men you hired? Naturally. Now sup
: pose you had working for you twr
men, one Of them having that ide;
that he wasn't going to do anythins
, he wasn't paid for and the other maf
who pitched in and did everything HI
could and worked for the good OF thu
business, keeping that In mind all th'
time and not thinking about himself
:, not caring snap whether he stayet
minute late or an hour.
a (which one of those two men d.
q you think you'd like better and whicl
! one do you think you would adyanc
the pay Of and promote and hang d
. to-? That's an easy one. isn't Il?
s Now suppose this man that ,Wasn'
K thinking OF himself all the time, BIZ
l. was thinking OF how he could he'll
g your business, should turn out als
/. to be able and capable and coura
|. geous; not only devoted but able to d
}. things; don't you suppose you'd hel
him all you could? II you bad graf
K OF sense you would, and l think yo
|. have got some sense and that's VIII
a I'm talking to you.
what | am telling you Is, don't b
afraid that somebody is going to SO
the best of you; the only man tina
q can do. that is yourself, Don't get m
Il whistle habit. get, as far away fror
r that as you can Here IL Just on
more pointer
Don't be disappointed II you don
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