The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-05

| '"SS az a-ous1nesS Investment In re-
turn lor the cash so spent the rail.
road gets better service. II Is a cold
'Olooded business proposition based on
pure selfiShuess,f That Is whyit sue
eeed aud so many OF these philan-
thropic schemes fall
III VIC tried 10 tell tho men that
we were running these clubs because
the railroad loved the men and was
investing in brotherly love. the men
would Know that we were lying They
would be suspicious OF some ulterior
motive behind It all, and they would
be right. The salOonkeeper does not
keep UP good fire in winter for the
love of his customers He wants busi.
ness, and the tlre brings In customers
to get warm and they In turn spend
their money. He wants the money
and the railroads want the services.
and VIC act as the saloon man does
Tor exactly the same reason.
Now here II is in cold figures.
Out of every 81 taken In by tho rail-
road, 10 cents is spent for motive
power that is for engines and for
running them, and 70 cents is spent
on labor. The railroad maintains ma
chine shops and round houses for the
engines, not because they love tho
engines. but because It pays. When
needs oIlIng, readjusting and all that.
Now. wo figure that the man who
runs that engine needs tho same. His
oiling and adjusting Is sleep and food
The engine runs better for having its
ilues cleaned. and the engineer rams
that engine better -or having bath
So We provide clubs for the engine
and machine shops for the engineer.
OF machine shops for the engines and
clubs for the men. just as YOU please
to put 1t. and for selfish reason. just
to make more money.
Being financially interested in i'm
proving the health and working abil-
ity OF the men, the railroad completes
with hotels and restaurants. giving
beds for 10 cents equal to the Pull
man berth, and baths for 10 cents
The bathing facilities are equal In
every way to the best baths In Amer
lea. There Is nothing cheap OF sec
ond class connected with these rail-
road clubs In any way. Cheap oil
does not pay on the engine. nor cheap
coal under the boiler. and cheap
bed with poor springs hard pillow
and soiled sheets, does not pay for
the engineer, the fireman. the station
agent. the man who lamps the ties.
or the president of the. road
I'VE have no passes. Every one
pays cash. / have to pay cash for
everything | get at these clubs. II
President Lovett should eat n meal In
one OF them he would have to pay
cash for it. Or ii President TAFT
wanted a bath in any of them nc
would have to pay his 10 cents or he
would not get his bath. This puts
every one on exactly equal basis In
these railroad clubs.
"One pass would ruin every club on
the season The firemen with his
black face and greasy clothes would
not come into place where the pres
ldent OF the road or the president of
the United States had any advantage
over him, but he would go>lnto a sa-
loon even if both president were
there, and If any one said anything
to him for doing so-well, I guess
you know what he would say In re-
ply IL the president did not like 1t
he could get out of the saloon Also
he can get ont Of the railroad club
printed rule Of any kind In the place.
Not rule is posted on the walls
And VIC have yet TO have our first
piece OF vandalism. Everything is
spotlessly clean The toilet rooms
OF these new railroad stations in Salt
Lake are even now covered with un-
speakablc writings and pictures. For
five years nothing like this has hap
M 81.
we average II 900 men per club com
ing and going every month. They are
all kinds of men, from the highest Of
clalS 20 the lowest paid man In the
service. yet there is not mark on
the walls. When the walls are mark
ed up in this way the management Is
alone 10 blame. because clean places
arc always marked. Keep the place
clean and it will not be marked up
Such is our experience in twelve rail-
road houses Tor the past five years
with hundreds of thousands OF men
of all kinds and grades
Start religious meetings, give
something for nothing, charge en-
trance or monthly dues. have some
rooms. baths or beds better than 9th
ers, give any one discounts OF passes.
post up rules. ask any one TO join
and these railroad clubs would go to
pieces In a year We take care OF
the bodily needs and the rest takes
care OF itself. as a suggestion is
strong in just the proportion 1t is in
direct,
Preach temperance to n man and
he will go and get drunk. make him |
comfortable and leave him
alone and he will stay sober. Talk to
a man all night about going to sleep |
and you keep him awake put him in |
a good, clean bed, go away and let |
him alone. and he VIII be asleep in |
five minutes.
THAT Is why the railroad club and
its model. tho saloon. are a success.
and why all other religious and phi |
schemes are failures and |
must be kept alive by private charity