The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12

! the unfortunate man is made the sub
! lect of blackening comment. He is
| held up as a warning, and hs employers
are commended for the promptness with
which they track him dov and the Sc.
verify with which they punish him
if he is caught. But how about the bust
ness methods of that firm or corporation
which employed him? Were they such
rs would tend 10 make HIM an honest
man. or was he taught 10 be a thief by
his employersH'
"Oh, wcll,' said the cashier, with
The air of superiority which he some
times affected. "I suppose you can It
look for high sense of honor among
that class of people
Meaning those who work with their
hands, | presume" said the bookkeeper,
and there again You re wrong, In my
experience, there is very high sense of
honor prevalent in this very laboring
class, especially those American born,
but how long will there be with the
amples constantly being set before
them bv the men who. from their social
and financial standing should be moral
leaders In the community
"There is a certain commodity sold
In nearly every grocery store which is
put up for the trade in this city. Boys
and girls are employed to pack This com
modify In pasteboard boxes supposed TO
hold quarter and half pounds. Every
one of those children knows that the
firm is cheating the custom by in
sertIng in each box from an ounce and
n half to two ounces of papc-, the ad-
vcrtisement of the firm s products II is
small matter. but In the aggregate it
amounts 10 hundreds of dollars every
week. and tbs all stolen just the same,
and the high standing of the members
OF the firm in church and society only
makes the lesson taught those children
the more dangerous to the community.
You hire painter TO do a Job for
YOU and put IT. in your contract that
turpentine shall be used as 'drier.
He uses benzine, a much cheaper article.
and the paint begins to crack and chip
off before 1t has been on six months,
IT should have lasted three years at
least The painter has merely stolen
few dollars from you by the substitu-
tion, that is all, and his apprentices are
Taught to look upon 1t as a smart trick.
| knew of 4 case where a neighbor of
mlne, careful man, went TO the length
OF buying the turpentne himself for use
IN painting two or three large wooden
buildings.
That s too good an article to waste
on these old cribs. the contractor said
TO his Young helpers, and they drew off
the turpentiue and substituted the
cheaper dryer at night. Yet that painter
would complain long and loud if one of
his employees should purloin half dol
lars worth of material from him
He is man of considerable standing
In the, community, yet ne is teaching
every boy and young man in his employ
to be a thief. OF course there are
painters who are honest, but this is
trick of the trade and known to every
man of the calling"
Here the Fool Office Boy broke in
with, Me little brudder an two udder
boys, older an him, stole de lead pipe
out of an empty house an sold it to
right when dey told i'm where dey got
it, an when dey got pinched dey told
de Judge bout it, an he said if he had
dat plumber fore him he'd give him
bout four years, an me fadder had to
pay 50 to keep me little brudder from
bein sent up"
Every one knows the elasticity of
the plumbers conscience the Old
Ibookkeeeper continued: smiling at this
standing Joke In the newspapers, yet
II is no joke. The pipes in
my bathroom were frozen some time
ago and the water stopped Ny wife
sent around to the nearest plumber. and
he came at IL clock Saturday morn
ing. accompanied by an apprentice.
They spent FIVE or ten minutes looking
the job over and then went away. saw.
ing that they had TO 90 back to the
shop for their tools. Neither the
plumber nor any of his assistants ever
came near the house again. On Monday
a man who does odd jobs about the
though not plumber,
came IN and remedied the difficulty in
about ten minutes. Three or four weeks |
later ] received bill from the plumber
charging me $1.25 for material and |
1855, time for himself and ono as |
slstant. What better is that than |
pocket picking7'
Did you pay that plumbing bill. |
pop7' asked the Smart Cashier mis-,
chievously,
when you are called on 20 audit nv
personal accounts you II find out. -
laughed the old man, as he confirmed:
These are isolated instances, but 1T ex-
tends all through trade, and IN sorry
TO say IS prevalent in manufacturlngl
and commercial as we'll AS other walks |
Of life. How are you going to make
an honest man out of boy who helps
to make or sell shoes with counterfeit
Gather made of pasteboard in tho soles
Or the boy employed in Il grocery who
sees the proprietor give short weight
'r sell decayed articles7 l knew boy
employed in large establishment sell
ng earthenware and glassware. He /
had been instructed wne1 filing large Il
orders of highl-grade goods to put in a
Few pieces Of a poorer grade. The
1othing would be said about it. as the
natter was, too small to notice. If it
was noticed, whv it was simply some II
)ne s blunder. 1t is these snluply re-. 4