El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-16

that the tipping system IS an lHs-U-
/ Gus evil operating to undermine the
I independence of the working man. In
( discussing the problem he said;
American Labor Not Serviie.
The American laboring man mas
oDe advantage over the workers OF
Europe and that IS that Wnlte 4e y
/ NOT vet absolutely Independent, ne Is
/ not servile. The tipping System
/ predicated upon serViIlty.
/ The amazing growth of the tipping
| evil in this country, boIn IN lne 80
I of the tips demanded and given anu ~
the increase Of the things 1or WhlciAi
I tins are eXacted, grieveS me ana al
! other true friends of the Worklns me-.
Labor cannot achieve independence
when it holds ont palm 10 De SfSaseu
{ and wears the cringing smirk OF
The tipping system is detestable TO
every truly intelligent man; IL IS ue-
moraliZing to all persons VIZ a. -.
/ nected with it either as giVers oi Ups
/ as takers of tips, or as the ultimate
beneficiary Of tips. .t.,of.-
'aThe only beneficiary Of the ,tlpplhs
/ system is the employer who taxes al
/ vantage of IL to employ workers VIM
out paying them and even his OeneIlls
| can be measured only IN monSys IO1
/ the system demoralizes his MANHOOD.
THE whole tipping system rs pao875
/ there is nothing good IN II Us Lap-t
| growth in the United states IN Iece I
! years NAV be attributed in part to the
/ Importation of European manners ana
/ European personal servants, Dut NneLe-
/ as the system is nuisance IN E,l4 1Ill
] laboring man ought TO resist It's Lut-
Cloak Of SerViiity.
| The man who takes tip clOaks MIN
! self in a mantle Of serylllty thaL oe-
/ grades him from the plane OF 4ISo
| labor and makes Of him slave ne
cannot escape this consequence Dy De
| ing imDOlite to the tip-g1Ver-nlS VII
lingness to accept the fee is the collar
| of his serfdOm. Most men VINO take
tips know that and resent IT, put 4Ae
all other slaves OF all other times they
are bOnd-servants who are not Iree 70
exercise their wills II IS true lldL
they are not serfs bound to a certain
plot of ground nor chattels TO pc sOI9
at their masters pleasure SerIs ana
| chattel slaVevs were always sure OF
something TO eat and the slaves OL
Take. for instance. a waiter in a
/ New York restaurant or the more eA-
pensive kind He is paid from so 10
SIS a month, or, perhaps, a dollar a
day, by the proprietor. He must teno
the head waiter an average OF % a
week. He must -diyvy with ne
server and see that the chef and the
I order cooks are friendly by dlYldlng
also with them. And then he has TO
support his family and save DIT Ior
his old age. Ii is true that he IS Iree
to quit whenever he pieases and seek
. / other employment, but he is waiter
by force Of circumstance. he knows
D
! can't keep a job he viii starve..
Under this cOmpulsion. and because
it is in the line OF least resistance ne
/ is seFvile and he is obsequious and ne
does take tlps-as many and as big as
he can get. He takes tips from an
/ sorts and conditions of men-men VINO
tip to buy cheap distinction, men VINO
| tip because they are soffy IOI Lno
| waiter men who tip because II IS a
habit, and men who tip because Jhey
! know they must. he despLces JHell
I oil sv, IS Of Ha ahnOrg
the cheap gilt OF the tipping snob, ne
I pities the poor devil who tips rom
habit and he hates the man who tips
/ unwilling for fear te W21ter VIII de-
| file his food And yet he is servile
creature who cannot openly voice his
! / thoughts, he must smile and snlrk and
shipper. He cannot be free man ana
Not His Fault.
And this is not his fault 1t IS the
/ fault Of the tipping system And me
! I tipping system Is the fault of the pro-
prietors and employers who have care
! fully nurtured and encouraged It's
, growth for what there is in 1t for them
1t IS cOld-blooded propoSlIlon,
; founded on a dollar and cents basis.
The late George Pullman is accused,
whether justly or unjustly, Of having
enough to pay the sleeping car por-
ters, why should we pay them IoOt
5 That is the theory upon which the en-
ployers have proceeded and that is
into its modern COmpleXlty.
That is not the fault Of the walters,
4 taking them as representing the larg-
3 est class Of tip-takers, Is proved by the
. fact that nearly every waiter In a large
E city hotel or restaurant VIII quit MS
= job instantly to take place IN a elun
, where living wages are paid and where
| there is no tipping. Walters who max "a
= $40 a week. net under the tipping sys-
, tenn viii gladly take a place in club
p at $50. The same thing may be SAID OF
! bell bOVS DOrterS and other servants
: OF that class.
Unfortunately, not everybody. can be-
, | long to a club. The vast MAJ OF
J the American travelling public must de-
! pend upon public inns for food and
: lodging. The minority of club men IS
2 so small that it hardly counts at all
e Club Service Is Best.
, But it is universally admitted that
the service i'm q good cluo IS peter
l than that of the best hotels. The ser
| wants are more polite, more prompt
= ! and more punctiHous. They get no
tips. They are paid living wages
/ They perform personal service, yet they
are not servile. They are emancipate
from the chains that enslave their fell
! lOw-work er-they are free men.
Under these circumstances 1t Is all
\ | the more to be regretted that the TIP
Z | ping system is reaching out into new
I ! fields The barber trade is being
20 ruined by IL. Others are threatened by
I an invasion of the evil. The leaders
5 / of organized labor. men Of the broad
j [ view and accurate Information of Mr.
S J GOmpers, are thoroughly alarmed and
! are doing everything in their power
- not only to limit the extension Of the
Y I perniciOus system. but also to ehmi-
e I nate the evil where it already has
crept IN.
when mans freedom is destroyed
| his moral nature is endangered. The
/ tipping system blunts the moral sen
r | sibilities of the tip-taker and makes {
| blackmaiIer. II not a thief, out Of many
a man who otherwise would be honest
/ OF course the great majority, nine out
} ( of every ten. of the walters. porter 3
cabmen, BARRIERS and other tp-takers
in the country are honest men. But
not even the most delicate cOnsidera-
ton for the feelings of the honest
nine can hide the fact that the tenth
{ man is dishonest.
A large catering house In New York
makes a speciality Of dinners given in
. the homes OF the rich It gives per
- haps 40 dinners a year. and for thes'
40 days cut of the 365 it must keer
. together its organization Of chefs
% walters and other assistants. It must
3 charge enough for the 40 DAYS to pay
o for the 365. This concern follows the
example of the other employers under
n I INN rr-- oHad ma az