The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-29

"Sir-I noticed an editorial sons
time ago, an expression of you
thoughts on tipping the waiter o.
taking the management OF the hote
out of the proprietor's hands,.
Il do no think that the writer of tn
stop tipping article has given tn
waiter justice. In other words he ha
used a sledge hammer to kin gnat
He has not stopped to think that nine
tenths of the walters are men of fami
lies. I am aware Of the fact that tn
writer of that article is ignorant
the few facts concerning dining room
waiter, with which am familiar
Notice few of them:
Every day in the year the head
waiter or one of his officers line tn
men up and inspect them from heat
to foot to see that their hair is combe6
and trimmed properly, their collar
spotless, their ties not at all worn, thei
shirts white, stiff and nicely laundere6
their uniforms, which consist usual
of a Tuxedo coat and vest and blacl
trousers, cleaned and pressed at leas
once week: also that they wear goo,
shoes, which must be polished an
shining at every meal.
"All Of this is at the expense of tn
waiter, not the proprietor. No CUES
wants a waiter to serve him in sole
linen, dilapidated uniform and rust,
shoes. A waiter must keep neat ii
every respect, more so than any other
employees in hotel or cafe, clerks ex-
cepted. The writer of that article
thinks he must do this and care fol
hi 20 IwT w.takI -gs.~
month-$2I6 a year. This is all that
is paid the side walters in this city's
hotels except the salary paid the
walters at the new hotel which is the
only one we have ever had thar paid
the waiter any thing like what he was
worth. II the waiter did not get tips,
he could not exist on the wages paid
him.
What can man with family dc
on SIS month? Dear SIR the tipping
system is in every avenue of life from
the news boy on the streets to the
capitalist. Take the travelling sales
man. When he sells a man a large
bill OF goods what does he do? why
he first takes him to the hotel AND
gives him a nice dinner, passes the CT
gar stand and buys him some of the
incest cigars to be had. If the buyer
hasn't an engagement for that evening
he is taken to the theatre and occupies
a box seat. When the play is over a
taxicab takes him to his home What
do you call this? Nothing more nor
less which cost the drummer, at the
very lowest, SO, while the writer of
the tipping article censures this same
drummer because he gives the waiter
q thin dime.
Take the large manufacturers of the
country. What do thy do when they
send a man out on the road to sell
goods? Most Gil Of them start the man
on a certain salary to sell a certain
amount Of goods and for all he sells
over this amount he is given a com
mission. What is this commission I?
II is just the tip for selling more goods
than his salary demands. Take the
man in politics. He accepts and gives
tips, not all dinners, but dollars by
the thousands great many Of them.
Have you ever stopped to think
when a waiter goes to market with
his great SIS roll. which he has been
thirty days struggling for, that the
market man charges him the same
for meat that he does the man who
has drawn $500 for the same timer
Now as to taking the management
out Of the hotel proprietcr's hands. A