The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-01
TURNING THE TABLE.
Or Making the Boot Fit the Other
Foot.

Or Making the Boot Fit the Other
Foot
TNHE ofice boy ncdiiatiycly pushed
the call hutton,
A moment later III response 10
The call. The president of the corpora.
tion entered uad respectfully approach.
ed the Dhicc b.y's dc,ik
Did you ,ci.i to see me, Tommy g.
asked toe president timidly.
"Oh. ycS. Vi. Nonypeny Take Il
seat l'll bc through with this novel
IN few minutes want to talk to
you"
The president sat down as directed.
The office bo, finished the alnring tale
" how Bick Bark. the chocolate de.
tectivc." saved the heroine. Then he
closed The book. showed it into pi.
gconholc Of thp desk aud turned In his
swivel chair Ia face his employer.
mir. MouypenY" he began what J
have to say tu you is important. and,
while II Is moi pleasant. ! want YOU to
know that have nothing personal
against you As u matter of fact. /
like you aud | want to he your friend
Understand
"Yes. Tommy"
"ouI the situation Is just this This
concern has not been doing us well as
1t ought. You know that. OF course. us
well as to
Yes. know"
well. then. you know that some.
thing must be done. and / suppose il
might as well be done soon as lHte."
The president looked worried. You're
not going to get rid Of me, are you.
Tommy" he inquired
NO" replied the otlirp boy, figuring
little on pad before him NO" he
repeated slowly. # hardly think that
will be necessary; but, as / said before
something must Ice done. Now. the
principal expenses of this concern may
be grouped roughly uuder three heads
raw material. labor and dividends
That's right. isn't IT,
II think that's about right"
"Well. Of course, the charges for
raw material cannot be reduced
That's out of the question. We've
got to have the stun. and that's all
there is to It. The same is true OF u-
Dor. You can readily see that we are
the most important part Of the bust
ness. We can't do without the mea
who do the work. ana OF course you
cannot expect Us To accept any less
FOR our work than we are getting.
"Of course not. admitted Mr.. Mony.
peny.
Then thar leaves the dividends a..
,he only department In which we ca
retrcnch. docs II moi t''
at looks that way" agreed the
president reluctantly
at certainty does" pursued the OF.
d,e hoy. with an air of hnulity "aud.
as have said before II grieves me
sorely to be compelled To reach Il ron.
clusion which is So unfavorrble 10
you. My kindly attitude toward cap.
ital is well known to every one"
But. Tommy. il would De unfair 10
Interfere with dividends nt This time
You know / have Just bought ~ biz
country place aud an extra automobile
aud It takes q lot Of money to run
them Now. II you had only told me-
say, a mouth ago"
"But didn't know IT," argued the
Office boy, Il had hoped It wouldn't
he necessary But. come! After all
II isn't SO bad. Iou ought TO be glad
| am not going to dispense with you
altogether. | am only going to ash
you TO accept - per cent reduction
In dividends. Will you be willing to
remain with us on that basis?'
81 suppose I'll have to-"
"Thats the manly way 10 talk. And
you'll find Il won't be so bad There
are lots OF ways you can economize.
don't you know. Cut out a Florida or
European trip or something like that
Yes, I'm sure you'll make out That
will do for the present"
"Thank yOn. Tommy" said the pres
'dent politely as he turned away.
you are entirely welcome. Mr.
Monypeny, Ellis o. Jones in Life.