The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-06

1 honest ice mans must I let my family
some sholxe in der papers about der ice
mans Shust remember dot he likes to
make der world better, but der world
won't let him.
The Story of the Butcher.
| Dere vhas a time when L gift everybody
der VERY choicest cuts, und cut out all
der bone. But Vhas anybody grateful to
me? Not soul don't be elected to Of
flee or presented NIT a watch, und der
papers don't print picture of my wife
und say how beautiful she Vhas. On der
contrary, a man comes to me after six
months und says:
. Butcher, you was a scroundrel und a
robberr
" You cut all der rind off my pork, uEd
1 don't have nothing to grease my boots
DOT settles it nit me, since dot time
der public nave had bones und rind ind
meat all mixed together und now when 1
go out to a pubic meeting L invited
covered America
The Story of the Plumber.
mo man vhas so mooch abused in any
pessness ash in mine. If am called 70
mend a small leak in a water pipe und
charge for two hours time und one pound
of solder, I vhas called a robber. Der
people don't stop to think it out. I must
first go und look at dot house. 1 must
talk NIT der cook. must go down cellar
und look all around. I must go back t.
der shop und come again. must figure
stead of der cold If I lose bar Of
| solder on der way from der shop, who
vhas in such a hurry? If bill of s.
vhas sent in What does dot customer do?
He kicks.
You bet he does, und all der newspa-
pers speak about der plumber init his
Steam yacht and summer home. 1t vllaS
| all nonsense ash you very well know. I
don't say dot some plumbers don't get
| rich, but how vhas it? 1t vhas by haV-
ing outside partnerships init drug store
| dies und leaves you $4,000 Here vhas a
case dot happens only three days ago: A
boy comes running und says fine house
Was being ruined by busted water pipe,
und to come quick l drop everything und
| slump into my auto und speeds AWAY. It
vhas bad break. I stand, right dere nit
| a rag tied around der leak for three hours
| before can get help, und at last have
to call in two of my men. shall send a
bill for perhaps 40 cents, und you know
What will happen?
Il Will be called some robbers und der
mans probably goes all over der neigh
| borhood declaring dot I ought to be ex-
PEELED from my church. / tell you it 8
| diseouraging for any man to try to do d sr
right thing, out more especially der,
plumber. If der world keep on using me
dot is. some man Will send for t"
{ ig up der street in front of his house to
bill for a dollar and half und sue him
| clear to der supreme court if he don't
payr.
The Story of the Coal Man.
| II think it is generally believed dot der
coal man vhas grasping und avaricioas
{, und dot he makes a ton of coal out Of
| eighteen hoonered pounds. I have had
men tell me to my face after 1 delivered
six tons of coal to EN- dot dey don't be-
| lief it vhas over fife tons. One time a
man brings back half ton of slate und
stones which he says he finds in my an
thracite und advises me to go into der
| building trade.
You don't belief I vhas honest. but
let me tell you a leetle incident. When I
! in I
| mind to be ash honest ash neffer vhas
| In a leedle time a mans comes along und
WANTS two tons of coal. / fill dot order,
but when night comes on my clerk
breaks his leg. Der pain arouses his
conscience, und he tells me dot der two
tons vhas short 800 pounds. 1t vhas rain
/ ing und blowing, but I bitches oop my
| horse und buggy, und at IL o clock goes
! to dot customer init der 800 pounds in a
bag. Wasn't dot honest? Der mans says
| he has had der coal weighed, und she
vhas four hoonered pounds over instead of
| three hoonered pounds short und dot I
must pay him 80 cents extra because ne
| shoveIed it into der cellar und lanes b 5