The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-05-04

now provoking SO wide anu heat
ed a discussion from one end Of
tins country to the other How
MANY of us actually know what it
means in kindergarten simplicity?
| ask these questions because
of very confused idea of the re-
call that | find among my friends
and acquaintances and the gener-
al public, and the hour with
which it is commonly regarded.
The discussion of the recall IL
not confined to the Republican
patty alone. 1t is nation wide,
and has lis grip on The Democrat
nc party AMI on all voters OF
whate,rg political faith.
The recall is comparatively
new idea in American politics.
though it has been i'll force for
several years in some of our far
Western States. liz it so dread
ful and dangerous Il thing AS IL II
pictured, and are the people who
contend for il az mad as those
who oppose It consider them!
Let us see what it is like. Ev
cry woman who employs a COOK
practises the recall. All women
who have servants Practise the
recall, and always have practlsed
it will! regards to their servants
No woman who manages her
home wisely and well would re-
tam Il cook in her employ for
very long if that cook could not
produce satisfactory food for the
table. or if she were dishonest, in
temperate, or in any way incapa-
bic TO discharge this inefficient
cook is to recall her-nOthing
more, nothing less
Every man who employs other
men pIaciises the recall, and all
employers in all time have prac
,ised the recall. No man IL clever
to select with unerring
certainty the right man in every
ease for a particular job. When
he finds he has made a mistake.
what does he lof Does he let the
inefficient employees remain on the
job, and let the job 60 to pieces,
tM does he recall the man and put
some one else Oh the job who will
measure up to 1t and can handle it
successfully
The answer is too plain to ne
cessi,ate any considerable discus
sion. The fact 10 that, under
conditions like these, either the
incapable man is recalled, or the
head If the house ia recalled
The recall of the head of the
house may be through the bank
ruptcy courts, or through some
other less drastic method of being
driven out of business One or
the other is sure to happen.
This is just what has been 60
ing on for centuries in the indus
trial and business world, and just
" hat will go on throughout time
1t applies alike in all phases of in
dustry and activity, applies Oh
the farm as well as III the count
Ing room, applies in railroadiDg
and shipping, IN NJ Anufdctures. in
in commerce, in the edn
catiOnal world, and in the religi
Dus world.
There is no place under the sun
where it does not apply outside of
job, and even here
it has always been applied to
some extent, though in rounda-
bout and less efficient way. Its
application in official and political
life is shown in the recall of an in.
capable Or morally unsouDd man
At the expiration of the term for
which he was elected. He fails
Of reelection, and this is, in eff
feet, the recall.
But here we find difference
between official and private or
business. In either of
he latter, a wise and capable
applies the recall i'm
nediately to the inefficient man,
~ soon as his lDefliciency has
Detn clearly demonstrated. The
does not wait two or
hree or half dozen years, till Il
erm expires, as is the case in pol
tics.
II a contract has been made be.
ween a business house and an
Employee, the management does
'0t let the job suffer because of
he contract in force. It makes
he best compromises it can, places
he man on some other work, or
cts him go altogether. Anything
: better and cheaper than de
troying the job for The sake of
citing something out of the con.
ract.
In most business concerns.
ontract for any specified time be
ween employer and employee is
voided, chiefly for the reason
hat the employer cannot possibly
q sure that the man will work
ut NatiSfaciGriIY in the narticnlar