The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-10
HIRING OTHER
FOLKS HELP
The Fra.

Just about now the world Is being
made over. Old ideas are passing
away and new ones are being born.
And in this time of transition there
is a special demand for strong men
who can change with the changing
times, keep sweet, and out of the ele-
ments Of the old create better things
than we have before seen. There are
plenty OF people who can work under
instruction, when properly guided,
but men and women of initiative are
exceptional. Especially do we need
men of courage, who know right from
wrong, meum from teum, and who can
concentrate and consecrate their lives
to whatsoever work their hands find
to do. To realize that you thrive only
as the institution thrives with which
you are connected, is a great mental
achievement. But to get the spiritual
technique and live the part instead
Of playing 1t, is better The striker
the jealous person, the one who can
cooperate, the one who looks for
sights and insults, higher wages,
shorter hours, favors, honor, ease, va
cations and soft snaps, is slated 70
the toboggan. Probably the railroad
companies and our great corporations
are largely responsible for the alb.
sorption OF men of decision, patience
and initiative. The Big Boys all seem
TO have jobs! The other day, when
] met the President Of the Burlington
System and looked into the eyes of
a man under forty-a boyish, joyous,
fluid individual was surprised.
Your average railroad president is
supposed to be big, bold, grumpy, and
semi-clerical-a sort of bully bishop.
In the good old days he wore a full
beard, with the upper lip shaved, and
had a fine supercilous smile for ev.
cry suggestion which he himself did
not make. The new American man
of power is quite a different individu.
al from either Squeers or Scrooge !
And SO l was surprised when l grasp
ed the hand of the head of the Bur-
lington System; but | was not near
ly so much surprised as when he took
me over to a desk and introduced me
to a young fellow of, say, twenty-five
who is the vice-president and pract,c-
al general manager of the o." These
young men get, oh, say, anywhere
from twenty thousand to fifty thou
sand dollars a year, which Is not
much money at the last, but as a SAL
airy Is pretty fair They really earn
more. They have no grump, crouch
or kick coming. They get under the
burden and carry 1t off with the same
fine abandon that they might bring
to bear on holding down first base.
The Demand for Able Men.
Yes the man of ability Is needed
as never before. Plenty of men can
be hired at fifteen dollars week;
but II you want to pay a man ten
thousand dollars a year, you have to-
hunt long time before you find him.
And then IL you hire him, you will
probably find you didn't get the man
you hired, but another kind. Where
ever n man or a woman is doing a.
particularly good work as head of a.
department in successful concern,
this individual is sure to be impor-
tuned by envious ones who hope to-
get him away, and thus infuse a lit.
tie much needed cherry phosphate in.
TO their own concern.
The plan of hiring away other peo-
pies help on promise OF higher
wage is a very poor scheme. refer
you to all those fools who have tried
it. About the only way you can get
strong man who will act as first
mate or captain your ship, Is to breed
him, raise him by hand, educate him,