New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

rorviccs. i is w 70 the travelling pub
lic 20 meet the deficit. In other words,
70 nav twice. Aud Americans. being a
cheerful race Of easy marks" pay the
double price, one portion Of which rep
rcscuts the employees wage and the
other a sureradded profit to the Pull
man company.
There are n few courageous spirits.
however. who furnish the exceptions
90 the rule. as. for instance, the Cor
nell professor who recently accom-
panied twcntv-nine students Of the Ag
r.cultural College from Ithaca to Chi
cago.
The party boarded the train on n
rainy night. Ithaca mud has the stick
to-ltlvc quality Of Chnaman holding
on 10 AN American dollar. The faith
full. hopeful porter, with pick and scrap
er and brush. laborcd through the night
over thirty pairs of shoes plastercd
over and encrustcd with IL. And when
morning dawned his arms ached and
his fingers nails were worn 10 the
quick But the shoes were all bright
and shining. lie had done his duty and
earned the money which he expected.
il was worth quarter pair; $3.50
ever, he'd be willing 10 take 81 IN a
lump from the boss man" But. he'd
met college professors before and was
doubtful about the % cents per. He
might have to say thirty "thankee
sah's" NJ a dime head. much as he
hoped they wouldn't be so "measly'.
AN wen we gifts tub Chicago, sab,
did All git nah tips often that bunch o
L 1. l.. 1,F a
sab. Al did not That THU professah
man neatly tux nah breath wen he
bcgs tub nfohm me that he nevah done
tipped nobody. it being plumb ag'inst
his ethics. whatevah them is An, sab,
All couldn't live on ethics. nohow.
ITS gettin' scat a man CANT make a
Twin often tips no noah" he continued
dolefully. "Moahn half the women
nevah tip, an mems gettin' so they
ride two or three thousand miles an
only give "A dime. No, sab, tips amt
what they used to be. no indeedy!"
And therein lies at least one angle
Of the solution of the tipping problem
for il is a three-sided affair, composed
of the employer. the employe and the
public. And that is if the general
public will stop tipping, the employe
who has been dependent on tips for a
living will he forced to demand q real
wage. And employers will be obliged
to pay it
As result of the very decided fall
ing off in tips within the last three
years. and especially since the Amerl-
can Travelling Mems Association began
its war on tips. the railroad porters on
all the lines are organizing in deter
mined effort to secure an advance IN
wages which viii assure a living. with
out having TO depend on the grudglngly
given gratuties of the travelling pub
lie. And TO comply will not materially
effect the fat dividends Of the operat-
ing companies; would probably assure
better standard Of service TO the pub
lie and relieve the employe from the
necessity Of depending on an uncertain
charity. -
4 New York Central official told the
writer Of a Manhattan clubman who
when telcphonInG for a reservation on
the Twentieth Century asked that the
train employees be instructed 10 take
spccial care" of him on the trip, for
which attention he was willing TO pay
lie was told that their train people
were required as n matter Of routine
duty 20 make for every possible com
fort and convenience Of passengers re-