The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

II want to commend The washington
Herald for championing the cause of fair
play for the government employee" said
George c. Dawson. employment expert,
Is stopping at tho Willard "The good
work Of The Washington Herald is talked
about everywhere in the South.
"a most important thing from the
standpoint of efficiency in employees and
satisfactory results from handling large
groups is the fact that the better the
workers are and the higher standard of
living resulting from fair wages, the
easier the handling of these groups and
the better the work.
mo one can expect an employe to put
his whole heart and his whole energy into
his work IL he has an everlasting worry
at the end of the month due to a too
thin envelope. In government service you
cannot 20 to the boss and demand a
raise, and get 1t right on the spot, even
IL you are the finest ever. \ long, tire
some lot of red tape has to be gone
through, no matter how worthy the ap-
plicant for an increase. No great corpor-
alton has at its head a group Of men
that cannot tell on very short notice
whether or not to grant an increase to
its employees. The individual amounts to
very much more to a private employer
than one of Uncle Sans employees does to
him.
That is why private concerns have the
pick of trained help and can hold them.
No act Of Congress Is necessary for pro-
gressive firms to pay sufficient wages for
their employees to live decently. No pri-
vate concern that amounts to a row OF
pins is paying wages that belong to the
ante-bellum period. Uncle Sam, the great
est of employers. ought TO take a hint
from the progressive concerns right un-
der his nose"
VERY few people really know what a
unique position the town OF Cody, Wy
oming. occupies" said George Beck, of
Kentucky, who is stopping at the Raleigh
Hotel.
Cody, named after the famous Indian
fighter, who now lies at the point of
death. is the furthermost outpost of the
real West that we read and hear about.
1t is at the head of the Yellowstone Park,
and is called the eastern gateway to the
park. 1t is also the gateway to the Big
Horn Basin. which is the size of the State
of Massachusetts.
More wool and sulphur comes through
Cody every year than any other town In
the country; 100000 pounds of wool last
year broke all records. W. r. Coe is
undertaking an enterprise in tbs vicinity
of Cody that is OF vast importance. He
biOO0NS
horses to be found anywhere and is en-
gagged in preliminary breeding for the
government.
That region is the sportsman's para
disc. abounding in wild sheep many bear.
plenty OF puma and several kinds of deer
and elk. We get better oysters out West
than are to be had here. Young oysters
are carried across the continent and
transplanted into Puget Sound, where
they get very fat, having plenty to eat
and are undisturbed, and when placed
on the market are a delight to the soul
of the epicure.
But. on the other hand. the Eastern
part OF the country really is the cpl
curean center OF the universe. You are
blessed with innumerable kinds of grub.
The methods of preparation and the near
ness to the source of supply compel me to
say that the people OF the city of Wash
ington ought to consider themselves for
tunate.'