El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-25
DO YOU REMEMBER?

. but before you realized it you had
had heard so much of ii that il would
have been embarrassing to have
gone out. II would really have called
the old employees attention TO the
fact that you had been in the office
up TO that time. So you busted your
self with your notes and remained
Mr. president" old man Smith
began. Il have been with this con-
Germ 80 years Why haven't you
given me more opportunity for ad-
vancement? Why have you given
the really important positions to
younger men who have been with
you much shorter time? You know
how hard il IS for me to properly
provide for them on the salary I
receive. You know I have been a
veritable slave for many, many years.
I an an old man now and before I
realize II, I will have passed the
period Of further usefulness TO you
and what viii become OF me then?
What has been the matter with me2
Why haven't I been able to give you
such service that you would have
given me broader field-advancin
my salary from time to time as my
usefulness 10 you would have been
increasedg''
Smith" said the president. putting
his hand upon his shoulder, Il am
sorry. You have been very faithful
that I can tell why you haven't met
with greater advancement in our
employ Do you remember the time
We gave Brown the management of
our big western branch officer You
had been with US then longer than
Brown. You felt hurt about it, too,
didn't you2 I realized how you felt
about It In fact. I wish that had
been as frank with you then as I am
going TO be now.
Don't you remember the year be-
fore when We sent you out to take
temporary charge of that branch? 10
you remember the conversation we
had together before youNstarted west2
told you at the time that you must
act on your own initiative: that there
would be 50 many times when you
Couldn't wait TO act until you re-
ceiVed orders from US You knew
the business as well as any OF US.
You were familiar with our policies
and knew Just what 1 would have done
had been on the ground Don't you
remember that was the year when
had that sick spell? You knew that
the crops were short that season
Just because you received no defin-
lite instructions from me to buy up
all available supplies, you let the op-
pOrtunity 20 by and and, remember. 4
your delay probably cost US a small
fortune Yes, 1 know you viii say
why didn't instruct you to buy, as
I was familiar with the conditions:
that you didn't know I was sick until !
it was too late to act
You knew well enough too-now
don't deny it-that in ny absence
there was no one left in charge who I
felt like issuing any instructions to /
you You knew that I would have I
backed you up and you also should /
have known what your delay and IN
certainty in acting would cost US No, /
Smith, you fell down You fell down 4
hard, the next year I sent Brown 7
have been afraid of you ever since. I /
am sorry. but you don't use the brains .
that God has given you. Anyone can 1
follow instructions, but the real man
is the one who can act without def 1
mite instructions when he knows Just 1
what should be done You knew just 4
what you should have done and be-
cause you couldn't get in touch with /
me. you let the precious moments 90
by without acting and our western \
branch was run at a loss during the /