The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-02-16
THE BIRD IN THE HAND

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THE BIRD IN THE HAND
DR.. Roy L. Smith
The bird we have safely in our hand frequent
ly robs us of much better bird in the bush that
we might catch
A truck driver for big Minneapolis manu-
facturer sat up his high seat waiting for the
other trucksters to return from delivering a
package. AS he waited he Isketched pictures on
the back of bill of lading.
The next day that bill of lading, with its
penciled sketches, passed under the eye of a
in and shame facedly admitted defacing the pa
"Who taught you to draw" the employer
asked.
Nobody / just draw because l like to- but
/ can't draw much" said the driver stammering-
lly.
That afternoon the employer sent the bill
of lading to business friend of his who hired
artists. 81 may be mistaken but this looks like
talent to me-" explained the boss to his friend.
"That is talent" said the artist. 'Send that
fellow to and l will give him job and start
him in at fifty week."
The next day the truck driver was called in
again, this time to hear about new job. Fifty
dollars week ought to look good to twenty
three dollar a week truck driver.
"But can't draw. l never had lesson in
my life I'm good enough truck driver.
know l can do that l guess had better stick"
said the fellow with fear in his eyes and nothing
could bulge him.
A year later the boss found it necessary to
reorganize his business and the artist-driver was
slated for dismissal The boss called the artist
r.
open. This time the driver was called in and
fired. At last he out of job The situa-
ton was serious. Something had to be done.
"That artists job is still open. You'd bet
ter go over and try it," advised the boss and the
driver reluctantly applied and was accepted.
His salary the first three weeks was fifty
dollars. Then he got raise few weeks lat
er-he got another. Then another. He has been
with the new firm less than year and his pay
check last week was one hundred and twenty-five
dollars.
He might have been drawing one hundred
and twenty-five dollars week for the last two
years if he had not been such good truck driv-
at twenty-three dollars week and afraid to
go after the bird in the bush.
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County Attorney James B. Baker of
Renville County, who has been criticised
by some of his women constituents for
the decision not to draw any women jur-
ors, has issued statement ''in explana-
ton but not in defense" He says, he
gave the county board a reason, which
the board did not make public with it's
resolution to draw only male jurors.
His reason was that several cases in
volving sex offenses were about to come
up, and he did not think women would
want to serve as jurors in such cases.
Honestly and candidly," he writes,
Il do not believe in mixing juries in the
trial of the ordinary criminal cases. /
believe that we should have panels. ex-
elusively of male jurors exclusively
of female jurors in the trial of all our
cases. and especially criminal cases.
Charles B. Cheney
Attorney Baker may be perfectly sincere in
his chivalry-we have doubt he is. But GER
tainly so far as his women constituents con-
cerned it was mistaken chivalry. If mixed
juries are to be taboo on cases of this sort II
would be Just rs reasonable to bar the men from
the jury for one term. We wonder that such q
solution of the matter did NOT present itself to
the Thoughtful Mr. Baker. Often criminal cases
are the outcome Of social service welfare
workers in the various counties. These are tn
workers in whom the women the state are IN
tensely interested-in fact in most countie
there would be mighty little such work done i
it had rested with the men to start it. To havs
women ruled out from sitting on the jury wher'
these eases 4 come for ultimate decision
might Be one Of The worst possible blows to tn
.proKress Of this scrt Of work. We don't baans
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