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compliance with their request.
OXE view of the current public discussion over the tariff is
amusingly satirized by McCutcheon, the famous cartoonist
of the Chicago Tribune, who attaches tojiis picture of "How
the Senator Will Explain to His Home
Folks" some recital of that personage's ingeni
ous remarks. It is like this:
The senator drew from his pocket an Ameri
can flag and wept copiously for a few moments.
— __ ; J "It is a grand old flag," said he, beating the
air, "and long may it wave. This is a glorious country."
"Senator, how are you going to explain to the folks back home why
you didn't do what you were sent to Washington to do?"
eh T^ c SWiatOr %STnUed fatl - v - He P at his arm abound the reporter's
I -My boy," said he confidentially, "don't you know that the people are
a lot of sheep? You can make 'em believe anything. They'll run around
in circles for a while, but in a short time they'll forget all about this tariff
business. By the time I get ready to run again I'll be able to explain this
tariff so that they'll think I'm the greatest statesman of the age. ' I've ',
done it several times before and I. can do it again. Just now they think
they arc mad, but a few weeks of prosperity will cure them of that
Were going to have good times, tariff or no tariff. Of course some
will have better times than others. They will be satisfied to let 'well
enough' alone. The rest, the ignorant ones, can easily be influenced by
statistics and oratory. I can explain it to 'em so that they'll think
they are lucky to be alive."
That is not so bad, and curiously enough, it represents a certain
survival of opinion concerning public knowledge and interest in
tariff making. Yet, we imagine that the senator will find his com
fortable explanation rather out of date. Never before has the
country taken such an intelligent and persistent interest in a tariff
debate as during the current extra session. In proof of sentiment
in the middle west we quote from the Minneapolis Journal:
The senate, led by Aldrich, quite mistook the temper of the counc
il did not believe tariff revision was so earnestly demanded. It listened
to the sire^song of the intrenched ones— that tariff revision was only a
campaign cry. They were persuaded that a little revision would suffice
-Pass -a bill," they said. "We will take care of the result Prosperity
and business will make the people forget this populistic, free trade
ciamor." ,->«
A majority of the senate was taken in. It has passed a bill which
in the face of party promises and in the face of changed conditions'
actually raises many of the topheavy Dingley rates and reduces very few'
But the fatuous counsels of the intrenched ones aTe bound this time
to /* lL T^ cy have not uken into account the fact that the demand for
tariff revision was not mere clamor, but a thoroughly reasoned out' and
logical demand- Neither did they take sufficiently into account that the
B people know more about tariffs than they ever did before. So the senate
has impaled itself on a bill which can not become a law without disorgan
izing the party in the middle west. •
The leading republican newspapers *all over" the 'country are
speaking in the same strain, and the senator's tears and perspiration :
are like to fall on barren and irresponsive ground. His assumption
that the "home folks"" are ignorant fools will get him into trouble.
In fine, the senator of this type is a belated survival cumbering the
ground and ready for the ax.
The Senator's
Explanation to
Home Folks
THE TORONTO GLOBE, reviewing a letter from'Henrv W.
Elliott of Cleveland, 0., printed in these columns, characterizes
former Secretary Roofs proposal for the settlement of the fur
seal fisheries dispute as grotesque. Doctor
Elliott is authority on this subject and was
one of the commissioners intrusted by the late
Secretary Hay with the duty of ; drawing up a
treaty- .that would bind the four nations, inter-
; — ested in some definite .arrangement designed
to save this valuable industry from extinction. The four nation>
concerned arc Russia, Canada, Japan and the United States. The
existing modus vivendi governing the industry does not bind japan
and by consequence the Japanese sea poachers'are.exceedingly active
this summer, not only in pelagic sealing, which can not be prevented,
but even in raiding the rookeries on the islands. Recent dispatches
report the capture of Japanese raiders of the Commander seal?islands
by a Russian cruiser. All this might have been avoided had the
treaty drafted by Doctor Elliott and his colleagues and submitted
by Secretary Hay been" ratified- by the United States. Japan>and
the other nations concerned were willing to accept that settlement;!
but it failed of ratification, according to the Globe, because tliei
American lessees of, the Pribilof islands '-have fought against it
with all tlie powers they possess in the lobby of congress '\u25a0' The
Globe adds: 'fIHHHHIi": -HiM
Washington
Officialism
Hard to Move
1 The extermination of the herds would be a reflection on all'parties
concerned, but it may be understood at once that Canada is hot'disposed to ;
save them by abnegating all herrights in^ the premises. 'The! settlement of
the Paris- tribunal constituted concessions all on one side. There can be
no more of these jughandleddepriyatiohs.; One proposal that has been
made is that the United States government should buy the Canadian sealing
fleet at fancy. prices, with the understanding that Canadian 'participation
in the business should thereafter, cease. This grotesque proposition has
of course, never been' entertained ; :f6r a moment. The matter can ;nbv be
settled on those lines.' The four powers interested; should gettogether
and, starting off -with the proposition that it would-be 'disgraceful to allow":
the extermination of the, herds, seek a division "of -'- the business^ that
would be fair and satisfactory to. all.
As matters stand with Washington officialism; asleep or
because of secret influences, it looks as if the extinction of the; seal
' I ? r^ s vvcre merely a matter of a short time: As the ClevelaiW Plain
Dealer put it: "Canada is still" ready for the Hay-Elliott treaty.
JBlame for the , present reprehensible- conditions rests alone upon : our
government." . ' :t: t" \u25a0\u25a0.':•. \u25a0'\u25a0
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Is Gifford Pinchot
To be Driven Put ?
Z. i OHE;CALL is^ convinced- that any conflict- of autliority whicii
J would result in compelling GiftordiPinchot to retire from:c6n
trol of the national forest service would be'regarded with grave
suspicion by the whole^country^ apart from^^certain, interests that seek
a free hand in the exploitation of our national resources. . Advices
from Washington speakof strained relations between Secretary Ba!
linger and the chief forester, and it is intimated : :that Pinchot may
resign his office in consequence. At this distance it is impossible to
say whether this - unpleasantness is merely the result of the per
petual jealousy- of bureaus and bureaucrats: over the alignment; of
their several functions or an effort to get rid of Pinchot to clear the
way for. seizure of Avater power and other valuable 'privileges r.th'at
the chief forester held in check. The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Transcript describes the conflict in this .cautious i -fashion :
The forest sendee is attached to the department of agriculture. The
public domain is : under the jurisdiction '•"of the interior department, and
in A-iew of the fact that the forests are on the public domain there has
always been the possibility of a conflict of opinion; as to where the
authority of one department ended;and that of the other began. There >
Avas.no friction under the last administration because Ethan Allen Hitch- .
cock, while secretary of the interior, arid James R: Garfi eld; while he occu
pied the office, conceded everything that ; Mr. 1 Pinchot, through , Secretary
Wilson, requested. /Mr. Ballinger, the new; secretary of the interior,
is not disposed to yield where yielding would seeni to surrender any of
the authority to which his department is entitled. " '
The controversy goes to the management of the vast reserves that
have been created in the public domain the. last few years. Some of the
reserves are covered with forests; others are riot. Gradually the forest
!5 rv ! cc has acquired the ; management of these/ vast : tracts. Secretary
Ballinger, who is a good lawyer and insists on the law being-respected
even to the smallest technicality, believes liis department has rights which
it ought to exercise. The whole situation has been put up to the attorney
general for a decision. If there should be an opinion that the agricultural
department through the forest sen-ice has overstepped *! the authority
granted it by congress the forest senicc machinery will, 6f course, have
to be overhauled. Some of Mr. Pinchot's friends are riot certain he would
care to stay on as the forester if he were not permitted to administer >:
- the forest reserves. - .* /
It would be most unfortunate should Mr. Baliinger/s nice attach
ment to technicalities open. an easy way for the water power trust
tc intrench itself in the forest reserves:
IT is announced with a brave flourish of trumpets that at the forth
coming national irrigation congress at Spokane a $5,000,000,000
program for public work by : the * federal government will be
submitted to public inspection. The plan con
templates i raising $5,000,000,000 by an issue
of 100 year bonds bearing 3 per cent interest.
:; The money is wanted to work out the 'follow
ing projects:
tasw™*"***" i#**«*m ' One billion dollars for the drainage of over
flowed and swamp lands. •
One billion dollars for the reclamation b3 ; irrigation of 40,000,000
acres of arid and semiarid lands, now partly or wholly waste.
One billion dollars to construct and improve deep waterways; to
develop thousands of miles of territory now without adequate transporta
tion facilities.
\u25a0 One billion dollars for ?ood roads and natural .highways, for the lack
°-~^i^!L^ he loss to the f arm area of the country. is approximately
§^00.000.000 annually. -
One billion dollars for forest protection, reforestation and •conserva
tion of torcst resources, thus assuring timber and lumber supplies for
centuries to come. ,
The Call does not seek to damp the enthusiasm of *tn"e ambitious!
promoters of these plans, but they seem to have chosen an" inauspi
cious time to submit their demands. The national treasury is nearly
empty and expenditures greatly exceed income. \u25a0 The deficit keeps
piling up in a way that might discourage any- but the/most sanguine
promoters. A recent statement showed that the/ balance in : the
treasury: was only $25,000,000 with $56,000,000 deposited "in the
banks. This balance'is being steadily, depleted; and the deficit "for
the current month will exceed $10,000,000. All sorts of new taxes
are proposed to relieve this condition and big bond issues are
mooted for the Panama canal, and this at a higher rate of interest
than the country has hitherto been paying. '
Some of the expenditures mooted in the irrigation program
would bring back the money into the treasury, as, for instance, the
reclamation project, but others, like the improvement of navigation,
would be sunk beyond recovery, so far as the treasury is concerned!
) The Call is heartily in sympathy With the. objects of the pro
moters, but counsels the least taste of moderation. Otherwise we
Their
Magnificent
Program
T7NR~ CHARLES W. ELIOT, sometime president of -Harvard
jL^ university, appears to believe that he owes 'the public : some
sort of apology for: or explanation of his justly-celebrated
"five foot shelf oi books/ and his letter ac
cordingly is printed in the 'current Collier^
He gently accuses the press and its- numerous
co-respondents of misconception of His, pur
pose, which; he declares, was " "educational/-
Books for a
Gentleman 's
Library
; v: But thatmuch;al)used;wor(i does not.help
us very much, so : that something-more -definite is called, for and
this is supplied in the concluding paragraphed! the letter, thus :
: To depict the "Stream of the World" the collection must contain \u25a0
worthy; representatives of both the ancient-; literatures anil the great
national literatures which: have been created 'since the revival of letters- '
so that the /proportions of the different literatures have '" to, be carefully
considered. Many famous books are unavailable because too long—that*^
is, they would occupy a • disproportionate ,3pace = in" the series. -
The collection can not represent largely the natural science : of the
nineteenth century, jpr give much space % to the current thought of today
becauscthese recent acquisitions of the race have for 'the most part not v
yet been cast. in durable. literary, lorm.
The Bible and .Shakespeare are omitted because:' these -'bodks\ arc
within the rcachof most Americans who read "at all. .* "
To accuse^Dr.. Eliot of "commercial" inspiration would be un
kind and Moub'tless unjust. Apparently his. purpose was to map
the; stream of tjiought as it flowed down the; centuries, but in the
accomplishment of "that aim he would make his disciples V wade
through an' unconscionable -deal of rubbish and 'labor with certain
negligible factors. In the^ sense '.pi a man whose ireadingis limited
by a" yard measure Adam SmithV ;"Wealth of Nations" Jsrubbisli
and ;the, obscure Elizabethan dramas: that Dr. Eliot selected to'tlie
exclusion of Hamlet and RictiardlL are negligible; Toibe sure^
Dr. Eliot, apologizes- for his: omission ;of Shakespeare ; arid^the^Biwi
on ; the ground that they^are "within the- readi o f : mo^t : Americans
who- read.^ Dr. Eliot's, tlieh; is apist of : books tliat nojgentleman's
library should "be .without: * r .
Ships Given Strange Name
. "When a \u25a0 French "warship ? Is -.\u25a0 ordered j
to bebuilt, a' commission composed- of \
five important officials of the ministry |
of marine lis with drawing; up I
a list of suitable names- for the consid- j
eration of the -minister^ The latest j
names have been historical,' "Le Vcrg-'
niaiid," "Le Cbndorcet," :"Le Dantoh,"
etc^ .Some', of the ships ' of the * French !
navy "bear purely -abstract names. La
Democratic La;.' Verite; r La \u25a0 Republique. 1 '
La Justice, etc; In;" turn, tribute , has
been ij laid upon., the army,;, the : navy,"
philosophy, > in ythologrj-.^ A Pa fis news-,
paper? states 'ithatv; literature/ already
represented^by-L€tV\ r 6ltaire' ah d *L«Lyic^
tor 'Hugo, •'fwiiribe: .augmented ;' by^f the
names : of^Moliere^Ra ciner. Corn eille: and
AlexandcrlDumaß/v-'At'air'events, 7*7 * these
names* have] been submlttedj \o the^min
i^ter^ofiroarlriefaKTsuitable/for- the new
battleshis^-^-I^ondca* Globe.' J > - r *
| ; First Salute For Princess 1
A Paris "contemporary publishes \u25a0 a
ll pp K e i*Y . stor y. ot little; Princess 'of
j Holland- whichi seems} likely -to have
isome foundation in"; fact.:* ' \u25a0 •
! j':" Toward the end of last week a grena-
T - sentry a^ oneiof the gate Trays of
i the palace^ of The, Hague \ saw ;- passing
iir the grounds a' baby .carriage' pushed
by a /nurse/^He [followecT it with his
.eyes for .} sdine. seconds and itheti^it
; dawned ,,upon-. him ?,th*tjs was \ the '? little
princess < of-, Orange/j the f future' ruler of
bls^country.- / /<. ) r *"-^"-'>.-.- : ->..- .;\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0 .«
111^ 141^ thei sentry^ as* he Uhought
lyno^erved, prjesented armg;tothe - priri-"
cess;* who asleep^? Princes Henry
t was; the J one $ the> incident '
.wWch'Bo;much3appealed to him that?he
Ren l t<y li y?«| spldier.lto * whoml hel made
a prcsent-.of ;mqney, J : that' h'e^niiijirht* pur?
chaseCsomething i as fa) sou yenir* of .5 the
princess' "first salute.— London r Glbbe.
NEW ZEALAND
IS DEPRESSED
Excess -of Socialism and High
Protective Tariff Blamed ;
For the Situation^
A«tv Zealand, now miffcrius from
a financial depreuMon, , got her
noe* from an exceii of socialism
' and high ; protective tariff, accord
ing; to ; Rev. X. : A. Davis, a Baptist
elergrrmsn, recently arrived la this
city.; from Dnnedln, .\ew Zealand.
Of the public orrnershlp of utili
ties and enterprises In the -,tir
colony, ferr ventures' have been
generally successful save the pnb
llc. OTrner * n| P °* \u25a0trcetcaf line* and
telephone systems, while the coon
try: has developed: and operated,
without slgrnal success, mines and
steamboat lines at the expense of
proper roads. The cities bare been 4
encouraged to _ grovr unhealthily,
while the country districts, un
favored by the government, have
languished until the Island is In a
serious financial, condition. The
vote 'of Tvomea «\u25a0 may save the day.
Rev; Mr. Davis has been the
friend - and associate of prom
inent men in the 'colonial gov
ernment, Including Hon. George
FoTvlds,/ minister of education;
Hon. .Thomas' Mackenzie, minister
ot the tourist department, and
Hon. J., Millar, acting premier and
member of parliament from -the
clergyman's district.
REV. N. A. DAVIS
; I saw in the papers recently a state
ment purporting to come from Xew
Zealand regarding the financial crisis
there. The article stated that the pre
mier had announced that £12,000,000
would be required to meet the -.'state's
employment rolls, while but £7.000,000
would be available; that there were
130,000 dependent on the government
who faced a serious crisis; and that
the government contemplated the es
tablishment of an employment insur
ance scheme. .
There must have been 'an error In
the figures, for the normal revenues
of New Zealand under the best condi
tions \u25a0 and , from .all sources are but
£7,000,600. The total number of gov
ernment ; employes and dependents,'in
cluding the railroad, postofflce, state
insurance "department, tourist depart
ment, state coal mines and otherde
partmental - employes, is short '"."J.ot
14,000. The amount available this year
Is the usual sum.
But' New Zealand is suffering from
a remarkable' depression against which
the "government may be providing.
The cause of that Is lack of popula
tion, particularly in the rural districts^
Seventy per cent of the people: live
In the cities, 30 per cent in the country.
This lack of balance is due to "the
effects of extreme socialist legislation
and to a high protective tariff which, in
a.' small country, developes the cities
and at the same time shuts the land off
from* competition with the world.
There is overproduction of manufac
tured articles, . a . surplus of factories
and a glut in the labor market..
There is presented for the contem
plation of the world the .curious spec
tacle of a new country with" a delight
ful climate, a fertile soil and regular
rainfall, with free" institutions and a
paternal government, and with- Its peo
ple leaving its shores to avoid abso
lute want.
Desirable immigrants who come are
unable to obtain work. A few towns
are progressing; some' are stagnating;
others: are restro&rading.
There is: one hopeful check, .however.
The tide of socialistic legislation is
tempered and .worse conditions are pre
vented :by\the determined vote of
women.- The vote of women is con
servative. - The women of New Zea-
Wtnd vote freely in all classes. "When
a moral issue is up. either on a ques
tion of liquor, prohibition or of admin
istration reform over, graft, the women
may be counted on the side of the
reform.- „„-- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. -. .".';. \u25a0\u25a0 \ .
' The outlook for New Zealand is not
discouraging. The general feeling *ls
that f legislative experimentation, will
lead . to-better methods of government.'
But the great s lesson which, this coun
try, may. learn from New Zealand" is
that the depression may. be reasonably
attributed "j in; a considerable extent to
tho neglect of the rural Interests— and
the overdevelopment of cities. The
factory; conditions there were consid
ered ideal from the employe's"' point* of
view. .There is the eight hour day, and
a 'minimum wage, i which proves to be
the maximunr wage. , But- the restric
tive legislation •"has the effect of cast
ing "old; men upon the -charity of ; the
state 'and «preventlrig";boyß' from -learn
ing/trades; " :
New". Zealand's remedy for I ts \u25a0. chief
industrial .troubles' is V to, break dowii
the \ fence of. the protective tariff, and
to encourage -immigration *and to as
sist- immigrants. ; Also, the country
roads must be developed: rather, than
have | the state money put : into steam
ship lines, railroads,- coal mines and
insurance : schemes."
I do' notiyoice an out, and out con
demnation, of socialism. •'. Some of Its
practices - have worked admirably. The
streetcar,; or 'tram, syßtem" is most ef
fective,- a point wnich *may be con
sidered :by ~ this city, which, I under
stand, is now considering the municipal
operation 'iot"the\ Geary street carline.
The desirability ;o; of \u25a0 public ownership
of railroad 'lines is still ."an unsettled
question. But ; the ; state; ownersh ip of
the lines is" an - unqualified
success/ The most prosperous 'centers
of- New : Zealand ;are - those which have
hquor) prohibition.:- 'However, the re
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3 trictions son; the; consumption of liquor
*»«^a»>*f^aM^«^ i Mt«wßw;MMnwr >ii tWWcV \u25a0 hum
ire not, drastic, for. cachiman may.im
; and : two - gal
i^ns^^^^^^^oayC'f::. ..-\u25a0 : .';, ;/ .
AGREE WITH A WOMAN
IF SHE IS A CUSTOMER
Businessmen Discuss Question as to Whether It' Is
Wise to Differ With Patrons
I \ V /HEREIN lies the greater wisdom—
| \X/ toagree or disagree with a cus
1 * V toraer? '
And representatives of the business
world of San Francisco answer that,
after all )s said and done. It, Is wisest
to agree with a woman and take
chances with the average man. ;
The question bobbed up in the Cal
houn trial last week, a ripple of inter
est-in a sea of technical verbiage. The
prospective jurors in the case .were
busy explaining why they could not
act. The courtroom was heavy with
the great dullness of sjjch moments.
The attorneys stifled yawns as they
asked questions, the reporters drow»ed.
The,;public wag not. Into the calm
came there one Alfred Brown, barber,
short, middle aged, plump, prosperous
and happy.
;-.**l»" said Brown, , "lever tcree wWh
anybody. When a man come* Into hit
\u25a0hop to set a shave and make* a state
meat I take the. opposite side. I find
this I*" cond for bonlaes*.**
tThus, one hea"vy with beard, wander
ing into the tonsorlal parlors of
Brown, casuallj- utters, as he drrests
himself of his collar:
"It looks as if Jeff is going to biff
the smoke.*'
A simple, guileless remark, such as
any white American citizen might
make in moments of forgetful enthusi
asm; but to Brown It Is the gage of
battle.
"Jeff fight." quoths he. giving a
vicious swing to his razor. "When
that overfed lump . can enter a ring
without being hoisted there with a
steam derrick "h^ may talk of fighting.
As it is "
By this time the patron is in the
chair, and to refute' the contrary
Brown would necessitate- his swallow
ing a handful of lather. Thereupon
Brown talks. The patron returns. "VVhjr?
Quite simple. To answer Brown. But
he only gets about as far as saying:
"I'll bet that Jeff can whip the smoke
with one hand- — — " when he is in the
chalr and the lather is on his face.
He: returns again to finish the argu
ment and in this way Brown does lu
crative business.
But another witness was Frank L
Hatfield. This man, a cigar dealer, de
clared on the stand that he agreed with
everybody. If one entered his store
for the purchase- of a twofer, declar
ing that Calhoun was next door but
one to a cherub on parole, gleefully
then would the cigar dealer answer:
"Sure, and that's right."
\u25a0 If. a moment later, another. visited
the store -for a similar purchase, and,
as he lit 'his cigar at the desk Same,
roundly scored Calhoun, comparing htm
to. things evil and speaking with the
tone of one who has Just had to pay
two fares for one ride, Hatfield would
say:
"Now you're railroading, partner.. If
ever there was a flat looted rfbok who
needed a hair-cut at San Quentin, sure
that man's Calhoun."
Therefore came the query:
"Is it wiser to a^ree with Brown
the -"barber, who disagrees with his
customers and thereby arouses an in
teresting conversation than, like Hat
field, to agree with all and keep un
ruffled the river of life's going?" This,
necessarily, within the domain of the
i great god of business.
~\ 31. Goldsmith, one of- the managers
for- Goldberg. Bowen & Co.. a man
whose business It : Is to , know human
nature rather better'than to know his
butters and cheeses, in_ dlscn*sing the
subject, adds thereto a new phase.
"The barber and the cigar dealer."
said he, "deal with menu But we—
we—" his eyes sought the far away-
"we , deal mostly with . women. And
if one of my salesmen should ask me,
I should say agree Ty:tfi"them. A man
does not^ mind an argument. "If he
has.a few minutes to spare and ap
pears as if he would like to open a
conversation, I should talk with him
just as I would to any other manj But
I 1 do not' believe, a woman cares to
argue- When a woman makes a state
ment, when she says a thing, it is best
to take »her word for it — and she "is
generally right.' Of. course, when it
comes .to politics • or ' religion, we put
our foot down hard. These are things
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The first regular theatrical, cotnpany
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England in U752, - under the t", leadership
of one Hallam, and landed, at York.
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theater ;wasrerected.' ln 1753. Septem
oer - 151 5 • of -that i year", Hallam's company
opened "a!- theater "in- New York. "An
amateur company put on'a-play in
New York In 1750.
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on which men and women feel strongly
and there is as great a likelihood of
the manbfbind the counter feeling as
strongly about the suoject as tbe party
he Is serving. Tfi'en, the argument is
apt to becotae warm— and that •will not
do. Peace Is th« watchword of busi
ness.**
And so, the question of the eternal
feminine entering tfte subject matter,
there is naturally still further diver
sity of opinion- For a man. on enter
ing a store, knows what he wants, ask*
for what he wants, and has his money
in his right hand pocket. Ho says:
"I want a dozen collars, 15 ft. double
standup." And be sets his collars,
pays for them and departs. But a
woman —
She enters the store and stlSy
acknowledges the polite bow of the
floor manager.
"I want," she begins, "two ya^rds of
white— ls that real lacfc hanging up
there? Good heavens! one would
never imagine it. I wonder way you
people don't keep lace that looks some
thing- like lace. Clnd the price you
charge for it is enough — never mind.
I don't care to argue about It. I
want two yards of white— \u25a0'gracious: I
would think that blonde girl would b«
ashamed to flirt like that in public.
Oh. I know very well she Is flirting —
never mind, I don't care ta argue about
It. I want two yards of ' whita
John 11. llammt>r*initb of Ha mi.: •-».-
smith & Co., jewelers, believes in
agreeing with everything in reason.
"In our business,"* he said, "we have
to be exact. We endeavor, however,
to agree with our customers in every
thing within reason. I find we have to
disagree with women more than with
men. but in the main we manage to
find a basis of agreement." *
Where the feminine does not enter
the task is less difficult. If a man
enters a Gunst cigar store and. bang
ing his fist on the desk, says he *s
willing to wager hi 3 week's salary that
Jeffries will knock the everlasting
stuffing out of Johnson, the clerk looks
up with a cool smile and says nothing.
For In their book of rales from head
quarters Is the item: "Xo controversies
with customers are permitted."
M*efc«el Clarity, a Gunst manager.
says: "That rule covers the situation
as far as we are concerned. We are
selling our goods, and while we are
anxious to make things comfortable
and pleasant for all customers, we bar
controversies."
Frrd MtltMwt, manager of the
largest: down' town store of the United
cigar company, says that corporation
works on a similar principle.
"My experience." he said, "has shown
me it is wisest to agree with oar cus
tomers as a rule. Of coure we are sgj^
posed to U3e our common sense. If a
man. looking like a sane, sensible- per
son, stops for a few minutes* talk and
makes some remark with which we cam
not agree. I believe in conversing wita
falm rationally,, even. if I have to dis
agree with him.. A clerk in a ciga
store holds a position somewhat differl
ent from salesmen of other goods. Tha
man who buys a cigar is very apt to
stop and chat, and* if he 13 like the
average run of men I believe it would
be a good business principle to talk to.
him sensibly. Personally. I never
allow myself to be drawn Into discus
sins of politics or religion. These are
subjects on which men feel strongly
and what commences in a harmless coat
may result in an angry customer. I
think reason and common sense are* th*
best guides in such a matter."
Frederick D«hr». M O f"- Nathan.
Dohrmann 4, Co. was another exponent
of use of common sense i a
handling a customer.
"I do not believe In agreeing "with
every customer." he sad. 'but neither
will I allow-myself to be drawn into an
argument with them. if a seas i bIo
man. during the course of a purchase,
makes some remark and opens up a
conversation. I think the only thing for
the dealer to do is to keep it up a
few pleasant words, whether in agree
ment or disagreement, draw the cus
tomer a.d dealer closer together, I
certainly do not believe in opposing a
person's views just to begin a conver
sation." "-
mm
year, consisting of so day* in k
month. a « d by la»
there was £ great ;. conf ,«loa In regard
-65 days and gave to the months th«
number of days they rtill have « £
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