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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Just a Minute
By Quill
Incompetent Employers Doomed
to Certain Failure—Working
man’s Rights Paramount.
By B. C. FORBES.
“It can't be done” is the favorite
argument of many employers when
urged to treat their employee more
liberally in the way of wages or
hours or rest days or conditions of
service. And they flatter themselves
that their obiter di-ctum—their say-
so—settles it, leaves no room for
argument, closes the case finally and
irrevocably.
• • •
Skinflint employers are going to
learn a few things before the world
is very much older. They are going
to learn that few things “can't be
done” when the publio makes up its
mind that they ought to be done.
Not many things that are right and
just are impossible.
• • •
The eight-hour day, you remember,
was socialistic, anarchistic and ab
surd when first advocated. Nothing
could be more impossible, all but a
few far-seeing, broad-guaged, large-
hearted, humane employers argued.
Well, the eight-hour day was ushered
in without any tremendous upheaval
in the industries concerned.
• • •
“it can’t be done” was once the
pet reply to please for the abolition
of seven-day work in the steel in
dustry. To-day not five per cent of
the United States Steel Corporation’s
employes work seven days a week.
* * * %
Sunday labvr in certai^ industries
used to be considered absolutely un
avoidable. To-day it has been radi
cally reduced, almost eliminated in
most directions.
* * *
The railroads at first vowed that
rebating simply could not be stopped
To-day they are infinitely grateful
that the law stepped in and annihi
lated it.
* • *
Political parties could not be held
together, it was urged, without bosses.
To-day the bosses are being driven
out to the advantage of all.
• * •
“Can’t” is an overworked word. It
is too often the refuge of the unfit,
the lazy and the coward. Sometimes
it expresses a fact; more often it is
an unconvincing excuse.
* • •
What is here written is for the edi
fication and exhortation of certain
corporations and other large employ
ers who glibly declare that sorely-
needed reforms for the benefit of their
workers “can’t be done.’’ These em
ployers are ready to admit that they
would like to do certain things, that
justice is on the side of the reforms
and that they hope at some distant
date conditions—especially among
their competitors—will so change that
it will be possible to mix a little more
humanity with their money-making.
* * *
They would like to let their work
ers off one day every week, or every
month. But “it can’t be done.”
* • •
They would like to pay all their
helpers a living wage. But “it can’t
be done.”
* * *
They would like to better work'ng
conditions.. But, again, “it can’t be
done”
* * *
Gentlemen, it CAN be done. And
it WILL be done.
• * •
Any man who can’t pay his work
ers a living wage has no right to own
a business. If he can not supply the
brains necessary so to manage a con
cern that it can pay decent wages,
then stop him from being an employer
and let him beco.ne an employe. If
capital can not be handled »n one
industry so as to afford reasonable
wages, then let it seek other employ
ment. Not only is it an economic sin
to continue the use of capital in an
unprofitable business, in one that does
not pav for the things necessary for
the s. cenance of the workers en
gaged in it, but it is a crime against
humanity, a crime against society, a
crime against the State, for if an em
ploye receives less wages than is ab
solutely needful to maintain life, then
others—the butcher, the baker, the
dry goods merchant, the landlord,
#tc., etc.—have to make up the dif
ference, since men and women can
not allow themselves to starve to
death. ■*
The employer who persists in re-
•plying “it can’t be done” to requests
for reasonable treatment of workers
writes himself down incompetent, un
fit to enjoy the services of others.
Capital and labor are not sufficient
to insure business success; MAN
AGEMENT is the third and indis
pensable requisite. And any employer
who can not supply it intelligently
enough to enable him to deal fairly
and decently with workers has no
claim to be allowed to remain an em
ployer. That inexorable law which
decrees the survival of the fittest
marks such an one for destruction, as
he ought to be marked.
It may be necessary to be more i
specific in a subsequent article, i
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Corporations Committee Dooms
Bill Curbing Recorder and Pro-
vidingReferendumand Recall.
one minute more bill,
kIE want yoo on the
COMMITTEE AT THE 'BALL
HERE'S A LIST ClF THE
NAME S f
The proposed new charter for At
lanta, providing, among other things,
for the limitation of the city record
er's power and the application of
the Initiative, referendum and recall
to heads of city departments*, Is
doomed to defeat at the hand* of the
Senate corperatlon committee.
The committee Jjeld an executive
session Friday morning following an
open meeting in which the matter was
discussed by Representatives Black-
ton. of Fulton, Alderman Nutting and
Mason, City Attorney Mason and
Judge Hillyer also addressed the com
mittee.
Immediately following the executive
session Senator Burtz, chairman of
the Senate corporation committee, de
clared that the proposed charter has
objectionable features and probably
would never not get the support oi
the committee.
He also Intimated that the Senate
committee might never take any ac
tion on the charter.
Hater the charter bill was recom
mitted In the Senate for the further
consideration by the commitee on cor
porations. The charter bill has been
passed bv the House and recommend
ed to the Senate with the initiative,
referendum and recall feature omit
ted.
Representative Blackbon. In urging
a favorable report. Friday morning,
declared In favor of the provision lim
iting the City Recorder's power. Un
der this provision the Recorder may
not have jurisdiction in cases where
the fine exceeds S200 or the sentence
le more than 30 days.
Senator Burtz opposes this, he says,
on the grounds that it does not leave
the Recorder the power of discretion
in cases where one man should re
ceive a heavier fine than another for
similar ofTenses. The provision, he
says, would be a boon to violators of
the prohibition law.
Blackmon, nowever, opposed the in
itiative referendum and recall fea
ture upheld by the City Council dele
gation including the City Attorney
and the two aldermen. Senator Burtz
joined Mr. Blackmon in this on the
grounds that, under the provision It
would be too earn* to get the re
quired 20 per cent of the voters to sign
the petition for the recall.
Senator Burtz declared this pro
posed amendment was a slan at the
Mayor and would be opposed by the
Senate Committee.
Invents a Device to
Serve Quick Lunches
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug, 1.—A min
iature luncheon wagonette, a device
by which many steps will be saved
for the housewife who has a few
friends drop in on her unexpectedly,
is the invention of Mrs. James J.
Brown, of Denver, the heroine of the
Titanic disaster.
It is a small combination of pan
try. refrigerator, sideboard and elec
tric cooker.
| Girls! Want a King?
Cable Siam's Ruler
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1—The
young King of Slam, according to
Mrs. Clara Williams, wife of a wealthy
plantation owner of Bankok here to
day, is an automaniac, writer of
poetry and admirer of American
women. He declares he will marry
only an American girl. ,
This feeling for American women,
according to Mrs. Williams, was
stirred when the young King met
and was fascinated by Mabel C. Oil
man, now* the wife of William E. Co
rey. The King still indites bits of
verse to the former actress, and It is
well known in Siam that he refused
to wed his cousin because he was
waiting for an American girl to enter
his life.
Australia Planning
Canal Fair Exhibit
MELBOURNE, Aug. 1.—The Com
monwealth Government announces it
will contribute 5100,000 for the erec
tion of an Australasian building at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, pro
vided the State Governments give
sufficient sums to insure their ade
quate representation there.
BigReduction
IN
Dental Work
GOOD WORK means
more practice and
tower prices.
We have reduced onr
prices on all Dental
work, but the quality
•I our work remains
the same.
Gold
Crowns
Bridge 00 00
Work W.
Set of Teeth
Best That
Money Can Buy
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35“
We Use the Bast Meth.
ods of Painless Dentistry
Atlanta Dental Parlors
Cor. Peachtree & Decatur Sts.
Entrance 19 1-2 Peachtraa St
Capt. ‘Bill’ McDonald
Hunts Dallas Slayer
DALLAS, TEXAS, Aug 1.—Captain
"BlU” McDonald, United States Mar
shal and famous in Texas as a "bad
man” catcher, left Dallas to-day aft
er announcing that he had taken up
an investigation of the myaterious
murder of Miss Florence Brown in a
local real estate office laat Monday.
A. M. Vaughan, whose office Is a
few doors from the real estate office
in which Miss Brown was killed, has
given the police a description of, a
well-dressed man he saw standing
beside Miss Brown's desk a few min
utes before her body was found,
Passenger Club to
Dine Two Members
The Atlanta Passenger Club will
entertain W. H. Leahy and C. F.
Stewart in the Georgia pine room in
Hotel Analey Saturday evening at 3
o’clock,
W. H. Leahy, formerly with the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
road. ha* accepted a position with the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. C. F.
Stewart, formerly superintendent of
the tariff bureau of the Southern Pas
senger Association, has accepted a
position as general passenger .-.gert
for the Western Maryland Railroad
and will go to Baltimore August 15 to
assume his duties.
Woman Is Punished
By Own Sex on Jury
BAST ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1.—The
first Jury of wom«n sver chosen in
Bast St. Louis tried and convicted
another woman in Justice Ziegel-
meyer's court.
Mrs. Blanch Thomas was tried for
disturbing the peace of Mrs. Edward
McKinney, found guilty and fined 15.
Four of the women jurors were un
der age and another lived In an ad
joining county.
Here’s How Leiters
Escape From Heat
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.—Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Letter, of Chicago, who
have become the leaders of "sensible
society," proved their claim to that
tit'~ again to-day when It was learned
that they had devised a unique plan
to light the h.at.
During the day they spend cool
hour* in the big glass palace on the
Virginia hills, and then when night
fall comes on, they move down into
the houseboat moored Just below and
enjoy restful sleep there.
Bishop Arrested as
Masquerading Priest
LOUISVILLE, KY„ Aug. l.-Mis-
taken for a man masquerading as i
priest wanted in New York for swin
dling Catholics, Bishop Thomas F.
Gailor, of Memphis, chancellor of the
University of the Scuth, was held by
Cincinnati authorities in the Union
Station at Cincinnati until the au
thorities were convinced of his den-1
tity.
‘Jack the Clipper'
Gets Girl's Braids
JOLIET, ILL., Aug. 1.—A “Jack the
Clipper" cut two long black braids
from 12-year-old Goldie Book last
night while the girl was sleeping.
Her bed te close to a window and a
cut screen this morning explained
how the hair thief obtained -the
tresses.
Senate Committee
To Inspect Prison
The Senate Penitentiary Commit
tee, consisting of twelve Senators, left
Atlanta Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock
for Mllledgeville, where they will in
spect the State Prison Saturday.
The committee Is composed of Sen
ators Tarver, chairman; Bulloch, vice
chairman; Burtz, Johnson, W. W.
Jones, Moore, Cliff, Parrish, Peyton.
Pope, Rushin and Taylor.
Incendiaries Try to
Burn Mayor in Home
HIGH WOOD, ILL., Aug. 1.—The
home of Mayor Joseph Severson was
destroyed by an Incendiary fire to
day. Mayor Severson, his wife,
daughter and two sons narrowly es
caped.
The lire was believed to have been
a deliberate attempt to burn alive
the Mayor and his family.
Mayor Severson has been active in
fighting the liquor Interests of the
town of Highwood.
Cuban to Try Flight
Across the Atlantic
Crops Biggest Ever;
Canada Needs Mone T ,
CALGARY, ALTA., Aug. 1.—With the
biggest crops in history, ready for har
vesting in two weeks, money is tighter
than ever known here
Newspapers are urging the Dominion
Government to loan $10,000,000 in Al
berta either to farmers or by taking up
provincial or city bond issues.
SEASHORE
EXCURSION
AUGUST 7.
Jacksonville, Brunswick,
St. Simon, Cumberland, At
lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit
ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla., $8
—Limited 8 days.
TWO SPECIAL TRAINS.
10 p. m. solid Pullman train.
10:15 p. m. Coach train.
Make Reservations Now.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1.—Domingo Ro-
stllo, the Cuban aviator who recently
tlew from Key West to Cuba, Is in this
city on bis way to Europe from which
he plans to cross the Atlantic by air.
Breaks Automobile
Ordinance; Jailed
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Aug. 1*—
Charles Quiet, an automobile driver, who
failed to obey a city ordinance prohibit
ing vehicles from passing a street car
when it is receiving or discharging pas
sengers, was sentenced to forty-five
days in fne workhouse.
WARM SPRINGS, GA.,
MORE POPULAR
THAN EVER.
Mr. Blade, the new proprietor of
Warm Springs, is adding daily to
the popularity of this well-known
bathing resort. He has this week
added a new orchestra of brass in
struments and drums, and the
dancing Is one of the popular
amusements. The ballroom can
not be excelled by any in the State,
and with Lilly’s Band from Colum
bus the dancing Is all that can be
wished.
The Warm Springs Is the pleas
antest place in the State, and the
swimming pool the finest bathing
In the country. The mountain
breezes and healthy clime, free
from gnats and mosquitoes, make
It an Ideal spot for a summer out
ing. The Warm Springs wants to
see its old friends again.
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EISEMAN BROS., Inc.
Annual
Midsummer Discount Sale News?
Clearance Prices in All Departments!
'
Men’s and Young Men’s
CLOTHING!
Sumptuous line of high-class models.
MEN’S and YOUNG MEN’S TWO and
THREE-PIECE SUITS. Regular val
ues $15—to—$40
Now selling at
$11.25 to $30
YOUTHS’ TWO and THREE-PIECE
SUITS
Regular values
$10—to—$25.
Now selling at
$7.50 to $18.75
Men’s Straw Hats, 1% price
Panamas and Bangkoks
Specials in the Furnishing Goods Section
Clothing Specials
$6.50
One very extra Special lot Men’s and Young
Men’s Two and Three-Piece Suits; mixtures,
light and medium colors. Absolute Values
$12.50 to $18 00;
Now selling at
One very extra Special lot of Men’s and Young
Men’s Two and Three-Piece Blue Serge Suits.
Absolute Values $12.50 to $18.00; FA
Now selling at — I «VW
Young Men’s Norfolks
One very extra Special lot Men’s and Young
Men’s high-grade NORFOLK Suits; greater
number received from the factories within the
past 30 days. Absolute Values $20.00 to $25.00;
Now selling $12.50
MANHATTAN
SHIRTS!
Madras—Percales—Silks—Silk and
Linen. $1.50 to $6.50 values re
duced to
$1.15—to—$4.15
Other high-class,
SHIRTS
Including E. B. Specials, $1.00 to
$5.00 values reduced to
75c—to—$3.65
Main Floor—Left
COOL UNDER
WEAR
50 makes and styles to choose from,
Including American Hosiery—Otis—
Roxford B. V. D.—Gotham and E.
B. Specials.
Two-piece garments 50c to $2.00
per garment. Values now
35c—to——$ 1.50
Per garment.
UNION SUITS
$1 to $3 values reduc'd to
75c—to—$2.25
PAJAMAS
$1.00 to $8.80 garments now
75c—to—$5.00
NIGHT SHIRTS
50c to $5.00 garments, now
38c—to—$3.00
SILK HOSE
All shades—all sizes, $1.00 to $2.50
values, now
65c—to—$1.69
BELTS!
NECKWEAR?
StrnL nioannnt SILK, SILK KNITTED WASHABLES. 50c values 35c; Pr„
UV-JO UlSCOUIll three lor S1.00; $1.00 to $3,00 values now DDL 10
Odd Trousers Sale!
Including White Flannel and Striped
Serge. Regular Values $3.00 to $10.00;
now selling at —
$2.25 to $7.50
Men’s Tennis Blazers!
Absolute $6.00 and $7.00 values; g?A
Now selling at ''fcawW
AUTOMOBILE DUSTERS
At Half-Price
Men’s Skeleton Coats!
Men’s Black. Sicilian Coats and Blue
.. 2S % Reduction
CHILDREN’S DEPARMENT
Entire Second Floor
BOYS’ CLOTHING.
Boys’ Wool Norfolks, fine collection fan
cy mixtures, 25 per cent discount.
Boys ’ Double Breasted Suits, choice
range fancy mixtures, 33 per cent dis
count.
Extra Special Boys’ Suits one lot
Boys Double-Breasted Suits, regular val
ues $5 to $10, now $2.70 ot $5.00.
Boys’ Odd Pants—Fancy mixtures,
25 per cent discount.
Boys’ Felt Hats, 25 per cent discount.
Boys’ Straw Hats, Half-Price.
Boys’ WASH SUITS—33 1-3 per cent
Discount.
Boys’ WASH SUITS—One lot slightly
storehandled. HALF PRICE.
Boys’ BLOUSES— K. & E. 35c—3 for
$i.oo:
Boys’ Colored Blouses nad Shirts. Reg
ular 75c to $1.50—values now 60c to $1.15
Boys’ Pajamas—75c to $1.50 values—
now 60c to $1.15.
Boys’ and Children’s Cool Underwear,
25c to 50c gannents—now 15c to 25c.
Boys’ and Children’s Genuine K. & E.
Rompers—50c, to $1.00 values—now 40c
to 75c.
Fine Footwear!
At Clearance Prices
Main Floor—Rear
Men’s Low Quarter Shoes, Bal and Blueher
styles. All leathers—Tan, Black, Patents, etc.
Regular $6.50 and $7.00 values, now $5.25
Regular $6.00 values, now $4.75
Regular $5.00 values, now $3.85
Regular $4.00 values, now $3.00
BOYS' LOW-QUARTER SHOES
Regular $3.50 values, now .$2.75
Regular $3.00 values, now $2.50
Regular $2.50 values, now $1.95
Regular $2.25 values, now $1.75
Regular $2.00 values, now $1.55
Misses’ and Children’s Low-Quarter Shoes,
nature shapes, including Little Juniors, Pla-
Mates and genuine Skrappers, reduced in price
practically to cost!
Main Floor
Leather Goods
No wis the time to buy Trunks, Suit Cases,
Traveling Bags and travelers’ leather goods
requisites generally. Our stock includes the
best makes and most desirable styles.
Third Floor
Eiseman Bros..
Inc.
Bargains Throughout the Leather Goods Dept., (Third Floor)
11-13-15-17 Whitehall
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