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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1878)
October, 1878. THE WEST SHORE. WORKSHOP MANAGEMENT. Frederick Smith, an Englishman, hu writton a book on this subject in which he makes the fol lowing among other points, as described in a re view by Iron: Nof every one who owns or has oharge of a workshop knows, or cares to know, upon what priuuiplua it should be commuted in order that success may accrue Iudeud, wo do not hesitate to say that the incompeteuts are largely in the majority. Too often proprietors, so that they get an income which means a hand some interest on capital invested, an oasy In. . and somo dignity, do not trouble thomselves to inquire closely how the details of their business are being carriod out; and as a result etty tyranny often flourishes, and frequently dissim ulation and dishonest practices grow apaco. The teaching that employers owe to their work people the duty of watching their condition is not sufficiently recognized, and thuconseiuenues are found in diffidence and oontunaimia. Now, to ignore this duty is unwise as well as im proper, for where the employer evinces little or no interest in his people - is rarely seen liy them, and more rarely heard as counselor the belief forces itself that there exists indifference and selliahness, and corros)ondiiig qualities spring up on the other side. DemoraliMttion is then rapid, "(jive the least you can for the most you can get" becomes a guiding principle What follows is depreciation of prolits, and where draatia remedies are not applied crippling embarrassment often rears its head. If em iinyers, men, desire tne maximum ol bcnclit nun their businoss. amonc other thinir their knowledge of their workshops should be intimate and their intoicst in the laborers in them active. To the advocacy nf this, much of Mr. Smith's book is devoted. But the author also finds ample opportunity fur scathing con demnation of unworthy foremen, who connive at dishonest practices, and, by showing they have no self-respect, set tho example of impro priety to those whom they are entrusted Willi the care and guidance of. The capable foreman and his qualities are, of course, likewise con sidered. Ho should be honest, honorable, re specting and respected, with his conscience ever for his guide, and intelligent enough to exercise his brains when difficulties present. Of I In-re aro very few such; hut only such are fitted for the position; and an employer who lacks the foresight enabling him to detect such qualities is minus a powerlio can ill spare. Om fretter can destroy tho peace of a family, can disturb the harmony of a neigh horhoAd, can unsettle tho oouncils of cities, and hinder the legislation of nations, lie who frets is never the one who mends, who heals, who reirs evil; more, ho discourages, enfeebles, ami too often disables those around him, who, but for the gloom and depression of his com psny, would do good work and keep up brave oheer. The effect unn a sensitive person in the mere neighberhoixl of a fretter is indescrib able. It is to the soul, what a bold icy mist is to the body, more chilling than the bitterest storm. Anil when the fretter is one who is beloved, then the misery of it becomes indeed insupportable. Clean hands in matters of money among the young, certainly ought to be the indispensable condition nf gentleinanlineas. No man who borrows and does not pay, and does not not care whether be pays or not, is a gentleman, no mat ter how witty, or say, or tine he may tie. To sieak in good plain English, the man who d raises himself at another's expense, Dot know ing how to pay, nor caring whether he pays, is a genteel scoundrel ! And yet such things are done by good-natured folks, by kind-hearted people, by persons who never probe them mor ally to ascertain what their tendency is, and what they lead to. Poisoned, Not Drowned. The London Whitehall Rrrifio considers that tha fearful mortality, succeeding the sinking of the excur sion steamer Viiirr Aliet by the HpcllCullr, was duo to the befouled and poisonous condi tion of the water of the Thames. Near the scene of the disaster a oolossal stream of for MWUtlM LosmsOB sewerage, " black as Erebus, effervescent with the vilest gases and potent as prussic acid," poured into the river. It waa into water saturated with such compound that the unfortunate assengers were suddenly plunged. Mauy who could swim did not suc ceed in saving themselves. Colored dresses were discolored in half an hour. Healthy 49 CALIFORNIA PAN PALM. The California fan palm (Prlfhardh s'osrn, Huhtn Jilummlemi J is a native of California, and is found along the Colorado river and in some placet in the desert in San Diego county. Tiie t aitiornia tan palm is moat distinct of all ialms, having fine thread hanging down from its leaves Not until the last three years has its native place been known, but upon tha com pletion of the S. P. R. R,. they war found along ita line, and even whole carloads of larga plants were sent to San Kranoiaeo and sold. Off?, Latham, of San Kranoisoo, bought two, bbbSbbmswV 'CBSsaV aV' 1 1 BsS 1 1 mEn ' mjtUMfwPrVwBiw&illffvninl 1 HsL VsUiWl V iS Hi sHlH5flalfli BBBsBsBBBsBBBBBIBBBIsBbBBBBBBsv TMK CALIKoKNIA KAN PALM (TilfltMl TTlifttl 1 !n!ie deeouiHSMl almost immediately. I"" which stood, at the time of purehaaa, shoal 1ft not this indicate no Ihiiigiiiorethsodmwiiiii,,' t in bight, for th handsome sum of 11,000. Lihkh w.it tu 8cie e .-iVuiov says that Pkoi-.ei Ttr roE Cotton, Armntiier M. Hisvhofsheim, tha well known I 'si laian man scisul journal stale that linen threads, hanker, has sent a sum of I.OOOfr. to the French whan dipped in an alcoholic solution ..I tha Humm Central Mateorl.-giqne to help in the i0wtal., ,nwn m ,... M aBr. or yl coostructioli of the Intruded Mount ellUUX . , , , .cj,. . ! , i , low coral, and sulxoqoeutiy washed In a eoo idsiervaliiry. Vt e may remind our readers that ' he, at the suggestion ofhufriei.il, M. Uver 'ntraUl aqueous solution of oarbooate o rier, heljied in the same manner ll.e construe soda, acquire a roaa-rad hue, th notion Ihreada tion of th Pujr-d iMne and Pic du Midi a remaining ooiorla. Accordingly, to detect tebltshment. Si. Hischofsheim ha also agreed ootton in linen falsrioa, if a small ptec of Ik to pay M. Kit-hens 1,000 to complete within a suspected fabric u frsyed at th dge ami thus Year tha construction of Uia great rfra;tor treated, the prsasncs of onlorUee thread will bagao in lurrir's time, in 170. t two reveal Uw prsawias of oottea. I