Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1884 — No Cut in Wages. [ARTICLE]

No Cut in Wages.

The employes of a Michigan railroad had been trembling in their boots over a reduction of wages, when an agent, dispatched from headquarters, passed along the line and said to the various station officials: “I am happy to inform you that there will be no cut in salaries.” “Good. My salary is so small that I could hardly stand a cut of 5 per cent.” “The road is not making any money, but the President feels that every employe is earning his salary, and that, perhaps, the fall business may bring us out all right. Put your name down for what you can afford.” “On what?” “Why, on this paper. It is a subscription to buy the President a $2,000 silver tea-set as a token of the esteem of the employes. Let’s see? You get S6OO per year. If you put your name down for SSO you will be giving all you can afford. Rest easy, Mr. Blank, there will be no cut in salaries.” —Wall Street News.