Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1903 — THEY WORK HARD. [ARTICLE]

THEY WORK HARD.

Is Avoldin* Work Tramps, for Instance, Expend Muck Basrsy, "Did you ever notice how bard some bam will work to keep from working?” laeld a man who keeps tab on things ,of a curious kind. “If you haven’t >you have missed something that will [entertain you for a while when you 'have nothing else to do, -Take the man who shirks his work, and as a rule you wiH find that the act of dodging what he should do will /vastly (Increase the amount of work which ,he la forced to do. The man who Shirks never has a smooth way of It. Things which be had hoped would redound" to bis good he finds to be (really to his disadvantage. Instead of (work which the shirker must perform jit Increases tbe work. Besides, the man Is robbed of that mental satisfaction which comes of duty well and faithfully done. You take the common beggar and the tramp aa examples. Mind you, I am speaking of the real beggar and tbe real tramp, the ‘professionals’ as they are called, who develop Into mendicants. I have often wondered If these fellows ever took the time to figure out how much less energy they could expend on the little things and little comforts they get if [they would but go about it In a different way. Of course, many of the beggars and tramps roaming over tbe [country belong to the hardened criminal class, and they are simply out to .loot In whatever way they can do It. But I was thinking more particularly of the man belonging to tbe honest Class and not of crooks. Shirking doesn’t pay. It la a bad business, and to use au old saying, ‘costs more than It comes to.’ Yes, Indeed. This thing of working just to keep from working la about tbe hardest work a man can do. I have known not a few Instances of men who would burn up $5 worth of muscular energy and time In an effort -to get 5 cents for *nothlng,’ as they .were pleased to think, and it never once occurred to them that Instead of (gaining 5 cents they had actually lost $ I.9s.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat.'