. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . : Pat, do you know the difference be-tween this railroad spike and a thief in abaggage room? After serious thought,Pat was unable to answer and got thefollowing: This spike, you know, grips the si eel,while the thief steals the grip. Do youget me Pat? Sure and I do thot. On arrival atthe point where his men were to beginwork, he gathered them all around himand put the same question to them with-out any of them being able to answer much amusement he explained it tothem in this manner: Sure, and aisy it is to answer spoike grips the ste
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . : Pat, do you know the difference be-tween this railroad spike and a thief in abaggage room? After serious thought,Pat was unable to answer and got thefollowing: This spike, you know, grips the si eel,while the thief steals the grip. Do youget me Pat? Sure and I do thot. On arrival atthe point where his men were to beginwork, he gathered them all around himand put the same question to them with-out any of them being able to answer much amusement he explained it tothem in this manner: Sure, and aisy it is to answer spoike grips the steel, and the thiefsteals the suit cases. Swearing—a fool, as well as blas-phemous habit—is baffling as well asperplexing 1o deal with. Camp Secre-tary Morrison, who works with gangs ofmen who continually swear withoutknowing it, has found this rebuke, whichhe has used widely, stronger than anyprinted sign: If you must swear, pleaseput it in writing.—Association Men. THE RALSTONSTEEL CARCOMPANY Works and General OfficesCOLUMBUS, OHIO. DESIGNERSANDBUILDERS FREIGHT EQUIPMENTSTEEL UNDERFRAMES ALL TYPES Railroad MenStudy Traffic Attract the Favorable Attentionof the Men Higher Up The station agent or operator who wants to rise in the railroad ranks;the freight and traffic department clerks who want to get in the G. F. A. class; theman whose light is hidden under a busheland who wants to attract the attention of the higherofficials, should get busy now and study rate adjust-ment, tariff-reading, interstate commerce require-ments, the new rate systems, and the many othermatters necessary to success in this field, which leadto the better paid positions. Sure Promotion forRailroad Men You are fooling yourself if you thinkthe ordinary activities of your present jobwill develop you for bigger things are making a great mistake waiting for pro-motion—you will have to meet it half way by pre-paring yourself for it. The chief traffic man of your road is on the lookout every d
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