The retail grocers' advocate . r making money, he says re-spectfully, yet doggedly. 1 am not keeping you out of a posi-tion, nor keeping your salary down, atall. 1 am only trying to earn my ownliving, und I have tut good a right todo that as you have to earn yours, shoanswered spiritedly. Jusl loon al the thousands of girlswho are now holding positions thatwero held by men. aud at much battelsalaries. Doesnt that mean thnt thou-sands of men have boon crowded oulfj No, It doesnt. Wo never gel a,position unless there Is a vacancy. Wo;dont make vacancies, x»o only till,them. Well, If you werent n
The retail grocers' advocate . r making money, he says re-spectfully, yet doggedly. 1 am not keeping you out of a posi-tion, nor keeping your salary down, atall. 1 am only trying to earn my ownliving, und I have tut good a right todo that as you have to earn yours, shoanswered spiritedly. Jusl loon al the thousands of girlswho are now holding positions thatwero held by men. aud at much battelsalaries. Doesnt that mean thnt thou-sands of men have boon crowded oulfj No, It doesnt. Wo never gel a,position unless there Is a vacancy. Wo;dont make vacancies, x»o only till,them. Well, If you werent nround. theywould have to take us. But wo cant help being around. Yes. thats so.—Pittsburg Com-]merclal Oatetta. It waa Juat after the honeymoon,and aha had undertaken to gotbreakfast for blm with bor own aplle of the fact that sbe waa Inox-perlencod, I think this egg Is bad, Hsrry, shosaid. How can I Hod out for sure? Tastn u. bo replied, promptly. Thats why he went to bis offlc*hungry that morning.—Chlcsgo GOLD and SILVER mi« UHOcaoa Adtooats wl»be» to br«rtfim »ll ovn»lin««l u> «nu on iol» tuiijooi, ui>iufor (DO •??loil «II»er lit column sro openfor IDe hoont cibreailoo of opinion! on Loin|Utl| U. BENDEL WANTS COLO. POLITICS. Colonel H. Bendcl. the pre»ident ofthe Snn Jo»e Fruit Packing Company,is very »urc that the free coinage of sil-ver will hurt the retail grcm r I was tn the grocery business whenwe experienced on a small scale in i8;6or 1877 what is proposed to be done nowon a larger basis, he said to an Advocatc representative yesterday We hadan over-production ol silver on thiscoast and a silver dollar was only worth00 cents in gold. There was practicallyno gold left in circulation and a greatmany retail grocers wiUrcmember thatthey were compelled to buy on a silverbasis. 1 would sell coffee to a party on agold basts at 18 cents a pound. It costao cents a pound in silver. All wageswere, of course, paid in silver at thislime.
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