Show THE PROPER SYSTEM The Th attention of The has been tailed balled to tho the system that has been in inaugurated inaugurated by b Oregon Short Line out officials officials daIs with reference to the construe construction tion of the new nev passenger p station Work Vork has been begun begu on the preparation 1 tion of the site and of course there were hundreds of applications for em om employment employment As there were more men than jobs the foreman who had charge of the employing end was to choose between individuals He asked the applicants these questions Are you a married man manAre manAre manAre Are you an American citizen To those who answered both ques questions questions questions in the affirmative preference was given ghen Nor was the foreman content with a mere yes He wanted to know where the married men resided and if it is found upon investigation that they did not tell the truth they the will be discharged The compan compa does not propose to have heads of families de deprived deprived deprived and defrauded of employment of which they are very v ry badly bad in need The Herald cannot commend the ss system tem tern too strongly Other things being approximately equal married men should be taken care of first And as nearly as possible le all the workers should be bo citizens of the United States We e are not disposed to be harsh with wilh the foreign element clement in our population Heaven knows that when they can secure neither employment nor n r food they the starve st just jit as s surely as Americans They Th y sut urr r just as much from hunger and from cold But it Is Isa Isa Isa a divine law that we must provide for our own and especially for those of our own house If after the American married men are given jobs there are still vacancies va then theft by all means the foreigners who have families should be provided for They should be given preference over Americans who are single That how however however however ever le is a detail that ill certainly be made a It part of the tho general plan We Ye Weare Weare are glad giad the Short Line has lias taken the position it has hIlS taken The result should be more and arni better bett r food in a great many households heat on a Q great many ma t hearths And Arid while we are on the subject it may be well to call attention to tire trie tl work the Salt Lake rake Charity association is Ia doing In providing jobs for the tho job leas lees Those who are in v need of work workers workers ers era of any kind would do well to apply to the tre association |