Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-12-20 | Page 8 | Takes Steps to Kill Public Tipping

TAKES STEPS TO Kill PUBLIC TIPPING Woman Editor for William Allen White Leads Crusade I Dy Special News News' TOPEKA Kan Dec 20 Members rs of ot the Kansas welfare commission will take steps to block tipping In hotels restaurants restaurants restaurants ants and in all places where public service service ser ser- Service vice is rendered for fOI a price I It the welfare welfare wel wel- fare tare law is sufficiently broad tho the commission commission com corn mission may mav Immediately seek seck to put a aban aban aban ban on all tipping in this state Members of oC the who m met mat t in Topeka To- To peka will not only seek to banish tipping from Kansas but hut they will scrutinize the wages and morals of ot the chamber mistresses mistresses mis mis- tresses waitresses and cook ladies in liz public eating resorts Abolition of the tipping s system stem is cne of the most drastic steps proposed by hythe the Kansas welfare commission In a abill abill bill was introduced in the state Isla hg ture providing against the giving or ac acceptance acceptance cc- cc of tips But the waiters walters porters and shine rhine parlor gentry won the rould The bill died in m a committee room That wasn't all The author of ot the bill found it necessary to remove to a private home homo in order to buy food tood during the remainder of ot the session He told friends he was practically blacklisted in hotels and restaurants res res- Now the welfare commission commission corn com composed posed largely of ot women women will will lead a fight tight to protect the public against the tipping evil If It the welfare law is sufficiently broad there is little doubt as to the ac action action ac- ac tion of oC the commission Miss Laura French city edl edior or of William VillIam Wil Wil- liam Allen Whites White's Emporia Gazette will lead the anti tipping forces Corces SUe believes a hotel or restaurant keeper should pay paya a waiter a living wage without wishing him on on his patrons as an object of or charity char char- ity The worst thing In the labor situation in Kansas at least as affecting hotels and restaurants is the abominable tipping tipping tip tip- ping system said Miss French I r 1 dont don't know whether we can stop it or not But Butor for or one I propose to try I 1 know one hotel in Kansas where not long ago the head waiter received 20 a month and was expected to earn 40 to 50 30 0 extra in tips In short too many employers give their help to understand that they must earn carn a living from tips or outside benefits The practice has grown until a patron of ot a w hotel cannot expect or even cven hope for service unless every everyOne everyone everyone one connected with the institution Is tI tipped WIDESPREAD EFFECT An order will affect every branch of ot business a activity in the state It will hit the hotels and the barber shops the stores manicure shops I I railway trains an ana offices During the last legislative session several several sev sev- eral zi-al members complained that stenographers stenographers stenographers and clerks on the state payroll had I joined the tipping brigade They did not I refuse to work worl for Cor legislative members I but ut in many Instances zeal and enthusiasm earn was based largely largel on the prospect I of ofa oft a t tip tin