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Show THIS BOOKKEEPER LOST OUT Might Have Known That Request for Raise in Salary Would Not Give Boss Satisfaction. A labor leader was defending strikes. "How could men get better pay without striking for it?" he said to a New York reporter. "By asking for it, do you think? "I once knew a young bookkeeper who went to his boss and asked for a dollar raise. The boss flew into a terrible passion. " 'But.' faltered the bookkeeper, 'there is nothing unreasonable, sir, in my request. Don't you remember promising me a raise afte- I'd been with you- a year?' " 'Yes,' hissed the boss, 'but don't you remember that I made this raise conditional on your giving me every satisfaction?' "'Ob, dear! Haven't I satisfied you, sir?' said the young bookkeeper, pitifully. piti-fully. " 'Satisfied me?' yelled the boss, 'do jou think you are satisfying me when you ask me for a raise?' " |