致加西亚的信 A Message to Garcia（2/2）

Rowan was sent for and given a letter to be delivered to Garcia.How the “fellow by the na of Rowan” took the letter, sealed it upan oilsk pouch, strapped it over his heart,four days nded by night off the ast of Cuba fro an open boat, disappeared to the jungle, andthree weeks ca out oher side of the Isnd, havg traversed a hostile untry on foot and delivered his letter to Garcia—are thgs I have no special desire now to telldetail.The pot that I wish to ake is this: McKley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter and did not ask, “Where is he at?”

By the Eternal! There is a an whose for should be castdeathless bronze and the statue pcedevery llege of the nd.It is not book-learng young n need, nor stru about this and that, but a stiffeng of the vertebrae which will cae the to be loyal to a trt, to act proptly, rate their energies: do the thg—“Carry a ssage to Garcia”.

General Garcia is dead now, but there are arcias.No an who has endeavored to carry out aerprise where any hands were needed, but has been well-nigh appalled at tis by the ibecility of the average an—the ability orunwillgo rate on a thg and do it.

Slipshod assistance, foolish attention, dowdy difference, and half-hearted work see the rule; and no an sueeds, unless by hook or crook or threat he forces or bribes other n to assist hi; or ayhap, GodHis goodness perfors a iracle, and sends hi an Angel of Light for an assistant.

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We have retly been hearg uch audl sypathy expressed for the “downtrodden denizens of the sweat-shop” and the “holess wanderer searchg for ho eploynt”, and with it all often go any hard words for the npower.

Nothg is said about the eployer who grows old before his tia va attept to get frowsy ne’er-do-wells to do telligent work; and his long, patient strivg after “help” that does nothg but loaf when his back is turned.

In every store and factory there is a nstant weedg-out process gog on.The eployer is nstantly sendg away “help” that have shown their capacity to further the terests of the bess, and others are beg taken on.No atter how good tis are, this s ntues only, if tis are hard and work is scarce, the s is done fer—but out and forever out the petent and unworthy go.It is the survival of the fittest.Self-terest propts every eployer to keep the best—those whocarry a ssage to Garcia.

I know one an of really brilliant parts who has not the ability to anage a bess of his own, a who is absotely worthless to anyone else, becae he carries with hi nstantly the sane spi that his eployer is , or tendg to oppress hi.He ot give orders, and he will not receive the.Should a ssage be given hi to take to Garcia, his answer would probably be, “Take it yourself!” Of urse, I know that one so orally deford is o be pitied than a physical cripple; butour pityg letdrop a tear, too, for the n who are strivg to carry on a great enterprise, whose w hours are not liited by the whistle, and whose hair is fast turng white through the struggle to holdle dowdy difference, slipshod ibecility, and the heartless gratitude which, but for their enterprise, would be both hungry and holess.

Have I put the atter toly? Possibly I have; but when all the world has gone a-sg I wish to speak a word of sypathy for the an who sueeds—the an who, agast great odds, has directed the efforts of others, and havg sueeded, fds there’s nothgit: nothg but bare board and clothes.I have carried a dner-pail and worked for day’s wages, and I have also been an eployer of bor, and I know there is sothg to be said on both sides.There is no excellence, perse,poverty; rags are ion; and all eployers are not rapacio and high-handed, any ore than all poor n are virtuo.My heart goes out to the an who does his work when the “boss” is away, as well as when he is at ho.And the an who, when given a letter farcia, quietly takes the issive, without askg any idiotic questions, and with ion of chuckg it to thesewer, or of dog aught else but deliver it, never gets “id off”, nor has to go on a strike fher wages.

Civilization is one long, anxio search for jt such dividuals.

Anythg such a an asks shall be granted.He is wantedevery city, town and vilge— every office, shop, store and factory.The world cries out for such, he is needed and needed badly—the an who“Carry a Message to Garcia”.

So who will send a letter to Garcia?