Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-10-18
Delaware State Journal
wILnISsrON. DBL
saturday, October Is, 1878
Suslitiss which Pay, in the Ions

&MnAAAANN WhANn ANSf - 49, 1879
NUN.
Lamen tstion Is frequent that this
ttllltsrian age and that higher motives
than utility have no force in influencing
ihe lives of our people. Though we
think It probable that those accustomed
70 make this lament underrate the extent
- which uuselfsh motives and high Ideals
i,nuenee mems actions despite their phil
tpopoy, II yet cannot be denied that tne
t,ndsn sy of modern thought is 70 subject
all thIngs to this test Of utility, and TO
count ~ nsught all that does not bring
10 mankind Soms tangible, substantial
teueat. 1t Is easier 10 lament over this
shan 10 remedy Il, and since lamentstlon
cannot effect tho fact in any way, we
think the better plan would be TO apply the
ptilits rian philosophy even more strictly
sud utilize utilitsrianlsm BY setting IN
higher standards of utility. Since men
viii subject everything to the test
'sNnl 1t pay 2" Let Is be our eudeavor
10 chow them what will pay best in the
long run.
The seandalous frequency Of defalca-
tons In private and public Institutions
the prevalent corruption in politics, and
lamentable ,scs Of severe condemnation
of such pr, ctices BY public opinion, are
the pervers on AM not the legitimate
fruits of utii.iaripn IDEAS. Such things
never do pay In Ihe long run, and there
lore will not stand the test of utility. No
rational man any longer regards wealth
as Of value save as q means to happiness
and comfort, and its capacity to bring
them these is absolutely dependent upon
considerations of It's soBdity and the
permaneney OF Its possession, which can
not accompany dishonesty or even sud
denly acquired riches. The people who
most enjoy the good things of this world
(exeepting possibly that exceedingly
small number who have inherited a COM
petency) are they who have built their
fortunes as the mason builds the house,
brick by brick or stone by stone.
But laying aside even this consideration
and looking toward the simple object Of
acquiring riches as the purpose Of ones
life, IL is astonishing that the lesson
preached In the proverbs, fortified by
facts and experience, illustrated by the
pencil OF q Hogarth, and diluted and
spread out through numberless books Tor
shudren,- that nothing pays in the long
run like industry ana integrity, should
be 50 little learned. It is one Of the
blessed eompensations fer Heavens I'M
equal distribution Of intellectual gifts
that qualities which may BE- acquired, are
after all, more valuable than those to
which men are born. Men Of high
talents are scarce, and they are entitled
20 Whatever their talents bring them, but
all their talents cannot bring them sue
scsa without industry and integrity,
while the nan OF humblest natural gifts
who has these and holds fast unto them,
Is as sure to succeed in the long run as is
1he plant to follow the seed. He may
meet with misfortune, It Is true. So may
The plant be trampled under foot, blasted
by drought or torn by the hurricane, but
as surely as tbs law Is that growth shall
follow painting, and good seed bring
forth good fruit, 90 surely ls It the Law
that honesty and industry shall bring Il
their possessor material wealth.
We say again we wonder that this Law
Is 80 forgotten and so ignored by thos
who are most eager In their desire for tn
very things It's observance Is most likel.
to bring. There is no surer road TO sue
cess IN business by those employed, thai
IN persistent and Intelligent devotion l.
the Interest Of the employer, Look owe
1he manufacturing and merchantile firm
of this city to-day, and we doubt If yol
san fnd one successful one in which ther
does not stand beside m; original head {
the house n the latter has not retired, som
younger man who worked his way 10
partnership from = small beginning, D
making himself necessary TO the hrl
through Intelligent devotion 10 It
Interests, and strict integrity. Men vii
lean upsn that they can trust, sud in Ii
everlasting strain, and the wear an
tear of business they lean oftensr as the
grow older until the prop, which at frs
was bat i rest and q comfort, becomes
necessity. We care not how selfish th
employer may be, how careless Of other
rights, if his business grove he mus
lean on those who help him make
grow, and if they encourage him to d
30 by eheerfully taking the burden, theI
will time come when they will be in
position to demand their recompens
even if it is not offered them, hs ii gel
orally will be.
We are quite conscious OF the fact tina
these are not new truths, but they al
truths which cannot be too frequent
stated, so long as they are forgotten, al
they are truths which are Illustrate
most polntedly by the business exBerlen,
Of many firms in this city. There is D
road to wealth more reasonably sure iC
the young man commencing his busine'
career in the employ of another. than
the making of himself first useful, an
fnAlly necessary, through unaagging il
dustry and that integrity of word an
deed which asserts itself without parad,
and invites and even commands a trus
the tendency Of which is to become,
lime, to some extent, dependence.
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