Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-23
I,u>ine>. immortality.

Ms property
Bu>ne>. immortality.
Ii is a demonStrablc flct that in minor
morals. trade is getting poorer every year
We do not ;tlludc to any of The simply
doubtful Transactions which are of every
day occurrence to the ~reat business world
>,'ch. for example, as dealings in specu'a
tive shares, and >houlieriny the brtlnt of
a falling market upon some les wise in
dvidual We a'lule to the almost uni
versal practice which "btt;r> in trade Of
making qrtlni'y and quality merely nomi
nal. Thus, pound is n longer ~i--te"n
ounces. but 4 package OF certain bulk.
according tn tn nature Of the substance.
duly labelled "one pound. Quality i
also merely nominal. The "ra,luaio1s
mean veiv little. " Fir>l rate, super
fine. *" "NN and rvcA " xxx,
each mran very little in the nulnr lc!l-
turc of trade. The word ''br-t, though
>lperltive. mny mean - best bpt every
purchaser knows that it as often means
gool. tolcrably gpol. fair o. mi'.dIinr; in
81 1T that it i a convenient term. tr,c tu
all and may he found written apan thiLg>
quite ordinary or positively bad In n';'>-
ure the detection from the fair. upright
standard Of dealing III not les marked.
These goods >-lLom hold up t. HE
quan:i-v marked silks invariably run
short but even the chrai"r fabrics are al
most ALWAYS found hr.uw the mark. OF
course were a manufacturer 10 hr asked
for the reason WHY The. actual mc:t>,!re IF
a piece. of goods does not curre~p p md with
he marx. hr would lot lnnr h,--it,,t" for =,
reason. If man purchases a piece Of
muslin marked forty yards anl !ini> it
only thirtv-riyht yards lon- he at once
,ollrlu,!,.> tn It The manut.u-ttr.r is NOT
h4nr.,n turning a penny in i devious way
The effect i bad
/ il because. Of the con.ariol>neSS Of a
bud example that "" DO MT. like some "t
our contemporaries who have at"'v Il :
,.our>cd of business morals. regard tile
4 system of petty chc,inr - of no @re',t
Importance to the people wh" have a plen-
~ Of money L" llle of large incnn" O. N
better bear the los occa>lonrd 'y selling
twelve or fourteen ounces for \ pn mt. am
80 forth. than poor people But that L
not the. question. The question relate
To the e>ttbl;, mrnt of /, viciou' rdie bV
rhr force of universal assent. 4 rule which
does not opprt>> ;hr all lcnt. "t 60 re
hut which cannot fill 10 work increase T. =
har,!,hip among the poor. just a> straw
hrcuuc unendu able burdens when Hl%t
cno1yh hclprd. those petty IN 'r"athn"n;-
uunu the worth of one money lead I,
,rraye Disbursements. and false t~ti II ntIe-
i,S rr,rlr,i> tn common sock of Inte III, '
in the community. The poor m IN WAC i
conscious of getting sly liv"-~lN;h- OF >ev
en-ri..lh~ of >, pound wnen he pays down
the asking pricc"f a fall lo"n !. At it>
comes To rrt ,rd tn. petty cheating ~ :
legitimate part oi trade. 1t may be c:'llr'
.takinr st ok of mans negligence III par
and of his necessity in still greater part
But whatever il be called i, never loses il:
interest and tiagrant dishonesty
There are. too. various grades OF tins
kim! of dishonesty: ani the stu Iy o. hum N
plturc-that is the shady side of human
uature-as it revealed in the immoralltie
IF business. is always interesting an'
Somctimts amusing. There was some
rhinr robust in the tick Of the butche
), who generally managed to add the weigh
of his muscular hand to every JOINT n
sold. Such a hand would in The ordinar,
, course of a lifetime bring in pretty penn,
indeed. The trick WAS too coarse, how
ever. to gain the appreciation OF 4 = 'o'
. naturcd lubli.. On the same low grad
WAS the trick OF the grocer who saEd''d HI
t sugar.
! Those trick. cannot b. commendel. be
/ cause nobody wants 20 buy meat That
: not delivered and sand is neither splubl
in water nor grateful To teeth or stomach
. The man who mixed beans with coffee IN
corn meal with his mustard. ranked SOM
what hirhrr in the artistic scale 70
! beans and corn-me.,l ;ars both edible. IN
,not unwho!eSomc, albeit neither is Wort
, 50 much in the market a the substance
= th.v ave made to simulate. There Is n
< practical limit To idulteratlon. bat no
. every adnlteraton. is ininical t. heath
4 The miller who mixes ''midd ms, alo'
GRADE of wheat tlour with huckwhett- ma
=. not bc a conspirttor against the health
, the customer. but he is Il con~prt'o q
"a AGAINST the MONEYS worth. And he >e;s
! bad example. The compounds hy alleS
) tion NAV be entirely legitimate. rs Il
~ examplc. when u dealer mixes two
:, more Grades OF the same article bearir
q different market values 80 n to produce
~ new rralc lover in price then the br>
# AMI higher in price than the lowest. lhel
is no cheat in such compounds where II
r price is compounded rs we'll and honest
t. aS the substance.
l.. The law. il i sometimes ALLEGED. cam
r be made 10 cover these tricks of trad
= Penalties are affixed To adulteratlon
nj fool. bat the business increases year
Y wear, until it is >af. to say the aduter..u'
i. is now the rule. The ilour OF ordlnt
,r commerce seldom represents tn" grams
ut which it is ALLEGED TO b., the product. /
\. un,dultcratrd product of winter wheat
10 hirh Grade can, of course, be had 10y p;
IN inr the price it commnds. Bat the av'
are of buvrr> cannot aIprd TO pay III
price. The bakers cannot afford To Il
flour of such superior grade Nor d'
o. health require ii. But II great de;;l
rs cheap flour is made into bread AM OH + 7
ID. for sale without regard to the DIMINISH
he cost of the stock
re Bread should be sold by the pound.
in doubt, if we would come down to the
he and square dealing. 1t Was good =
to toward, reform in business morals wi
or rrain, were sold by the av"ir'!upoi> bu>i
nd There j, les cheat in weight by bulk
to there is no security for perfectly n"i
,p- dealing short OF tests which the ordin
to buyer cannot make. 1t Is possible to CO
Or. pei full weight AMI measure, and
:,n ourht to be done If the sale is by
at lump. verv we'll; but it Is not conduC
pes to fair dealing tp permit manufactures
nj put up pound packages, contain
len Twelve OF fourteen ounces ut most
md pound and yard are loSitive quantl
the and they should be ineXO ably mlintai
ten bv stringent laws-Ihiia lelphia .dmcr1
wn mt Ga:ette-