The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-05
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lust nov, 10 tho matter OF Investigations snd
c,stigalions." Well, this Is only another
phase Of those various fraud, OF commerce
in the great industrial datbesis, aka TO oil
the other species of Frauds, Of the same
family with those whose vampire roollets are
sapping the internal man and sucking up Ms
better nature to add 10 the external appear
snces. In other words, 1t is the reckless
ride, the hot haste of men to substitute the
seeming for the real, the artificial for the
peauino, and through the "hux OF false
hoods" quickly float toward the haven
of pecuniary position and prominence
The desire to become rich is laudabls
desire, and so of the effort. There is Ares
pect ability attached to wealth which after
all has its foundation upon lust apprecla
ton of things AS a rule the man who mas
accumulated riches must have some merits
and traits about him that are to be admired
however many collateral disagreeaoio OF
even Objectionable ones with which they may
b. co-associated. The SUR Of the poor man
however good or intellectual he may be- the
thunders of the pulpit, however much Sc
cretly endorsed by the masses amounts TO pnt
little when the money king can pass by and
through the latter who will keep quiet at his
approach, tip their hats to his bow, ana not
oppose him in his arguments end views when
he condesceuds to express himself on the
street corners. They fear the logic
that silences opposition by the single
sentence "my $1,000 bill says SO, now put
up or shut up" So, to Moneybags it makes
but slight difference what is said in his ao
sence as long as his presence commands
assent from those who dread to offend lest
they may some day need his assistance. And
indeed, rs rule, the man with means TO
invest, is really in position to be better posted
than those who eternally think they could
double thei. money or make fortune if they
had only few thousand or hundred dollars
to start with. Hence the formers opinions
are entitled to weight,they come labeled Win
the wsrrantee of past success, and who should
say that they are not ofequal value for future
returns? But, yet, when the worship OF the
almighty dollar goes 30 far as to deaden
every other instinct and take precedence
over every thing, the influence becomes an
evil that merits, and should receive, censure
There is something more manly than the sole
pursuit or the sole possession of riches,
something higher, something nober; and yet
in all the departments of life we find the
"trckeries of trade" too frequently usurping
the power and place that conscience ought
to WELD in the councils of the intellect,
we find them only too often bullying into
sile nee the whisperings OF that "still small
voice" that had its genesis at mothers
knee, and its ''levticus" at the family hearth.
We first make pinhole through principle,
resolving never to do SO again, and excusing
the act as in tho list of exceptional causes,
but the demand comes again and again until
after a while we can drive a wagon through
the trightful infraclion. In our eagerness 20
accomplish an object, we go beyond the
truthful, and like the child chasing the
we soon lose ourselves 10 decep-
tons wilderness of weeds.
We are all, more or less. guilty, by carry
ing proper thing to an extreme. In pos
session of all the possible convenisnces, and
even luxuries of life, the wealthy indulge in
it, as we'll as him in penury seeking for its
comforts and necessities. The trickery of
the vendor by the ton or by the bale is just
as reprehensible, and perhaps more SO, than
the duplcity dealer in yards or pounds. The
one is pickpocket in one form, ana the
other is the same in another. A man has no
more right 10 overcome an innocent or con-
fiding mind by the strength Of his design,
than has another ono by brute force to over
throw the weaker by the power of his arm.
And this is applicable TO all the occupations
and conditions of life. Changing the venue
does not alter the verdict The lawyer is
alike guilty when he m;srepresents his case
TO a client to obtain fee; or when he dis
to-is the law to seek SUCCESS; or when he
misleads the judge or jury by misstatement
of facts; or concesls thoss things that he
ought to reveal The doctor Is alike guilty
when being only qusck, he magniaes the
seriousness and importance Of case condded
10 him, 20 as 10 swell the number of bis
v lists or make large profits on his prescrip'
tons; or gain reputation for skill 10 curing
what bread pills might have effected as well.
The banker is alike guilty when be iusti6es
his extortion under the gsuzy plea that he Is
out some widows or orphans
funds;" or secretly sells and buys in q.
suspicious figure, property be had prev
iously loaned on with Just such view. The
railway magnste is alike guilty whea he
deceivss the people and extracts from them
their hard-esrned funds by false representa-
lions of the business in prospective or sctusl.
ity of his line; or Of the value OF It's fran
rhises, its lands, etc Of. combines with Co
,perstors and by extraordinary advantages
conceded, swindles sin ways that are dark
he other patrons be hss induced to pat
ronizs him BY promise Of impartial and fair
or when BY the power Of cOmbi- |