Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
SOME EXISTING EVILS.

There seems to be great lack on
the part of many business men, as
well as others, of moral courage.
When they make bargain, it is with
the desire to injure or take an unfair
advantage of those with whom they
are dealing. In questioning man
that belongs to this class, he said:
u do not regard it dishonest to take
any advantage 1 can of any person
as long as / do not violate any stat
ute law" This seems to be the opin-
ion held by many men who are re-
garded as entirely honest. On the
second thought it viii be seen that
such ideas are unworthy of honorable
men. A mans word or action should
be regarded as sacred as his bond.
Without confidence. the business
world would very soon be wrecked.
We have felt the effects of it in our
business, and suffered irreparable
loss by it.
undue advantage of his fellow bust
ness men. he should be branded as a
Cain, for he is an enemy to all that
is pure and good in manhood. To
take confidence, aye, sentiment, out
| of our lives, and our mission would
| be ended. Every business man would
become highwayman. To make
one stand and deliver would be more
| honorable than to be robbed under
the guise of friendship. The first re-
quires risk and courage, while the lat
ter is as cowardly as it is mean.
| Another matter needing the atten
ton of honorable men, is a violation
Of confidence in business transactions
We know man who went to fel
low business man for favor, and i
was great favor. In granting it
the recipient and beneficiary of tn
kind act discovered loophol
through which he could crawl ant
benefit himself at the expense of hi
friend. Well, he did not succeed
but it was not his fault. He triet
hard to do so. He lost, of course
that friendship which he never de
: served, and the man whom he injul
ed will look in the future upon otf
, ers who may be deserving wit
suspicion.
. Often in business very slight f.
e vor may be the means of great IL
suits, and frequently kindly han
has saved the tottering merchar
from utter ruin. just see what a
+ injury such a man does in breakin
: confidence that might save many
I worthy man. Such men should /
: set off to themselves where the
: would die of their own infamy.
!. And yet another matter should |
: frowned down, and that is the hab
s BUSINESS men-we do not mean al
= but some business men-have ,
IS meddling with the employees of the
o fellow business men, seeking to o
y tain business secrets. Many er
u ployes argue with themselves tn
!, when their days work is done, t
i obligation they owe their employ
D, is voided, and in one sense il is, al
I'd in another it is not. They have
le right at any time to divulge anythil
70 connected with their employers br
~ mess. 1t matters not how they m
ty regard what they say. Anythi
On pertaining to his business is his ca
q ital. He is the sole judge of
~ matter, and the questions his bu
e. ness rivals ask are not for his int
nd est, or they would not ask them. Just
lie show what low standard of NOR
- some men have, we win tell an in
no dent that came under our Observable
Iy. A trusted clerk was debating in
a own mind whether he should bet
al, trust kind-hearted employer
~ ~ long reposcd in him. He knew
or was doing wrong in even enterta
SIS, ing the idea of wronging his empl
ov- err, and he counseled with man '