Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-31

favsritisp and that theye are not h9rdes
s! |5F s'e fR. x l les TEge ssns;
are ALWAYS successfully repealed. But
in the Govarnmantao Offices pecuniary
dishonesty is rare, and of the millions
I 81 taxessss a and reve1pe paid by the people
almost nothing sticks to the fingers of
those who collect and handle them.
We doubt II any Government in the
world isson the whole better served in
this res6ect3 III sstI .sx4sw ssasspsl
1.-The reasons for This conrfa Dstween
The public and sprivAte sbhsiness aretwO.
The pubic servants Are'n0res carefully
selected and with q greater sense OF re-
ssdpoeo,nsibility, and, second1y, public
opinion holds officials up to = Higher
Observation-Disclosures brsskahs in bus
mess, circles geperally. Transactions
itH that pass without c5mmeht, attt in pri-
bvasep life wonld in GoEeTrmepf sapploy
raise. a storm Of ssin6ignAtioM psThe
truth Is that the ifonof 1n AdsiAess cir
cles sjs aweaksped, aAdiAat Business
morality is low, No better illuStcatiOn
of this Is needed thar sssas FURNISHED by
thesaate, ItTansacts9n = Of Grant&.Ward.
ernh1ent c0ntfautssa .Ai RnmbRr,0fAC bus-
mess ,,nen NJ good stsssdingpne money
into those sdhR6se "a ontraets. showing
that the enormous profits expected from
them could mot btI'ealized unless there
Way dishonesty That is. corrupt icollu-
's sion i G. dysnit1ent gohfeials, The
m0ral stand ard Sf these husineY men
were just that low. And if the,oeon-
tracts had existeI aud 1uoneyab bad been
made. the t36ysiitSent is the. only par
ty that would have Suffered Id the esti-
nation of these business men.
They 7wotld h have been loud, in
the ! sorrnPtiors ,ao .. G(ove e 1l,f
Gampling in, ssoahs, W4ieh is Is as un-
-cock-nyhting,,-- 1af'tt--tFasssset in
railwayssep aui1idpbsae fide stockhold
ers are squeezed out of their money,
the Observation-Disclosures q Z grain bya which
r .ss af' ieas 5dsed so
knientl by publiG, opipi0n that the
only price al, a.manss Keeping his .Pusi-
ness standing in them is stlcoesS.iS Ev-
erybody kn0wsaAaS Ati1Bt reodirectly
aespansit tot the switt,a lssi, itlfe sthefts,
the daily PUN B., Of n men, who arg n posi-
tions, Whasssi he's. ii III I aiSsS The
tf6nbie lie tisat ave i1laYeseeasHthot call
STEALING stealing, osaIa dishonesty dis
hllheesstty ~ M ere Antsll ig7iocosbaudheal-
ers Of ali Sorts. VIII iea7fdidlya s confess
that thsy souIIAn6t i{et u MSiih6ft mis-
Representatives I'd And Wien WI lsge isthis
state Of things al. thEQpgh. the ,eapntry,
great swindles and defa1 cati0as are to
be espected., awe all agree that burg
larry OF u bank is an ANIL crime. but
Nhen.a hankaREesidept gradually alb
stracfs the funds 0ftls be- U2AO not
class him with s:burslas N&Eeve
lot of soft phrases to dis ABRAMS
actions he us weak, he Ao6tme in
volved i'll speculations, he miscalculated
the markstsEs,YrH,1
Now, the public IS able to discrim.
mate t,etween III hat .is, honest and what
Is dishonest; 10 does ii, in its, aiadgment
If Government officials aRdi'Govern-
neht business 4fft woaldgspplv the
same standards, b pti x4te lii We Should
have a much more wholesome state of
affairs. asHherSi was .sa,;time when the
ternas Ss,.t6sines els ,lnoralitypii anasr.com-
moralit t'' a Meaht, the highest
integrity and wsrN t8nmsa oflrh0nor;
u hen.wA tlses &hnnt n0NsNes1neap some
hing that is d shade off sHnde probably
many shades of rbfn, honest stic41ing.
It used TO be said that the GoEernment
offices ought to be feonductedaoni..busi-
l,.c