The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-03-13

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horne cir,le and an tbe nur. erv m not
b IN vonr children Tesc,, them IN do that
which 10 RIGHT and pot because Of the ten
cents or the orange Won will give them.
rhere Il n great disyerenca h tveen reward.
Ing virtne and maI,ing the nrcf,ts thereof
ma ,mneIling motive That man who "A
bonest meraiv n ,causa ..hones,v h the heat
policv,, n already q moral bankrnnt +. iI
Nv charge % N von In aII derartments of
,,sa .too, c,.ar 4, hr;harv OH ~ von Everv
man and woman nj some time will be
IA do wrono Tor comnensatinn. Tho
brIbe NAV not be offered In monev Il NAV
he offereG In .ociaI no.ition Let ns remem
ber that there Ia n dav coming VIII N the
most secret transac,ion of nriyate life and
N puhlic lifa will come nm for pnb,ic repre-
We can not bribe death we can
mot bribe siokness we can NOT bribe the
grave we can not bribe the iudem .uts of
that God who thunder. against I, IA ain.
,Fiew said Cardinal beaufort "fiei can't
death be biredi IA money nothingl must
die and 40 riohi II the owning OF the whole
realm vould save me could got II by policy
or bv nurchase--bv money.n No; death
would not be h red then: he will not be
hired now Men Of the world often regret
that thew have To leave Their money here
when thew 20 away from the world. You
can tell from what thoy saw In their last
hours that onso of their chief sorrows Is that
thev have TO leave their money. I break
that delusion. l tell that bribe taker that he
win take bis money with him. God will
wrap IL nm in your shr nd. or nut II in the
palm Of your hand I'm resurrection, and there
IL will lie not the cool. bright. shining
gold n. Il WAS on the day when YOU sold
your vote and your moral principle; bu'
there IL will lie. a hot metal. burning and
your hand forever. Or. n there
be enough Of IL for n chain. then Il will full
from the wrist clanking the feiter, OF an
eternal captivity. The bribe Il an everlast-
ing posses ion. You take II for time. you
take II for eternity. Some day In tr, next
world. when YOU are longing for sympathy.
you will feel on your check kiss. Looking
nm Won will find IL 10 be Judas who took
thirty pieces OF silver rs a brihea d flushed
tho bargain by putting an Il I nous kiss on
the pure c, eek OF his divine Master.
Another wrong use OF money Is seen In the
nbuse Of trust funds. Every man during the
course of his life. on a larger or smrller
,ca,e has the propertv of others commit ed
IN his keepinp. He IL 30 far a safety deposit
he IA an administrator. and holds in his
hand the interas, Of the family OF a deceased
friend Or he Ia nm attorney End through
his custody goes the paymcnt from debtor 10
creditor. or he Is the col ecio for business
bopse which compen, n ca him for the re-
snonsbilitv: or he IA n treasurer for chart
table ins,it,' tion. and ho holds airs con.
tribpted for the suffering: or he Is an Official
of the cltv or the state. or tho ma ion, and
taxes and subsidies. and salaries, and sun.
niles are IN his keeping. IL is as solemn
n trpst as God can mako n. IL Is concen.
tra,ed and multin led condolences. On that
man denends the support of n bereft house
hold or the morals OF dppendents. or the
r,oht movement of n thousand wheels Of
.ocial mechanism. man NAV d. what he
will with his own, but he who abuses trust
funds, In that one act commits theft, false
hood. periury. and becomes iu all the inteu.
,ity Of the word, a misrreant How many
widows and orphans there are with moth.
ing between them and starvation but Q
sewing machine or held up out OF the
vortex OF destruction simply by the thread
OF q needle, red with their own hearts
blood. who little while ago had. by fnther
and husband left them q competency. What
Is the matteri The administrators or the
executors have sactlHced lt-runuinR risks
with IL that they would not have dared TO
encounter in their own private affairs.
How often II Is that man will earn a live
lihood by the sweat OF his brow, and then
die, and within afew months all the estate
goes into the stock gambling rapics OF wall
street. How often II Is that you nave known
the man To whom trust funds were COM
mitted taking them out OF the savings oank
and from trust companies and administra-
tors, turning old home -teads into hard c"sn,
and then putting the entire estate into the
vortex OF speculation. Emorzzlement Is an
easy word 10 pronounce, but IL mas ten
thousand ramifcations OF horror.
There Is not q city that has not suffered
from the abuse OF trust funds. Where Is
the court house. or the city hall, or the jail,
or the post-ofiice, or the hospital tina, in the
building Of II has not had q political jobl
Long before the new court house in New
Yorl, City was completed IL cost over sl9.
0OO.OOl Five million six hundred and sixty
three thousard dol ars for fu Min o. For
plasterfng and repairs, t23n,f0l For
plumbing ard Gas works sl,23l,Sl7. For
awnings, S2a,5 8 Thebil's for three months :
coming TO the nj little sun OF sl3 l5l, IoS. 30.
There was not an honest brick or stone or
lnth or nail or foot Of plumbing, or inch OF
plastering, or ink stand, or door knob in the
whole establishment.
That bad example was followed in many
Of the cities which did not steal quite 80
much because there was not so much 70
steal There ought TO be a closer inspec.
tIon' and there ought 10 be less opportunity
for embezzlement, Lest man shall take a
ave-cent niece that does not b long 10 him