Telegram-herald., 1890-04-14

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CLERKS th.t ttsS clxopsflsa = SAshoassey. snd
runaer. aad drzylasn as bookkesFers wao
saw tei.ira tts scazss VIII eeAT tes.Laaoay -
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saat saes stood x a2sf Al Ia spleadaE and
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tais l. IA sh.s i lsfs Il thai gEeas Grm sAss
oocuosss : blsck With tAsir aasrchAadiSs saa
ovsrshaaowa4 the city With their iarasnoe,
snd made risl1so1sness and Truth sad parity
fzu unLsr "a s2l4nS 1Es If sy4r.ce ana
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Vale 40 Siuairs and approve Il al acute
nsss ara tact "a the ssls of goods, Ne Inuss
eondenna am proves ~ which fabric or
product is rstressasea a. p.osssssing value
whlca il realis does not have No1h-1g III
shear fslsshosd can represent Is perfection
b8ots that Yir s1ks that speedily lose their
lnstsr, e4Aooes tbat lBsnsdiatsiy Waza out,
stoves tai crack under Ihs hrss hot IRE,
books iasuealioatiy bound. carpets thai ua-
ravel- GA furniture retuveasted Win putty
ana glue an sod having been recently
Inanufscturea geld watches made cut of
brass. barrels Of fruit tAs biggest spples on
the TOP. wins adalteratod with strycenine,
hosiery poorlg woven, cloths OF domestic
manufacture shining with foreign labels i'm
ported goods represented as rare and hard To
get. because foreign exchange IL 30 hlgh,
rolled out on tae counter with matches dis
play. Imported, indeedi but from the fac
tory In the next street A pattern already
untashioaable and unstable palnsd OF q
new print upon SOME country merchant who
has come 10 town 10 make his frst purchase
Of dry goods and going home with large
stock OF goods warranted 10 keep.
Again, business men are often tempted 20
make the habits and customs Of other traders
their Law Of rectitude There are commercial
uSagcs which will not stand the ties: Of ths
last day. Yet men in business are apt 10 90
as their neighbors do Ii the ma jority OF the
traders Ia any locality are lax IN principis,
the commercial code in that community viii
+ be spurious and dishonest. IL Is a hard thing
70 stand close by the law Of right when your
next door neighbor by his looseneSx Of dealing
is enabled to sell goods a. a cheaper rate and
/ decoy your customers. or course YOU who
/ promptly meet all your business enga eements,
/ paying when you promise 70 pay, wia ind II
/ hard 70 compets with that merchant who IS
hODelessly ia debt 70 the importer for the
/ goods purchased, and 70 tho landlord whose
/ store he occupies, and 10 the clerks who serve
him
There are q hundred practices prevalent in
/ tie world OF traffic which ought never 10 be-
/ come the rule for honest men. Their wrong
! does not make your right. Sin never be-
comes virtue by being multiplied and ad-
mitted CT brokers' board, or merchants OK
change. Becauseothers smuggie few things
in passenger trunks, because Others take usury
! when men are IN tight places, because others
/ deal in fancy stocks, because others palm of
worthless Endorsements. because others do
nothing but blow bubblef, do not, therefore,
DO overcome of temptation. Hollow preten-
sion and fictitious credit and commercial
gambling may awhile prosper, but the DAY Of
reckoning cOIneth, and IN addition 10 the
/ horror and Condemnation Of outraged COM
munites the curse of God will come, blow
after blow. Gods viii forever and forever
is the only standard Of right and wrong, snd
not commercial ethics.
Young business man, avoid the fTst busi-
nezs dishouor, and you will avoid al the rest.
+ The captain Of a vessel was walking near the
mouth OF river when the tide was low and
there was long. stout anchor chain, into one
Of the great links OF which his foot slipped,
and it began 10 swell and be could not with
draw it, The tide began 70 rise The chain
could not be loosened nor filed of in time,
and a surgeon was called 10 amputato the
I limb, but before the work could be donc the
tide rolled over the victim and his life was
gono.
And / have 20 tell you, young man, that
just one wrong into which you slip may be
link Of q long chain Of circumstances from
/ which you cannot be extricated by any in
genuity OF your own or any help from others,
and the tides win roll over you as they have
over many When Pompey, the warrior,
wanted to take possession Of city, and they
would not open the gates, he persuaded them
70 admit sick soldier But the sick soldier
after while got well and strong, and he
threw open the gates and let tho devastat-
ing army come in. One wrong admitted
into the soul may gain in strength until
after awhile, it fings open all the avenues OF
the immoral nature, and tho surrender is
complete.
Again, business mon are sometimes tempted
to throw or personal respOnsi Dility upon the
moneyed Institution TO which they belong.
/ Directors in banks and railroad and insurance
companies sometimes shirk personal respon-
sibihty underneath the action Of the corpora
ton And how often, when some banking
houss OF financial institution explodes through
fraud, respectable men in the board Of direc-
tors say: why, ! thought all was going on
in an honest way, and | an utterly con
| founded with this nisden,eano-l The banks,
and the fire and LIE and marine insurance
companies. and the railroad companies, win
Z not stand up for judgment In the last day,
bat those who IN them acted righteously will
l.
those who acted the part Of neglect or trick
cry viii, each for himself, receive n con
demnation.
Unlawful dividends are not clean before
God because there are those associated With
you who grab Just As blk pile you do. lie
| who couutenances the dishonesty of the firm,
or Of the corporation, OF Of the association,
takes upon himself all of the usral Liabilities.
II she financial institution steals ha steals III
; the7 20 into Wild specvlstionS hc. himself is q
gambler. II they nsedle"s-y ernbc.z rass cred
itor. h himself IL guilty q cr7lsigy II they
s7vindls the uninitist~d. Re himself is a de-
faultsr. No financial institution ever bad q
money vault strong sn~ugh. or credit stsnch
enough, or dividends large enough. or policy
AGATE enough - hide TIE individual an of IT,
members TIE Old sdags, that corporations
have no souls. IL misleading. Every eprpors-
ton hAs - many sous a. 10 hss rssu7hsTs
Again. many business rnso have hse5 tsfn2s-
II % postpoas tassr sntoymsutk and dstses %
a future s~a~Sn Of e1trs lssslra. sst a
ssiative the Christian religion -osid - ~ all
our basinsss mez r. instead n Po-troUinr
- usss T. cd sge or death. they would tsSs
Z into tse stor1 oT factory Or worldly engage
me1ts nov, r q foDy 70 "a amid TIE urcs-~
tsinties u BUSINESS life vith 70 God y heia
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