The Forrest City times., 1890-04-19

h all that Is left of that great firm that oc- cupicd block with their merchandise and oVershadowed the city with their Influence, and mado righteousness anu truth and purity fall under the galIing fire of avarice and crimcn
 whiIe wo admirs and approve of all acuteness and tact in tho sale or goods, we must condemn any process by which
 fabric or product is represeutei as possess
 ing value Which 1t really docs nos have.
 Nothing but sheer falsehood can rerrcsont as perfection boots that rip silks that speedily loose their lustre, caltcocs that i'm
 mcdiately wash out stoves that crack
 under tho first hot fire, books insufiiciently bound. carpets that unrasei, old fsrnituro
 rciuvenated with patty aud glue, and sold as having bsen recently mauu- factufoi, gold watches made out
 of brass, barrels of fruit, ths biggest
 apples on the top, wins adulterated with
 stryshuine, hosiery poorly woven, cloths of
 domestic manufacture shining with foreign
 labels, imported goo Is reprss seutei as rare
 and hard Co get, because foreign exchange
 is so high, rolled out on tho counter with
 matchless display. Imported iui isoi butt from tho factory In the next street A
 pattern already unfas hlon ible and uasal-
 able palme of as u new print upon some country merchant who has come to town
 to make his fest plrch ise of dry goods and going home witch a large stock Of goods warranted to keep.
 Again, business mon are often tempted to make tho habits and customs Of oth sr traders their law of reetitude. There arc
 commercial usagos which will not stand tho
 test of the last day. Yet mon in business
 aro apt to do as thoir neighbors do. IT the
 majority of the traders iG any locality arc lax in principle, tho commercial code Ia that community will be spurious and dis
 honest It ia hard thing to stand close
 by the law of Tight when your nextdoor neighbor by his looseness of dealing is en-
 abed to sell eoois at a cheaper rate and deeoy your customors Of course you who
 promptly meet all your business engage. ments, paying wheu you promise to pay, will lind it hard to compete With that rner. chant who is hopeiessly in debt to tue iui- porter for tho goods purchased, and 10 tue landlord whose store he occupies, and to
 the clerks who serve him.
 Thero are a hundred practices prevail | ent in the world of traffic which ought never to become the rule for honest men. | Their wrong does not mako your right | Sin never becom as virtue by being multi l piled and admitted at brokers' board or
 merchants exchan ge Because others | smuEgle fow things h passenger trunks, l because othars take usury when meu ara | in tight pllces, because others deal in fancy stocks because others palm of worthless i indorsemeuts, because others do nothing but bow bubbles, do not therefore, be overcome of temptation. Hollow preten- sion and fictitious credit, and commercial al | gambling may awhile prosper, but tho day | ot reckoning cometh, and in addition to the | horror and condemnation Of oatragsi com- l munities, the curse of God will come, blow I after blow, Gods will forever and forever l Is the ony standard of rigat and wrong | aud not commercial ethics.
 | Young business man, avuii tho first | business dishonor. and you will avoid all | the rest Tno captain of vessel was | walking near tho mouth of river when | the udc WAS low, and there was Il long stout
 anchor chain, into oae of the great links Of | which his foot slipped, and 1t began to
 swell and he could not withdraw 1t The
 tide began to rise. The caaln could not he | loosoned nor filed of In time and surgeon
 was called to ampatats the limb, but before
 tho work could be done. the tide rolled over | the victim and his lsfe was gone. And
 have to 'cll you. young mAn, that just ono | wrong info which yoI stip may ba link Of l a loag chain or circumstances from l which you cannot uc exirieatai by ans | ingenuity of your own. or any help from l others and the ti l0s will roit over you as they havo over many When ponpay tho
 warrior, wantei tp talso possession of Il | city, and they would net open the gates, ha | persuaded them ta admit sics soliier.
 But the sick soldier after a while got well and stroas, and he threw open tue gates
 aud lot tae dovas.st ug army como in. Ona wrong admitted Into the soul may gain tn ] e. tf | ali tho avenues of tho immortal nature and 1 the surrender is com plata
 | Again. business iaea arc sometimes tempt. ' ed to throw aa personal responsibility upoa
 the moaied nstitatoa to whish they ha- | long. Dire tors in banks and railroai and 1 insurance cnmpanios somettmas shirk par | sonai responsibility underneath tho action l of the corporation, And how oftaa. whoa | some banking house or saaucial institution expgodes through fraai, respectable men | in tho Hoard of nirastorA say, "Nhy, 1 | thought all WAS eo.ng on in an homes! | way, and l am utterly confouujad with this misaemeanor Inc banks, and | the fro and life and marine insurance com
 panlas, and tho railroad compauias VII mol
 stand up for judgment in tho last day. but
 these who ia them acted righteausly wilt 1 receive each for himself a reward, ani I
 triekery will each for himself, receive q
 condemnation. Ualawfa! dividends arc not 1 clean before tsol because thera arb thosa I associated with you who grab just as big | a pilc as you do. flo who coantenanscs the
 dishonesty of tho firm, or of tho corpora
 ton, or Of the association, takes upon him
 self all tho moral liabilities II the tinan- 1 cial institution staals, ha stesls. If they 30 ! into wild specaiattoas hs himself is a l gambler 1T they neeiiessly embarrass a
 creditor, ho hin salf is guilty of cruelty | If they swindle tne uninitlated,
 he himself is defrauder No | financial Institution ever hal a moaey vault strong enough, or credit staunci, 'enough, or dividends large enough, or poi.
 icy acuto enough to hide the individual sins ' of it's members The old adayc, that cor
 porations havo no souls, is misleading.
 Every corporation has AS many souls as il | has members
 l Again, many business mon have been | tempted to postpone thnir enioy meats and | duties to n future season of entire leisure. | What a sedatiye tho Christian religion
 would ba 10 all oar business men 1 II, instead Of possp0nlns It's uses | to old ago or death, they I would take It into the store or factory or worldly engagements now! It is folly to
 go amsd the uncertainties of business life l with na God to help A merchant in a ! New England village was standing by a horse, and tue horse Tilted his foot to
 stamp II iu pool of water; and the
 merchant 10 escape tho splash,
 stepped into tho door of an | insurance ageak ani tho agent said, "l
 suppose you have coma to renew your fro insurance 'sOh,n said the merchant II
 had forgotten that" The insurance was renewed, aud the next day the house that
 had been insured was burned. Was 1t all accidental that the merchant to escape a
 splash from a horsc's foot stepped into the
 insurance oficsi No, it was provldential.
 And what mighty solaee for business
 man 10 foal. that things are provlientlail 1 What psaco aud equilibrium in such n coa. sideraton, and what grand thing If alt