Connecticut western news., 1890-04-16

f1AIA nag Adu4AuAty VI CaOSAOA oSoAAos the dishonesty of other business houses, of course, it is expected they will-and so they do-they take drink.
 Other merchants lodging in adjoin- ing rooms find it hard to sleep for the chatter of decanters, and the coarse ca rousal of these 'hail fellows we'll met' waxes louder. $ But they sit not all night at the wine cup. They must see the sights. They stagger forth with cheeks flushed and eyes bloodshot. The outer gates of hell open to let in the victims The wings of lost souls fit among the lights, and the steps of the carousers sound with the rumbling thunders of the damned Farewell to all the sanctities of home! Could mo- ther, sister, father, slumbering in the inland home, ill some vision of that night catch a glimpse of the ruin they would rend out their hair by the roots and bite the tongue till the blood spurted, shrieking out: God save him!" sz@'--'a1 '--e' A CURSE GATHERING FOR THOSE MEN.
 What, suppose yout will come upon such business establishments? and there are hundreds of them in the cities. They may boast of fabulous sales, and they may have an unprece- dented run of buyers, and the name of the house may be a terror to all ri- vals, and from this thrifty root there may spring up branch houses in other cities, and all the partners of the firm may move into their mansions and drive their full blooded span, and the families may sweep the street with the most elegant apparel that human art ever wove or earthly magnifcence ever achieved. But curse is gather ing somewhere for those men, and if it does not seize hold of the pillars and in one wild ruin bring down the tenn pie of commercial glory, it will break up their peace, and they will tremble with sickness and bloat with dissipa- tions, and, pushed to the precipice of this life, they will try to hold back and cry for help, but no help will come; and they will clutch their gold to take it along with them, but 1t will be snatched from their grasp, and voice will sound through their soul, Mot farthing, thou beggared spirit!" And the judgment will come and they will stand aghast before it, and all the business iniquities of life time will gather around them, saying, Do you remember this?" and, Do you remember that2" And clerks that they compelled to dishonesty, and run ners and draymen and bookkeepers who saw behind the scenes, will bear testimony to their nefarious deeds, and some virtuous soul that once stood aghast at the splendor and power of these business men will say, Alas this is all that is left of that great firm that occupied block with their mer- chandise and overshadowed the city with their influence, and made right eousness and truth and purity fall un- der the galling fire of avarice and crime"
 While we admire and approve of all acuteness and tact in the sale of goods, we must condemn any process by which fabric or product is represent ed as possessing value which it really does not have. Nothing but sheer falsehood can represent as perfection boots that rip, silks that speedily lose their luster, calicoes that immediately wash out, stoves that crack under the first hot fire, books insumciently bound, carpets that unravel, old fur niture rejuvenated with putty and glue and sold as having been recently manufactured, gold watches made out of brass, barrels of fruit, the biggest apples on the top, wine adulterated with strychnine, hosiery poorly woven, cloths of domestic manufacture shin ing with foreign labels, imported goods represented as rare and hard to get, because foreign exchange is so high, rolled out on the counter with match less display Imported, indeed! but from the factory in the next street. A pattern already unfashionable and un- salable palmed off as new print upon some country merchant who has come to town to make his first purchase of dry goods and going home with a large stock of goods warranted to keep.
 DO NOT PATTERN BY OTHERS
 Again, business men are often tempt ed to make the habits and customs of other traders their law of rectitude. There are commercial usages which will not stand the test of the last day. Yet men in business are apt to do as their neighbors do. If the majority of the traders in any locality are lax
 in principle, the commercial code in that community, will be spurious and dishonest. It is hard thing to stand close by the law of right when your next door neighbor by his looseness of dealing is enabled to sellsgoods at 8 cheaper rate and decoy your custom CTS. Of course you who promptly meet all your business engagements, paying when you promise to pay, will find it hard to compete with that mer
 chant who is hopelessly in debt to the importer for the goods purchased, and
 to the landlord whose store he occu
 pies, and to the clerks who serve him.
 There are hundred practices preva
 lent in the world of traffic which ough,
 never to become the rule for honest
 men. Their wrong does not make
 your right. Sin never becomes virtue
 by being multiplied and admitted al
 brokers board or merchants ex
 change. Because others smuggle {
 few things ill passenger trunks, be
 cause others take usury when meI
 are in tight places, because others deal
 in fancy stocks, because others palm
 of worthless inducements, because
 others do nothing but blow bubbles
 do not, therefore, be overcome ol
 temptation Hollow pretension anc
 fictitious credit and commercial gam
 bling may awhile prosper, but the day
 of reckoning cometh, and in addition
 to the horror and condemnation O
 outraged communities the curse O. God will come, blow after blow. God
 will forever and forever is the onl,
 standard of right and wrong, and no commercial ethics.
 AVOID THE FIRST BUSINESS DIsHoNOR Young business man, avoid the frs
 business dishonor, and you will avoit all the rest. The captain of vesse
 was walking near the mouth of 8 rive
 when the tide was low, and there wa
 long, stout anchor chain, into one o
 the great links of which his foo slipDed. and it began to swell and h.