The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25

Of the traders In any locality are lax in prin-
ciple. thecommercial codein that community
win bs spurious and dishonest. 1t Ia hard
thiag to stand close to the law OF right
when your next.door neighbor by his
lot.seness Of dealing is enabled to sell goods
at cheaper rate and decoy your customers.
VI course you who promptly meet nll your
business engagements. paying when you
promise to pay, will find it hard to compete
with that merchant who is hopelsssly in
debt to the importer forthe good dspurchased.
and to the landlord whose store hc occupies,
and to tho clerks who servo him.
There are hundred practices prevalent in
the world Of traffic which ought never to he-
come the rule for honest men. Their wrong
does not nuke your right. Sim never becomes
vi,tne by being multiplied and admitted
at brokers' hoard or merchants exchange.
Becauss Others smuggle few things in
passenger trunks. because Others take usury
deal In fancy stocks, because Others palm
od worthless Endorsements, because Others
do nothing but blow bubbles, do not, there.
tore, b. overcome by temptation. Hollow
pretensinn and tcticious credit, md com.
mercial gambling may awhile prosper, hut
tile day OF reckoning cometh, and in atl-
dition to the horror and condemnation Of
outraged communities. the curse of God
will come blow after blow. Gods will for.
ever and forever is the only standard Of
right and wrong. and not commercial ethics
foune business man, avoid the first bust,
ness dishonor, and you will avoid nll the
rest. The captain OF q vessel WA walking
near the mouth of river when the tide wns
low, ont' there was long, stout anchor
chaan, into one of the links OF which his loot
slipped. aud it began to swell and lie could
not withdraw it. The tide began to rise.
The chain could not he looseiled nor fled off
IN time, and surgeOn WIS called to nmpu-
tate the limb, but before the work could lie
done the tide rolled over the victim and his
man, that just one wrong into which you
may slip may lie IL LINK of II long chain of cir.
cumstances from which you cannat be cxtri
Gated by any ingenuity Of your own, or uny
help from Others. ana the tides will roll over
you as they have rolled over many. When
tompey, the warrior, wanted to tuke posscs-
aion OF tho city, and they would not open
soldier. Hut the sick soldier nfter n while got
well and strong, and lie threw open the gates
and let the devastating nrmy come in. One
wrong admitted into tho soul may gain
strength until, after while. it linga open
all the avenues Of the immortal nature, aud
the surrender is complete.
Again, business men are sometimcs temnt.
cd to throw OF personal responsibility upon
the monied institution to which they belong.
Directors in banks aud railroad and insur.
anee computes sometimes shirk peIaOnnl
responsibility underneath the action OF tho
corporation. And how often, when some
banking house or financial institution ex.
plodss through fraud, respectable men in the
board Ofdirectors say: "Whv, thought NIL
was going on in an honest way. and | am
utterly con:oun,!ed with this misdemeanor .
The banks, aud the fiIe and lfo and marine
insurance companies. and the railroad com.
panies. will not stand up for jnlgmen, in the
last day. hut those who in them acted right
eously will receive, ench for himself II reward,
tri:kerv will, enrh for himself. receive II con-
demnation. Unlawful dividends are not
clean beore God because there are those us.
socfnted with You who grab Just us big pile
as you do. lie who countrnances tho
dishoneaty OF tho firm. or of the corwra-
I tt0n, or Of the association, takes upon him
self all the moral liabilities. lfthe iinancinl
wild sIcculat,Ons, lle himself is II gnmbler
u they needlrssly eInbarrass II creditor. he
himself is guilty of cruelty, lfthey swind,e
tho nninitiated, he himself il ~ tefrnu,ler
No financial institution ever hnd money
vault strong enough, or dividends large
enough, or credit stanch enough, to hide the
individual sins of its members. The old
Ljage. that corporations have no souls, is
mia!entiinR: Every corporation has al many
souls ~ It has members.
Agnin. many business men have been
ss,mpted to postpone their enjoymenta aud
Gslttcs to u future sensOn Ofentire leisure
What n sedativc the Christian religion would
be to all our business men il, instead of post.
p0nang it's uses to old ldAge-or-death, they
would take it into the store Or factory nr
worldly engagements now! 1t is folly to go
amid the uncertainties OF business II G with
no God to help. A merchant in IL New Eng
land village wus standing by IL hcrse, and
the horse lifted his foot to stamp il in u pool
OF water: and the merchant, to escape the
splash, steppad into the door of an insurance
agent, and the agent said, 'l suppose YOU
hive come to renew your fire insurance."
oh, said the merchant II Ind forgotten
that. The insurance was rene vel. ans, the
next day the house that hn,l been insured
was burned. Was it an accident thnt the
merchant. to escape II pl,sll from horpea
loot. stepped into the insurance office. No.
1t was prOvi'icntial. And wlnt u mighty
solace for n business mnn to :rcl that things
are pr0vidential! What peace and cquiIi-
briun in suc u consideration. and whit IL
grand thing il all business men could realize
it!
Many, although now comparatively strut
ened in worldly circumstances. have u good
~ establishment in the future planned out.
They have in imagination built about 20
ycnrs ahead house in the country not diff
cult OF access from the great town,
for they will often have business, or
old accounts to settle, and Investment to
look utter. The house liz large enough to
accomodate all their friends. The halls are
wide. md hung with pictures of hunting
acenes and a branch OF nntlcrs. and are com.
Portable with chairs that rnn 10 rolled out
on the veranda when the weather is inviting.
or net out under aOrne of the oaks that stand
sentinel about tho house. nnd r,istlng in the
cool breeze. and sonSful with the robins.
There in just land enough to keep hem inter.
ssted. and its crops of almost .nLnlous rich
hess springihg up under application of the
the best theories to bo founi in the ngr;cn!.
tnral Journals, The farm is well stocked with
cattle and horses. aud sheep that know
the voira and have IL kindly blsut when
ono goes forth to look ot them. In this
bliss!ul abode their children will bc instrn-
mented lit art and sciance nn,l religion. This
shall be the old homestead to which the bows
at college will direct their letters. aud the ill
OH which the house stands will be called
wood or Ivy Hill or Pleasant Ketrent
or Eagle Eyrie. May the future hnve
for every business man here all that and more
beHides! But are YOU postponing your l,nppi-
ness to that time? Are you ndjonrning your
joys to thnt consummation' Enough to
scare ghost
Men appreciate the Importance OF having n
good business stnnd, n store on the right
side Of the street. or the right block. Now
every place of business in u good stand for
spiritual culture. Gods angels hover over
the world Of traffic to sustain and build np
those who are trying to do their duty. To-
morrow iii your place nf world cnra cement
you will listen Tor it, you muy hear IL sound
louder than the rattle of drnys and the Hhuf.
fs Of feet and the chnk Of dollars stenli,,s in-
to your soul, saying Seek ye first the king.
dom Of God and his Righteousness, aud all
other things shall be added unto You" Yet
some OF those sharpest ut bnrgnin are
cheated out of their immortal bleske,lness by
.tratagems more Palyabls than any
make investments in things ever
iastinRiy below par. They put their val
uablrs in a SAFE not flre-proof They give
to pay one cent on dollar. They plunge
into q labyrinth from which no bankrupt
law or two thirds enactment will ever ex.
tricate them. They take into their partner
ship the world, the flesh. aud tile devil. and
the enemy Of alI righteousness will bonst
through eternal ages that the man who in all
hia business life could not be outwittul or
pver.reachcd, at last tumbled into spiritual
defalcation; and was swindled out of HEAVIER
Paid While In Prison.
In the case of Samuel Lands,
charged with receiving stolen goods
taken from the Erie railroad, which
was tried at Urbana, it was developed
that James Shelley, who was IL clerk
in Landis store, is now serving time,
having been induced by Landis to
Dlend ruiltv tn rnceivinsr tho rooda