The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

blood in the crimson plush: while there
are other great establishments in which
there Is not one doorknob. not one brick,
not one trinket. not one thread of lace,
but has upon it the mark of dishonor
What wonder If some day hand OF toll
| that had been wrung and worn out and
| blistered until the skin came off should
be placed against the elegant wall paper
leaving its mark of blood-fOur finger:
and a thumb: or that. some day, walk
ing the halls, there should be a voice
accOsting the occupant, saying, "SiH
cents for making shirt" and, flying
the room. another voice should say
Twelve cents for making an army
blanket" and the man should try L
sleep at night, but ever and anon b
aroused, until getting up on one elbow
he should shrek out. Who's there
| One Sabbath night. in the vestlbule
of my church after service. woman
| fell in commissions. The doctor said
she needed medicine not SO much a:
something to eat As she began to re,
yive in her delir' um. she said gasping
| ly: Eight cents Eight cents! | wish
conld get it done: | am so tired, wish
| could get some sleep. but must get il
done. Eight cents, Eight cents" We
found afUerward that she was making
garments for cents apiece, and thai
she could make but three OF them in {
day. Three times eight are twenty
| four, Hear it. men and women who
have comfortable homes.
Some of the worst Williams of the city
are the employers OF these women. They
beat them down to the last penny, and
try t. cheat them out OF that. The
woman must deposit dollar or two be
fore she gets the garments to work on
When the work is done it is sharply in
spected. the most insignificant flaws
| picked out, and the wages refused and
sometimes the dollar deposited not Civ.
en- back. The woman's protective
union reports case where one of these
poor souls, finding place where she
could get more wages, resolved to change
employers. and went to get her pay for
work done. The employer says: II hear
you are going to leave me-" Yes,
she said, land am come TO get what
you owe me-" He made no answer.
She said. Are you not going to pay
me?" Yes he said. 81 will pay you:'
and he kicked her down the stairs.
thoroughly honest. There is never
any need Of falsehood. Yet how many
will, day by day, and hour by hour. ut
ter what they know to be wrong.
You say that you are selling below cost.
II so, then it is right to say it, but did
that cost you less than what you ask
for it? II not, then you have
falsifed. You say that that article cost
you s25. Did it? if so. then all right.
If it did not. then you have falsifed
Suppose you are a purchaser. You
are beating down" the goods. You
say that that article for which s. is
charged is not worth no more than 81.
Is it worth no more than 81? Then all
right. II il be worth more and for the
sake OF getting it for less than its val
ue YOU willfully depreciate it you have
falsifed. You may call it a sharp trade
The recording angel writes it down on
the pouderous tones of eternity-"Mr.
So and So, merchant on Water street,
or in Eighth street. or in State street:
or Mrs. So and So. keeping house on
Beacon square. or Brooklyn heights of
Brooklyn hill told one falsehood."
Would you dare make an estimate of
teriay told by hardware men. and
clothiers, and fruit dealers. and dry
goods establishments. and importers,
and jewellers. and lumbermen. and coal
merchants. and statiOners, and tobacco
nists? Lies about saddles. about buck
les. about ribbons, about carpets. about
gloves, about Goals. about shoes. about
hats, about watches. about carriages,
about books-about everything. In the
name Of the Lord Almight.; arraign
commercial falSehOC6~ as one of the
greatest plaques in cit and town.
In the next place l note mechanical
lies. There is no class o. men who ad-
minister more to the welfare of the city
than artisans. To their hand We must
look for the building that shelters US.
for the garments that clothe us, for the
car that carries us. They WELD wide
spread influence. There is much de-
risiQn Of what is CALLED muscular
Christianity, but in the latter day of
the worlds prosperity think that the
Christian will be muscular. We have
a right to expect of those stalwart men
OF toll the highest integrity. Many of
them answer our highest expectations
and stand at the front of religious and
philanthropic enterprises.
But this class, like the others that I
have named. has in it those who lack
in the element Of veracity. They can
not all be trusted. In times when the
demand for labor is great it is impossi-
bic to meet the demands Of the public
or to do work with that promptness and
perfection that would at other times be
possible. But there are mechanics
whose word cannot be trusted at any
time. No man has right to promise
more work than he can do. There are
mechanics who say that they will come
on Monday, but they do not come until
Wednesday. You put work in their
hands that they tell you shall be COM
pleted in ten days. but II Is thirty
There have been houses built of which
it might be said that every nail driven,
every foot of plastering put on. every
ward of pipe laid. every shingle ham,
mered. every brick mortared. could tell
of falsehood connected Herewith.
There are men attempting to do ten or
fifteen pieces Of work who have not the
time or strength 20 do more than i've or
six pieces: but by promises never full
filed keep all the undertakings within
their own grasp. This Is what they
call nursing" the job.
next notice ecclesiastical lies: that
is. falschoods told for the purpose OF ad-
vancing churches and sects, or for the
purpose of depicting them. There Is
no use in asking many Calvlnlst what
an Armenian believes. for he will be apt
to tell YOU that the Armenian believes
that a man can convert himself: or to
ask the Armenian what the CalvlnIst
! believes, for he will tell you that the
Calvinist believes that God made some
men lust to damn them. There Is nc
ne al Of asking a pado-Baptist what a
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