Connecticut western news., 1891-12-17


 but sharpers. What chance is there for young man who was taught in an establishment that il is right to lie. if it is smart. and that a French label is all that is necessary to make thing French, and that you ought always to be honest when it pays, and that it is wrong to steal unless you do II we'll?
 Suppose, now. young man just starting in life enters place of that kind where there are ten young men, all drilled in the infamous practices of the establishment. He is ready to be taught. The young man has no theory of commercial ethics. Where is he to get his theory? He will get the theory from his employers.
 One day he pushes his wit a little be- yond what the establishment demands of him, and he fleeces customer until the clerk is on the verge of being seized by the law. What is done in the es- tablishlnent2 He is not arraigned. The head of the establishment says to him, Nov be careful, be careful, young man: you might be caught; but really that was splendidly done; you will get along in the world, warrant you." Then that young man goes up until he becomes head clerk. He has found there is premium on iniquity.
 One morning the employer comes to the establishment He goes into his counting room and throws up his hands and shouts, Why the safe has been robbed" What is the matter2 Moth ing, nothing; only the clerk who has been practicing good while on GUS toners is practicing a little on the eln, ployer No new principle introduced into that establishment. It is pool rule that will not work both ways You must never steal unless you can do it we'll He did it we'll am not talk ing an abstraction; am talking ter rible and crushing fact.
 TEMPTATIONS IN TRADE
 Now here is young man. Look at him today. Look at him five years from now, after he has been under tria in such an establishment. Here he stands in the shop today, his cheeks ruddy with the breath of the hills. He unrolls the goods or the counter in gentlemanly style. He comments them to the purchaser. He points out all the good points in the fabric. He eff fleets the sale. The goods are wrapped up and he dSlnisses the customer with cheerful good morning." and the country merchant departs so impressed with the ightforwardness of that young man that he will come again and again, every spring and autumn, unless interfered with.
 The young man has been now in that establishment five years. He unrolls the goods on the counter. He says to the customer, Now those are the best goods we have in our establishments ;'' they have better on the next shelf. He says, We are selling these goods less than cost" they are making twenty per cent. He says, "There is nothing like them in ali the city;" there are fifty shops that want to'sel the same thing He says, Now, that is a durable article. it will wash" yes, it will wash out.
 The sale is made the goods are wrap ped up, the country merchant goes off feeling that he has an equivalent for his money, and the sharp clerk goes into the private room of the counting house. and he says, Well, got rid of those goods at last really thought we never would sell them; told him we were selling them less than cost, and he thought he was getting a good bargain !: got rid of them at last" And the head of the firm says, That's we'll done; splendidly done!"
 Meanwhile God had recorded eight lies-four lies against the young man. four lies against his employer, for un dertake to say that the employer is re sponsible for all the iniquities of his clerks, and all the iniquities of athose who are clerks of these clerks down to the tenth generation, if those employ CTS inculcated iniquitous and damning principles.
 stand before young men this morn ing who are under this pressure. 1 say. come out of it. "Oh!" you say, "l can't; 1 have my widowed mother to support, and if man loses a situation now he can't get another one." l say, come out of it. Go home to your mother and say to her, "Mother, cant stay in that shop and be upright; what shall do2" and if she is worthy of you she will say, Come out of it, my son we will just throw ourselves on him who hath promised to be the God of the widow and the fatherless; he will take care of us" And I tell you no young man ever permanently suffered by such a course of conduct.
 In Philadelphia in q dru1 shnn fl young man said to his employer, "l want to please you, really, and 1 am willing to sell medicines on Sunday; but 1 cant sell this patent shoe black ing on Sunday" We'll, saidli head man, you will have to do it or else you will have to go away" The young man said: Il can't do it. I am willing to sci; medicines. but not shoe black ing" Well, then, go! GO now. The young man went away. The Lord looked after him. The hundreds of thousands of dollars he won in this world were the smallest part of his for tune. God honored him. By the course he took he saved his soul as well as his fortunes in the future.
 A man said to his employer, II can't wash the wagon on Sunday morning; l an willing to wash it on Saturday after noon; but, sir, you will please excuse me, 1 can't wash the wagon on Sunday morning." His employer said, You must wash it; my carriage comes in every Saturday night. and you have got to wash it ui Sunday morning."