The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-06
TRICKS OF TRADES.

Professors Goldev and Murray Expose
an Extensive Category Of Cheating
In Various Vacations.
By way of introduction to his lee
ture on Commercial Honor" to the
Goldey Wilmington Commercial Col
lege, assembled In institute Hall yes
terday afternoon, Rev. W. L. s. Muir
ray, Ph; D., d. d., professor Of Bust
ness Ethics mentioned four things,
one or more OF which might be dis
couragement to some student, viz:
1. Difficult work. 2. Slow progress.
| 8. Short time. 4. Scarcity of money.
But there were five encouraRements
they might all think Of: 1. Good
Schools. 2. Accommodating teachers
8. Bright examples. 4. Places await
Ing their occupation; and 5, Superior
business facilities.
The DIR. proceeded to discuss the
proposition that truthfulnes5 and hon.
esty OF character afforded the greatest
encouragement and success any
persons ability and industry could
achieve in happy and desirable busi-
ness career.
By way OF illustrating and empha-
sizing such moral points as l. Truth
and honor must be maintained and
kept In the foreground until popular
and prevalent.
Ii. It is dishonorable to furnish
goods below the sample.
| III. II is dishonorable to deliver
work not according to contract.
". IL is dishonorable to take adj
vantage of inexperience.
| v. 1t Ia dishonorable to cheat gcv-
ernments, corporations or individuals
/ 81 no. hn mr.
exposed an extensive category Of
cheating in mercantile pursuits and
mechanical trades. Particularly in
teresting were the multifarlous ways
In which some people try to beat"
railroad corporations and officials. He
held this cheating was just as repre-
hensible as in the case OF private per-
sons. The stain upon ones own char
acter was to be avoided as well as the
injustice to. other persons.
The frescoer, who did prominent
church edifice in this city with water
after contracting to use oil, got a
q hot shot. So did the dealer that
sold O short ton of coal for long
one, the man that failed in business
in order TO get rich from hidden and
stolen spoils, the man that put water
in the milk he sold, the mother tina t
misrepresented the age of her child
so he rode at half-fare, the man that
purposely fired his buildings to get
insurance money, the overdrawn
bank account, etc, etc.
Among the Doctors moral state
ments were such as BE honest and
truthful because 1t is right "lnteg,
rity passes where money has no value. y
Truth will stand by you when riches
have taken wings and flown away"
I n
Supplemented the lecture by read.
ing fiom the Philadelphia In
ouirer an account that day where A. j..
ureASI had declined to take else
worth OF advantage OF the U. >. Gov
eminent by the differentiation OF i'm
ported goods, but had the schedule
rectiiied and paid the full duty.
He proceeded with some very i'm
pressive aud practical remarks to his
students In the line of the lecture, such
AS I'VE want to stay the spirit Of
cheating by our example" Your prae
tice will not be right unless youI
Theory is right" Keep out OF the tide
of temptatfon;" DO not deceive your.
self" walk circumspectly;' STAND
firmly on your conviction OF right"
A SOCIAL OCCASION.
A large number of the out of-city
lEIuu6HJS lilpIOEGu blp AhtAbuSiSh -
remain after the lecture and be intro
duced to DIR. Murray. s%Ihey. were
counseled to visit the Wilmington
manufactures, where much could b'
learned and to go to church on sun
tIays, to make socials calls on DR.. Muir
ray and other persons as they hat
time and opportunity, to remain II
evenings, and attend diligently tt
heir studies, to be very sure and write
frequently to their parents, never for
letting to tell dear mother how they
spent all their evenings. The Y. NJ. c
A. was heartily recommended to them
GREAT SCHOOL.
The Goldey Wilmington CONNER
cial College is a large, far-reaching ano
progressive institution. Like othel
American schools and colleges gener
ally, moral teaching is used for thu
foundations for building moral lives
and characters. Sectarianism has nc
place in It. The students scatter among
lie various churches OF different do
nominations entirely as they or then
parents please. This move TO take
are of the young men socially when
out OF school is TO our mind grand
one. 1t will have no more ardent sup
portera than the students themselves,
POM sNaANH