Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-23


oG b-d TEMPER E4sLing frcm ats bronze
bracket, lot one drop of neocie won.an's
heart blood Ii the crimson plush, while
there are otiser great establishments In
Which there is B0s one door knob. Rot ore
brick. ns< one tE.aket. rot one THREAD OF
lace b1S AAs upon u the marx CT Glsh0a0r
What wonder Il. SONS Gay, haAc Of toll
that hAd been wrung and worn out AMI
blrstered until tho skin came OF should be
plard against the elegant wall paper,
leaving H. naszA 81 blood-four fingers and
a thum5-or that some Gay, walking the
halls, there should 90 a yOics sorostlng the
occupant, ssyiEg. six cents for making a
shirt. and, dying the room, another voice
should saT. Twelve cents for an army
blanket" and the nan should Try 70 sleep
AZ night, bat ever aud anon be aroused,
until. getting up on one elbow, Ae should
shrek out, Who's there"
One Sabbath night, in the vestibuie OF
nv church after service a woman fell ia
conyulsions The doctor sad she needed
medicine not 50 fnEch as something 10 eat
As she began TO revive in her delirinul, she
said gaspingly: Eight centsl Eight cents!
light cents wish could get il done;
am so tired, Wish could get some sleep,
but must sc. IL done Eight cents. Eight
cents" We found afts-,ya-d she was max
ing garments for eight cents apiece, and
that she could make but three of them ia
day Three times eight are twenty four
Hear il, men and women who have CON-
fortaile honest
Some Of the worst villains OF the city are
the employers Of these womea. They beat
them down 10 the last penny. and try u
cheat them out of that. The woman must
deposit a dollar or two before she gets the
garments w work on. When the work Is
done il Is sharply inspected, the most IN
significant flaws picked out, and the wages
refused, and sometimes the dollar deposited
not given back The Women's Protective
union reports a case where one Of these
poor souls. finding place where she could
get more wages resolved 10 change EN-
ployers, and went 10 get her pay for work
done. The employer says, Il 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. II will
pay you;" aud ne kicked her down tbs
stairs.
There are thousands OF fortunes made in
commercial spheres that are throughout
righteous. God will let his favor rest upon
every scroll. every pictured wall, every
traceried window, and the JOY that flashes
from the lights, and showers from the mu-
sic and dances in the children's quick feet,
pattcring through the hall, will utter t1e
congratulation of men and the approval OF
| God.
THERE Is NO NEED OF FALsEHooD.
A merchant can, to the last item, be
thoroughly honest. There is never any
need of fnlsehood. Yet how many will,
! day by day, hour by hour. utter what they
/ know to be wrong. You say that you are
selling at less than cost. II so. then it is
right TO say it, Blu. did that cost you less
/ than what you ask for its If not, then you
have fslsified. You say that that article
cost you twenty-five dollars. Did itS II
SO, then all right Ii it did not, then you
/ have fGlsieed.
| Suppose you are a purchaser. You are
beating down" the goods. You say that
/ that article for which five dollars is charged
( is not worth more than four. Is it worth
no mere than four dollarS' Then all right
/ II !, be worth more, and for the sake Of
/ getting it for less than its value. you will
/ fully depreciate Il, you have falsitied You
/ may call it q sharp trade. The recording
angel writes it down on the ponderous
lOlAlcSs vi N.Y. ttitt-Sb, mt
/ chant on Water street or in Eighth street
| or in State street, or Mrs. So end-so, keep
I ing house on Beacon street or on Madison
avenue or Ri.tephouse square or Broc.
| Ign Heights or Brooklyn Hill, told one
falsehood." You may consider it insignifi
cant because relating to an Insignificant
| purchase. You would despise the man
who would falsify in regard to some great
] in xhtrh "a ri nv or la vrhnia
country was concerned; but this is only
box OF buttons, or row Of pins. or case
/ OF needles Be not deceived. The article
purchased may be SO small you can put 1t
( in your vest pocket, but the sin was bigger
than the Pyramids, and the echo OF the
dishonor will rcverbcrate through all the
mountains OF eternity.
You throw on your counter some speci-
mems of handkcrchiefs. Your customer
asks: as that all silk, No cotton in is'"
I You answer, ut is all silk" Was il all
silks IL 50. all right. But Was it partly
cottoni Then you have falsifed More
/ over, you lost by the falsehood. The custo-
MGR, though he may live at Lynn or boy les
town or Poughkeepsie, will find out that
| you have defrauded him, and next spring
when he again comes shopping he will
/ look at your sign aud say: Il Will not try
/ thcre That is the place where | got that
handkerchief" So that by that one dis
honest bargain you picked your own
I pocket and insulted the Almighty.
Would you dare to make an estimate of
| how many falsehoods in trade were yester-
day told b. hardware men and clothiers
and fruit dealers and dry goods establish
/ ments and importers and jewelers. aud
I lumbcrmen and coal merchants and sta
TONERS aud tobacconists, Lies about sad
dies. about buckles, about ribbons, about
carpets. about gloves. about coats, about
| shoes. about hats, about watches. about
carriages, about books-about everything
/ in tho name OF the Lord Almighty, ! ar
rsign commercial falsehoods IS one Of the
/ greatest plaques In city and town.
MECHANICAL LIES.
In the next place notice mechanical
/ lies. There Il no class of men who admin
lister more to the welfare Of the city than
| artisans To their hand We must look for
the building that shelters M, for the gar
ruents that clothc Va, for the car TINT car
ries US. They wieid widespread influ-
/ erce There il much deris;on % what is
called Muscular Christianity" but in the
/ latter day - the worlds prosperity think
that the Christian viii he muscular We
/ have n right to expect Of those stslwsrt
1 men Of toll the highest posi- Die integrity
/ Many Of them answer all orr expectations,
and stand A. the front of religious and
/ philantaropic enterprises. Bat this class
/ like the Others that have named. has in
! it thoss who lacs "a the element az verac-
ity. They cannot all ~ trusted. In
times when The demand FOR labor is great
I I, - inlp,eabie IN meet the den snds ~ the
I public, or do work with that promptness
and perfection that would 81 other times