Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-04-03

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so tiredl wish could get some sleep, but |
must get it done Eight cents Eight
centsp We found out afterward she
was making garments for eight
cents apiece, and that she could make
hut three Of them in a dayi Three times
eight are twenty.fourl Hear Il, men and
women who have comfortable homes!
Some OF the worst villains Of the city are
the employers Of these women. They beat
them down TO the last penny, and try to
cheat them out Of that The woman must
/ deposit a dollar or two before she gets the
garments to work on. When the work is done
IL Is sharply inspected, the most Insignificant
flaws picked out and the wages refused and
sometimes the dollar deposited not given
back. The Women's Protective Union re-
4 portsa 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 saws ~ hear YOU are going to
leave me- Yes" she said "aud am come
/ to get what you owe me" He made no
answer. She said, Are you not going 10
pay mep "Yes," he said, II will pay you"
and he kicked her down the 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 music
I and dances in the childrens quick feet pat
1 terlng through the hall, will utter the con
graduation OF men aud the approval OF God.
| A merchant can, to the last item, be thor
oughly honest There is never any need of
/ falsehood Ycthow many will, day by day
hour by hour, utter what they know to he
/ wrong. You say that you ara selling at less
1 than cost. IL 50, then il is right 10 say II,
But did that cost you less than what you ask
/ for it' II not, then you have falsified. You
say that that article cost you twenty-five
dollars. Did it, II so, then all right. X it
did not. then YOU have falsifed.
Suppose you are a purchaser. You arc
'beatfng down the goods. You say that
that article for which five dollars Is charged
Is not worth more than four. Is il worth no
more than four dollars' Then all right II
1t be worth more and for the sake Of getting
/ It for less than its value. you willfully de-
preciate it, you have falsified, You may
call it sharp trade. The recording angel
writes 1t down on the ponderous tones OF
eternity, "Mr. So-andso, merchant on Water
street or in Eighth street or in State street
or Mrs. So-and-so, keeping house on Beacon
street or on Madison avenue or Rittenhouse
Square or Brooklyn Heights or Brooklyn
Hill, told oue falsehood" You may consider
it insignificant because relating TO an
insignificant purchase. You would despse
the man who would falsify in regard to SOM
great matter in which the city or whole com.
try was concerned; but this is only box Of
buttons, or row Of pins or case Of
needles Be not deceived The article pur
chased may be so small you can put it in
your vest pocket, but the sin was bigger
than the Pyramids, aud the echo Of the dis
honor will reverberate through Gl the
mountains of eternity.
You throw on your counter some specimens
OF handkerchiefs. Your customer asks
rs that all silk No cotton in iny' You
answer ut is all silk" Was ii all silk u
so, all right But was it partly cotton
Then you have falsfed. Moreover, you
lost by the falsehood. The customer, though
he may live at Lynn or Doylestown or
Poughkeepsie, will find out that you have de-
frauded him, and next spring when he again
comes shopping lie viii look at your sign
and say: Il will not try therel That is the
place where | got that handkerchief SO
that by that one dishonest bargain You
pick your own pocket and insultei tic
Almighty.
Would you dare to make an estimate of
how many falsehoods i'll trade were yeSter-
dav told by hardware men and Clothiers aud
fruit dealers and dry goods establishments
and importers and jewelers. and lumbermen
and coal merchants and stattoners and
tobacconistsr Lies about saddles, about
buckles, about ribbons, about carpets about
gloves about coats, about shoe', about
hats, about watches about carriages, about
books-about everything. Iu tue name OF
the Lord God Almighty, | arraiSn com.
mercial falsehoods as one OF the greatest
plaques in city and town.
In the next place notice mechanical lies
There Is no class OF men who administer
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 ciotnt
lis, for the car that carries us, They weld
widespread influence. There Is much deris
ion OF what is called "Muscular. Christian
ity," but In the latter day OF the world
prosperity think that the Christian will b'
muscular. We have right To expect o
those stalwart men Of toll the highest posi-
BILE integrity. Many of them answer all oui
expectations and stand at the front OF relig
ious and philanthropic enterprises. Bu
this class Ike the others that have namej
has in 1t those who lack in the element Of
veracity. They cannot oil he trusted. IL
times when the demand for labor Is great il
is impossible to meet the demands OF the
public, or do work with that promptnes'
aud perfection that would at other utnes %
possible.
But there are mechanics whose word can
not be trusted at any time. No man has
right to promise more work than he can 90
There are mechanics who say that they vii
como on Monday, but they do not come untl
Wednesday. You put work in their hand
that they tell you shall be completed IN Ter
DAYS, but IL is thirty. There have been houses
built of which it might be said that every
nail driven, every foot of plastering put on
every yard of pipe laid, every shingie ham
mered, every brick mortared, could tell o
falsehood connected Herewith. There are mer
attempting to do ten or fifteen pieces o.
work who havo not the time or strength tt
do more than five or six pieces, but by prom
lses never fulfilled keep all the undertaking
, within their own grasp. This Is what theJ
, call nursing" the job.
How much wrong TO his soul and insult u
God a mechanic would save II he promiset
, only 50 much IS he expected to be able TO do
Society has no right to ask OF you imposss
/, bilities. You cannot always calculate cor
rectly, and you may fail because you cannot
, get the help that you anticipate. But nov
, am speaking OF the willtul making O
, promises that you know you cannot keep
Did you say that that shoe should be mended
, that coat repaired, those bricks laid, tina
, harness sewod that door grained, that spou
, fixed or that window glazed by Saturday
knowing that you would neither be able 4
do IL youself nor get anyone else TO do 1t
Then, before God and man you nre liar
, You may say that it makes no particula
, difference, and that if you had told tn
, truth you would have lost the job and tina
people expect to oe disappointed, but the OK
cuse will not answer. There is a voice o
thunder rolling among the drills nnd plane
and shoe lasts and shears which says, "Al
liars shall have their part in the lake tina
, burneth with fire and birthstone"
, next notice ecclesiastical lies-that is
, falsehoods told for the purpose Of advancing
, churches and sects, or for the purpose OF de
pleting them. There is no use in askinl
!, many a Calvanist what an Arminian be
. lieves, for he will be apt to tell you that th
Arminian believes that man can conver
himself; or to ask the Arminian what th
Calvinist believes, for he will tell you tina
the Calvinist believes that God made som
men Just TO damn them. There is no nee
in asking p@do- Baptist what Baptist be
! lieves, for he will be apt to say that tn