The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-08-24

and chair that give comfort ana make
life more and more Of success. He
brings to my table the choicests fruits
from the remotest corners of the earth,
the delicacies of foreign climes, the treas
ures of foreign Ceylon. He introduces
TO the farmer and mechanic the latest in
vention in machinery, in tools. He
brings to my children the gifts of rings
and toys, cunningD devised bx the minds
OF curious peoples, He who thus deals
with me fairly and justly is my benefac-
tor as well as my friend.
True, such philosophy may be pressed
beyond the bounds Of courtesy when
backed'by greed. am grateful to the
book to which am introduced, but the
modern book agent has perhaps some
times overstrained the courtesies Of the
occasion.
The same great principle holds here
as elsewhere. The helping Of self is
legitimate If in helping self we help
others. The same law must hold for the
merchant that holds for the man who
occupies the more highly esteemed walks
of life. They must find self in losing
self.
The physician is honored because Of
the implied condition of his willingness
to die, if need be, in the service Of man.
The physician really find his highest sue
cess in the thorough giving of himself to
humanity. 1t is not q question Of fee
merely. 1t is a question of human serv-
ice, and sometimes his greatest achieve
ments are those for which no money
compensation is given. A young physi-
clan in England gave his best endeavor
to the case of an old pauper woman. He
cured her of desperate disease. He was
faithful in his treatment, and the old
soul believed that the sun rose and set
in that mans heart. His name was ever
on her lips. In her charitable work. the
wife of Gladstone was brought in con-
tact with this old woman. She found
out from Mrs. Gladstone that they had
child who was grievously afflicted at
| the time. At once the old woman began
to expatiate upon the powers Of her doc
tor. She spoke with such contagious
enthusiasm, with such soul faith, that
Mrs Gladstone determined to try the
young man. She sent for him. He gave
his life to the child as he gave it to the
old pauper woman. The child was cured.
He made his reputation and became the
foremost physician Of England.
Ruslzin we'll says: 1--WE must discover
| q kind of commerce which is not exclu-
sively selfish, or rather will have to dis
cover that there never was or can be
any other kind of commerce; that this
which they have called commerce is not
commerce at all, but cozeping; that
true merchant differs as much from
| merchant according to the laws Of mod
ern political economy as the hero Of the
excursion from Autolycos. They will find
that commerce is an occupation which a
| gentleman will every day see more need
to engage in, rather than in the business
of talking to men or Staying them; that
| in true commerce, as in true preaching
or true fighting, it is necessary to apply
the idea of occasional voluntary loss.
| For sixpences have to be lost as we'll as
lives, under sense Of duty, that the
market may have its martyrdoms as
well as the pulpit, and trade its hero
isms as well as war"
| COOPERATION VERSUS COMPETITION.
Third-The climax of true CONNER
cial genius must therefore be to build
prosperity upon the prosperity of the
whole community.
OF the community first in which he
lives, because that community makes il
possible for him to succeed. Co-opera-
ton, not competition, therefore. must be
the end aimed at.
He must build his prosperity upon the
prosperity, not only Of his limited com.
munity, but Of the whole world, fOI
trade is universal in its genius, the first
cord with which God has bound nation
to nation. am bound with every ma,
ton of the world by the ties Of the mer.
chant and his commerce.
There are no aliens in this world OF
read trade.
The islander in the sea, who sends the
banana to my child, is my friend and
benefactor.
| The African, who gathers the livery
and carries 1t across the desert to make
an ornament for my home or my loved
one, DIS my brother.
The 'Chinaman, who cunningly con.
struots the fireworks which please the
soul OF the child on the Fourth Of July
and Ou the gala nights of our festivals,
he isUf my life,
So also Is the Russian, who sends his
robes to make warm the sleigh and the
carriage. Each nation that gives its
tribute to the others life is thus bound
in that life.
| Let us remember, then, that when we
walk the floor of the worlds exchanges
we walk on holy ground, and we should
make it sacred unto God.
Let us remember that to violate the
laws Of trade is to violate the laws OF
God.
To get something for nothing out of
the community is to steal in the last
analysis and to fail in the end. And let
us remember that the broadest minded
philanthrophy recognizes this sacred
trust. Peter Cooper, Johns Hopkins,
Fairweather and the men of great
wealth whose names will be dear to gem
eratiOns yet unborn have recognized
this broader truth of the communal life
and the communal interests and will live
In the hearts and lives of the people
when the millionaires who have gained
for self and lived and died for self shall
be buried In merited oblivion.
The end of commerce is to oincrease the
well being and happiness of the race. 1t
is to provide for the nation. And it is q
work that calls for as deep heroics as