The Progress., 1893-08-26

in seeking TO help self The interests
of his customer is identical with his own.
He should be the friend of his customer.
He should create in one sense his wants.
and supply them with prOmptne5s, with
faithfulness-supply them even at loss
to himself to fulfill his obligations to his
friends.
The true merchant who supplies my
wants is my friend. He brings TO me
treasures of art from remote parts of the
world. He brings to my library the
treasures of books, tlss ripe fruit OF the
choicest minds, and' he makes my life
rich i'll introducing me to these books.
He lays before my eye carpets and rugs
that please the taste, that makes home
beautiful He furnishes me with desk
and chair that give comfort and make
life more and more of success. H
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, cunningly devised by 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
bevond 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 Il
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 wallis
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 i'll the thorough giving of himself 10
humanity. 1t is not a question OF tet
merely. 1t is question of human serv-
ice, and sometimes his greatest achieve
ments are those for which no money
compensation is given. A young physi.
clan i'll England gave his best endeavol
to the case of an old pauper woman. |:
cured her of a 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 even
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.
Ruskin well says: I'VE must discover
kind of commerce which is not exclu'
sively selfish. or rather will have to dis
cover that there never was or can b.
any other kind of commerce; that thi ;
which they have called commerce Is not
commerce at all. but coZening; thai
a 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 busines:
of talking to men or Staying them; that
i'll true commerce, as in true preachin"
or true fighting, it is necessary to apply
the idea of occasional voluntary loss.
For sixpences have to be lost as well az
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 Ii
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, for
trade is universal in its genius, the first
cord with which God has bound nation
to nation. l am bound with every ma
ton of the world by the ties of the mer-
chant and his commerce.
real trade.
The islander in the sea. s.wh5 sends the
banana to my child, is my friend and
| benefactor.
The African, who gathers the livery
and carries it across the desert to make
an ornament for my home or my loved
one, is my brother.
The Chinanan, who cunningly con