New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-14
and Just themselves. and who will compel fairness
and justice from every Nation great and small.
ON HONOR AND HONESTY

and justice from every Nation. great and small.
ON HONOR AND HONESTY
St Clair McKelway. in whose keeaing the toast
OF Commercial Honor and Commercial Honesty
was intrused, spoke In of his happest and most
characteristic veins. In turn he elected the hear
TEST outbursts of laughter and applause and :he
good-natured criticism Of some OF Mr.. Qugg's re-
marks anent the intents of some European nations
regarding Americans with which he prefaced his
speech were received In responsive good humor by
his hearers, He said in part:
Mr. Chairman and Friends, Every man has has, his
be the writing or discussion OF biographies rms
toast may hsTefore be seductive city lure 10 se
the members OF this association. Look at the
aEo buy
ing and selling or The exchange Of sSme hno ior
honesty Tor sale? For what would any Of you
exchange it? Which OF you resembles the Western
and that fellow has pretty nearly reached my price"
little girl Of mine Is STUDYING ay 6aers
Commercial is adjective, before honor an1
Or Of nodded Gn f
things. gentlemen: children should not pay
have care You do not look 50 bad your nefa-
rous toast would imply You look IKE men men VINO VINO
hong public But here you have "rung in
cold deck" OF possible defamation on helpless
you will pardon TO anger what should be aye 20
courtesy. and will excuse to savagery me op,ga d
ton that under other circumstances might De pai1
TO suavity
HONOR THE AROMA OF HONESTY.
Seriously between honor and honesty. would
there were no difference. Honesty may comprise
just as much conformity to law as will Keep a
man out of jail Honor is the aroma of what
honesty ought to be. Honesty may prescribe do
ing what you have promised; honor should compel
you to do what you ought Shyiock was law,
honest in his demand for his pound Honor should
have required him to have torn the bond and put
It under his feet Honor Is the spirituaIizauon qI
business? Your calling should teach you hon9r.
gentlemen. Many OF you deal in diamonds ruoles
duces their value They ae RIeSG9S IN IT
should feel a stain as 1t were wound. II should
not be merely unindctable. It should be admitable.
think you osd ia hs this 'nn nf TO OI pu. this
at premium ! know the repntau4pn ol s9Sc yal
ton pa" feei f0T that your familiarity with natures
rarest gems and your expertness In SO many pesu
ta a made Ton in ove " with h anaoges 10
value and to beauty in the field OF morals and IN
the domain Of conscience. .,o.o
who pass the ordeal Of the Custom House High
Every tariff duty. however whether paid or not, is
by the bH MIND S of b tine g @ % moT
within and between countries at will his portable
him The law has recognized this feeling. 1t has
let purely personal belongings come In duty free,
for sale 1t has therefore. in respect to jewe.s,
put tax those only which you import. Have
If SO. doubt not You have with conscientious
CELEBRITY at once clapped the imported duty on the
a way which nearly all other importers have.
MUST BE PROTECTED.
The Cape May diamond must be protected against
the South African and the Brazilian stones Of the
first water. The New-Jersey rubes must be de-
Tended against unfair competition with Russian.
East Indian and Hungarian gems Of that name
The pearls which be extracted from Fulton
Market oysters cannot stand without Government
aid against those which the divers Of Ceylon bring
up from the bottom Of the ocean to appear in
ma gnifcent splendor around the necks Of American
heiresses transferred TO European titles.
Frankly. whether duties be charged on your
most valuable commodities or not l cannot see
why they should be charged for | am not aware
that American mines or our American waters
ucts What we do not have or cannot make we do
not need TO bar. This may be neither Mchhsey
nor Wilson economic law, but II should pass 10Y
common ,
Of 6ssTaa Ses tEe and de
into heaven should be peculiarly gratifying TO the
would be willing to postpone it to the last moment
As they enter~ani may the day be distant-thers Is
in the really eternal city that which will make them
proud of their art The wall of it is of jasper.
The f fondaOns po of the city are s3rnshed
jasper sapphire chaleedony' emerald sardo l,sx
iscinth and With amethyst. And the twelve gates
s p 1 pure Ey rD ga' May q the %
this association contemplate these splendo.s with
uncovetous thought and unacquisitive eyes
THE ARTIST AND THE JEWEL"
Congressman ". Taylor. speaking TO the toast Of
the Artist and the Jewel" said in part
That art ought to conceal se Is true sh enough
aDDIv the rule TO the jewe.ler discover that he
honors il IN the breach than In the observance
The art Of the jeweer conspicuously asserts Itself
The artist-jeWeler il no disciple OF Illusion ana
deception The painter may so truly copy Nature
as that Nature herself seems 10 be speaking IN
the canvass the actor may so fill himself with the
spirit of his part that his audience may Forget
he stage II Is for the jeweer TO take what
nature has left commonplace and make II beautiful
or superb. He does not initiate ne. creates
The remaining speakers were J. Seaver Page and
the Rev. Dr. J. VI. Farrar.