The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-09


think It a great blessing. A nice, kind
man wrote me a letter and asked me
what thought of the silver question. TO
be quit, honest. do not think very much
about il, but / do know this-gold Is much
nicer 10 handle. Then, too, ! remember
the day OF the trade dollar, that aWiul
dsv when one did not know whether one S
dollar represented lightweight cents or
one hundred Of them. Silver IS not pleas
ant i'm tho purse. a man VINO KNOWS Il
great deal says that If We nave SILVER
we will not be counted honest by loI-
eiencrs / do not think we are counted as
particularly honest by foreigners now. As
a nation, we are too f0rglvns. We ever
look tho emile zZler and count mo sehlic-
man thief as Ierson VINO is 10 ne re-
gardel with sympathy. our law court
are larc1 e0 at by people Of the Old ORD,
and when we say honesty, they tell MS
that we do not know what We are talking
about; that we are not an immoral ha-
tiCn as far as honesty goes put an uh-
moral enc, not knowing absolutely what
real honesty is. And sometimes am
afraid this is true.
Tho eageiress of our men for money
making causes them 10 forget that cute
deals are not always square ones thdl
getting ahead Of man may result III q
pile of money, but not in self-respect. In
the old days our merchants thought eN-
IRENE honesty a good advertisement.
NOWADAYS. il is believed that extreme
business ability, so called, Is most ue-
srable. l do rot like those WORDS busI-
ness ability. Ability ought 10 mean capa-
bilitv in the direction of underselllng IN
one way and overseeing in another. lt
a merchant can sell me a pair OF gloves
for half their value. | know he IS going
TO make IT up 10y charging double the
value for handkerchief.
It doesn't pay TO buy things for less than
they are worth. and when ANYBODY is
fool enough to bc caught in this trap she
deserves to be plnched. You see am not
sfr0ng on the silver question, though /
confess TO liking a silver spoon to eat
with. and a silver backed brush Tor my
hair. but lam perfectly strong on an non
est basis for all business deals when
we are honest in our business life We VIII
bo homes, IN our daily life Honesty
should permeate our mind. In the old
davs a girl was taught 10 be yirtuous,
and boy was taught 10 be honest, ana
all society morally was IN better state
than IL is now. Today, II is enough II
our women dress we'll and our men make
money There is no mention OF either
these two IN the Ten Commandments.
don't think there is In the New Iests-
ment. but stl as we read uansiauons.
the 81 books can be twisted around 10
suit the morals OF the day. 49,
What are the morals OF tbs day? The
chief rule seems 10 be 10 get as mUch out
OF VOur ueiChbor as YOU can, duo 10 70
as little for your neighbor as YOU can. II
is bad law. one iAdt - IvN t'NN w
live by. nor to die by. and that is what
we have got 10 think az. Not only thss
living but the dying The sweetest old
writer who belonged to the days that
have gone. gave the world a great book
on Holy Living Then he wrote one on
Holy Dying lie knew that what we dld
here counted for what we did In the mere
after and he combined tho TWO. That Is
what we want TO do Live so that our
diving Will be easy. Try to- Well yes, as
wen as ] can. but even II do not prac-
lice so perfectly, I assure you that when
IL comes 60 preaching, neither you nor
vour ueighbor can compare with BAB.