The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13
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10 the cheeks Of honest men. An hon-
est man is one who viii not b. a party
to dishonesty IN anything. Fall
weights, full measures. fair dealings,
scrupulous integrity ~charaeterize his
thoughts and words and nets s. We
GO into the wholesale trade we Tsiil End
spurious articles Of diet diiutedartiele
shoddy articles, articles Of underHeight
articles that are manufactured as cheats
and known to be cheats. II wesgo into
the clothing line ne fnd garments
wrung from the bleeding fingers Of
oyer-worked, under-paid womens gar
ments that are shoddy ID eolots, sheddy
in material, shoddy in quality. II the
dry goods world we find the same evil
dence Of cheat and swindle. / have
found out that a cheat is d cheat and
he will cheat you every chance be gets
An honest man is an honest man, and
it pays to deal with hims H know a
merchant to be an honest man, whose
word is as sacred as his soul, ! can
deal with him with satisfaction and
ease. They labor under this disadvan-
tage-their goods are always higher
priced than at the places where frauds
and cheats are practiced on the people.
A good article with a reasonable profit
is the cheapest article one can buy.
Then we go into the world Of manu-
facturies. We find ID pianos, IN organs,
in wagons and buggies, in cutlery and
plows, cheats on every hand, fraud at
every turn. Why all this when it has
been demonstrated a thousand times
that honesty is the best policy2 George
Westenholm and Rogers have grown
rich by dealing honestly with the pub
lie in cutlery. The Columbia Buggy
company has fourished for a of
years because they do honest work.
Some merchants whom / could name
have prospered and will continue to
prosper because they deal fairly with
their customers.
Honesty is not only q principle gov
erning our dealings, but is a means of
success If faithfully persisted in. Have
no dealings with q Tascail We have
got that from the lips Of others a thou-
sand times, yet every day and every
where men are being defrauded and
wrong has been perpetrated because of
dishonest dealing between man and
man. A man who will tell a lie to make
a deal or hide a truth to accomplish a
trade is dishonest at heart. The old
horse jockey who tells 100 lies and.
covers up 100 truths in order To beathis
neighbor in q trade is as decent and
honest as the manufacturer or mer-
chant who practices deception and de-
frauds his neighbor in the deals he
makes with him.
Honesty is very u-npretentious. Dis
honesty struts and regales. Sometimes
in flaming advertisements, sometimes
in protestations of integrity it seeks to
lead others to believe that their real i'm
terest lies in trading with them. If
men were sensible and knew it was wise
to trade only with the honest men,
then honesty would have a fair show
and men would get value received in all
the marts of trade. And yeti believe in
proportion. There are more dishonest
buyers thar there are dishonest sellers,
more dishonest customers than there
are dishonest merchants, more dis
honest consumers than there are dis-
honest manufacturers. / can see how
an honest man can suffer himself to be
defrauded by the tricks of trade in buy
ing and selling the commodities of life,
but all stock gambling and future deal
ing seems to be honeycombed with d
want Of honesty ard integrity that will
swamp any man Who INDUCES in II. /
have no patience with the dealer or
toner in bucket shops or future deal
ing. l believe the sweat of the face
Is the honesty of the life manifested
within. He who gets something for
nothing or gets something easier than
laboring for it must either inherit IL or
defraud another out of it.
/ believe the best road to permanent
prosperity lies III national, commercial
and Individual honesty. There can be
no permanent prosperity when the in
tegrity Of a nation is questioned Or the
honesty of an individual is doubted,
Not onIy In the marts Of trade do we
see dishonesty displayed and tricks
manifested, but thousands Of men IN
their dishonesty when it ONE to pay
ing their debts present q picture that
gives one almost acontempt for the ma.
iority Of men. Some men will pile uI
behind the p~etticoats Of their wives
competency and then act as agents TO-
their wives in future life. have vers
little respect fur an insoIyent husband
living in holy wedIock with q solvent
wife. / hayn no respect for ths
members of the church or the preacher
who do not acrupulously look to tn
paying OF their debts. / have no re
spect for even a negro who will not pas
his debts. Sooner or later we mus
find out this fact: That he who honest
III pays his debts will avoid a thousant
errors and difficulties which oyertake
non-debt payer. I have some respec
for q man who would but can't pay
but no respect for the man who can ami
won't. A man who is in debt must b
economical, industrious and pay ever.
dollar be an. or lose the CONSCIOUSNESS
that he is an honest man. had as sool
be III jail as to live like some men live
hunted by creditors and lodging IL
dunners until lite becomes y burden
Exit agagantly they have lived and mis-
erably they will die. Some men hay
spent as much time Sinking the pay