Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-11-03

pictured wall ana on ever,DcroI, ana
on every tracericd winds<, and the
JOY that flashes in the llhtN. and that
showers in the music spd that dances
IN the quick feet of thsehildren patter-
lag through the hallnns in it the favcr
CT God and the APPROVAL of mar.
And there are tsob>ands and tens of
thousands of mecchants who. from TIA ,
first day they sold yard OF cloth. or
tirlSin of butter. lave maintained their
integrity. They were born honest,
they will live honest and they will die
honest. But You and know that there
are in commercial life those who are
guilty of great dishoncsties of speech.
merchant says; Il am selling these
goods at less than cost Is he getting
for these goods price inferior To that
which he paid for them? Then he has
spoken the truth. Is ne getting more ?
Then he lies. \ merchant saws: Il
paid SD for this article" Is that the
price he paid for it? All right. But
suppose he paid :or it s2S instead of se5.
Then he lies.
But there arc just as many false
hoods before the counter as there are
behind the counter. A customer comes
in and asks: How much is this ar
ticlet?" 1T is five dollars II can get
it for four dollars somewhere else. "
Can he get it for four dollars some
where else, or did he say that lust for
the purpose of getting it cheap by de-
preciating the value of the goods? IL
so, he lied. There are just as many
falsehoods before the counter as there
are behind the counter.
man unrolls upon the counter a
bale of handkerchiefs. The customer
says: Are these all silll?" YES. =
mo cotton i'm them" mo cotton in
them" Are those handkcrchicfs all
silk? Then the merchant told the
truth. Is there any cotton in them?
Then he lied. Moreover he dcfrauds
himself, for this Gust Dmcr coming in
will after "A while finu ont that he has
been dcfraudcd, and the next time he
comes To town and goes shopping he
will look up at that sign and say: No;
won't go in there: that's the place
where | got Il ose handkerchicfs. .
First, the merchant insulted God. and,
secondly, he picked his own pocket.
Who would take the responsibility oil
saying how many falsehoods were YES
terday told by hardware men. end
clothierS, and lumbermcn, and tobac.
conists, and jewellers and importers.
and shippers. and dealers in furniture
and dealers in coal. and dealers in gro
ceries? Lies about bundles. o.,out sad.
dies, about harness. about shoes. about
hats. about coats, about shovels. about
tong, about forks. about chairs about
sofas, about horses. about lands. about
everything. ! arraign commercial
falsehood as one of the crying sins of
our time
pass on to speak Of mechanical
falsehoods. Among the artisans are
those upon whom we are dependent for
the houses in which we live. the gar
ments we wear, the cars in which we
ride. The vast majority of them are.
so far a. | know them. men who speak
the truth. and they are upright, and
many of them are foremost in great
philanthropies ana in churches: but
that they all do not belong to that
class every one knows. In times when
there is great demand for labor il
Is not so easy for such men to keen
their obligations, because they may
miScalculatc in regard 70 the weather.
or they may not Dc able TO get the help
they anticipated in their enterprise. |
an speaking now of those who promise
to do that which they know they will
not be able to do. They say they will
come on Monday: they do not come I'M
til Wednesday. They say they will
come on Wednesday: they do not come
until Saturday. They say they will
have the job done in 10 days: they do
not get it done before 80. And when a
man becomes irritatcd and will not
stand it any longer then they 90 and
work for him a day or two and keep
the job along; and then some one else
gets irritatcd and outraged. and they
go and work for that man and get him
paciticd. and then they go somewhere
else. believe they call that nursing
the job
Ah. my friends. how much dishonor
such men would save their souls if
they would promise to do only that
which they know they can do. ooh. q"
they say. its Of no Importance: every
body expects To bc deceived and disap-
pointed There j., voice of thunder
sounding among the saws and ham
mcrs and the shears. saying: "Nll
liars shall have their place IN the lake
that burns with fire and brimstonc."
pas, ON TO speak Of social lies. How
much OF society il insinccre? You
hardly know what 90 believe. They
send their regards: YOU do not exactly
know whether 81 is an expression of
the heart or an external civility. They
ask YOU 90 come o. their house: Won
hardly know whether they really want
you 20 come. We are AN accustomed
TO take discount OIL what we hear.
Not at home very often means too
lazy 10 dress was reading OF a
lady who said size had told her last
fashionable lie There was knock
at her door and She sent word down.
Not at home. That night her hus-
band said 20 her: Mrs. ~o.and-,o is
dead. rs it possible" She said.
Yes. and she died jon great anguish 81
mind: she wanted go sec Won so very
much: She had something very impor-
tant 20 disclose 10 sou in her last hour.
and she sent three times to-day. but
fcUnd Won absent every time. Then
this woman bethought herself that She
had had q bargain with her nciphbor
that when the long-rrot ractcd sickness
was about tp come 90 an end she would
appear AT her bedside and take the
secret that was 20 be- disclosed. And
She had said She was Not at home