The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-03

cealment Of stolen goods has been in
tense and the affair hasS engaged the
Courts apd..the attention Of public
for dsys. The public is astounded
over the fact THAI SO many prominent
and heretofore Aonored men are con-
uec.ed with lit. Ishaye read Of few
things inathe history Of my. State that
have surprised. me more. The affair
has put me to thinking. Almost every
week l am shocked by the announce
ment through the press that some
prominent man has defaulted, or in
plain English, stolen out store or
bank or someobusiness, and in many
Of the so-called assignment cases it is
simply respectable stealout.
Mr.. WebsterXsays Stealing is the
act Of taking the property OF person
without his knowledge or consent" :"
With this definition I csn run hun
dreds Of business firms and thousands
Of men into the changing The
honor Of ffours. business men has been
dropping for gambling and
stealing are becomipg.more and more
respectable methods of competition,
tricks of.trade.C { Shams, adulterations
and shoddies' have multiplied in the
business world every year. Futures,
buckctshops, corners and monopolies
are nothing more than gambling and
stealing institutions. The business
firms have trioked and shammed till
they have taught their clerks, and
every store. has to-: have two or three
ways Of checking up each transaction
to prevent the clerks from stealing, SO
that every honest young man is made
to feel like thief as soon,ae he enters
business. -
The truth is the1business meth
DDS Of the times are destroying
truth and honesty. and rendering
stealing .mofeurespectable every day.
Honesty is the opposite Of stealing.
Honesty rests on truth and grows out
of truth. An absolutely truthful man
does not make thief, and it is hard
to make an honest manuout of liar.
When truth is disturbed the whole
structure acharacter.. tumbles. Our
business world starts at the manufac-
tory, and how often.does onr mannfae-
turcd articles start out bearing lje
on their faces. Some Of the finest in
ventions of the age have been machin-
cry and professions, for working in
shoddies and authorizations. The
leather factorysmake es golid9 stock out.
Of poplar, andWoolen'mills make jeans
out of cotton and worn.out clothing.
The tobacco factories can almost ceYsr
the devil himself with q good wrap
per- The shoe factory makes "hand-
made" shoes on machine. The bug
gy and carr;sgs eess.oriss use putty and
paint as charitytan cover q multitude
Of sins. The. patent medicine e.oto-
ries simply sell lies bottled or pow
dcred, as reqnirad TIE lie runs
through ali lines ofs ,,nI;a,nnfactnred
goods. Then this}iie must he carried
4 out by merchant and olerk. q we be .
come nation of.hua;nass Tl;.rs
Then societv.jtakaa, I, ! J, !, ~. S. Ia .l;esh
4 trying to "a In OF g. tbe nnhl;cj abods
a dies for genuine The lso,,, & a.. ,,sa,
4 lies in the I...s. ana dyssss a.. : nd ;sr
y slry, have les on their II M sahias A J. az :
j shoddy silver:and,ch;n. Z ~ a. ~. $ n,ass 80
\ have lies on atbeir tIoora ~ q sbodd : oar
j pets, on their w;ndows IN ,sbodd u ,.oeSa
q in their f,,rnit,,rs e :, M s; { l,d.noni.r e..
4 Walnut. et.. Tha little oh;idrss s, "a "a
4 dressed ia lies-jtbeir d.Iotb;na ~ i T,nsde s 81,
10 represent. som tlS;np tIat ;t ;a IA
The men ss Wall ss y,,o,, s. -. ;,
eut the lie IS their nm sbocs ! :, : "a s. has &, s.
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