The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

movement OF thousand wheels of 10
cial mechanism. A man may do what
he will with his own. but he who abus-
e trust funds In that one act commits
theft. falsehood. perjury. and becomes
In all the intensity Of the word mis-
creant. How many widows and orphans
there are with nothing between them
and starvation but a sewing machine.
or held out OF the vortex OF destruc-
red with their own hearts blood. who
a little while ago had by father and
husband left them a competency. Wha.
Is the matter? The administrators or
the executors have sacrificed it-run-
ming risks with 1t that they would not
have dared to encounter in their own
private affairs.
How often 1t Is that a man will earn
| a livelihood by the sweat Of his brow
and then die, and within few months
bling rapids Of Wall street! How often
1t Is that you have known the man II
| whom trust funds were committed TAX
ing them out of the savings bank and
from trust companies and >administra-
tors, turning old homesteads into hard
cash, and then putting the entire es-
tate into the vortex Of speculation. En-
bezzlement Is an easy word to pro-
nounce, but 1t has ten thousand ramifi-
cations There Is not city that has
- hA oh of trtt AZ
funds. Where is the court house or the
city hall or the jail or the postoffic.
or the hospital that in the building OF It
has not had political job? Long be-
fore the new court house In New York
city was completed 1t cost over $l2.-
100000. Five million six hundred and
sixty three thousand dollars for furni-
ture! For plastering and repairs. $2.-
100000: for plumbing and gas works.
l,231,Sl for awnings, $25,553; the bills
for three months coming to the nice lit
tie sum OF $13. ISL, 1859. There was not
an honest brick or stone. or lathe Or
nail or foot OF plumbing or inch Of
plastering or inkstand OF door knob IN
the whole establishment
That bad example was followed In
many Of the cities. which did not steal
quite so much because there was not
80 much to steal. There ought to be
closer inspection and there ought to be
less opportunity for embezzlement. Lest
a man shall take a five cent piece that
does not belong to him, the conductor
on the city horse car must sound his
bell at every payment, and we are very
cautious about small offenses. but give
plenty of opportunities for sinners or
large scale to escapc-fR hoy who
steals n loaf Of bread from a corner
grocer to keep his mother from starv-
ing to death, a prison; but for defraud-
ers who abscond with $50e.o0O. castle
on the Rhine, or waiting untn the Of
fense is forgotten. a castle on the Hud-
son.
Another remark needs to be made,
and that is that people ought not to go
into places, into business or into posi-
tions where the temptation Is mightier
than their character. II there be large
sums of money to be handled and the
man is not sure OF his own integrity.
you have not right to run an unseawor-
| thy craft in hurricane. A man can
| tell by the sense of weakness or
strength in Nthe presence of bad op-
portunity whether he Is in a safe place.
How many parents make an awful mis-
| take when they put their boys in BANK
| ing houses and stores and shops and
| factories and places Of solemn trust
without once discussing whether they
can endure the temptation, You give
| the boy plenty of money and have no
accotnt of it and make the way down
become very easy and you may put
upon him pressure that he cannot
stand. There are men who go into
positions full OF temptation, considering
| only that they are lucrative positions
An abbot wanted to buy a piece OF
ground. and the owner would not sell
| II. but the owner finally consented to
| let Il to him until he could raise one
crop, and the abbot sowed acorns--a
crop Of 200 years. And tell you, young
man, that the dishonesties which you
plant in your heart and life will seem
to be very insignificant, but they will
grow up until they will overshadow you
| with horrible darkness, overshadow all
| time and all eternity. 1t will not be a
crop for 200 years, but a crop for ever
| lasting ages.
address many who have trust funds.
1t Is a compliment to you that you
/ have been so intrusted. but I charge
| you in the presence Of God and the
world be careful-be as careful Of the
property Of others as you are careful
| Of your own. Above ALL keep your own
| private account at the bank separate
| from your account as trustee of an es-
tate or trustee of an institute. That Is
| the point at which thousands of peo-
pie make shipwreck. They get the
property of others mixed up with their
own property. they put It Into invest
| ment and away 1t all goes. and they
| cannot return that which they borrow
ed. Then comes the explosion and the
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