The Princeton union., 1899-10-05


II did not see how could answer it
to my satisfaction without getting all
my employees together and having
talk with them. So sent invitations
to all of them. and we had meeting
out there in the warehouse Tuesday
night.
"A good many things came out Of
tried to talk with the men as I i'm
agined Jesus might. 1t was hard work,
for have not been in the habit Of it,
and l must have made mistakes. But
can hardly make You believe, Mr.. Max
well, the effect Of that meeting on some
of the men Before it closed saw more
than dozen Of them with tears on
their faces. I kept asking, What would
Jesus do?' and the more I asked it the
further along it pushed me into the
most intimate and loving relations with
the men who have worked for me all
these years. Every day something new
is coming up, and l am right now in
the midst of a reconstructing of the
entire business, so far as it's motive for
being conducted is concerned. I am so
practically ignorant Of all plans for CO.
operation and its application to business
that I am trying to get information
from every possible source. I have late
ly made a special study Of the life Of
Titus Salt, the great mill owner Of
Bradford, England, who afterward built
that model town on the banks of the
Aire There is good deal in his plans
that will help. But I have not yet
reached definite conclusions in regard
to all the details I am not enough used
to Jesus methods. But see here.
Milton eagerly reached up into one Of
the pigeonholes of his desk and took
out a paper.
II have sketched out what seems to
go by in business like mine. I want
you to tell me what ycu think about
it.
''wHAT JESUS WOULD PROBABLY DO IN
MILTON WRIGHT PLACE AS BUSINESS
MAN.
II. He would engage in business for
the purpose of glorifying God and not
for the primary purpose Of making
money.
''2. All money that might be made
he would never regard as his own, but
as trust funds to be used for the good
of humanity.
''3. His relations with all the per-
sons in his employ would be the most
loving and helpful. He could not help
thinking Of them all in the light Of
souls to be saved. This thought would
always be greater than his thought of
making money in business.
~ He would never do single dis
honest or questionable thing or try in
the remotest way to get the advantage
of any one else in the same business.
''5. The principle of unselfshness
and helpfulness in all the details of the
business would direct its Details
''6. Upon this principle he would
shape the entire plan Of his relations tc
his employees, to the people who were
his customers and to the general bust
ness world with which he was con
nected
Henry Maxwell read this over slowly
1t reminded him Of his own attempts
the day before to put into concrete
form his thought Of Jesus probable &C
ton. He was very thoughtful as ht
looked up and met Milton Wright:
eager gaze.
do you believe you can continue tt
make your business pay on those lines?'
II do Intelligent unselfshness ough
to be wiser than intelligent selfshness
don you think? If the men who worl
is employees begin to feel a persona
share in the profits of the business and
more than that a personal love fo
themselves on the part Of the firm
won't the result be more care, les
waste, more diligence. more faithful
ness?'
'Yes; l think So A good many othe
business men don't, do they? I mea
as a general thing How about your re
'lations to the selfish world that is nc
trying to make money on Christia
principles?''
'"That complicates my action, {
course. -
docs your plan contemplate what
coming to be known as cooperation 2
Eyes; as far as have gone, it doe
AS l told you, I am studying out m
details carefully. I am absolutely col
vinced that Jesus in my place would
absolutely unselfsh. He would love a
these men in his employ He wou]
consider the main purpose of all tt
business to be mutual helpfulness an
would conduct it all 50 that Gods king
dom would be evidently the first objec
sought. On those general principles, a
say, am working. l must have tim
to complete the details.
When Henry Maxwell finally lef
Milton Wright, he was profoundly i'm
pressed with the revolution that wa
being wrought already in the business
AS he passed out of the store he caugh
something Of the new spirit Of the place
There was no mistaking the fact tina
Milton Wright's new relations to hi
employees were beginning, even so soo1
after less than two weeks, to transfor1