Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-07-29


neighbor, by his lo0seness OF dealing, is I
enabled 70 sell goods az cheaper rate
and decoy your customers. Of course I
you who promptly meet all your busi- /
meas engagements. paying when you
promise TO pay. will find it hard 70 CON- |
pete with that merchant who Is hope
lessiy in debt to the importer for the
goods and 60 the landlord whose store
lac occupies and 70 the clerks who serve
him. There are hundred practices
prevalent in the world Of traffic which
ought never 10 become the rule for hon.
esf men Their wrong does not mako
Your right. Sin never becomes virtue
oy being multiplied and admitted az
brokers board or merchants exchange.
Becausc others sEnuggie a few things
an Passenger trunks. because others
take usury when men are in sight
places, because Others deal in fancy
stocks. because Others palm OF worth
less Endorsements. because others do
nothing but blow bubbles. do not. there
fore, bc overcome Of temptation. Hol-
low prctentions and fictitious credit
and commercial gambling NAV awhile
prosper. but the day OF reckoning
cometh. and IN addition 80 the horror
nnd condemnation OF outraged COM
munities the curse Of Cod viii como.
blow after blow. Gods layv forever and
forever is the only standard 81 right
and wrong and not commercial ethics.
Young business man, avoid che first
business di-honOr, and Won will svoid
oil the rest. The captain of vessel
was walking near the month OF a river
when the tide was low. nnd there was a
long, stout anchor chain. into one OF
the great links of which bis foot
slipped. and IL began 20 swell. and he
could not withdraw IL. The tide began
20 rise. The chain could not he loos-
encd nor h!cd OF in time. and "A surgeon
was called 20 amputate the limb. but
before the work could be done the tide
rolled over tho victim. and his life was
gone. have 10 I'll you. Young man.
that just one wrong into which you
slip may be a link OF q long chain OF cir
cumstanccs from which you cannot be
extricatcd by any ingenuity Of your
own or any help from others. and tho
tides will roll over YOU a. they have
over many. When pompcy. the war
rior. wanted TO take possession of a
city and they would not open the gates.
he persuaded them To admit u sick sol
der. Eut the sick soldier after awhile
60; well ana strong. and he threw open
the gates and let the dcvaslatinR army
/ come in. One wrong admitted into the
/ soul may gain IN strength until after
i awhile IA flings open all she gates TO The
attack Of sin. and the ruin j complete
Again. business men arr sometime
tempted 20 throw OF personal resPon.
sibiiitics, shifting il TO the institution
10 which they belong. Directors IN
/ banks aud railroad and insurance com
panies sometimes shiri responsibility
underneath the action 0f thc corpora
tiOn, and how often. when some bank
ing house or financial institution eN
! plOdes through fraud, respectable mer
ia the board OF directors say: Why.
thought ali was going on in aD homes
way. and am utterly coDfounded with
this demeanOri The banks and IN,
fre and life and marine insurance com
panies aud the railroad companies vii
not stand up tor Judgment IN the las
day. but those who in them acte'
righteously viii receive. each for him
self. reward. and those who acted tn
part Of neglect or trickery will. eacl
for himself. receive . condemnation.
Unlawful dividends are not clean be
fore God because there are those asso
ciated with YOU who grab just a. bag
pile as you do. lie who countenance
the dishonesty OF the firm or OF the cor
porati0n or association takes upon him
self all the moral liabilities. II IN
financial institution steals. he steal:
II they 40 into wild speculatioas. h
himself Is . gambler. II they needless
ly embarass - creditor, he himself /
guilty of cruelty. II they swindlo IN
uninitiated. he himself - a defrandel
No financial institution ever had
money vault strong enough. Or credi
staneh enough. ar dividends isrg
enough, or policy acute enough 10 hid
the individual sins Of it's members. Th
old sdage that corporations have n
soUls is misleading. Every corpOrs
! sion has ss many souls a. IL has men
bers.
Again, many business men have bee
tempted 90 postpone their enjoyment
and duties TO future season OF entiT
/ leisure. What sedatiVe the Christia
? religion would be To all our busines
I men ~ instead OF postponing ats use
TO old age or death they would take
into the store or factory or worldly "a
, gagements nowi IL ~ folly 60 go ami
2 the uncertainties Of business life wit
no God to help. \ merchant IA Ne