Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-03

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~ good many things came ont Of
that meeting | can tell you all.
tried TO talk with the men as | i'm
agiued Jesus might II was hard work.
for have not been in the habit Of it,
and | must have made mistake But
can hardly make you believe, Mr. Max
well, the effect Of that meeting on some
Of the men. Before il closed | saw more
than dozen Of them with tears on
their faces. | kept asking, What would
Jesus dor and the more | 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 mp, and | am right now in
| the midst OF a reconstructing of the
entire business, SO far as its motive for
! being conducted is concerned | am so
practically ignorant of all plans for CO.
operation and its application to business
that | am trying to get information
/ from every possible source. | have late
/ ly made special study Of the life of
/ Titus Salt, the great mill owner of
/ Bradford, England who aftcrward built
! that model town on the banks Of the
Aire. There is a good deal III his plans
I that Will help. But | have not vet
reached definite conclusions in regard
toall the details | am not enough used
10 Jeus methods. But see here.
Milton eagerly reached MP into one Of
the pigc0'Lolc, Of his desk and took
out a paper
81 have sketched out what seems to
me programme such as Jesus might
go Ey in business like mine | want
you 70 tell me what yen think about
it.
"wHAT JESUS WOULD PROBABLY DO ~
MILTON WRIGHT $ PLACE As \ BUSINESS
MAN
81 He would cneago in tcsines, .or
the purpose Of nlorifyiue cd and not
for the primary purpose ii making
money
- Al money that mie' be made
b" WCyid never regard a- I.3Dv'l. hGt
rs tr1 irud, to ta T. q for the good
Of h--auity
- His r,.a.i as v:'h g1l The per
sons III Lis ompIoy y,oall us ~, l.o
loving gud hoTvl Io could not help
thinking of thcl au IN The liaht If
souls to be sawed This Thought would
always be greater than his thought Of
making money in business.
~ lie would never do q single dis
honest or questionable thing or try in
the romotest way to get the advantage
of any one else in the same business.
-. The principle OF unsclhshness
and helpfuluess IN all the details Of the
business would direct its details
90 Upon this principle he would
shape the entire plan of his relations to
his employees, to the people who were
his customers and to the general bust
ness world with which he was con
nect-]
Henry Maxwell read thisovcr slowly.
1t reminded him of his own attempts
the day bcfo.' TO pat into concrete
form his thought OF jesus probable ac-
ton. He was very thoughtful as he
looked mp and met Milton Wright
eager gaze.
DO you believe you can continue 10
make your business pay ON those lines ~
II do. Intelligent uneelf.hnoss ought
to be wiser than intelligent sclfshness.
don you think If the men who work
as employees begin to feel "a personal
share in the profits OF the business and.
more than that personal love for
themselves on the part of the firm
won the result nc more care. less
waste more diligence more faithful
ness
YES: think SO = Good many other
business men don Go they; mean
as Il general thine How about your Tc.
lations e. the selfish world that r. rot
irving - make money on Clrstian
principles
That corpIcates my action, of
course.
tTo nE CoNTiNuED.l