The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10

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not forget the business men who,
without any complaint or barnard
procession through the street are
enduring stress of circumstances
terrific. The fortunate people of to-day
are those who are receiving daily
wages or regular salaries. And the
men most to be pitied are those who
conduct business while prices are
falling and yet try to pay their clerks
and employees and are in such fearful
straits that they would quit business
tomorrow il it were not for the
wreck and ruin of others. When peo-
pie tell me at what ruinously low
price they purchased an article, II
gives me more dismay than satisfac-
ton. l know it means the bank
ruptcy and defalcation of men in
many departments. The men who
toll with the brain need full as much
sympathy as those who toll with the
hand. All business life is struck
through with suspicion, and panics
are the result of want of confidence.
The pressure to do wrong is strong
err from the fact that in our day the
large business houses are swallowing
up the smaller. the whales dining on
bluefsh and minnows. The large
houses undersell the small ones. be-
cause they buy in greater quantities
and at lower figures from the pro-
Queer. They can afford to make moth
ing, or actually lose, on some styles
of goods. assured they can make it
up on others. So great dry goods
house goes outside OF its regular line
and sells books at cost or less than
cost. and that swamps the book
sellers; or the dry goods house sells
bric-a-brac at lowest figures. ana that
swamps the small dealer IN orlc-a-
brac. And the same 'hinE goes on IN
other styles OF r'.''"no'>'' ana the
consequence is mat all along the bust.
ness streets of al our cities there are
merchants of >...l.t capital who are in
terrific struggle to keep their heads
above water. The ocean liners run
down the Newfoundland fishing
sInacks. This is nothing against the
man who has the big store. for every
man has as large a store and as great
a business as he can manage.
To feel ripht and do ripbt under
| all this pressure requires mnrtvr
grace. requires divine support re-
uuires celestial reinforcement. Yet
there are tens of thousands of such
men getting splendidly through. They
see others going mn and themselves
going down. but they keen their ma
thence and their courage and their
Christian consistency. and after
is generally retribution in some form
for preediness. The owners of the
big business will die. and their bows
will get possession of the business
and with a cigar in their mouths. and
full TO the chins with the hest liouor
and behind a pair of spankinp bavs
they will pass everything on the turn.
pike road 10 temporal and eternal
perdition. Then the business will
break up and the smaller dealers will
have fair opportunity. Or the spirit
of contentment and right feeling will
take possession of the large firm. as
recently with a famous business
house. and the firm will saw: eve
have enough money for all our needs
and the needs of our children. Now
let us dissolve business and make way
for other men in the same line" In
stead of being startled at n solitary
instance of magnanimitv. II will he
come common thing. know Of
scores of great business houses that
have had their opportunitv of vast
accumulation and who oupbt 70 orit
But pcrhaps for all the DAYS Of This
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houses to keep alive under the over.
shadowing pressure of greot bousos
will continue: therefore tolsinc
tbirrs as they are Won viii he visa
70 presorvo vour foitb and throw oyor
all the counters and shelves and oasis
Tho ,naos,,riro 1.-Two % diyiro rio,h+
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