The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
WANTED.
A New Business Agency.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Not syndicate, nor trust, nor any
 new form of competition, but plan, or
 organization, to relieve the struggle and
 distress of those business men who are
 suffering from these world forces. II
 a man has much money, there are plen-
 ty of other rich men who are ready to
 put their wealth and their wisdom with
 his to make more money for them both.
 Or, if man has failed. and has lost ms
 business and home, and is no longer a
 business rival then prosperous men are
 glad to contribute to provide rood ana
 raiment and shelter for him and his
 family. But, for the man who mas not yet either succeeded or failed, but who
 is in the struggle between success and
 failure-for this man there is no com
 passion or provision. The world say
 He is trying to get rich on our trade"
 and drive the hardest possible bargains
 with him. Business men say, He is
 our rival let us head him off and put
 him down." and they try to rob him of
 his trade. All the time there Is not
 man in the business or social world who
 needs and deserves brotherly conside-
 ration as much as he. The real strain and distress of business life come where
 we least think. The wealthy man has
 his anxiety and care but the, sense of victory and security are sufficient off,
 set for these; he has found rest, Also,
 the man who has failed and utterly
 broken down in business has found rest.
 His purpose has failed. and, as a rule his hope and ambition and pride are | gone and even conscience no longer | troubles him about obligations he can
 not meet. But this middle man, whose | name is legion; whose good purpose is | not yet accomplished or defeated. and
 whose ambition and pride and hope, and keen sense of obligation, are turing and | goadine him on this man knows every thing of struggle and nothing of rest. Every hour of every day he cries, T cannot sail; must not sink; what shall I do?"
 Now something ought to be done for this man before he utterly fails. What is done Is this: As long as he continues the struggle he is subjected to the severest competition. If he asks a favor of any business man, or firm an agency or directory is consulted to see if 1t is safe to trust him. Then, when the struggle is over, heroic and painful struggle that ought to bring him the sympathy and kindly aid of every other business man, he can resort to the bankrupt law, and what little wreck age remains Is divided among his com petitors-and they take 1t. Every one of his creditors believes in the brother nf y,,nt nJ In NTJaIn your fallen brother rlse;" but he takes his percentage of the wreckage just the same.
 Now. there ought to be some agency or company of business men to whom this man can appeal for counsel and temporary aid, in his distress, to save him and his household from final disas- ter and disgrace. Such an organization would be truly Christian. and could properly adopt this creed, T believe in the Fatherhood of God and the Broth- erhood of Man" and sing this hymn, slightly revised, Help your falling brother stand"
 I cannot go on to formulate any plan to meet this want; my purpose is only to awaken thought and sympathy for | this most heroic and deserving class of | men, whose struggle we witness but do | not understand in the fear and pain of | it.
 Recently city paper gave an exam | pie of true brotherhood. A horse died, | in another state, from grief on account of being parted from his mate. A few days after the separation they met, and l when this horse saw his old competitor I,n la1 lat nct ot the other end of the "evener." and fe1 and rested in the next stall, and was not allowed to remain with him, he sud denly died. The veterinary said he died from grief. Tn the business world there are few hearts that break from love and sympathy for the struggling; but many hearts are breaking from lack of a littls encouragement and temporary aid dur ing the uncertainty and anxiety that come in early business life.
 And this need could easily be met by men who are established themselves and secure, and who live next door to the man in peril, and perhaps are fsl- ow-members and -worshippers In he same church. Thus many trage- 1y in business and society and home would be avoided
 There are two men whose condition l ,ovet. First, the man who has debts to pay, and plenty of money to pay them when due. Second the man who has Iebts, but whose money and ambition, md pride and hope, and sense of obliga- :, ion, all are gone, and who can accept ,, harity without shame. Both Of these , nen have rest, and the peace If the last nan is by far the most undisturbed and , 'erfect. But the man in the middle of {, he stream, gaining by one stroke and hen losing by two deserves the sympa- |, hy of God and men. A. IT. .
 TEMPORARY. !,