Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-01-04

KIND uf reporting which / believe yuuu-
Morris here can develop because h- j.
in sympathy with what J@us would
do
He assigned Morris a definite. task
and Henry Maxwell started back g. his
study feeling that kind of satisfaction
and II Is very deep kind which
man feels when he has been even uartll
instrumental in finding an unemployed
person a situation.
He had intended to 70 back to his
study. but on his way home he passed
by one Of Milton Wright's stores He
thought he would simply step in and
shake hands with his parishiOner and
bid him godspeed in what he had heard
he was doing 20 put Christ into his
business. bet when he went into the
Office Milton Wright insisted on detain-
ing him to talk over some Of his new
plans Henry Maxwell asked himself IL
this was the Milton Wright he used to
know, eminently practical business
like, according TO the regular code Of
the business world. and viewing every
thing first and foremost from the stand
point Of 'Will it pay1''
There is no use to disguise the fact
Mr. Maxwell. that / have been com
PEELED 10 orevolutionize the whole method
Of my business since | made that prom
Use. | have been doing IA great many
things during the last 20 years in this
store that / know Jesus would not do
but that is a small item compared with
the number Of things / begin to believe
Jesus would do. Ny sins Of commission
have not been as many as those of omis-
sion in business relations
What was the first change you
made?' asked Henry Maxwell He felt
| as if his sermon could wait for him in
| his study As the interview with Mil
| ton Wright continued he was not -
sure but he had found material for
sermon without going back to his study.
Il think the first change ! had to
make was in my thought of my en-
ployees- came down here Mondsy
morning after that Sunday and asked
myself What would Jesus do in his
relation TO these clerks. bookkeepers
office boys, draymen. salesmenr Would
he try to establish some sort of personal
relation to them different from that
which have sustained all these years.
/ soon answered the question by saying
Yes. Then came the question of what
it would lead me to do
81 did not see how could answer it
: to my satisfaction without getting all
my employees together and having a
/ talk with them. So l sent invitations
to all of them. and we had a meeting
out there in the warehouse Tuesday
| night
"A good many things came out OF
that meeting. 1 can't tell you all /
tried to talk with the men as l i'm
| agined Jesus might. 1t was hard work
| for | have not been in the habit of IL.
and | 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 a dozen of them with tears on
their faces. kept asking, What would
| Jesus dor and the more i asked il 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 its motive for
being conducted is concerned / am 50
practically ignorant Of all plans for CO.
operation and its application TO business
that l 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 afterward built
| that model town ON the banks Of the
Aire There is a good deal in his plans
that will help. But l have not yet
reached definite conclusions in regard
| to all the details. am not enough used
i to Jesus methods. But see here.
Milton eagerly reached up into one Of
the pigeonholes Of his desk and took
out a paper.
81 have sketched out what seems To
me "A programme such as Jesus might
| 90 by in a business like mine. / want
| you to tell me what you think about
| it"
"wHAT JESUS WOULD PROBABLY DO IN
MILTON wRIGHT's PLACE AS A BUSINESS
MAN.
81. 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
"a. He would never do n single dis
honest or questionable thing or try in
| the remotest way to get the advantage
of any one else in the same business.
80 The principle of unselfishness
and helpfulness in all the details of the
business would direct its details.
80 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
| 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
| tion. He was very thoughtful as he
looked up and met Milton Wright 5
eager gaze.
"Do you believe you can continue to
make your business pay on those lines
81 do Intelligent unselfishness ought
to be wiser than intelligent selfishness,
| don't you thinkH II the men who work
as employees begin to feel personal
share in the profits of the business and.
more than that, personal love for
themselves on the part Of the firm,
[ won't the result be more care less
waste, more diligence. more faithful
ness e.
Eyes; think 50. A good many other
business men don't. do theyf | mean
as a general thing. How about your re-
lations to the selfish world that is not
trying to make money on Christian
principlesf'
THAT complicates my action. of
course.
Does your plan contemplate what Is
coming to be known as cooperation 2
Yes as far US ! have gone. 1t does
As told you. am studying out my
details carefully. am absolutely con
vinced that Jesus in nv place would be