The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27
thcro arc things that cannot be procur-
ed for money alone.

ca money
You need In your house an Intelligent
and capnble employed. Try to find that
rnro bird. According to the principle that
You can hnve everything for money, YOU
should DO able following your offer OF
salary-mcdlocrc, ordinary. very good or
exceilent-to find employees mediocre. or
binary, very good or superior But all
who apply for the ydcant position, Will
range themselves in that last category.
and doubtless will have procured certlh-
Gates to support their protenss l,1 II IS
true that nine times out or tei,, at prac-
tical trial, It will be found that these
clover persons will totally lack the neces-
sary qualifications. Why, then, did they
engnge themselves with you7 They
should In truth. have answered you as
In the comedy, when they asked the ex-
pcnslve cook who knew how to do Moth
Ing, "Why did you shy you were a Gordon
bleu7" why, to get paid" That Is q
sons who like TO get largo salaries. You
will fnd fcwer} capacltics. And II It Is
probity that You seek the difficulties aug
ment You will find merccnaries easily;
devotion Is another thing Belt far from
mo to deny tho existence OF devoted SER
wants and OF employees, both honest and
intelligent But you Will meet as many,
duQ Ollcu ultlNIlk lI6 pOSIly paul
than among those more richly compen-
stated. And 1t matters little whore they
are found, you may be sure that their
devotion Is not from interest, but because
they have kept foundation Of sim
plicity which makes them apable OF SELF
a bnegaton. i& & 3 So s
Il They go on repeating everywhere that
money is the "slnews OF war" Doubtless,
war costs much money, and OF that we
know something. Is that to SAY that
to defend oneself against ones enemies
and honor ones flag. It sufficcs that tina t
country be rich? Tho Greeks once under
took to prove tho contrary to the Per-
sians, and that proof will never cease to
be repeated In history. With gold ono
can buy vessels, cannon, horses. but Mill
tory genius cannot be bought. neither can
assn. Put billions into the hands OF your
recruiters and tell them 10 bring you n
great captain and an army OF ragged re-
cr,lfts. You will find hundred cap
talns for only q thousand soldiers. but
send them to tho front and you will have
the value OF your money.
&s At least, could we but believe that
to solace all mscries and do good. Alas
that, too, Is an illusion which we must
thlow aside. Money, in large or small
sums. Is a seed which causes abuses to
gerninate Unless one adds intelligence
to Kindness. and a large experience with
men, you will do nothing but harm and
you will greatly risk corruptIng those
who receive your bounties and those
whom you have appointed to distribute
them
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Money Will not do everything. II is a
power but IS not all-powerfu. Nothing
complexities life, nothing 80 demoralzes
man nothing falsifles the normal move
ments OF society 30 much rs the Develop
ment Of the 4mercenary spirit, Wherever
it reisns It Is deception for ALL One can
no longer connde iii anything or person.
nor obtain any worthy thing We are not,
dctructors Of money. but we must apply
the common law to 1t: '.EverythIng In It's
place: every one in his rank. When
money, which should he our servant, be-
comes a tyrannical force, dsrespectful
of moral life, OF dignity and liberty; when
some strive to procure II at all costs.
bringing to the market that which Is not
merchandise, while others, who possess
riches, think to themselves that they ca n
obtain OF others things not permitted
any one to sell or buy, we must rise
against that coarse and criminal supersti-
ton. shout loudly to the imposture: May
your money perish with you!' That
which man has the most precious he has
generally received grptuitously that he 4
may learn to give It gratuitously.
Go be Continued Next Sunday)