Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-23

You need in your house an intelli-
gent and capable employee. Try to
find that rare bird. According to the
principle that you can have every
thing for money, you should be able,
following your offer of salary-medi-
OGRE, ordinary, very good or excellent
to find employees mediocre, ordi-
nary, very good, or superior. But all
who apply for the vacant position will
range themselves in that last cate
CORY, and doubtless will have pro-
cured certificates to support their pre-
tensions. 1t is true that nine times
out of ten, at practical trial, it will be
found that these clever persons Will
totally lack the necessary qualifica-
tions. Why, then, did they engage
themselves with you? They should,
in truth, have answered you as in
the comedy, when they ask the ex-
pensive cook, who knew how to do
nothing, why did you say you were
a Gordon bleu?" why, to get paid"
That is a great affair. You will al
ways find persons who like to get
large salaries. You will find fewer
capacities. And if it is probity that
you seek the difficulties augment
You will find mercenaries easily de-
votion is another thing. Be 1t far
from me to deny the existence of de-
voted servants, and of employees
both honest and intelligent. But you
will meet as many, and often more,
among the poorly paid than among
those more richly compensated. And
it matters little where they are found,
you may be sure that their devotion
is not from interest, but because they
have kept a foundation of simplicity
which makes them capable of self
abnegation.
They go on repeating everywhere
that money is the "sinews 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 suffices that that country be
rich? The Greeks once undertook tC
prove the contrary to the Persians
and that proof will never cease to be
repeated In history. With gold one
can buy vessels, cannon, horses, bu
military genius cannot be bought
neither can political wisdom, disci
pine nor enthusiasm. Put billions
into the hands of your recruiters ant
tell them to bring you a great cap
tain and an army of ragged recruits
You will find a hundred captains fo
only a thousand soldiers. but sent
them to the front and you will have
the value of your money.
At least could we but believe tina
with money alone it would be possibl,
to solace all miseries and do good
Alas! that, too, is an illusion which
We must throw aside. Money, in larg
or small sums, is a seed which cause
abuses to terminate. Unless on
adds intelligence to kindness, and
large experience with men, you will
do nothing but harm, and you will
greatly risk corrupting those who re
ceive your bounties, and those WHOM
you have appointed to distribut
them.
Money will not do everything.
is a power, but is not all-powerfu
Nothing complexities life, nothing S
demoralizes man, nothing falsifies tn
normal movements of society so niue
as the development of the mercenar
spirit. Wherever it reigns 1t is d.
ception for all. One can no longe
confide in any thing or person, nc
obtain any worthy thing. We are nj
detractors of money, but we mus
apply the common law to 1t: e
erything In it's place; every one
his rank" When money, whic
should be our servant. becomes a t