Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-27

The result was that that railroad
going into Pittsburg took another
course. The old farmers township 10
now sidetrackcd. It Ia nothing but q
simple country town. On the other
hand, the valley through which TINT
railroad now runs IL prosperous and
wealthy. Land has doubled and
trebled In value. There ID an lnevito-
bic law Of the survival Of the nttest
In brains. How are you graspins your
opportunities7 Are you trying to mako
the world travel In stagecoaches and
canal boats when the shrieklng
whistle Of the Overland Limited 10
calling its passeneers to get aboardf
II you do not develop your brains.
then, BY the law Of man and the law
Of God, to the wall you must 20. Tho
survival Of the nttest" b the mental
demonstration Of life. Never let that
one truth out Of your mind until you
have developed your intellect to lts
highest possibilities.
But the flttest survive In the moral
world as we'll as IN the physical and
the mental. The man who 10 honest
and true and noble will always, In the
long run, win over the man who Is de-
ceitful and dishonest. There is abso-
lutely no doubt about It. All other
things being equal. there Is q survival
Of the lttest In the moral realm. Yet
to hear some people talk you would
suppose that It never pays to be hon.
est or truthful in business life.
"Sell where you can sell the dearest.
Buy where you can buy the cheapest.
Get all Of the money out of the people
you can without landing In jail" Is
their motto. Look at F. T. Barnum's
success" they say. I'm one of his
books the great Snowman says, The
American people love to be hum
bugged.'" Then he had the unlimited
impudence to write a book entitled
'The Humbugs Of the World" In that
book he showed how lie had humbugged
the American people. "Oh. yes" they
say, ut never pays to be honest. The
man who can cheat and deceive and
lie and steal the most In business Is
the man who makes the greatest sue
cess in mercantile life" Is that your
opinion Of mercantile life? Well, my
friend. want to tell you that you are
wrong. and wrong in toto. There Is a
survival of the flttcst In the moral
world. All other things being equal.
the man who Is true and honest and
upright and just Ia the man who will
win in business life, and not the scoun-
drel.
Fair Dealing.
The merchant who Is successful In
the true sense Of the word Is not the
man who cheats his customers, but the
man who will give his customers more
for their money than any one else will
give. A great merchant builds up his
business by winning tho confidence and
the respect Of community, not by
selling them shoddy goods. The story
is told that many years ago n new
trader went out to live among the In
dinns. No sooner had he landed and
opened his store than the Indian chief
came to him and bought some goods.
The chief said, Il pay you tomorrow"
The next day the Indian chief returned
with many members of his tribe. Then
he commenced to pay the trader for
his goods. lie gave him one otter
skin, then another skin, then another
skin and then another skin until he
had given to him four skins. The
goods were worth Just about four
skins. Then the chief drew out beau
tlful otter skin and offered 1t also. He
offered this fifth skin to test the trad
er's honesty. "Chief," said the trader.
Il do not want that fifth skin. You
have paid me enough" The Indian
chief said: mo, no. White man, take
this skin also" Again and again the
white trader refused. mo. chief" said
he. you have paid me enough. l do
not want any more" With that the
Indian chic gave grunt of satisfac-
ton. He turned to his warriors and
said: "Come. trade with palefacc. He
honest man." Then turning to the
white trader he said: "Palcface. sup
pose you take that last skin. Indian no
dishonest white man." All, yes, the old
Indian trader knew the law Of the sur.
vival OF the fittest In the business
world. The way the grent merchant
builds up his true business success Is
not by cheating his customers. but by
always being honest, always true and
always trying to give his customers
more for their money than they can
get In any other store.
As there is q survival Of the fittest
in the physical and mental and moral
realms. 40 there is also survival n
the spiritual realm. Charles Darwin
never meant to apply thia sentence t.
the spiritual world. but God does. God
emphatically does this In the words Of
my text. How does the nrst psalm ol
David read? The cody "shali be lik>
tree planted by the rivers Of wstes
that bringeth forth tn fruit in 10 sea
son. His leaf also shall not withsf
and Whatsoever be doeth shall prosper
But the way Of the ungodly
shall PERISH" Yes. there Is the law Of
the survival Of the flttest In the spir
itual world. II we are one with Christ
we shall grow and keep on growing
all through tho eternities. We shall
bear fruit millennium after millennium
II we are not one with Christ we shall
become like the char which the WIND
driveth away" The whirlwinds OF thu