Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-15
just A Reminder

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] the article, written by Miss Tarbell {
s7for Mcclure. based on the Italians
ssssMachiavelli's "The Prince TheS
FGreat Falls Tribune comments on it5
Gin most unbiased and fair manners
Sand says in part: lin The Princes /
4 $SMachiavelli set forth his theory that's
EEssthe duty of every ruler was to pro-
4 mote the welfare of himself and his.
kkingdom in any manner that mighty
Esuggest itself. Treachery, cruelty,
tfalsehood and all sorts of crimes weres
n sJustfiable, nay commendable, if thel
Vend sought was the aggrandizements
K OF the government and country. u
She finds, and there are many evil
Edences of the correctness of her find
&ings, that success is the paramountS
Eduty of the commercial world. It,
Ycan be attained in the highest degree]
6only by force. At times it requiresI
evidence, cruelty, falsehood, perjury.
81 treachery. But the creed OF the,
Hcurrent commercialism does not hest y
Sstate at these practices. The onlyi
thing is to be sure that they are
necessary for the good Of the busi !
Tness, and to be careful to insist Upoh
! them always as wise and commend
Eale and that they work together for
\ the greatest good Of the greatest num-
'Sber.
n Commendable also is it that these
Mthings should be done with charm of
manner, public benevolence and pri-
Hvate charity. Probably says Miss
MTarbell, lat no period of the world S
l iWhistory where the Mlachiavellian
Fformula has been the chief working
Zone of greatsocial institution has it's
Hcrowning prlnclple-to give the whole
kRfabric the color Of charity - been
Mso universally practised as it IS today
1Eby our captains of industry. Today
oathere is hardly to be found in Ameri
scan industry a leader, however, Mach
g eHiavellian in practice, who.Edoes not
!, ~seek to justify himself in the eyes OF
rsSthe public by some form OF benefit tC
dSsociety. They see it pays to be known
Mas public benefactors. That such s
sNreputation will keep the public silent
.Wlonger than any other. That a great
.Ygift may often head off Legislative in
1t is all application OF
il &Napoleon's wisdom: When the people
, are restive, "gild dome. >"
I'll Is this criticism true of American
life?
'es And if it is true Of the big fellows
: lis 1T not true also of the smaller fry
l. Kwho are limited only by their abilit.
t. and their opportunity?
IN With most of us, is honor and right
il& &eousness the main thing; or is success
,te whether that success be measured b.
Ma dollar or million, first and mos
thought Of?
,.M That is the question that every MAI
asks himself if he would do his par
Ito bring about the change.
It does no good to decry the iniqui
Mites of Rockefeller if you yoursel
,axare trying to get the better of you
Fellow men in small way just a
-, %Rockefeller is trying in a larger way
n To be sure, he does more harm, be
.,o &cause his opportunities for harm ar
atN Ngreater.
id& But do not make the mistake of in
s. 4agining that You are less blameworth
4because your opportunities are smaller
It is the intent. not the result thf
should be the measure Of crime.
Miss Tarbell is perhaps for the mos
part correct in her rancorous criticisl
of the great leaders of finance, bu
she fails to make note of the ICON
Gmercial Machiavellism' among I'll
small fish, What's sauce for the f;
kcorporation fed goose, is sance for ii
Nunder fed work day gander I'll
( Tribune Article closes by saying .
all the men in this country who hay
Edeclaimed against the oil men, al
the steel men, the insurance me
&during the last few months, woul
purge themselves thoroughly, and ke'
themselves purged, Machiavellianisl
lin our commercial life would soon b
EcOme almost unknown"