Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-27

ing to lose this chance we have right
here and If it goes by this time We'll
have hard time getting 1t again"
jeffrey Was There.
I'm glad I'm here tonight and I'm
sure am here" DR.. Jeffrey said IN
his Introductory remarks on "Busi-
ness.'' "If you don't believe me can
prove it by Mr.. Neasham on my right
and Mr.. Clark on my left, each OF
whom have taken several of my dishes
which they thought were not good
for me. wasn't always in favor Of
banquets-that was when I received
no invitation to attend. Tonight l am
in favor Of banquets and believe more
than ever In the policy of expansion.
II expect some of you merchants
thought it rather queer that a preach
er should be called on to talk about
business, but the truth is that clergy
men are, on whole, good business
men. I personally know one preach
er who raised ten children and sent
five Of them through college and he
never got more than $500 year. 1t
took business man to do that.
There were 1S,348 business failures
not one of them was preacher. Think
We amt business men? The liabilities
of that list of failures amounted to
something like one billion dollars
Just think Of preachers failing for
that amount! You can't conceive Of it..
tell you preachers are BUSINESS men.
Was In Business.
~ was in business once myself;
came in from the country and went to
work in dry goods store back in ILL
nois. l never felt SO proud in my life
as the day / stuck blue pencil back
Of my ear and waited for customer.
A woman came in and bought some
calico. Instead of cutting it tore it
off the bolt and the end Of that piece
of cloth looked like the new moon
when got through with 1t. She show
ed it to the boss and he came around
and told me he understood l wanted to
study theology and that he thought |
had better go do 1t. That ended my
business went back to the honest
farm life.
I'VE used to hear SO much about the
honesty of the farmers, mostly from
the political speakers. l remember
used to haul little knotty hard apples
to town for my father, and they were
so hard we had to keep them In boxes
to save the sides of the wagon boz
from being knocked out and my
father was a Christian and l was
studying to be preacher.
1--WE had one cow out there that
remember particularly. She had al
eye like madonna and q kick like {
mule. One day she got in the summer
kitchen and ate an umbrella and {
cake Of yeast. The yeast got bus!
} and raised the umbrella and that COW
died In awful agony. I'll never forge
, it. One Of the hired men we had on
. there got into a fight with anothe
fellow and got his nose sliced off will
knife. He stuck it back on again
, and 1t healed up, but he put 1t on UP
/ side down and every time 1t rained h
/ strangled and when he sneezed !
t blew his hat off Those are just one o
| two incidents that stand out in m
t memory of the honest farmers life
t Now that brings me to my subject Q
7 the evening.
Power of Business Men.
whenever a business man with
character back Of him stands up TO
:. civic righteousness it will do NOR
good than If preacher stands UP an
. blows his bazoo for two months" D1
Jeffrey proceeded as soon as he coul
make himself heard. THE reason
simple A minister is expected t
fight sin all the time, while bushes
man is supposed to be interested |
business primarily and sometimes soil
|ly.. But when the business men of
city are not forgetful of the fact thu
business is protected by the RICH