Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-09-03
If EVERYBODY OBSERVED TIE GOLD
ENRUif.

Every day there are accounts II
the newspapers Of violations OF tn
Pure Food law and of prosecution
for that offense by the Federal Gov
eminent. The latest charges are
against certain millers for selling
''bleached" -four. 1t seems thai
the wheat used by these millers vii
not make -four as white as that
made from the hard wheat by mil
lers in other sections, and that il
order to meet the competition the
-four they grind is subjected to
some kind of process to whlten it
1t is not contended in this case, we
believe, that the bleached -four is
unwholesome, but only that it is
not what it seems to be--that it is
sailing, So to speak, under false col
urs.
But in most Of the cases of food
adulteration there is death in the
pot. That is to say, food is render
ed impure and unwholesome in or
der that the profits of the manu-
! facturer of that food may be in
creased. In one of Eugene Sues
novels there is thrilling scene de-
scribing the pursuit of a man by an
enraged mob in Paris. The man
running for his life takes refuge in
church, the mob following. APP
preaching the altar, priest inter
poses to protect the fugitive. He
gains the attention Of the mob and
tells them that they are pursuing a
single man, who can be easily killed
by one or two of the pursuers, and
invites the leader to be the eXecu-
toner. The leader recoils and says
that he cannot 90 it. And SO the
venGcr Ct impure food, if brought
face to face with q person whose
health he is injuring by the poison
concealed in the food he sells, would
be shocked beyond measure if asked
to come toward and infict injury to
the individual.
Thus there are different standards
and brands Of honesty and decency
for us on different occasions. A
man will do q thing in politics which
he would not do as an individual
He has on code Of morals when
dealing with the Government, which
is tAewhole people, and another
code Of morals for use when dealing
with individuals. The same foun-
tain is sending forth at the same
place sweet water and bitter. Rich
es gathered by fraud, by injuring
the health and destroying the lives
of others, are corrupted, and the
gold and the silver are cankered.
Many who condemn those who
for gain injure the health of others
are guilty of a still greater offense
when they in mere Wantonness in
iure the good name Ct q neighbor.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me q that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed
There are few vices more con-
stantly denounced in Scripture than
lying and slandering. Beginninga at
Mount Sinai with the command
ment, Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbour" all
through the bible there is a con-
slant vengeance declared against IL
ars. in the very last chapter of the
last book of Holy Scriptures we are
told that whatsoever loveth and
maketh lie" is excluded from the
tree of life and the gates CT the
heavenly city. st. James tells us
that the tongue is the only thing
which no man can tame; that it is
an unruly evil full of deadly poison.
If men observed the Golden Rule
if they did unto others as they
would that others should do unto
them-Thcre would be no sale Of
impure food, no lying and SANDER
ing, no cheating and corruption at
elections, no defrauding the Govern
ment. That time will come when
the angel descends from Heaven
with the key and the great chain
and binds "that old serpent which
is the devil and Satan for a thous-
and years.
NIGHT On BALD MOUNTAIN.
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