Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-13

.r" N Species uI ltrHaItIam pure and
simple. D went t0 my bishop and f1rm-
..t pa. auod THE affair naturally
rHi into tno newspapers and since then
p h3N. been more or less famous.
began spreading the idoU that au m.n-
-t.rH off the gu-pe. should actually
.IIu thoir own Twins frnw some seu-
.Iffo occupation. lifo ST. pIul did and
r0 put this into operation Wo began
t1a. .s myself and 90 few friends who
IUgel m. n what ve called tho Bfia
Brotherhood by opening up 90 shoD
iUr reraumg watches. clocks. bi.yoI,s.
HIl tn.uL- of that Kind In Gla4pov,.
w. attempted t1 run our business ou
carly Christian Illness that is. trying to
IIcuI0lfr what President Roosevelt Uus
called The gospel OF Tho square d.lI'
Tine Glasgow general repairing hu4I-
ne-s worked fairly UcU and then ve
y, .t.,. -,'''".., %, '"' n,'E .''oi I'9'l
shops
.,ept.t ,r s,f-,t,t, t.r,,r
'''''
'ln 90 voggtabie shop-cspocially boo
Very puur districts--it is most important
thut the poor shall reCciN. good Value
for thou money lu many shops ut
thi- description 30 is the custom tO
mix bad vegetables with good. and
Htfou a poor woman who Dr. buying "a
IrtI'nE- worth Uf potatoes t1uc-half
cent?. worth in American money! Will
dal thut al. gets tuo potatoes. ono of
which I- l1d This wiz represent 90
serious lp-. Coo h.r. Again. in the mat
I.. of N.Isnt 30 BIZ QUITE the customary
thing tur -hUpkeap,r- tl give under
weight This is frequently done Dog
having Uu. pan of ON, seal. nu 20 lower
level than the others. though there aI.
maay ing uious ways of giving hgd
weight when once ono has mad, uu hI.
mHd to indulge GOO cheating.
Against AN thesc tricks "f the
ir.d. Nc off tho brotherhood lt once
s.t our faces. and, even though $500 may
NOT br able o. show so great 90 turnover
on our trading we are satisfied with
% smaller margin OF profit feeling that
vc are compensated by being true Co
our principles.
tt-ct,yt.es ,,r,-,-s, rfr,g
i''''' NV 80 '-'''
we admit that there are % uumbt-
'f re1fI. iu business whose intentions
1rr guug, but modern business is So
strenuous with its 'desd-lme' AZ 50
GAYS Oi age. that it is almost iupos-
-Ihle tn DR. huu-s4 and male nYinE-
Peonl" in these days seem compelled o.
resort sd III sorts OF queStionab, sub
tarfugo- ir order to make boln ends
mo-" with us. we stci. boo absolute
honesty. We never represent any thing
as being better than IL u.s. u Is true.
wo use ordinary business slpdclty
u making oar ventures pay. such. for
instance. as buying iu markets where
We can obtain the m,st advantages.
and selling lt fair pIont-though not
at the highest which we might OBJ
tain. We deliver our goods when we
say they win Doe delivered and we make
mo- lying promises ia order 10 capture
trad.
our operations have been described
as new but as o. matter Of fact, Wc
are only following out early Christian
methods. and we consider that IL IS
only by return To- these old paths that
true ways of doing business are to De
found.
1.-THE FIRST object OF every member
who Joins the brotherhood is 20 get in-
90 some honest occupation in which
the labor Of the hands is inc
yolved We are already running
laIin 1i l-o aeIt- not iat from London
L. do manual labor. We DO not COM
slider anyone ag working unless me is
actually performing some task u which
the sweat OF his brow is involved. To
those who have moved as gentlemen
in this world and who are brought by
grace into the brotherhood. there is
ana can bc NO greater test Of faith
than To- f1rsake the armchair Of quiet
case and gcuteoI aIoofness and go behind
the busy counter. OF pIy the shovel or
the spade. to minglc with the UNI
learned. tho ignorant. and the low ~
this world and 10 find in them Am ono.
delight.
we DO not believe that the spirit of
CHRISTIANITY. fs +o be- folird In 400
tringl discussions. booI,ish dissert3-
tiong. or eceIesiasticgl ceremouies hut