The Boise citizen., 1910-02-04
Ethics of Business

writer in the current of the Metropolitan Maoazine die
s business" in the following comprehensive manner.
sness may broadly defined any transaction or ca
@ involves passing money from place to another %
% nnelng of rivers classified engineering is business
~ ,anipuaon of other peoples money for personal gain s c
IN sort of business politics. thny yelled by ayowed motive n
c service business the exchange for wage is business
py wheat grains till the threher wleezes with his task Is
ness the putting of work Of invention upon the block for
ds sake is Trade everywhere; everything Is trade
and every being garbed in flesh dependent upon or in some
l related TO- endless shift of u in mart universal To
a oneself justly particular phase vast and nece
y scheme of barter the primal task which set for uste
l which forms the base of worthy life ayaing industry
Business the modern metropolis has two slogans both Of
which can either yelled whispered grunted The first one is
Get Money II you get it you're good one you fail
M oure pker successful saeman or solicitor is one
Who Separates prospective from his cash. the ethics of
e saemans seldom questonedwha the firm wants is
orders Even when has worthy ideals it cannot always
control the verbal statements OF its representatives who very
human with food to buy rent to pay families cohenen
who simply got to produce and over whose backs daily
cracked mercess lash OF necessity The standard per-
onal measurement what but what he has if he
oof geer his methods but casually observed
The second slogan of adeBnSneSS BhsueSS-is high
sounding apparently e but conceaS ingenious earess
hosn public corporations reduce service to in
crease dividends the little in commodities merged" into
bankruptcy offices exortonae the small
ied borrower the seller of nstamen furniture strips
and gathers back his chaes the landlord the belongings
unfortunate and perhaps snessstrcken family upon the curb
Young growing hands twisted of shape by low paid toll
heahess factories; and hgrent of pale
cheeks shrink the forms of myriad children whose least and right
heritage air and light and But the of Greed must
stuffed choice morsel and the veins of the red
with blood ansused from the qveng bodies the
The swing of the world and the has brought certain
Individuals the mind you but certain individuals within
the realization of the truth that justice in commercial
professional dealing begettor of the real personal welfare
the dealer that fairness and Kindness trade bnge
and of permanent trade At last
ing that order get that which worth while worth
while commodity must be g0eH and daily corporation or
subes upon the forgotten mad Law of Correpon
d which, being interpreted in the terms of the maketplace
There shall be separation beeeH the interests OF the
of the buyer They Identical Through
the years nae shall be the 0a of the business 7och en-
dwes
The instances where this pracsed find
expression sanitary, well factories; in fuweight coa IN &C.
inch yadstks in pre-shm strong built clothing And where
these improved commercial conditions exist the g of the thing
lies the fact that it is due allegiance principle rather than to
the calculating adoption of honesty is not right because
gand ganful because is right Under this fadeless
standard living trading and better serving being
pledged the skilled hands, alert bran and real hearts of the real men
and of this day. The leaven OF justice and honor
way slow-but the far edges of the commercial lump is
felt the thrill of envenng fermentation and the value OF man
in the market-place is rising-e0'er rising!