The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-12
MORE HONESTY
in BUSINESS life
President Of Chamber OF Com
merce Says Conditions Have
Improved.
BETTER SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
MIR. Wood Thinks Opportunities
of Success Are Greater Than
Ever Before. G
BETTER SUNDAY OBSERVANCE

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! Henry w Wood, president Of the
Chamber OF Commerce, was the speaker
before large assemblage of young
men yesterday afternoon In the Joseph
Bryan Auditorium Of the Central
Young Mems Christian Association.
Mr.. Wood spoke on THE Young Man
In Business" his address being the first
of series to be continued next Sum
day. when City Attorney Henry r. Pol.
lard will speak on ".rhe Young Man In
Society,"" and there will be later adj
dress on "The Young Man in Politics. !"
President Wood took an optimistic
view of business conditions telling his
hearers that despite the common opin-
ion. business Is on higher plane OF
honesty to-day than ever before, and
the chances for success better than
ever before.
Higher Ideals In Buslness,
He said in part:
Business to-day is conducted on q
higher plano than ever before, and the
ethics of business life have shown a
decided improvement In recent years.
Only few years ago 1t used to BIO
considered the usual thing to be un-
friendly with competitors In the same
line Of trade. That feeling has very
largely passed away, due, to very
great extent, to the growth OF the CO
operative spirit. rather than the COM
spetitive spirit, and to the formation of
kindred trade organizations. where
competitors meet in friendly intercourse
to promote their mutual interests.
SHARP practices are very much less
prevalent in business now than they
used to be, and the man who attempts
to do things which are not strictly hon
est, or to take unfair advantages OF
his competitor, quickly loses caste and
standing in the community. Fairness
and frankness In dealings characterize
the business community to-day more
than ever before. and disputes and law
suits are very much less frequent In
business life,
More Chnnce for Success.
The chances for success in business
life are better to-day than ever be-
fore. The improved facilities for doing
business and the vast improvements il
methods Of communication and trans
portation give a scope of opportunity
far beyond the most advanced ideas or
imagination OF the business man OF
twenty or thirty years ago Think Of
the conditions of doing business when
there were no telephones. no typewrit-
ers, no electric street cars, no rural
mail delivery service! Yet none of
these had come into general use twenty
years ago. What difference all these
and many other improvements mean to
the man engaged in business now!
1T means, too, that men of higher
calibre are demanded in business to-
day; 1t means that business men Of
to-day can accomplish tenfold more
work and are givon facilities for doing
a far larger business, with less hours,
less brain work and less manual labor
than We're required under the old order
of things The improved facilities give
the business man more time fer his
duties In other relations of life and
for recreation and the Improvement of
the mind"
Sunday Observance.
Mr.. Wood especially emphasized the
Importance of a right atmosphere and
attitude of mind as essential in bust
ness success. "As man thinketh in
his heart, so he Is" he quoted, In re-
gard to Sunday observance, he said:
1!C ODSCISaASc VI lllc III as
day Of rest and worship. even if looked
at only from a business standpoint, is
one Of the most necessary reliefs and
helps to the business man, and on that
day the business man ought to make
every effort to put out of his mind all
business thoughts and the ordinary
cares of the week, as far as possible
~ know 1t is usually considered that
the Sabbath Is not az we'll kept now as
formerly, but while the people seem to
seek recreation more now than used to
be the case In the olden times, believe
the Sabbath is far better kept to-day
looking at 1t from higher point OF
view, than 1t ever was before, and 1
would urge upon those who have not
made a practice Of doing so to try to
fix their thoughts upon the higher
things of life on Sunday and to stead
lily avoid anything that will bring their
thoughts back to the ordinary cares
or business affairs Of life It will i'm.
prove and increase your effectiveness
bath day Of worship and rest from
business thoughts or cares
"YOunS Man FOur-Square.n
1t is the duty of the young man in
business not only to do his full duty
by his employer, but to add to the hap
plness of his family and home and to
take his full share Of his obligation in
his church life. and also to lend his aid
and active interest in all matters for
advancing the public welfare and hap
piness of the community. Do these,
and you will be The Young Man Four
Square"
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