The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-25
TALKS OF BUSINESS METHODS
Rev. w. II. Jewell Discusses Practical
Things of the Business World
Other Sermons to Follow

Rev. w. R. Jewell, the pastor OF
the Baptist church of this city, has
outlined a series of five sermons Oh
live, practical subjects, the first of
which was given Sunday evening, on
Christianity and Modern Business. "
There was full house, and large
number of business men were present
who listened thoughtfully to the SER
mon. The speaker stated that it is
within the province of the business
men of a town to make it clean from
a business standpoint or to allow 1t to
drift into corrupt methods. That back
of the man in business is public sem
timent which may control the busi-
ness men. That one man among
many cannot stand out against estab-
lished customs even though they are
wrong, beca Sc the public is tickle and
not always disposed to sustain the
right as against the wrong. That If
a man in business takes stand
against something that is wrong and
is known to be wrong, the righteous
people of the community are not near
ly so likely to become interested and
to exert their influence in the right as
the sinners are to take it up and ad-
minister punishment through with
drawal of patronage. That it is easy
to start something by which man
may lose one-ha'f of his income, and
that business is done on such small
margins that diverting a small
amount OF ones income may mean
failure if the loss is permanent. That
(, it is easy to determine what is the
proper course to pursue, but that it
takes high degree of courage to fol-
low it out when each succeeding day
strips a man of his power by strip
ping him of his business material.
Mr.. Jewell had visited large num-
Der of business men and asked each
one the question. Does it pay to
follow the Christian principle in bust
ness?" and practically all of them had
answered emphatically that it does.
That many complications arise thu.
make it difficult to draw the line, but
that dishonest methods are so sure
to come to light and the dishonest
operator SO sure to be punished by
loss of business that no matter how
good the temporary gain, he cannot
Withstand the long period when he is
left severely alone and his expenses
are going on in fruitless efforts. One
man had observed that when he had
sometimes stopped to unfair dealings
when he thought it would not be dis
covered, had concluded that such
things never pay in dollars end cents,
and there is humiliation and loss of
happiness besides.
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false representations, making 1900
pounds pass for a ton, advertising
things that are not true, come only
from the morally weak, and the re-
action overcomes temporary gains.
! But the man in business is not the
only one whose methods are question
ed. The business mans customers
keep him busy guarding against fraud
from without. Little potatoes pack
ed in the center or bottom of the sack,
little apples in the center of the box,
inferior berries in the bottom of the
cup, fat chicken stuffed with wheat
that must be bought with the live
fowl at many times its value, all these
things try the patience of the dealer
and cultivate in him the desire to get
even. A desire that has to be resisted
persistently as the years grow upon
the man.