The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
II
|I[sTY RULES IN
| BUSINESS CIRCLES
Es;isnt Brown Refutes the
|s,t,rnent That Crooked
ness Is Prevalent.
hDE OF ETHICS HIGH
|r,ss in Commercial Lines
|ca1ls for Integrity and
Proper Methods.
~ PRESTON C. ADAMS.
wire 10 The Tribune.

...H wire 10 The Tribune.
- YORK. Nov. 1S.-Cau man he
s.,i ir business and be- absolutely
This seems To be an absurd
~ % nnybody familiar with AmcrI-
.i,,ss men and methods, but IL has
100 by q visiting English preach.
/ W nv the way. IS under suspicion
-, and has created a good deal OF
IN and come little heat,
~ c Brown. president Of the
.Ssrk Central lines, self ma de
.ssse father. as we'll as his grand
xss Baptist clergyman. does
~ Ia The views OF the Rev. Mr.
,isg ihe last few years muckrak- =
|-s,szlnes and many public speakers
4 Tslted in crittcisinG almost every
4 4 business activity. The evidence
<gry. zeal and success In any de-
"a Of commercial. manufacturing
-,s-lal business has been met hy the
a, iha, the country has given Itself
"a spirit OF sordid CONNIE Realism.
|S, standard OF business morals and
|,Aas been lowered.
4 VEINS 10 me that this view OF the
IA Is the result Of overlooking the
[,pJ masnifying the evil.
tfelfnlDIlOn sFflilN w lNhNp lD't II
sroncdoing constituted the norma
LIZ Of our business affairs, while.
|rll,er OF fact. the wrong Is only all
-cl ss compared with tho orderly
"A eopduct Of business that is and
"a bss been the normal condition Of
|itlnrss Of the country.
II. hundred and ninety-nine husi-
4 uncems may transact their husi-
4 kartstly and with methods above
rl:h: but the detrsctors will, II IL
"a The moment popular. seize upon
|eh thai the thoussndth concern has
4 Elty OF TronEdolng. and by vehe-
4 tM indlscrimtpate denunciation
|p3l the nine hundred and ninety
4 Esnocent enterprises with the guilty
In smeihIns more than thirty
= rnr | have been closely associ-
Eulh the business men Of this coun-
|iat east and west, count among
|.i,nos many merchants, manufac-
IA hnkers and farmers. During the
Is- years my lines have fallen among
mixers and business men Of New
J CITY
u III candor | wan, 10 say that in
yaI6n the standard OF business In
#L tb 'NhiIi+l'ibl ll'AlNSA Ndf tlNN
|rfssr than II Is today. and II IS no
n among the business men and
En Of Kansas, Nebra ska. Iowa or
y than il is among the bankers,
.sfrhsnts and the manufacturers OF
4 IrTS and New England.
n rofs interesting and pertinent
IN would be can any business man
|rTshentlv successful unless lie con-
d Eth business honestly
N.i!evc the records. if carefully
"a would prove that the only an
|N this question would have 10 be
|frigative."
lfft Anticipates Court Decision.
gfplstor's reasoning Is very sim
nm YOU once got IT. Doubtless
ny minds were perpleXed by the
CtAis and violent rise OF the market,
Fas The day following the first ef-
he governments steel suit, not
|EEFl coverng alone. but on the buying
|y,,qalors and capitalists who were
~ llcn| 10 raks positions on the
Es Their reasoning was that
|sE market could not go down twice
nme reasons. II hed gone down
nsay In anticipation Of the gov
n action against the United
Essee' corpora don; there were other
3o but that was the one big
sh'ch The bear element had count
|TS We Thing more than any other
~ neen restraint upon buy
~ from any point Of vicw, the
10 INC governments campaign
u, UpSt.. Therefore, as the stock
w hd by Steel common, had de-
anticipation or that orent. il
Nv decline again for the same rea
4, would he much more likely to
utn 10 stand still. because spec
-.d tneir own way, had ovcrdis-
!, us news they awaited. As there
t4son for tho market 10 60
\, t,l tsl d. the reasons for it's having
cs.;' were become apparent to
sira lne Only logical thing for u
m 20 was 10 buy stocks,
&r,,,Ia"t specllators boast OF their
5,"; The average successful
|h M nag Just enough Imagination
y NJ s"sell living: the few specula =
~, STOW rich have so very little
|f o'e wonders what. would hap
|rst,, ever came 10 Wall street a
Ia, y..nose Mnose imagina ton was equal
r. N'es Ten wears ago steel
vas distributed to a. crazy, trad