The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-11-25
COMMERCIAL RASCALITY

When was in -, they had a Royal Commission
for the purpose of investigating the aduteraon of food
sufs, manufactured goods, and commercial rascay IN
general One of the they had up at the head of
large manufacturing establishment where they manufac
tured jams and elles, and do not know what else. This
man Of the foremost Methodists in and
the Royal Commission found investigation that he
putting upon the market jams and eies that great
fraud possible for any scoundre out OF the penl
tertiary perpetrate In their report they severely
prmanded him. In editorial note of the papers in
maed that he not very much of honor to the Metho
dist Church. Of the many samples of raspberry vinegar
they examined they found only two three that
thing like pure of the leading companies that
making raspberry vinegar manufacturing absolutely
out of chemicals coatar being of the principal ngre
dients AS remarked from the platform of ZION Taber
nacle after reading the report the raspberry vinegar would
not know raspberry if it met in the street daughter
Another Royal Commission that examined wooden
blankets found that the greatest frauds being pracced
One gentleman the witness stand said to the Royal Com
mission eff you will bring to certain wooden blankets
will MENTION will take them to pieces before your eyes
and show you that they nnetenths cotton and yet
they sold for all-woo blankets"
They also examined so-caed linen collars, and they
found that many Of the leading firms putting off
the people for linen collars those that twothrds
cotton
I remember one occasion when certain baker in one
of the suburbs of -- fined 5000 morning
Gas nearly remember amounted to $12OO) for selling
underweght bread.
What was disclosed by that Royal Commission there is
true all the United States and all the world and
as certain critic Of Washington D. c., says eff the bust
of the United States had their just DESERTS ninety
eight per cent of them would be in the pententiary
ZION CAN SUCCEED COMMERCIALLY BY BEING HONEST
All ZION has to do in starting her institutions is to be
truthful and honest and manufacture food sus that
absolutely pure (Amens.) Then you sell them at
higher prices and you will create constituency that will
patronize ZION before any other people earth
name is a synonym for truthfulness and honesty.
That is LIONS only hope. ZION cannot erect industries
and compete with the lying theving world ZION win
only by ruhfulness and honesty. There is other
ought to be able to manufacture all kinds of food
stu have canning factories and have her products
and free from poisonous ingredients free from objection
able material, and then she will win her way
What joy it would be to bring into existence COM
mercal community where could know, whenever men
told him certain thing that it true. say without
fear or favor knowing the of what say that
pretend believe either in this country anywhere els
solitary word any tells about anything buy.
When have to buy thing shut my eyes and buy it, be-
what is the of asking Is that suit all
WOOL when you know his word is not worth the snap OF
your finger?
Such a thing as honesty is almost unknown. I have
had experiences the last six MONTHS in connection with
business affairs that would convince that the more
you go around the lies you hear
You go into place. and the man there tells you so
and So you go the Street. and another tells
so and So and says "What you there to see
Brown? Why, you cannot believe word Brown says.
Everybody knows that. What did he tell your? He told
me so and So" ooh, that is all lie," he says.
You go down the street to another place and begin to
talk to another to find out do better there
and finds you have been somewhere ee because you
give him certain points, and he knows you got them there
Whether you want not you tell him where have
BEEN He scratches his head and He does not know
what he is talking about EVERYBODY around knows that
conclude they all pack Of liars and smiling down
the street. That is my policy.
In manufacturing Wholesale and retail business it is
adulteraton and living from start to finish Hundreds of
those men are members Of fashionable churches and they
go to church Sunday Some take up the collection 1t is
very interesting watch of them take the coec
ton Liars and thieves always very solemn 1t is an