The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
MAN Is INHERENTLY HONEST.

to another to handle men who have
gone wrong, made the statement that
there are no honest men.
4 man ripe with years and ripe in
business experience who has had the
name. Of many thousands OF crcdi-
tors upon his books says that ninety
per cent of men are honest
Another business man whose bust
ness has been chiefly Of catering to
women, and VINO had lost some money
due him from his feminine patrons
says that men possess honesty TO
greater degree than women.
All men and all women live very
much under the same environment OF
thought there is very little differ
cncc in their viewpoint Of life when
placed under the same circumstances
In other words we are all pretty
close akin and under the same Gig
cumstanccs there IS not much differ
cnce in our actions We lose the
human toucn when we place some up
on a. pinnacle of goodness and damn
others for their acts. There i' little
pood and q little bad in all Of Us.
These times Of high prices and
good salaries has brought to the
surface a trait Of human character
that might have never been known il
these goods times had not been thrus,
upon us.
That trait of human character has
been the desire TO pay debts. In
town the size Of this city, almost
every day some one gets Letter
from "a man whom he has not heard
from in a series Of years, and those
letters enclose money to pay Old
debts.
1t requires bit Of courage for
man to face the fellow whom he has
been owing for the past twenty years
and say 10 him
"Old pard, in the days gone by J
ate your groceries and wore your
clothos or took your medicine and
moved away without paying sou. Now
have made good and here i' your
money with interest"
While it requires courage 20 face
the music yet when the ordeal is over
the man who uses his courage must
Of necessity feel rather chesty over
the affair and feel that he has met
the world squarely and conquered ii.
These incidents coming in such
rapid succession at this time causes
one to observe that mankind is hon
est. Men will pay what they owe, they
will meet their obligations, they will
play the game fair when they have
things to do with.
The great majority OF men over
estimate their opportunities, they spend
at times when their hopes have been
heightened by prospects and when
these hopes are no, realized they
are placed in a position where they
cannot carry their end Of the load
Then it is that they get the reputation
for being dishonest. As 81 matter Of
fact they are honest, their desire T.
to pay but they have made mistakes
and are not able to meet their obi.
cations.
Some men under such circumstances
are strong enough to take the gait
and stay at home and fight it out anl
win. while others in humiliation move
away in hopes of getting away from
their conscience. But the man who
goes away seeking relief finds his
burden the harder b. having moved,
Every, mans fight is with himself
and when he has conquered himself
he has the world at his feet hut men
DO not learn these great truths until
the later years of life and some seem
never to learn them.
But the fact remains that vast ma-
jorty OF men are honest ana these
months Of prosperity have proven 1t,
If these good times continue for 2
period oi lyc years 10 man will owc
any other man 4 ponny-eyery man
will have paid all he owe. and then
every man will be looked upon as bn.
ing an honest man which some wiz.
er has sdd is tho noblcsr worl, o.
Cod.
1t was an Enslishman Who in