The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
GOLDEN RULE IN BUSINESS PAYS, SAYSNEW YORKER
Manufacturer Adopts Sys' tenn With Customers
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"If business men would .displace the iron rule, of hatred and rivalry for the Golden Rule of love and co-opera- tion. most of their troubles would melt away. This change would bring; heal ing to Europe; it, would revoiutionize the world" says a New York letter to the Christian Science Monitor. K. O.. Miller, president of the Magno- lia Metal company, a concern in opera tion for 3S years, who uttered the fore going, says he has tried both kinds of rules, spent thousands of dollars in liti- kgation and in labor and other. difficult ties and has made the discovery that the Golden Rule is the best, that it is not only practical but that it produces harmonious and satisfactory relations between the manufacturer and his GUS toners, between the employer and his workers. 7. @'
 People used to say in the war that Christianity has failed to which came the response Christianity has not even been fried and ia similar reply might be given to those who claim that the Golden Rule won't work l nave tried it and have, found it winner. It's a simple idea, but so great and benefi- cent in its effects that would like to popularize it through the world"
 Mir. Miller, whose plants, curiously enough, manufacture what mechanics call antifriction metal for shafts and bearings, showed few of the letters which he was receiving from some of his customers throughout the United States commenting him for 9 recent statement of his which reads:
 Curse Of SeIfishness,
 'The curse of this world is selfishness. It is at the bottom of all industrial and social troubles: If men can be brought to regard other men as broth CTS, if they can be induced to love their neighbors as themselves, if men would do unto others as they would be done by, there would be no ostrouble between capital and labor. Social strife and international conflicts would cease. We, therefore, individually and as a corporation advocate the Golden Rule
 MT. Miller has offices, 11S-115 Bank street, in an old-fashioned three-story brick building in the lower reaches of New tYork's west side business section. There is q quaintness' about the sur roundings, such an atmosphere, per haps, as one might have encountered 30 years or more ago in almost any mercantile establishment in New York. There are, perhaps; IS or 20 clerks and stenographers in the offices, and every one seemed to radiate cOntentment, kindness and good cheer.
 The head of the concern pulled q blank letterhead from his desk and pointed to the place where most nnanu- lecturers have printed the words: "No- tice: This order is accepted subject to strikes, ifsurrections, or other causes beyond our control" and in its place there appeared these words from Mat thew vii, 12: "Whatsoeyer ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them" He picked up a yell low bill of lading covering consign- ment of 30 tons of babbitt meal from concern in the west, which had viO- lated its written agreement with the Magnolia company and had made un- justifiable demands.
 "This is an order involving about $15 GOO" said Mir. Miller, land I have no doubt that if we took this case to court that we should win, but our days of litigation are over. We shall pay the bill and meet all the other demands of this company, but we shall refrain from doing further business with them until they see the error of their way. We. had one lawsuiS that ran nearly eight years and costius many thousands of dollars. One day became impressed with the folly of it all and took q train and met my opposing litigant. We talked over the matter in & friendly way and before left we both agreed to drop the lawsuit ande~ divide the costs. 1t taught us both q lesson. Since then we have been non-resistant busi- ness house and have endeavored to carry out the Golden Rule in our deal ings, with our employes, with those from whom we buy, with those to whom we sell and with the world Ut large."