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TBE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. AUGUST 21.
SILVER DEBATE
IS STILL GOING
The House Kept Up Its Talk on the
Wilson Repealing Act and
Bland s Bill.
NO SENATE SILVER DEBATE
tUm Cate of Lee Maud* Bronght Up, hot
Carried Orer to a Future Way—
Adjournment Out of
/•pect to the Dead<
Re-
DESERTED HIS FAMILY.
Washington, Aug. IT.—The silver de
bate was resumed promptly after the
chaplain's prayer. Mr. Daniels of New
York was the first speaker. He declared
himself in favor of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act. The ter
ror. he said, had taken hold of the
public mind that disaster was bound
to follow from the accummulation of
silver bullion in the treasury. Had this
fear been voiced by the president, con
gress should give some measure of
relief toward changing the financial
policy.
A Florid* Speech.
Mr. Cooper of Florida said that he
would vote for the Wilson hill and
.gainst each and every one of the
proportion* prfBentod by thet silver
men. He admitted that ho did not
know much of the Industrie, of this
country, but, as far as he could get
information, he was convinced that
mills were not closing up for lack of
money or for lack of orders: but they
were closing because they could not
get the cash. , He agreed that the
Sherman law was the cause of the
present depression. The want of pub
lic confidence had caused the run upon
banks, had caused the failure of sub-
stsntlal banking Institutions and had
brought about the present financial
stringency. He could not' resist saying
one thing, and that was that when the
Democratic party had governed the
country for four years at the end of
Mr. Cleveland's first term, it had
turned the country over to the Itepub-
llcan party prosperous and happy. The
Republican party turned It back »o the
Democrats In a condlHon of depression,
with the country going over the finan
cial precipice Into the abyss of disaster.
The Democratic platform at Chicago
had declared for the coinage of gold
and silver at an equal Intrinsic value,
and the men wbo stood now for the
free ocinage of sliver undertook to
override the Democratic platform;
and they could not do It. (Applause.)
Some gentlemans had said that for
three long years he had held his con
science In abeyance. Hh (Cooper) had
never held hla conscience in abeyance;
but If he did, he wanted to make that
abeyance accrue to the benefit of the
people. Within the nett few weeks. If
the situation was not changed, there
would be lower prices for every pound
of cotton in Florida, there would be
dlmvnitlon in gnat stream of Northern
tourists. He did not mean that those
latter remarks had been taken In Its
literal acceptance because the people of
Florida denied the statement that they
lived on fish in summer and Yankees
In winter. (Laughter.) It had been
asked whether we be dictated to by
England. If he had come to this house
when the country was not in a state of
depression, he would probably be found
voting with the men who would vote
contrary to hla present vlesw, but be
now believed that for the United State*
Itself to establish a free silver coinage
would be neither wise nor courageous.
It would be foolhardy. Congress was
not here to try hazardous experiments
He was ready to support any treasure
which would bring the money of the
people out of its hiding place and would
place th. currency on a stable basis;
but he did not believe that the country
could safely provide for the free coin*
age of silver at the ratio of 20 to 1.
Mr. Cooper ts a new member, and
th- attitude taken by him was some
what of a surprise to his friends. He
ts a young man, with a strong voice,
a ready flow of language, s quickness
for repartee and a pleasant manner. He
bids fair to Join the ranks of the rtetng
young members of the house.
Mr. Goldxier of Illinois spoke In favor
of the repeal of the Sherman bill, end
niited bis voice In support of the cred
itor class, which did not. he said, con
sist ot bankers and broken of Wall
street, but of a great mans ot the
people.
At the conclusion of Mr. Goldzier’s
remarks Mr. Weedock announced the
death of his colleague, Mr. J. Logan
Chapman of Michigan. The usual reso
lutions were adopted, and the speaker
appointed the following committee
take action In the premises; Messrs.
Weedock, McMillin. Gorman, Caruth,
Cannon of Illinois, Powers, Haugen and
Alkin. The house then mode a tribute
of respect to the memory of the de
ceased. and at 6:10 adjourned,
Th* f«n«U *««il««e
Contrary to general expectations,
neither the bill to allow national banks
to issue notes to the par value of their
bonds deposited to secure circulation,
nor any ocher financial measure came
up In the senate today. The only new
proposition In that direction was an
amendment offered by 8enator Gorman
to the bank circulation bill prohibiting
national banks from withdrawing cir
culation without a previous sixty days'
notice to tbs comptroller of the cur
rency and without the approval of the
secretory of the treasury; and limiting
the amount ot such withdrawals to
tLOM.OQQ within any calendar month.
The Mantis Cass.
Some two hours time was consumed
in a dreary- discussion of the esse of
Mantle, claiming a seat in the senate
under an appointment from the gover
nor of Montana and. by unanimous con
sent. the vote was fixed for 5 p. m. next
Monday. After a brief executive ses
sion tbe bouse Joint resolution for the
. payment ot mileage to senators and
representatives for tbe extraordinary
session was taken up. Senator Vest
made a vigorous protest against Its pas
sage, arguing that the law did not Jus
tify the payment of mileage at the
present session. Senators Vitas, Hoar,
Pasco and Call supported tbe resolu
tion.
Senator Pfeffer moved its Immediate
postponement and demanded the yeas
and nays. The motion was rejected-
yeas 12. nays 42. and the joint resolu
tion was pfseed. The senators who
voted for pfeffer'a motion were Bate,
Berry, Cok? Irby, Lindsay, McPherson.
Mills, Pfeffer, Perkins, Pugh. Smith and
Vest
The death of Representative Chap
man of Michigan was announced, the
u*uil resolutions of regret and respect
adopted and a committee appointed
cejwesent the senate at tbe funeral.
JGre senate then adjourned until to-
Oatss Slid Ini.r.it Ing,
JUSPOBSP* 9 Auf. IT.—The improve-
niTV? 01 *? lo lh w cotidUioa of Reprt-
Q»tee of Alabama y«uerd*y
Waycrora. Aug. 17.—(Special)—The
once happy home of T. V. Kennison.
near Le? avenue, has been deserted by
the husband and father. The btory of
the desertion of the family of Mr. Km*
nifcon was told to the Telegraph cor
respondent this morning by Mrs. Ken-
nfiaon and her two step-daughters at
their horn?. The family appeared to
be greatly distressed and great confu
sion prevailed.' Mrs. Ktnnison, her two
little children and her btc-p-daughters.
Misses Florence and Beatrice Kennison,
were all alone. Two boys and one little
girl had gone with their father, prob
ably not knowing where and what they
were going for. Mrs. Kennison .and
the two young ladies said that they
had been deserted by Mr. Kennison.
Miss Florence and Beatrice are 18 and
16 years of age, respectively. They are
intelligent and handsome. Mrs. Kenni*
fcon Is about 28 years of age and is well
known for her devotion to the family.
She appears to have been beautiful
when young, but is now care-worn.
They told the following story:
Mr. Kennison has for several weeks
been very cruel in his treatment of his
family. He has cursed and mistreated
hla daughter Florence and Mrs. Ken
nison and he accused his girls of dis
gracing his narn? by not taking his ad-
vloe. Yesterday he attempted to whip
Miss Florence witih-a large whip, but
was prevented from executing his
•threat by the arrival of some of the
neighbors, who demanded that he
should not whip her. Kennison dis
turbed the whole community by his
cursing and ‘boisterous conduct. He
said -that if he could get a chance he
would whip Mies Florence to death.
He also said that he would whip his
wife nearly to death if the could get
her to go out into the country to live.
Mrs. Kennison says that he told her
that he would never return home, as
he would not live with her again. She
said that she and her children and her
step-daughters had ibeen most, cruelly
treated by him. He had acted the ty
rant in ms house all this vear and had
not provided for his farrjily as h* was
able to do. It appear® that Keunlson’s
mind tas been unsound for two months.
The neighbors say that he is insane.
On the eve of his departure he told his
family that he had money and displayed
a pockeebook containing several hun
dred dollars. He said tha-t if the whole
family was perishing that he would«not
give them a cent. He is said to have
made himself a nuisance to the neigh
bors by his disorderly conduct and
came near being arrested.
Kennison left during last night for
parts unknown, taking with him his
personal effects and his two boys and a
little girl. He came here two yoars ag •
and had considerable means and had
gtod credit. He failed in business. The
family is in destitute circumstances.
The girls will make a living by dress
making and will remain with their step
mother.
80 WICKED
A8 IT IS PAINTED
Something of the Shows of All Nations
be Seen on the .Great •
Midway Plaisance.
THE ORIENTAL DANGING GIRLS
Alleged Wickedness Which is Not
Wicked at All — Reformation in
the Dress of the Dancers—
Special Attractions.
ELBERT’S NEW BUILDING.
Elbcrton, Au*. 17.—(Special.)—Th* all
absorbing question in Elbert county
now ts the bond election, which comes
off on the 23d Instant. The people have
been worked up to fever heat and
don't talk of anything else. The tear
ing down of the eourt house by the
county commissioner* and thereby mak
ing a new court house an absolute ne
cessity has Incensed them very much.
They are forced now either to vote for
bond, or submit to a direct tax to build
a court home and Jail, which will cost
140,000, and that sum raised at one time
in the midst of the present financial de-
presalon will work a very great hard
ship. Th. three commissioners who
■were instrumental In having the court
house torn down are catching It on
iwery hand, and jielther ot them la likely
to become a candidate for any office
In Elbert county for many year, to
come.
Th. more conservative element In the
county Is in favor of bonds, and their
Influence may be sufficient to carry the
day, as it only takes a two thirds vote
bas'd on th. last gemral election In
the county, and In that election a light
vote happened to be polled. Twelve
hundred vote, will be sufficient to carry
the day, and the friend* of bonds hope
4o get that many out.
Experienced farmers say that the corn
and cotton crops in Elbert county are
the best the county ha* had for twenty
years. If no misfortune befalls It the
yield will be unusually large. Farmers
are in much better spirit than usual
at this season of the y-ar. The crop
has not cost them much and compara
tively few of them are in debt for It,
CARLISLE IS THE CENTRE.
as More Caller, Than the President
Generally lie.,
Washington, Aug. 17.—In tbe ab-
aenre of the president the treasury de
partment seems to bo as popular as tho
White House when the president
here. It was crowds! will) diet!
KUlshed visitors thl* m irnlug, and at
one time had a call of the senate been
made a majority of the Detncrata nt
lean would have responded from sofas
and chain in Secretary Uarl sic’s re
ception room. Secretary Ui-rllrle
uot now doing any if .be routine work
of the treasury. He is leaving that
to hla subordinate, but he 'a directing
affairs. The financial situation ts en
gaging hla attention and he is in con
slant consultation with Ills official staff
on the several phase* of it. As an ev.
Idence of the crowded condlt'tn of the
secretary’s room, it may be mentioned
that a distinguished Konth.vo senator
hud to wait an hour aud a quarter be
fore hla "turn" came to talk with the
secretary, although he had been sitting
In the same room with him all the
time. .
• • it ' H * *''•«* * nod Ofay Gables, wer,
SKI — ,t>l "ffW tregiavemnit ot in* Benedict,
' tuala.d st home.
HOKE DOES NOT DICTATE.
Washington,Aug. 17.—Secretary Smith
was today shown a press dispatch to
the effect that the Atlanta Journal had
called upon congress to pass a free
coinage Wll. The secretary said that
no significance should be attached
the editorials of the Journal on
count of the fact that he still held _
block of stock In that paper, for the
reason that he ceased to control the
K ipcr when he came into the cabinet.
e said furth-w that the quotation'from
the editorial of the Journal waa not only
misleading on this account, but also
because It failed to present the true
position of the pap-r as slated in the
editorial. The secretary also said that
he had seen the editorial and that It
dectarea in frvor ot the immediate and
unconditional repeal of the Sherman
law.
Itstsiel la Accept a Csal.
Louisville, Ky.. Aug. 17.—A committee
from the Operative* of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad visited General
Manager Hatch yesterday and reported
tbe decision reached by the men. They
refused to accept the 10 per cent, cut
order'd by the road. Instead they of
fer to lend the company a certain
part of their wsgea for three months
without interest. After a long discus
sion the conference adjourned without
an agreement having been reached.
»«. Cleveland Weal Selling.
Bustard's Bay, Aug. 17.—The Jleoe-
dictu' yacht, the Oneida, left fc.ee »t
it o'clock thl* morning for a short
crulee down the bay. Mm. Cleveland,
•'•'h * J»rty of !adi~> who visited
— were on board, the guest*
The (mUtat ro-
World's Fair, Aug. 17.—(Special Cor
respondence.)— Bo'are coming here I
had heard so much of the delicious
wickedness of the midway plaisafico
that I felt it my duty to see and de
scribe it so that the young might take
warning. Like those good ladies who
raised the recent disturbance about It
the board of lady managers, I was
determined to know if anything really
bad was going on there. So those la
dies wqnt anyhow, and expressed them
selves as dreadfully shocked. I am not
far along that the “top of my head
above the timber line." aa w» used
say in Colorado, but I am old enough
qualify me for a front seat at the
ballet and sedate enough to endure a
Persian dance.
Well, I have come, I hare seen and I am
not conquered, for there isn't much wick
edness on the Midway plaisanoo and what
there is Isn’t delicious. Thera Is a good
deal of fun, however, and some "fakes”
that for pure impudence have attained a
perfectly Himalayan attitude. First it la
to be noted that the "lovely odalisques"
and all that sort who attsnd the fancy ba
zaars speak excellent English with a fine
Chicago accent, though I must say that
the managers have shown excellent judg
ment In selecting dark and .muddy
brunettes. With their red caps, natty
jackets and semi-orlentalsklrta they make
good Imitation Algeriennes. As to the
men they are mixed. To the boss of one
bazaar I ventured a French salutation and
promptly received tbe classical retort:
‘Aw, what are y’ givln’ usf ”
•
* *
The real foreigners are here, of course,
but local managers and cashiers are most
ly mild imitations. In the Turkish quar
ter, however, there ore some real Turkish
shops with the genuine Seljnktons sitting
cross legged behind their little stocks of
curios. The Turkish theater presents a
comical illustration of tho all pervading
disappointment. At first the admission
fee was set at SO cents and the sly hint
was sent around that the dances were pi
quant, jolle, mervelllense, delightfully
suggestive of something naughty, and so
forth and so forth. Soon, however, the
standard of admission all OTer the plais
ance wot put at 25 cents, and the other
evening I found it reduced to 15 cents.
Sic transeunt the hopes of a big crowd, as
It were. The “touter” of this show is a
perennial oource of amusement to the
crowds on tbe plaisance. Once in ten
minutes or so he rashes frantically out on
the upper platform and roars away in a
wonderful voice:
A-bah, a-hahl Walecohm, lodes un'
zhentilmen, wale cohm, walo cohml Gude
show, gude show; bet’ show on ze bllz-
zance. All ze Toorkeesh in lz nateevy
coitoom. AU ze bootlful Toorkladesln
iz nateevy dance. Yon nerair* be zorry;
wale cohm!”
By this time a thousand or two of peo
ple are gathered below, for the crowd is
thickest there, and all the wild fellows
begin to guy him. He files Into n furious
passion, or pretends to, rushes down the
steps aa if bo would annihilate tho jokers,
beats bis breast frantically and breaks
forth In furious imprecations In hla native
tongue. Out of 2,000 people who have
calm, supercilious look they seem always
to wear when In the presenoe of other
races. Tho Vienna cafe and vaudeville
theater attached are nice enough for any
body.
Since I was last among the Oriental peo
ples I hear that the alleged reform bos
been carried to Fa ultimate and a gentle
man who was at the Algerian theater last
night tells me that the fat girls are now
practicing on the "Last Rose of Summer”
and the Minuet du Cour and ore not even
allowed to sing Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay. “As
to the Persian maids,” he adds, "they rep
resent the deformed transformed. No
more plaited and puffed trouaera.no more
spangled jackets open in front to reveal
the gauzy materials of inner vestments.
The odalisques wear their hair pompadour,
their bodices are in the latest Chicago
ityle with high collars and their dresses
are tho regulation evening party affair
with trains. In truth, the girls are so
ashamed of themselves in their new togs
tbut they put in their spare time crying to
go home.”
I regret to add that the instinct for bed
rock truth which is tbe natural heritage
of the bora journalist, made mo set this
gentleman down as inclined to exaggera
tion. Of my own knowledge I can make
a statement or two. First, tho Midway
plaisance offends two classos, tbe prude
THE IDEAL MERCHANT
REV. THOMAS DIXON ON CHRISTIAN*
ITY AND BUSINESS.
External Piety and the Pious Whine—Fnltli
In the Easiness World—Legitimate Self
Help—The Eml of Commerce-A riea beautiful. He fnntUheTmT^UiXu
rorDn.eia.hneM, and chair that give comfort and make
lifrt TTinra
i no truB merettnnt who suddIim
/ants is my friend. Ho briSg s “
treasures of art from remote parts of S"
world. He brings to my library J*
treasures of books, the ripe fruit of he
choicest minds, and ho makes my lit.
neb in introducing me to these boob
He lays before my eye carpets ana ru*;
that please the taste, that makes lioml
beautiful :.v uon )»
BEFORE AND AFTER REFORMATION,
and tbe prurient—the first because they
see something improper, and tbe second
because they don’t. Of course everybody
knows that I belong to neither class and
so I feel free to say as aforesaid that there
is nothing In all thi. kicking and wiggling
and rounding up and wriggling more
than anybody can see at home by giving a
big feed of August apples to a lot of big
and greedy boye and girl.. It may he con
sidered graceful and suggestive In Persia,
Turkey and Algiers, but really I can’t see
anything exclttpg in a bad case at colic.
* * s
Now suppose, mind I say only suppose,
that the development of Africa should go
on as rapidly aa the most enthusiastic
projectors of the Congo Free state expect,
and they should have a world’s (air over
there in 1203 or thereabouts. Of course
there would be an Amerioan village on
their plaisance and equally, of course, tho
ladies of Congo would hare a board and
that board would petition for the suppres
sion for the abatement or suppression of
the ballet and the report might or might
not contain sentences like three: "The
voluptuous Indecency ot the dance in the
American village can no longer be toler
ated. We are reliably Informed and verily
believe that the performers there are clad
in ekin tights which reveal every outline
of the' female form, and that In the
ccatatlo climax of tho danse du legge the
leading danseiue kicks off the hat of a
male performer. In those, performances
where the American females appear in tbe
alleged coatnme of tbelr country, thedres*
is finished in the rear with a drag which
is shockingly suggestive of a street sweep
ing. We insist that tbe dancers be clod in
puffed trousers and that their tergiversa
tions be confined to motion* at least with
in the boanda ot nature.”
SHOUTED FOR TURKISH THEATER.
laughedathlmtwogoln. I went and there
wen jtut nineteen persona in the aud
ience, eight of them ladies and five of
there school ma’am*, I am very positive.
On the stage with the male musicians
ret three fat girl*, with those retreating
foreheads and projecting noees on a line
therewith, which are said to mark the
lower clan Turks. When the music has
reached the proper acme of horror each
girl rises in turn and tidies this way and
that along the stage, swinging her arm*,
shaking her shoulders so os to make the
front or tho body quiver and occasionally-
kicking out one foot for six or eight inches.
Toward* the last come* the so-called
"dona* du ventre" which is nothing but a
rapid shaking of tbe hip* and quivering ot
the abdominal muscle*. It la said to he
"very suggestive." Mayb* it is, to soma
folks, hut it does not suggest anything to
me. I am aura there is nothing like it
In nature.
**•
In the Algerian theater the dancing was
more piquant and more rein the Persian,
bat the Uttar has bean aupprreasd and
the former reformed. It was charged in
the session of th* board of lady managers
that at there theater* there were perform-
V‘ ce *“ , . or ** atlcm an only’.’ at which truly
dreadful things were dona, but charges of
all tbs dreadfal sorts have been made In
that board, the quarrels of which bars
mad* It th* standing joke otth* fair. Th*
nanus of the concessionaires cm the nUia-
anca indicate that most of there shows
are manage! by men of European races,
and while on* visit is enough, often more
than enough, to such theaters aa those I
*“* h *" m otte place* well
worthy ot prolonged atody.
Chief among there is the Irish village
“* t . h » t , U*rUy c f Irish Industrie* organ-
c ‘ > "tff* 1, a of Aberdeen. ErSy-
thing i* thoroughly irish. Even the turf
Uth. genuine article imported for this
purpose, and from tbe top of Blarney
"•* » ri£ ofTSTretbi
pound*. Another place of nal attraction
is tbs Bernese Alps cydovsm* with wnga
mo ?°, u * n< * t *- Th* Dutch bare
t 5 dr So ? t * 1 possession*
with all their dress, dwellings and furni
ture Crtupl** th* JavstMte village bring
the largest exhibit. And in the midst of
ItaU an th* sedate Chlsrea with tUi
Tho Sunday opening Is now nothing
more in effect than the opening of the
Midway plaisance. Inlhe exposition proper
most of tbe buildings are closed, the gon
doliers are off for a rest, there are no res
taurants open, no fountains running, no
bands playing, and in short there is noth
ing to see but tbe buildings. And as a
natural result no one is there. In a mile's
walking, from the Indiana building to tbe
peristyle and down to the southeast cor
ner 1 saw only five persona, and every one
of the few thousand visitors of that day
were in the plalsanea. Even there very
little was going on. Tbe Dahomeyane
alone maintained their cheerful racket,
for they are so very much in love with
their performance that they keep it up
right along regardless of tha pretence or
absence of rDectator*. Queer people, these
Danomeyam. Snake worshippers aud all
that sort of thing. According to Captain
Burton they hare one temple, a vast open
shed, where every beam and rafter 1*
coiled about with monstrous serpents who
know the print* so well that they squirm
and writhe and hiss in happy excitement
when the latter bring in their daily sup
ply of fresh milk, and in their Joy emit on
odor which make* all tha environment
smell snaky. I am pleased to add that
they left their snakes at home, for though
we can endure their almost naked ama
zons and barbarous music, we could not
abide their obscene temple and Ita slimy
gods.
The Eaqoimaux in the northwestern
part ot the fair proper I wa* at first in
clined to set down m humbugs, but I
guen they are tho real thing or very near
ft. I have teen the Esquimaux as near
their native habitat as lake Winnipeg, for
parties of them sometimes come down
there to spend the winter. Tbe circum
stances were not favorable, from my
standpoint, aa the brandy (no mention is
made of the mercury there) marked 45 de
grees bclo.w zero, but the hyperborean*
looked natural and those here certainly
have the some shape and general features.
The change in them must be the result of
this climate and their new mods of life.
They don’t worship snakes, for they have
none at home, they don’t wear airy trous
ers, they don’t sing and tbsy don't dance,
their only performance consists in run
ning their queer little boatesround on tha
pond in thrir village, and they don’t ask a
visitor to bay anything, so I conclude they
must be real Esquimaux.
Of cottrss the whole country has by this
time had its laugh about th* Sunday
opening fiasco, and equally, of course,
everybody now knows that tha fair Is
fiDanrteUr a failure. Few now expect a
big crowd in the near future and Chicago
good natu redly consider* her 111,000,000 or
ho in it aa an absolutely dead investment.
Many reason* are offered and many per
sons are blamed, but I guess tbs real rea
sons are those for which no one is to bs
blamed. Farm produce is so low that
farmers can’t afford to come and other
people have similar and equally good re*-
L... J. B. 1’AREH.
M>i4a Item la Jail.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17.—An Il
licit (till in full »jier*:lon was found
In tbe coll of Charles Wilburn at tbe
county jail yesterday. Tue itIU was
bid under a table and waa mid* of a
backet with a curled glass pipe os a
worm, three tin boxes ax fermenters
cud a spittoon as a fnnucc. Molasses,
apples und tbe t’ke furnished tbe it’*-
otm as food went trend os material*
for mak’nf the nun.
Cape Charles, Va., Aug. 20.—Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., continued today the
aeries of sermons on “Money and Chris
tianity.” The subject of the discourse
of the morning was “Tho Ideal Mer
chant.” Text, Luke xix, 13, "And he
called ten servants of his and gave them
ten ponuds and said unto them, Trade
ye herewith till I come."
The merchant’s business is tho most
obvious and necessary relation of life. It
is one of the primal powers, Original,
necessary, universal.
It is the talent of Industry and enter
prise, a vast system for the relief of man
kind and for the development of the earth.
It is a vast system for the spiritualiza
tion of matter. And yet it is more light
ly estimated by the world than the sol
dier’s work, the teacher’s work, the phy
sician’s work, or the lawyer’s. It is
strange that it should be moro lightly es
timated than the soldier’s work at first
glance. Ruskin has most beautifully
said on this point that we estimate the
soldier highly not because it is his busi
ness to slay men, but because it is his
business to be slain. So we estimate ail
the professions because of the sacrifice
involved in their pursuit.
So we have despised the merchant be
cause, persumptively, on the principles
of modern political economy his business
has been to look out for No. 1 solely.
RELIGIOUS EXTERNALS.
Yet it is true that the business of the
merchant is to provide for the nation, as
it is of the soldier’s to defend it, the pas
tor’s to teach it, the physician to keep it
in health, the lawyer to enforcs justice
and the business of each on dne occasion
to die for it.
We have much to learn in first princi
ples in so far as the application of Chris
tianity to business is concerned. Men in
business transactions are afraid of the
pious whine. Nor do we need to intro
duce external piety into the house of
business. We do not need to have a
prayer meeting in the storehouse at noon.
A man' need not stop in the midst of a
business transaction, os I once knew a
man to do, look at his watch and say to
a customer, “I have got to go and pray.”
It Is not necessary to introduce the ex
ternals of a religious life. But it is neces
sary to make trade Christian in itself,
that it shall be in itself a high and holy
service to hnmanity.
The work of the true merchant is no
ble, sacred, and is of the divine plan for
the redemption of the world.
FAITI] IN FELLOW MEN.
First—The truo merchant must be a
man of large faith.
He must have faith in man and God
as the foundation of his commercial
world. He could not run without it 24
hours.
A boom in trade means a boom in faith.
A panic means a lost faith.
High prosperity in the business world
means a large faith in ujan.
A black Friday means the collapse qf
confidence. Our commercial World Li
not run by gold and silver. There is bnt
little gold and silver in the world, com
puting the transactions of this world by
the sum total of our currency.
We do not nos money, os a matter of
fact We trade in faith, and the money
that we use is a promise to pay. We
have faith in the government. So your
true man of commerce must have faith
in his fellow man.
It is faith that is the basis of enter
prise, of invention, of ail progress. The
western world U alive because it believes
in humanity; believes in progress. It
has hope. The eastern world is dead be
cause it has lost faith in man. It has no
hope. You may teach tha Chinaman
and the Turk to run a (team engine. He
will do it mechanically. Bat to give him
the power of progress you must breathe
into his soul the faith* and hopes of tho
western world. Ho must have an en
thusiasm for humanity before he will
trnly work for It. No faith, no enthtul-
The true merchant must be a man of
faith in God, In whom hands rest the
storms and the seasons.
He will keep in perfect peace whose
mind is fixed on His eternal trnth. Thcro
will come to him puzzling hours in
which vital problems of business will
pros* upon his heart, and he will need
the illumination of all God’* spirit upon
hi* own to guide. He will need the flash
of that deeper intuition of right that can
only come from a vital communion with
God.
For lock of faith in the business world
nothing can atone. To tbe man was
given one talent. He had no faith. He
was afraid. He laid it upon a napkin.
He waa condemned by the judge upon
his return.
One of the most successful Italian fruit
dealers I ever knew was a man of the
broadest confidence in his customers.
He gave freely of his fruits, aud he indi
cated in his methods that he had that
confidence in his customers which led
them to have confidence in him. It his
fruit was not good, he would tell yon so.
If his orange* were boot, he would tell
you so unhesitatingly, bnt told yon he
hoped to have acme sweeter ones next
week. The people in all the community
grew to know him and to believe in him.
They patronized him. His business grew
apace, and be is a man of prosperity.
A miser waa afraid of banks, and took
his money and wrapped It up in an old
rag, opened the wall of his house and
put it between the walla for safe keep-
lng. A few year* afterward when be
exhumed it he found that the rata had
cut it into 10,000 fragment* and made
neats of it in varions porta of the house.
Thera waa not a single scrap of all his
banknote* left. Ha lacked faith in man.
INTERESTS ARE IDENTICAL.
Second—A true merchant is one wbo
helps himaeU only in helping others.
Wc moat help others if we enter tbe
world of trade loyally. Otherwise we
play again the role of the man with the
one talent and the napkin. Honesty,
truthfninea, justice, fairness—they
most be ocr standard* of measurement
in seeking to help self. Tho fatamh
of hie customer is identical with his own
He should be the friend of hie customer,
lie should create in one sense his wants
and supply them with promptness, with
faithfuls* e—supply them even at s loss
to hlmretf to fulfill his obligations to his
friends
life more and more of a success. Ha
brings to my table the choicesta fruits
from the remotest corners of the earth
the delicacies of foreign climes, thetreas!
ures of foreign Ceylon. He introduces
to tho farmer and mechanic the latest in.
vention in machinery, in tools Ha
brings to my children the gifts of rin4
and toys, cunningly devised by the mind,
of curious peoples. He who thus deals
with me fairly and justly is my benefae-
tor os well aa my friend.
True, such philosophy may be pressed
beyond the bounds of courtesy when
backed by greed. I am grateful to the
book to which I am introduced, but ths
modern book agent has perhaps some-
times overstrained the courtesies of ths
occasion.
Tho same great principle holds hers
as elsewhere. Tho helping of self u
legitimate if in helping self we heln
others. The same law must hold for the
merchant that holds for the man who
occupies the more highly esteemed walks
of life. They must find eelf in losin®
self. 5
The physician is honored because of
tho implied condition of his willingness
to die, if need be, in the service of man.
The physician really find his highest su<*
cess in the thorough giving of himself to
humanity. It it not a question of feo
merely. It is a question of human serv
ice, and sometimes hia greatest achieve-
ments are those for which no money
compensation is given. A young phyei-
cian in England gave his best endeavor
to tho case of an old pauper woman. Ho
enred her of a desperate disease. He was
faithful in his treatment, and the old
soul beliovod that the sun rose and set
in that man’s heart. His name was ever
on her lips. In her charitablo work, ths
wife of Gladstone waa brought in con-
tact with this old woman. She fottnd
out from Mrs. Gladstone that they had
a child who was grievously afflicted it
the time. At once the old woman begin
to expatiate upon the powere of her doc
tor. She spoke with such contagious
enthusiasm, with such soul faith, that
Mrs. Gladstone determined to try the
;,-0UBgman. She sent for him. He gate
tie life to tbe ohild as he gave it to ths
old pauper woman. The chUd was cured.
He made his reputation and became the
foremost physician of England.
Ruskin well says: “We must discover
a kind of commerce which is uot exclu
sively selfish, or rather will have to dis
cover that there never was or can be
any other kind of commerce; that this
which they have called commerce is not
commerce at all, bnt cozening; that
a true merchant differs as much from a
merchant according to tho laws of fffod:"
era political economy as the hero of the
excursion from Autolyco*. They will find
that commerce is an occupation which a
gentleman will every day see more need
to engage in, rather than in tbe business
of talking to men or slaying them; that
in true commerce, as in truo preaching
or true fighting, it is necessary to apply
the idea of occasional voluntary lots.
For sixpences have to he lost aa well aa
lives, under a sense of duty, that the
markot may have its martyrdoms as
well as the pulpit, and trade its hero
isms as well as war.”
CO-OPERATION VERSUS COMPETITION.
Third—Tho climax of true commer
cial genius must therefore bo to bnfid
prosperity upon the prosperity of the
whole community.
Ot the community first in which he
lives, because that community makes it
possible for him to succeed. Coopera
tion, not competition, therefore must b*
tho end aimed at.
lie must build his prosperity upon the
prosperity, not only of bis limited com
munity, bnt of the whole world, for
trade is univerral In its genins, the first
cord with which God has bound nation
to nation. I am bonnd with overy na
tion of tho world by the ties of the mer
chant and his commerce.
There are no aliens in this world of
real trade.
Ths islander in tho sea, who sends ths
banana to my child, is my friend and
benefactoy.
Tbe African, who gathers tho ivsry
and carries it across the desert to mak *
an ornament for my home or my loved
one, is my brother. *
The Chinaman, who cunningly con
structs the fireworks which please the
soul of the child on the Fourth of July
and on the gala nigbta of our festivals,
he is of my life.
So also is the Russian, who sends his
robes to make warm the sleigh and the
carriage. Each nation that give* it>
triboto to the other’s life is tbna bound
in that life.
Let ua remember, then, that when we
walk the floor of the world's exchanges
wo walk on holy ground, and we should
make it sacred unto God.
Let us remember that to violate tho
laws of trade is to violate the laws of
God. . 4 ,
To get something for nothing out ot
tho community is to steal in the la-‘|
analj’sis and to fail in tbe end. And let
us remember that tho broadest minded
pliilaathrophy recognizes this
trait. Peter Cooper. Johns Hoptana,
Fair-weather and the men of great
wealth whose names will be dear to gen
erations yet unborn have
this broader truth of the commtmri lit*
and the communal Interests a=*
in the hearts and lives of tho P'pPJ*
when the millionaires who have
for self and lived and died for self
be buried in merited oblivion.
Tho end of commerce is to increase t-
well being and happines* of the raj*-
is to provido for the nation. And it t*
vork that calls for as deep heroics ■
the work of defense or the work r -
teaching. .
Let tho men of trad? lift up their •
aud remember that their work i: “4“
and holy. It is not for self, bnt f’ r
manity. Let us believe in on' as tn*
Let us breath the divine breath otJo 1 "’
and the shadow of pan: ' will be Wt
Hetlutietks to save his UfsihaB 1 • '
it. Let ns cast onr 1st with thz r*- '-
Let tii bo willing to di*\ and, bet *
■ball all lire!
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negro laborer.