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Show Ethics and A rbiiration. Joseph Moses H. Grossman, the founder of the Arbitration Arbitra-tion Society of America, and whose friends ' hOnored,.him by a testimonial dinner at the Hotel BiitmpreVo'n'jh rffeht , birthdaj?, is quoted as saying to a gatherihg of . business men: i, , "If j-our only object in life is to make money, ;to' steal ; i. other people's ideas; in fact, to do anything. to .gei'a . doHar, I there is.Jio use talking arbitration. But. if . you-care .for::the respect qf your fellow men;, if you, , care Jor. your own good ! name; ii your business is the means . -whereby , you gain happinesi, then a code of ethics can be adopted which shall become the standard of the trade." ; : '' ." ' ''.' ". : . Jude Grossman never uttered words 'pf greater. wisHom : than those quoted. That honesty is the"b'est policy has "been known to intelligent persons for ages, but that'it is.alo a . i code of ethics deserving of adoption seems.hot to have been .' , 'as well understood in business circles as. it should, be..... Any plan whereby men may be moved .to compose their differences by methods that do riot depend upon litigation or force is to be welcomed. The jurist whose friends so signally honored him by a testimonial dinner is rthe father- of . an organization that would help men who differ to agree-with--! out having recourse to the courts. .''-'.:.' |