Show Q t 7 B. B Business C Gossip G. G ossi P I malcontents are to tp be found f in every city They are pessimists of the Slowest lowest order who breathe at every corner cor- cor cor- cor ner ner In a 1 business way their chief diversion is isto tio ito to gossip about the financial condition of of vario various s business bus ness institutions They get et a secret Gret delight in jn slanderous speculation that some firm irm is a about aboul out to fail Sometimes their forebodings a are e b borne ne out but 1 because the gossip of evil tongues helps to wreck tottering institutions which might have righted I 1 themselves if they had been left free of of this 2 despicable propaganda Gossip of this sort could start a run on the soundest bank in the country Z vitally affecting its financial standing and strength t ov overnight We have laws however which prohibit this thi s sort ort of gossip I concerning banks People who presort to it may be imprisoned and nd t they ey should I be It is more difficult to reach those who con con- t r fine their evil speculations to other business s rr t r concerns and who vho revel in the gloom of general 4 depression For the most part business concerns concern s survive all of this idle gossip and are not gener- gener J ally Jally permanently affected 1 S Nevertheless there are occasions when this thi s gossip ossip sip is vital determining the lin line between I t s success and failure Self respecting citizens will wil 1 t not p not t resort to the practice but this alone lone will snot stifle the evil They should go further an and d refuse to io listen to the hard luck stories of uninformed uninformed formed people about concerns of which they ca can cm I have llave no direct or specific information The man who vho approaches you with a cloud clou d de on on his face and whispers con confidingly some e alleged information on the financial standing oa o of f ija a a certain institution that has been passed to hi him m from a mysterious source should be choked both poth theoretically and actu actually Uy Self respecting g individuals who r refuse fuse to listen to this variety o of I gossip will do much to eliminate the practice which is as reprehensible as the backyard gossip gossi p which is devoted to undermining the moral Station fanon of the individual a |