Show 4 I I Greed S By JOHN BLAKE One of ot the definitions accompanying a crossword puzzle I saw the other day was insatiable le desire for something The word was greed The puzzle maker might have hae said Insatiable desire for something that on one ought not to have andIs anti and is not entitled to for that Is what greed really reany is A great Industrial leader once said that his busness busness bus bus- ness was run on the principle of ot enlightened self self- The business paid good wages vage it made a good product and by br dint clint of economy In production had reduced prices far beyond what its predecessors received ed for fOl the same caine commodity So enlightened selfishness selfishness' was nas not a misleading t term rm S But nut it is the unenlightened d selfishness we WI call greed rEed which ii is making most of oC the trouble In ins In the world and which will III not be eradicated till we weha ha have made a far fai greater ance ad than we have toda today S It is greed that makes men cheat and lie and take advantage of ot their neighbors and oppress the poor I IS S It is greed which I is il responsible for adulterated food for Cor rotten tenement houses for cheap shoddy imitation goods S It is greed that makes it harder r than it ought to tobe tobe be fre to make an an honest living because so iO man many obstacles are thrown in the honest mans man's way It It Is u useless eles to pass fas laws law's to limit gre gre greed d as long longas as it is in the hearts harts of men On Only pa patient effort t tp teach people especially children children- that they others pwe something as well wen as themselves and that decent consideration for the welfare of mankind is essential will help to get rid riel of it y Now the stupid about greed is that it never brings happiness The man who wants something h he ought not t thac to th have ha Is not happy while he is trying tring to get it it and andas anda a as soon as he gets it he becomes miserable through wanting to get something else Always greed is accompanied by envy and envy emy eats its heart out at the sight of comfort or happiness happ- happ ness possessed b by others I I have lived 11 in villages ii in towns and cities and after a years year's residence in each I ha have 1 been able to pick out the greedy greed people peole b by their their I evil and unhappy faca fac and nd by 9 y their manner toward others I I am not here preaching contentment All I want to point out is that the yearning yearn yearn- parn ing for something which we we haven't got which we wedo wedo wedo do not need and which we would be better off ocr wi without hout undermines the character faster than arty any other otner mental attitude and will soon soon reduce reduce us to abject misery Yet so numerous are tile greedy greed that their power owel still I is great and their guild Is difficult to dislodge from power If It the they had their deserts they would be left to suffer from their own greed But their pursuit of ofa a monopoly of oC all the good things of or life liCe is a menace to the welfare of others so as fast as possible ble be they must be taught to repress their desires to curb their appetites and to keep their greed within the bounds of or ordinary human selfishness Copyright 1925 1125 b by b- the Bell Syndicate Inc fi |