| Show Are We Honest As the whole basis of civilization rests on the tho as as- as that the majority of people are aro honest and wo We can trust each other it might bo well to examine the situation particularly on n a local level It probably would bo be reasonably accurate to say that from 80 to 85 of our people are arc pretty hon hon- est cst It also would be accurate to say that the small total remaining causes far more trouble than the tho small would To fo look at the tho negative side for n a moment what are mo dishonest practices Stealing it is self evident is dishonest What is stealing 1 This is not the silly question it appears as there thero certainly is same somo on the definition Webster usually the final word on definitions s ays that stealing is to take or carry away Vay felonious felonious- ly 1 or r lie ho guilty of theft From where we sit which we feel is pretty much ill iu the mainstream of events stealing would include anything taken with a promise to pay later and then breaking the tho promise In category would come bad checks bills not keeping up payments on contracts and then mon money y for a trip to Mexico or some other luxury and similar dishonest practices There is also a tendency to sometimes to at least parr par partially finance some somo enterprises with funds that should have gone to creditors Then the creditor has hns to bor- bor borrow borrow row money and pay interest to fill fiU in iho holes caused lip poor payers We Vo have noticed with considerable interest that some some of the tho poor payers arc the first to howl with anguish if people who owe them money dont don't pay promptly It seems to us that this is an area where the tho Golden Rule could be applied very nicely |
