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Show j HOWE ABOUT- j By ED HOWE j te'opyrlght by Th Bel! Syndicate. Inc.) There is no higher morality than that practiced In the (treat majority of business establishments. There are no more useful men than business men. A captain of industry is a ' more useful man, a more reliably honest hon-est man. than a captain of the Salvation Salva-tion Army. The big men of the church, the bishops and cardinals are no better than the big men of b.uni-ness, b.uni-ness, and not so useful. Some people peo-ple have a notion that business men have no sentiment, or brilliant fancy, or musical' or literary taste, or appreciation appre-ciation of beautiful things. AH our great orchestras, art galleries, libraries, li-braries, colleges, etc., were made pos- slide by busfciess men. The most suc-i suc-i cessful novel of recent times was wrlt- ten by a banker. Business men equal I and surpass the statesmen In all re- spects, except In flights of fancy. The j vital facts of life do not come from I secluded men occupying' capital or cloister, but from the busy market I place, where everything Is tried out practically, and only the best accepted. accept-ed. There . Is no truth business men habitually neglect ; no good thing they habitually oppose. It is the business men who have carried the torch of enlightenment, Justice and liberty further fur-ther than It has been carried by any other class. There Is dishonesty and meanness In business, but less In proportion pro-portion to Its transactions than In any other profession or calling. |