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Show MORALITY HIGH IN BUSINESS OF TODAY ' EVANSTON, III . June 17. A Ian;. I majority of business men now con- duct their affairs In accordance with 1 the belief that right Is uuperlor tO ' might; that morality is on a par wUh legality and that the observance of 1 both is essential to worthy achievement. achieve-ment. Elbert II. (Jary. chairman of the United States Steel corporation, , said in an address today to the Alumni ! association of Northwestern university Former Judge Gary Is an alumnus of the law school of Northwestern, a donor of Its law library and has been a trustee of the institution for 80 years He will receive the honorary hon-orary degree of doctor of laws at the commencement exercises next Monday. Businessmen also recognize Judge I Gar said, the right of customers must I always be respected, that employes , are associates lather than servants and should be treated accordingly: that stockholders of corporations as I well us partners are entitled to any i Information Immediately upon receipt . of same by any officer or partner, that destructive competition must give , way to humane competition and that full and prompt publicity of all facts 1 Involving the public welfare is de-j de-j rnanded. I Judge Gary, whose subject was ! ' Ethics In Business. " said that "wlth-, "wlth-, In the last 20 oars or more there has been a decided change In the standards and conduct of business." 00 |