Show TRUTH TELLING some history historical cal authorities say tile the old tradition I 1 in n regard to george confession that he cut down tile the cherry tree is merely a baseless fable but even if so tile the persistence tor for so many years of this story is a suggestion that the american people really admire truth telling and honor the father of ills his country all the more for ills his reported willingness as a boy to admit that lie he 11 had a d d done 0 n e wrong however much people may value truth telling there are many tem tation to falsehood and a lot of lying is going on all the time there are some soine people who seem to expect to tell falsehoods regularly in order to sell goods if customers demand a certain article shall be true of so they will cheerfully assert that it corresponds to the requirements in every way even if they know it does not lot some people feel that they simply have to toll tell stories in order to compete with unscrupulous rivals nevertheless while a man ill may Y gain an advantage tor for once by making a false statement he need not think he fools many people he is pretty well sized up in these times and people dislike to do business with him the fellow who is honest and sincere disarms critic islin by his dealing his frank ways win friendship and are a splendid foundation on which to build business success the people whose word is absolutely reliable who will do what they promise to even if they lose on oil it win permanent business friends people will feel that they can depend upon and will go out of their way to patronize such folks the liar may succeed in putting over a few stunts on unsuspecting persons but the business community demands tile the truth and falsehood is a worked out game in these times |