| Show barton observes by al A barton occasionally we hear some concerns advertising that through their wide awake business policies they had bought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mere merchandise bandise far below belov its market value and they are passing on cn the saving to thier customers 3 to buy anything far below its market value where is the saving after such transactions have been made we around and wonder what s the matter with ith industry when merchandise is bought below cost ai of manufacture and put on oil sale in ill your town or mine it is ruinous to legitimate competitive co concerns selling the same kind kina of merchandise not only affecting business but reflecting dl direct disaster to the employees of such invaded business and the standard of living of those dependent upon employees the manufacturer also has lost so where is the saving if such wide awake business policies were practiced by everybody at the same time business in this country last forty eight hours where can the saving lie be that is passed on on the other hand it if the manufacturer r of this noney saving merchandise made a profit and a profit realized on the finished product then all other merchandise of the same class is being sold too high which again means depletion of public buying power and that is no saving saving As I 1 remember i the incident henry ford at one cne time bought out an automobile ton to manufacturing concern which v vas as being sold under the hammer 1 he bought far below market value which a lot of would call shrewd business legally and lawfully he had made a bona bonafide bonavide tide purchase but henry ford had something else in him besides cold blooded business after the sale he went to the defunct company and gave them an additional 00 why because he had a c conscience influenced by a higher law than legal statute made by man a sacred regard for the moral in business henry ford was not appropriating a saving of to himself at the expense of hi his fel in such conduct henry ford reveals ideal christianity in business which should be the basic principle of all business and real savings |
