MORALITY IN BUSINESS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2118, 28 June 1907, Page 3

MORALITY IN BUSINESS.

Whatever their attitude may be on the great wages question, some employers certainly study the moral and mental well-being of their assistants (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). Mr. Beeby created considerable amusement in tlio Arbitration Court by questioning a witness as to the rules she was called on to observe at the establishment at which she-was em ; ployed. Some of these were worthy of preservation—“ Don’t lot false pride interfere with honest labor,” but the witness was able to say she never broke this. The next quoted was “Don’t stay in your situation if you are dissatisfied,” which seemed more like a warning than a lawThen came an authoritative order forbidding any saleswoman to deceive a customer under any circumstances. This was received with as much seriousness as could be commanded, and the Court looked its cordial approval. His Honor said the rules probably served a good purpose, and fines for mistakes were probably useful. “But,” said His Honor, “it is a good

job wo are not fined for mistakes in this Court. There would) be some serious reductions if we were.” Counsel consolingly hinted that tho Privy Council was a corrective to the High Court. But the chief moral influence in tho establishment which was under consideration proved to-be a moral and instructive little magazine called “The Model Trader,” supplied to the employees for moral guidance. Of this,. Mr. Beeby commenced to read a parable about “A Little Chicken and a Tiny Worm,” but it was too much for the gravity of the -Bench and Bar, and he was forced to desist.