Trading Morality In India

At Ulwar the politlcal agent vvislio;1 to plant an (ivciiue of trees on oiiliiir side of Dus fond in front ot' the shops. for the purposo of gjviug sliade, aud hiul deulilcu to put in peepul trees, which are oonsiucred sacred by iha Hindoos; but tho bunulahs (or native ■hopkeepers), onu aud all, declarad that if tilia Were done tliay would not take the shops; mul when pressed for a icason, replied : "It was becuusc they could not teil untvuths or swcar ftilsely uoder their sh;ide;" addinx, "and how cm we c u-ry on business other■vise?" The forco of tliis argument seeins to have beon nc'oiowleded, as t!ie point "was yielded, and othc.r trees have been plantod instead. A luw days-later, when we wero at Delhi, I had the opportuiiity of assurin n:ysclf of tlic correctuesa of tliis auecdote. A Hinloo jiierohiint brouglit some goods for sale to the buugalow wliere we were staylnjf. Uis waroé bein very dear, 1 said to hini: "Would you iisk so njuch ií' yon ■.vore st'in.lin u nder a pcepul tree?" He replied: "2vo." I rejoüied: "Suppose yoursitli' iu tbat posiiioii, aud loil me whut, ! luider tliose circuinstances, would be tlie price of Uie ai-üele 1 roquire P' Tlie morchttut nt ou uiitncd a lower,