-£- Hemington Neither John irms CO. these thinge commenced that the gonsl responsibility. I eay Company of be proud you may realize to that which would “. Browning not push forward in order that word in the date. ¢ariy which Browning ¢id successors an at Mathew nor Browning M. if those suecescors Dec.i9-i7. is to you not merely holding on was done by its founders, but that it is pushing forward thet work “he Browning Company is not winding in an honorable, active way. up ite affairs, but it ia going on, and each man interesteé in that Company is at least undertaking to bear his fuli load of perThe thought seems to have gone out that the Browning Company became sort of an infantile organization after the éeaths of J. fe and M. 3. Browning; that other people and other business eoneerns could assume toward that Company end its present owners ean air of a patronizing character; that the Company coulé be played with, favored and sometimes bilked; that foolish sentiment would prevail over common sense in the administration of the Com- pany, and J am inclined to think that made by your predecessor-in-office thoughts. You say that you do not one of the greatest mistakes was prompted by some of these agree that the matter was rightly handled and I have made In this thought I concur with by HKemington. the above statements in order that Nemington understand that Remington on en Browning is a honorable and your letter), but at I do not I am not personally know whether tirely waturél that give rise opinion that or to the peculiar way. If abandonment, for, it will come to all times your going concern, ready to deal with even “generous” basis (to quote on an equal acquainted letter footing. with of December you, Hr. Norvell. twenty-third is not. I have noticed some expressions ond the thought in my mind that you may be of Browning Company you have to quote any such an idea your letter, "in pess" that you you, may can will be be appealed to in a rather I would suggest the fullness of convinced that on- phrases the the ite time ordinary pusinesslike methods that have been established by experience are sound to the core. Those methods did not start with me or with you, and they prevail quite generally throughout the civilized woud. “hey are not confined to either your city or your state. Let ue understand each other before we start. I might as well be very frank with you and tell you that I have practiced law for thirty years quite as succeesfully as you I am also familiar with a few appear to have done business. Slleged religious quotations, but I do not take very mich stock in them. Ag someone has said, “all generslities are untrue”, including the one I have just stated. It seems somewhat paradoxical but I believe the thoucht is worthy of consideration,