You often hear lawyers and doctors speak about the ethics of their
professions. This means nothing more than those rules which should
govern the lawyers and doctors in their relation to each other and to
their clients and patients. Now, every occupation has its ethics. The
workmen are bound by moral obligations to have regard for the interests
of one another; i. e. they are morally bound to give one another equal
chance in the great race for bread. Then they must observe all the
rules for the government of their relations to the employer. This
is very important, as the good of society depends entirely upon the
faithful observance of the laws of reciprocity. The Great Teacher has
laid down one infallible rule which is ample for all the transactions
of life, viz: "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them." I would like for you to regard this divine injunction
as your constitution, and then adopt the following by-laws: