Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-30
HOW IT. Is DONE

feeling OF eni"rpri and spirit seems
TO De awakening in our lily, aud a seri.
Gus 'nquiry Ia be alive psto how orr own
and ,be public god is to be he, promn-
ted by our cniz"ns. The inquiry is soon
answered. make oar prrduc.i n greater
Than our con unp ion The rroakuT will
ask, 'how. can we do j :" Easy enough
nut you must first establish The fact in
.our own mind. make il u part OF y"u,
every day thoughts, fl ST tlaI if you pul
two potatoes in b,skat every day and
take oDi one, YOU viii s.me'ime gel The
oaske' luii. If you earn SIX GO lars and
'p-nd i've ycur pursc W Ii sc Crii.-if n
city earns a million AID spend half
one size will prosper: or a conn ~ sci $
10 The amount oi one aundyrd millions and
h"N 10 the tn.o'!nt at siAiy annually. that
country will flourish aud :rosner. You
freely admit this; but you ask how you
vii prof: by it. L"ok around YOU -thrre
are several men in this ,iSv that have
made fer themselves, from nothing, ,e.
~ pref y fortune by dint Of Industry
alone, mot by luck. not by knowIedg",
not by any,hinI bu. determined perseyer-
ing industry. while many another man
naturally e:,rn up the suhs,lnce ne had
Now. which has been The smnries which
has been the hlppicsl The working
man. But Won say y"u have nothing TO d.
II your business, il is broken up here.
Yankees, the Peni.en'iaries or some deuc.
ed thing or dhcr has eaten You w.
Nonsense. Cannot you live us chen
and work as f,St as any Yankee! Ren.s
here are low. hread slnfs are cheap, ruel
Is cheap and all tina, enter into the : rice
OF labor. is cheap. How then can il be- |
that they ran underworld YOU! They de- |
IL by enterprise and industry alone !
They d. not expect to rake fortunes
without labor or by specializing. They |
do II BY small gains aud saving, ami III,
can the productive lab n and population Of
Wheeling he increased.
There nre too manv among %. who |
have an iGea that u they were located
somewhere csc they cou.d do beuer-if
they were in "A furnishing plnce. But
hen they go there thy find ihn, they
have & I their own custom to mike, and |
friends 10 make, boE OF which they can
better make here than anywhere else. !
IL ~ much easier 10 bring trade 10 place !
where you are already sJitleJ and known
than 70 bring custom 10 Yourself wherc
not kn"wn, because you have some rade |
io start on--,hc little custom OF your
reigh or Ii We were st emnkcr in
this city and had twrn'y dollars worth ol
tools and five in cash We w"uIG not SIT
waiting for The liue custom work ab ,ui
t'wD, bot would 20 10 McCellan's. IcdG's.
Ailman's. or all OF them and examine
their shoes and boots gci the prices they
pay, and what they Z wiling 10 pay 10
rs god. and we would se'cci ont those
that we could do the hesl at, spent our
bvo dollars for leather aud make j. up IS
fast rs possible, return IL to bIm made,
take what ~as necessary 10 cash. an ihe
balance ia leather. We should thus
make enough to pay our way. living cheup
mud working hard. and be geuing Int |
ahead. Then We wo1ld take boy and !
set him 20 ASSISTING US in some parts OF
the woik easiest learned and done. and !
we would keep him closely a work IL !
would 6e much better for bin than pIa, ing
ia tue street 81 there were any jrUrney-
men OFT of work tlat could be got al PR.
res To save aSyhinI We would employ
Ibcn :, even if hey cleared u bni seventy
FIVE ceais week. Then 90 on he
u,re shoes we made he more leather W.
ronld get and the quicker sales. When
v 9 had gone on a. to empty five or
.ix mrn, boys and women, W. would di.
vide The labor, giving each one part to
10. rbu is the secret Of success 10 Lj nn
,s.I 9TH. shoe making towns. Ia Iw
yeass we wouih thus omp'ov q hands
mi clear on their and onr or" labor
hon and or 30 dollars year. give WORK
q our fr.l W men and by the arrangement
4 IaSor be abe 70 ply iGr prices. The
a. ,lsrs we sppke Of Won d cohsnfoe them
-. and ii ,hey j,l no; want them 81" Is"