Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
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SAM SWTMTn7rse -
Corn Speculation.

Did | ever tell you,' said Sam Swim
ton to me one day, of that ere corn spec
of mine on the Wabash ?"
shook my head.
" You see, Bob," began Sam, " the way
it came about was this-I got hard up"
Which is not very uncommon thing
with certain individual of my acquaint-
ance, Sam" I remarked.
Prezactly," said Sam well, | was
hard up, and wondering how | could
make the smallest amount of capital tell
to the tallest advantage. When, on TAX
ing up newspaper, saw a windy par
ragraph on the advantages of advertising.
The article went on to illustrate how
many fellers had made their piles out Of
the meanest capitals simply by advertising
and / determined at wunce, pertickerly
as I had raised an idea from the suieek,
that it was the way for me ter 60 about
it,"
"What was the way ?" | inquired, not
comprehending him.
by advertising" returned Sam.
I" Yes, well you said something about
going about it. Going about what ?"
Raising a pile" returned Sam.
"All right returned-go ahead"
II argued the matter this way" said
Sam, that an advertisement travelled
wherever the paper travelled, and every
body knows they go into all the QUITO.
the-way places in the State. So, thinks
|, good, fashy advertisement will be
sure to ketch the eye of some of the soft
heads of the Interior and, if it does, who
knows but what they will give Teller a
lift? Here goes for trial, at all events.
So takes store of chap, who, because
I talked up right, didn't want the rent in
advance, run in lot of that I had on
hand, and which was so old and unmar-
ketable that could neither sell it nor
give it away, hung up my single OF Sam
Swinton, Commission Merchant put up
springin' advertisement in the two papers
published in the town, got couple of
first rate puffs from the editors, to the
effect that | was responsible as well as
some in the trade, and then I sot down to
abide the ishew of events.'
"That is Of the advertisements
Prezactly. Well, I hadn't been
storing it long, when planter in the
interior of the Staten-
"What State, SAM"
Indianny, of course consigned me
four big boat loads of corn, on commits
sion, with instructions to sell it as quick
as possible, and then write him, SO that
he could draw on me for the pewter
Thinks I, as / had the stuff put in the
store, there amt nothing like advertising.
It's the only way Of making customers
And I laid myself out to sell the corn
And that did not take you long, Sam,
Of course"
eyer might bet barrel of Monongy-
hely on that, Bob, with all the chances to
win," replied Sam. Yer see, the other
merchants in the town-and some on 'em
driv stiff business. | tell you couldn't
come within a thousand miles of me in
price. | could undersell their boots on
'em, and they couldn't help themselves
Some of 'em tried to back up against me
by putting their corn down to the lowest
market price, but it warn't no sorter use.
| run mine down to half the usual prices.
and they had to knock under. They
grumbled orful, and declared most angry
ly that | was rooinin' the business but
it didn't make no difference. CONTINUED
to sell so much lower than any on 'em,