The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-24

Fraud IN Weirb.s-

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systematic plan OF cheating con-
stantly pracriced The merchant
accuses the farmer OF false packing.
and the farmer retorts by sayin Q il
is the way to get even, f3r he never
gets full weight That both are
practiced is only too true, but not
by majority of trades-only one
here and there-a standing disgrace
to the class he belongs TO.
A tobacco raiser packed q large
stone in the center of his hogs
head OF tobacco. IL Wentto Liver.
pool, where it was found. and
charged to the shipper. The ship
per directed it should be returned
to him, and shortly after the same
pianter sent an order to his mer-
chant for a barrel Of sugar. The
merchant sent the sugar, but in the
center the planter found his stone.
This was retort courteous.
Some ladies went into a store
and sold n merchant hag Of
feathers. In emptying them the
merchant found large stone. He
simply left it in the bag, weighing
all together for the tare, the woman
accepting the enormous weight of
the bag without a murmur.
There are some merchants in ev-
cry city who profess to sell stand
ara groceries or goods at prices
below cost.
They continue 10 do so, and yet
thrive apace. They must find new
customers each time, or almost so;
Tor there IS no more common prac-
tice among men than to test their
great bargains by scales when they
reach home, and they almost inva-
riably find that they have really
paid largely above cost, instead of
getting great bargains.
a plain, straightforward way of
dealing is far better and wins IN the
end. VIC all expect the merchant
to make his profit and accept it,
and when q merchant endeavors TO
take advantage of bis fellow-trades-
men by selling below cost, the
world begins to suspect cheating.
| we well know we cannot afford it.
and if he does, we know he must
! get even somewhere else. No one
likes to be cheated, and the man
who practices 1t habitually soon
becomes known and avoided. A
promising business man in our
younger days began by advertising
great bargains. His practices be
came so well known, and his cheat
ing so proverbial, that every one
avoided him, and he is now a dead
beat about the city, without work
or friends. 1t always leads TO de-
lection sooner or later, and the
cheat soon loses all chances to
cheat any one, for he is avoided. If
a young man is required to cheat
by his employer, better a thousand
times lose his situation than re-
main with him one minute longer
after he discovers his employers
practices. Throw up a1d try
elsewhere.
IL is a sad confession to make,
but chesting is too often followed
by all classes. Farmers put false
weights ON their bales Of hay, or
put foreign substances in the to-
bacco or cotton bale. One bale
was returned a few years ago to the
ginner with a large dog in its cen
ter. Stones are quite commonly
found in tobacco, hay or cotton.
Ga the other side, merchants fail
to give good weight to their wares.
Both sooner or later are found out
and avoided 1t is far better, in q
purely business point Of view, TO
say nothing of the moral feature, to
pursue a rigidly honest business
course, and it will always rebound
to the temporal welfare ofevery one
adhering to its rules. Spirit.
Every farmer who can in any
way afford it should have a pair Of
platform scales. Not only should
he have q pair, but he should also
make use of them a great deal
more than those who have them
usually do. There is no more i'm
pOrtant lesson that a farmer can
learn than one to be secured by US
ing the scales properly. If he will
weigh the animals which he intends
to fatten before he commences feed
ing them, and carefully measure all
the feed used in finishing them of,
he will then know just what it has
cost him to fatten, and whether
there has been any profit in the
operation or not. This is an i'm
portant and very useful lesson for
any feeder TO learn, and one which
he must learn, and learn well, if he
expects so be uniformly successful
in his business. Besides this great
advantage, the scales always on
hand enables the farmer TO sell eg-
erything by actual weight, which
is an important consideration, as it
avoids all guess work and at
tempts at fraud by the purchaser.
A North Carolina man sold 4
tract of land for 5000. The
purchaser the very next day sold Il
huge walnut tree for 81, 500 cash.
So says the Fayetteville Observer,
reliable exchange. That tree sold
for a big price in the opinion Of the
public, but it is not unusual for wal
nut trees to contain properties.
Some trees are 80 twisted and curl
ed that no grain can be found in il,
and these are immensely valuable,
being used for veneering, and often
bring as much as from $50 to $500
per hundred feet. Any one can
make this discovery for himself by
cutting a chip down TO the heart
when Its appearance will prove its
value.
Bill Nye says: Don't attempt TO
cheat the editor out oil years sub
scription to his paper, or any other
cum. Cheat the minister, cheat the
doctor, cheat anybody aud every
body, but, if y.u have any regard
for future consequences, don't fool