Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-04-03
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to 465 { 46s in eleven eventful years wad have
been shoEp of much Of It's splendid lnstre and
the "a walk over Syud hav been contested inch
by inch. These unanswerable auction trip
hameFs counted largely in the memorable con-
test of the cash and credit kings. wherever
they struck they made final and tiecisiv work
killed aud buried on the spot. What made
them more destructiv was the mnrdtrous. savz
ing i've per cent, aud this is one reason why
the Jew Is crowding our people from the worlds
/ great pathway-they cut clos and Quief and.
| at last the PoekethoOk has big say In the bat
tie OF the giants. Walk down Broadway some
day and read the signboards. The chosen
eaiidrtR of Moses. Abraham and Israel ar drir-
ing like sheep the stif swell he'd American with
his steep aristoeTatie prices. a visit TO the
worlds sopnmercial centre IS worth more than
money; circulars and price lists are indefnlts
and often deeeptiv, reding one of the typical
colossal thunderers you would naturally heliev
its author owned the Ninth National Bank aud
was going TO Pulvcrizs things with some kind
of internal or Intellectual dynamite. Y0uscud
on your CASH and the next thing yop hcar. of
him in Canada. When you arc ON the spot
here you can in day tell the LeIiathan from
the Liliput. solidity from imitation. merit from
I
vital Importance TO you. If yOu do not saw in
buying It Is as II you had a thief at your cash
desk. The difference between real headquar-
tiers and thes would he. viii aggregate a fortune
in the long run thru life, and this constant
leakage is an tnsuPerabie barrier to success
The mil of course Is headquarters, but we
claim that we comand the situation when they.
come thru the auction channels instead of the
"a nf t. -
clever saying but when VIC can heat the mar
ket by twenty-five and often more, It stuns,
stagers and kills. Vain tho important waii:6f
- auction goods" It was stcwart's battIe-ery:
| and when he got bargain he sold q bargain.
| That level-headed. broad minded master was
| too keen and Wideawake to sacrifice good
| advertisement for the sake of little extra
profit. Underby aud underscn was his relig-
ion and It drove him from the insignificant 10
| by 81 on the corner OF Warren and Broadway
to the meridian of mercantile fame. The same
simple rule vii driv you up too Just as sure as
| the old way will carry you In the trecherous
undertow Of big percentage out beyond tho
safe line into the depths OF tlleoecan cemetery!
Twenty-Five per cent viii drive yuu up into
the Davis altitude, fifty vii drag you into OBJ
livion. As the brokcn-heartcd Peake onco
said ''Onc is BROADWAY the other GREBN-
WOOD" He was final authority, for around
that lonely spot the highest aud holIest mem-
ories cluster. We wer representatives of two
antagonistic systems, no innocent aud uncou-
| sclous of wrong, as sincere rs charity. took tho
''Iong time" and Irregular prices" and they
carried him in the prime of ne ont TO that
grand, lOvolyslleut city lasger than aTaRbaianlI
The River fought with the modern Damascus
net spot eash. and onr Gag stn heats away up
in tho -biu azure abos broadway. YES frucr
than .steei. that qid uEiafgptcu cqpy hook II
the little log skoei honse of pAnsOS y flirs 4 p-
pie Pie Ridge 81. ncn my Father's TiNE
,fionr. fnpffhle cV7s. 81 no1u q1.r47 lASn
So sIl.t' -. ..,.... .-|.|. -. n.
4ss ~ sIl1t c.i-1 1-iefif lrt ". orIit f,isI
with triumf eares not continental rcd for
heveB or hel--If competition makes q shbpili6
| sFmply uses e for Tidicule and laang--Ho rats
like n horse aud sleeps bike tramp. q the dogs
ofJEar ar unsliped he y ther with the overilStf
ing aud almity dOlar:.i ~ hts EVsethed eomposr
collapse he rakcs in the swcIhed. bis stock
and his nion and puts them In battle harnes al
a dollar day. The large and rapid increas of
his trade forces them to break the ten COM
mandments, and nj other complex rules of pl-
ETY.. poltix and IlOsOfy-dou5Ic duty on Sunday
-inEted of the Pentntuk and CULVER. he is
playing Shelley and IngcrEol in merchandise.
The solid reality Of heaven Is here and now.
and whcr supcrstitions monster hcl is docs not
IVORY him for n moment. in savage enthusiasm
he j. looking MP and on. and In the Puisation
of his brave chivalric titanic heart thrr ttrobs
the thrill Of popularity. progrcs and prosperity.
UNDERBCY. UNDERsELL.
Along with our sledgehamers follow our rules
| for selling them. Most merchant think they
need no advice on that vital point. that they
understand their own business and know just
who will pay, In fact they kno it al Ninety
! five out of one hundred who disdain our EtCr-
ling uncOndItiOn Of cash before delivery" pay
for their folly penalty beyond the range of
money-for what viii compenrats n man Of
keen EensitiV pride for the humiliation. agony
and disgrace of failure Onr adTdcacy OF real
values under the market for clos sharp cash
will beat any system not founded upOp money
down-it will drive the solid old hundred per
center TO the wal before he KIM what had hit
| him. So too along with his credit valics. the
credit master sends his ideas TO him 70 SCI
"gct all you eau sell aS you buy" And som
day tire old regular gets u message after this
style "We did ds god advised-we got big
prices. but as our friends never paid ms we
can't pay you''-thats all. Look around you
aud read Alright the living Lessons Of the age
Do you not see the modern repeating rifles NJ
bullion bury ing in their trnx the old hInt-lockef
of the faIse system Of big profit and ded debts;
do yuu see how these twenty-five per cent
champions make derisiV and dccisiT adyeTtis-
ments of the old regular ehaIking Il down at
| two for one? SPOse he got one thonsand per
cent. wud the sweet book bring any more at
tbe paper mili7 Some day II you want TO zee
the difference between q live dollar in hand and
ten on the ohlce bible, drop in at the old red
! flag of the Topping Boys and watch the BUTCH
ers Of his cOmcrcial slaHfeT pens. This ritter
has seen the stock Of 4 concern that had not
rru twelve months sold for half value and less,
the ledger not yet one year old. containing
nine thousand sci for thirty-siK dollarsl The
old threadbare saw '' nothing suTe but death
and taxes had better be quoted death and
credit"
One last say 10 the readsr-get at beadguaF-
ters or better still the red flag of the sheriff
plank down the coin. then Planking this un-
answesable artillery upon your natiT bills and
mountains at low range-a murderous tWen-
tJ-nVe per cent. volIey and the field with fame
and history Is yours.
One word TO our next president. GROVER
CLEVELAND: Abolish the Army and SaTy-
the Internal Revenue on everything but tolraeA
CO and whiskey-Tbe Infamous protective
tariff. the pension sIfndIes-ehOp down the
taxes and spiy the surplus TO the National
debt FSfabIfsf the Postal Telegraph at once.