Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-13

top. We plead with u not to listen to theory,
but TO look square in the teeth. facts and liv-
ing realities. VIC apcal not to your sympathy
over the memories of the ireclamable past.
bat rather your admiration of the magic tram
sitiou from defeat to triumf of our victorious
falanxes OF Representatives who have sweptthe
credit Iegions like chat befor the whirlwind
The unequal struggle between the ledger un-
fortunate and the net spot cash champions of
almity dollars wud remind U of dream in
fancy OF the unnumbered. hosts of Alexander
with their javelins and war clubs meeting the
hungry. feerle=s. ragged devils OF StonewaH
jackson, The chances are about the same
The time buyer and seller can huy no bargains,
much les sci bargains. Real bargains anser to
the command of bullion. and that bullion must
be backed not alone with brains and xPericnc
but nerv and audaeity. And wud L look for
nery and brains and audaci;y in n poor, hope
les. helples creature, unable TO eat or sleep,
without even tlt pluk to sa, mol Neverl
These fellows are not the makers of history,
but food for those who do. These broken
hearted despcrafes ar not dreaming of victory,
but waiting in the long. restless hours of mite
for daltc. AID in the hard. checrless, unhap-
py da anxiousiy longing for the shadows of
darknes.
All. mel who that has ever felt the thrill, or
herd the metallic melody Of gold. wud endure
the unuterable agony OF trusting his goods and
his chances in the hands of pcple whose psda
is neSeri
Upon other pages of this journal vii Sc
facts and figures that change with evry fal Of
the hamer. Values that have been gathered
in trax of the Sheriff aud his Marshals In their
daily clearanccs of rocked and ruined eomer-
cial craft-milionairs in the morn. bcggars at
nite-saSaeity that had u,isinated its s1il
ageust the ods of the ledger lotery-pluk that
had been crusht sy credit. and in all the trsg-
edies that end in the melancholy song of the
auctioneer-U viii goods untouched IN fab
ric, but shivered in pricc-stuf in plain figures
at 25 that was S1.O0 the dabefor-you win find
every hour In the day. upon our receiving Ia
hles. wagon loads of bargains that ar the re-
suit of Judgment. nerv and coin. Merchants
who have the cash and curagc to buy thes
sledghamers, and the still greater Pluk and au-
dacity to deal them out at a chain shot 25 per
cent. buo ful wei the surging crowd and loads
of money vii reward them, and tha feel that
sure forerhner- and precursor of triumf that
await nj who follow inheSibly the iron laws of
cash befor delivery.
Upon thes great auction floors the very hi
est degree of xpericuc backt by unquivering
nrrv Is absolutely necessary TO command SUI
premacy in long line the movie will buy the
first lot or two at 40. others VIII think It lucky
to get fu succeeding lots at G5, after the
crowd is Glled, even below theE fgurs, bid Is
made for thee entire balance. say al 50, aud
we get EN-. We place them upon the market
at SCI net spot cash. Where Is the 30 cent
man in a case Ike this? The twenty five per
center can sci for les than ne paid under the
haIner, and perhaps twenty-five per cent. un-
der the market-saltpctrc won't rave the uu-
fortunate regular in thes desperate cases. and
tha meet and pinch and cripple him at evry
jump. This was Stewats card and he always
Lhad the money 70 pIa tho winipg gnwe-ppa
! n U want to SC thc-vazt d if1rc1ce tWcon cash
dowd and time. visit the metropolis and Wit
mes the battles OF the giants in these tremendous
auction slauter pens of evrydhy hfe.
Bullion settles things like an electric spark,
instsmter-four months runs out into eternity.
What + the valu of truk load Of Iedgers when
your note is due at 3 P. NJ, and your name and
xIstenc hang between life and. deths What is
such life worth, and is 1t a wonder that great
merchants hay opened their eyes upon the brite
sunshine Of morning and closed them ut mite
in eternal sleep? Give INC year of your time
under the iron laws of net spot cash. and will
give U life of comerciaI triumf
Now and then we print line or so from
mercantile genius that had been wei nj obliter-
atcd. aud under the Rouss System had swept
from Oblivion to fame and success. Rite them
and tina vii tel U how sure aud swift the tram
sition from desperation to mastery was-but
better still. com ON here and look ut IA stok of
one million and upward that has grown from n
wheelbaro Of auction bargins in twelve years
of eventful history that had witnesd the de-
structiOn OF come of the greatest credit cap
tains that ever unsheathed the damascus blade
| of comerce. We believed that a close, clean
cut. five per cent. profit, was the shortest,
swiftest way to the top. and we unhinchingly
followed it-and got there. The numbered
masses took the old way, Get all U can, and
were left, and this is all that can be sed, and
to clinch it read the sign bords, the records
and cold blooded statistic. Let your sympa-
thy go out to the 81 who feel. even as you ap-
pIaud the heroic six who escaped.
! CHARLES BROADWAY ROUss.
! New York City.
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