Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-09
PERSONAL CARD.

Some of the Master Horseshoers do nO'
Like $50 Much Taffy," as they Say
my Column Article i'm Saturdays
Daily Republican Contained. Wclp
Your President had generous word
for everybody, so give him part of the
blame, as his shoulders c broad and he
can bear It. gave lin about ne-half
the average length of notice Of all the
rest, and he is good fellow, and l sup
pose as good o horseshoer as any. |
should have added the Philadelphia
lowest regular price of horseshoeing
being two and half dollars, our horse
owners should cheerfully and promptly
encourage and confirm our Wilmington
Master Horseshoers' Association" in
charging one dollar and half.
1t may he that two horseshoers will.
hang out for awhile, and the question
now at "white heat ready for sledge ham
mer blows" is "whether the dealers In
IRON, steel, coal, family supplies, gro
ceries, merchandise Of all kinds, ETC.,
will rather have the patron age of score
OF business proprietOrs of the best stand
ing or only two.
l engage most conscientiously and
heartily In barracading against the cheat
ing class. 1t Is not for the peoples good
that they should be permitted to go on at
heretofore-and 1t is not for their own
btn-flt. With city debt of ray over Q
million of dollars aud many other csus e,
II costs more to live than in the last
generation, and when so moderate, and
indeed Just and fair living price for q
good job as one dollar and half to ".hot
all around new" Is Fixed, horse owneri
will make money by so cheerfully falling
1 L.. ,x,tsl !, 30 ri Ia .att
ciprocal good nature not to make the
price higher.
am willing to take all the blame, ant
also fair share of the honor, of standing
by q bard-working, honest class of men
In charging fair living price for al
honest job, so everybody can be honest
all around and make fair living. Th'
master Horseshoers' Association" nigh
consider the sdvisabllity of getting Al
attachment law passed by the Genera
Assembly so, by legal process, horse
shoer can come TO own stock In hors
until his shares are paid for.
As to honorlng and encouraging tn
blacksmiths 1t is nothing new for me :
encourage ard cheer honesty. / went II
whole-s ouled for the "Retail Grocers
Association" Builders Exchange an,
other organizations to prevent houes
men from being broken up in business b
dead beats. If the dead beat rascals ca
not be "6red out" any less severe way
am at ''white at"ready to publish thei
names God save the peoplel Not onl
the blscksmiths but the whole of us. LIE
us put down lazy, cheating and uphol
rugged honesty. Let men OF all trade
and merchandise advance policy of pay
as s-you-go cash basis and regular state
settlements Of offsets and balances an
, enforce them.
The manufacturers ray cash out regu
, larly and promptly, and the prevalence
OF trusting, llelDg, cheating, falling, etc
has been the bane Of many of our peopl
in this city. Nearly all the members {
certain crafts, e. g., building contractor
merchant tailors, ETC., and very man
grocers of good standing twenty-five year
ago, have been broken up in business b
the deadbeats. lieing, cheating class, an
would be really glad to have tradesme
and craftsmen who are put in distress b
the cheating class call In my profession
1 services. My system operates both me
/ and courts with an efficiency that givt
satisfaction. JOHN G. HARKNRsS,
, Publisher of Harkness' Magazine an
, Counseller-at-Law.