Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-07-08

ftInv In the brain ard plNeN T.
success depends not upon 1l PIE ~
or location, but upon 1na t447ru
sways cash beior delfrl ctnrl 81 0
able to this. If the comfrelM 1u4loI
-esre. honest and in eEhest uhe I
our iron laws. staring EI1 u
Hdfumor and. the Oldreguiar
etuf on regular terms. re entt
.WbereverAe goes. whether Gle -rr
-Vifave. critic Mstropolt
repreeentativ Of the tru Eyften ui t".
age Of the twentieth century
This same question came up tlior Ut
the war. Wfth'no capital or rating 0f.
dets.of S11,O00 standing ageust He
my nnme=c onercinly Godaout
.leftth unromantic haryesfheid end corn
and of.ai the places / ctd thilk ~ an1
al the desperate ctreumsiQncea cI0..
Metropolis of America Agrimlmiie Cl
bumor-nsupresibie and inreluul1rY. r|
think of my hrst bow to q. SleUarI
B. Claiin in my confederate regfnelilI
Almityl Il was pitlessamhitim n1aF oror
from the welcome solitude OF houie "
sumthing other than pluk or courage e
than genius, NOR daring than apq1cit9
always thaut 1t was that s~elt-conhdenee
masters all things.
This ritter has run al the desptfdtach11
the Internal credit system, and repedtu
iation and degradation the dredfui re
the agony of despair deeper thar qeh
stood wher most men jump of, aud turn
faced fate with that heroic dceperafonfhn
srires aitneu in Their faststfugleAH6 fr,
risks. we bput and sold for cash.
We did not make uPin the general stl& hi
loses on domestic. but we u~ndeFquoted onV
erything. The Old Stiff Upercrust ReafIar
soon discovered his trade fokingto ouflrls
ratrap for their notions and leders and eitIr-
hamers and tho hogan too late to Tern that
pies at cost and ten and twenty percentfrn
other goods was the long. hard erong VA
We had dun go we advised our patroham
low, IRE quik and capture the own and col5-
try by one clos matches price that Bilfte
aud sweep and bury eTry vestige Of the 4
time fifty per cent. tomyhawker.
Yes and / would jump off too. quik &
rather than try the last life battlen upon &
credit plan. But thes warnings ar EoundeQ -
save u tho years and the torture abd dfrfa
of a tustle with the Tiger of Time. Tie
asks u to follow him just n short yenH5Dfr
the iron trak Of Real Values for the moucl .
one single da-yor first one vii decide The ieIs
hut in q year you will ayit&affBost Wltdott
the power togstop the whirling wheels.
This page of our Lexicon is the mirror OF s.
dn. It is practis aud not prcchingzXpeHense
and not experiment-reality not theory. tits
the faithful warning agenst the alarming al
wide reching evils of general credit, ana TIE
advocacy of the certain rules that decide the
fate of mercantile butles. What the WrieI
places befor U here ar the1esOns of a bnSlils-
time gathered in the spring tide of erlF life, abC
in the brite sunshine and the black shadows.
aHd befor the bowling storm-one day walkibl
up and down Broadway for one kin woFdE
now near the top and ~ceTanding success. The
Epractical4esOns laid down here are ire and &c
mand the tcQrcful and Immediate atRntiOn in
evry man who means that his life sti1Igle SD
end in triumf. Thes iron laws abolish al risk
and inspire every cnthiast with thate courag
and confidence that distinguishes the Lcde
from the Liliput. Where is the risk when h
scrape in the cash. and whcr is competitiBT
when U cut at twenty-five per cent.-u buytnl
at He'd Quarters and tina just whcr they 81
buy on time? What ~friteful chances the Lcai
ger victim runs for the sake of the hiG profits
the former eating him up. tile later biting Iii
prospects and killing his trade. Tho cash be
for delivery Represcntativ gathers in nj tn
cash and captures and holds al the trade. ii
Thares many Il ruff but genuine UathoUdIp
Mercantile History m6ldcring in tile vast sol
tndcs and silent cities of the eternal who nit
have rivald the unapronchable records Of Stew
art and Claflin had tha swept along the stee
rails of the Almtty Dollar insted of ~stagerih.
along under the npresiY swet-boOk of tine.
CHAS. BROADWAY ROUSS.
New York City.