Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-10-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rouss Monthly Auction Trade
journal for October.

! letters becaus thu ar the most potent. Ono in
u while adversely vii beat aud bury the best,
bravest and braniest of merchants. Their are
commissions that shake the very earth-whet
intellectual giants or twisted and torn like oaks
before the cyclone, and wher mediocrity, inle-
gions, are driven into oblivion beyond the ded
line.
But beeaus q man has been shorn of Sis pres
tige aud crippled in his power, losing his welth
and often his name, it is poor excuse to give
up the field 10 destiny. Thes inevitable ca
lamities follow Utmost nj men al thru HE, and
it is pure pluk that decides the isu in evry cas-.
If he surrcnders, Oblivion claims him, but If he
faces fate with an unfiinching front and on the
Rouss system, the fields 0f victory are rite
ther from the very jump, and he must under
buy, but by al means he must tindersel, scrap
ing in the omnipotent stuff cvry tim.
Our sledghamers and our corn and cob
crushefs Tor October ircsistibly appeal to the
pride, curage and ambition of every aspiring
merchant whose hopes are in1exibly bent upon
suces. Men of rcsistles energy aud enterprise
who ere ever looking for additional leverage
aud attraction viii find that sterling stuff in
evty department and la big bulk on evry flor
Of our great bilding. Even the 'old time RoX'
OF the credit falanxes who feel the keen blade
of cutting cash competition will find In thes
pages the unanscrable nmuniuon that VII lead
him up from the swamps Of eternal time mud
if he vii jump upon the steel rails of the TWEEN
ty-fve-per-center, the hour of triumf is at
hand. The ritter presents thcs evry da sketches
and this nocdOwn logic that you may stop at
one befor it's too late. Tha will cum to U in al
ther fore with unavailable regrets, when you
stand at the fortieth mile post mercantile
cypher insted of comcrctal history maker.
Their ar other and crater leaks in yor busi-
mes than bad diets. unfaithful men and part
nerships, thes ar trivial in Comparison to the
waste in bying on time, aud of concerns that
ar not final authority upon bottom valua, aud
getting yor goods of second and third hands.
instcd of the pulyerizcrs that fall from under
the hammer or at headquarters.
Many the mercantile giant with his tired.
restles eyes peering out upon the far-away
who secs Shes big chances escape because his
wclth is scaterd among people who never pay
who thes iandslides gutherd in by men
who, thru long years of Expensive xpericnc had
gone to the very root of the matter and had
Exhausted aud mastcrd the subject, "pEy as L
GO"
Tho rcd flag slawtcr pens are fed from the
sLipreX of mercantile craft lodcd with riIraf
and dcd lumber from the unfortunate legions
who had notes du at g. with the alternative Of
cash or colaps; from the qucr and crafty and
crooked who hav baut to brak, from the thou
sands of smuglers who defy detectivs, and
from eyry so:c wher the want of coin is felt.
Tics sam red flag butchers ar fatened by the
keen, hungry, clos cash byers who's name is
Buliou-felows who l,no what it means to
scoop ia the real drives that will swosp from
the field the 1crcest competitions; ngrcsiv gla-
diatore who's Unsuitable ambition is ilimitable
The ro'ibotom genius is always found in thes
prolific harvest nelas or at headquarters but
in tie four month shops-nevor Wei, yes ;
tina do jump in "onc in while when trade
slackens in thes lOnsOm warerOoms of "unlim-
tied time" and the "baits" and sugar plu,ns'
ar thrown out to gather in tho unwary.-
When pony is thrown away on the staple
brand, and ten per cent. added on the notions
for unrivaled attractions for the money down
must be beyond question. U must sci at what
competition pays. U must hav the peplo look
at you and sa che is the peple's champion
square as time, and final authority on real
valus." COmand and hold this estimate from
yor constituency, and popularity and its twin
brother, prosperity, In rite befor U. Let it
never be said that yor inducements were in the
line of friendship, favor OF uiic. Never for
moment permit yorself to drift within the
range Of the fatal, cruel blows of the. credit
gauntlet wher lofty ambition is smuthered in
single da. Rather hav them sa, friend and 70
alike, che was unaproach0ble for his hi COM
cFCial integrity no les than for his low tariff
nm
the top or by by the waaide, or turn back into
oblivion Long ago the lilipnts of Church
street rote in his little one page monthly In
1s76-"Pd rather be sumbody in Hel than no
body in HeYen." The axiom Is qner but the
spirit and the ideal is al ther and on that clear
line, strait as a ra of lite, we faut and won.-
Wear, perhaps, haf wa up; the decisIV battles
wer in the long ago, the great victories ar stiu
in the ilimitable, inxaustible future. Yes, We
vii cut and slash and split and splinter, then
Greenwood. In thes ten tremendous years OF
comerciaI glory we shal drive our great repre-
sentativ forward with irresistible momcntum;
what we hnv don on Manhattan tha must ouido
in ther own natiy sphercs--Gt least al who viii
This liter felt the Grst thrill and throb Of am
bition in childhood, In that other life OF dream
land-he thaut within that dream that he had
rebilt that famous brik barn 10 euch an alti-
tude that men lookt like aics, aud tie sliadowy
landmark cud be seen from Winchester. Of
ten and al wa thru life have stopt to look bak
at that stupendus imaginary fantotn --toweIing
ava up abuy eyrything eis-the frat CESSATION
of ambition in brainland-until the da came
when the reality stood abuv the metropolis on
Broadway. That was in 1S43-nearly 50 years
ago. From that hour, in shadow and sun
shines plentitude and poverty. from the glory
of the wilderness to the humiliation Of the Ap-
pomatox, in youth, prime and autum, this in
satiable, unown mystery that perfectly masters
the mind. has led or driven its willing victim
On and up from the corn fields of Runyrneade
to the Babel of Broadway. With conscious
pride re print in oar monthlies thousands Of
rames Of young men who had felt the touch
and xtacy of rayizhing ambition, had left the
plow, entered the mercantile arena upon the
Rouss system with whatever tia cud gather
together, had matcnt thcr thauts aud plHk aud
iron vii with the credit autocrats and had torn
the hundred per center into carpet rags, and
5as twisting and driving competition much af-
ter Jackson's wa With HoOker's hosts at Chan
celorsYilIc. Most Of them had opend ticr
dors in the morning and befcr mite the defning
rebel vel Of victory had re-echoed ther mar
! yeIus surc5. 1t did not take years to see the
down of prosperity; it cam with the first
morning of the trial and triumf of real merit
and real TaIus cYc- shc fictitious and counter
fit 1t was simply test between the geuuin
and he fol and be Io--ar ffJdar rlyor,