Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Monthly Auction Trade journal
for June, 1890.

for June, 1890.
The ilosophy of suces, the shore swift and
} quik road. avoiding the brakers hid by the ball
waves to flank the counties mistakes and mis-
fortunes that crown the waslde in the life of
eyry merchant-thes ar the Lessons the ritter de-
sires to fasten nponthe memory and to place
before the fxt unaverted gaze of men whose
ambition and determination ar inGexlbly bent
upon that butiful word: xcelsior.
askt Thurber one day his secret of suees he
ansered-hard work. When Stewart was ap-
proachton the causes thatled him to the top his
auser was APPLICATION aud cash. George Bliss
cald it devotion to detail-and ono when an old
personal unfortunate walking thro the ware
rooms of $50 sed "Charly'' I've worked harder
and longer for this than did-how did u p
Two simple words ansered-uuderby, under
sci. Ank in the vast numbers of great busi-
ness fRen who hav swept and scared. near the
top fu hav lefttieir mark in tho itSfty 1sititns
and solituds. Their wer iegions who had drlv-
EN- deyoud the million line and the last day of
life faced them below the zt 70 mark of obliv-
Ion. 1t was the old saw; tha cudnt sci at five
per cent. on the customary time and terms and
tina hadn't the pluk to demand theseash. or the
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genius attributed to the author of net spot cash
by the unthinkiug masses is riten in the word
merit. Tho cleyer-harted who cal II ;,,ly and
the blind believers in fate who name it destiny
and the bigger crowd who claim that It was the
good Lord-ah mel how little they dream Of
the wear and tear, the idolatry to the iron
rule, the devotion to business, the long days
and sleples mites OF the ChuY6h' street despeTat
without halar nTliia sI.i.ss he sllorst frcln
that hole in the wal ruf shod over tho great
commercial glydiators Of The metropolis to che
viTy top. No lux thcr bItt oceans Of p1uIs nor
did the pennies enthusiast ever look for the
Lord The truth is that eTrY thing was eoile,i
up in The pntshel Of real vnlu for the omnipc-
tent cash. Ard it wus this sume unchuneiug
law thst led to fame and tTiRIhf oil the orrat
mercantil leders that hav Illuminated tic pages
OF history. Wei, Claim xcepted ho got to
the top by the hard long road, one of million
he fel twice but only for day, but he got up
ther-the gratest man in any age with but one
solitary man abuV him. Not thar Stewart was
wiser, keener or smarter or had able Iutensntg.
but he had the inside track-he sold clos and
scraped in the almity dollar every time. The
real truth is Clafiin was an abler man aud
worked with answering devotion up to tEe
last moment whilst the great Merchant Prjnce
under laws that absolutely commanded suces had
simply walk over Still he was thcr end In
perfect faith ovcrsaw the great moves upon
the mercantile ches boare and made no mis-
takes. Many of our own triumfs can be traced
to the uuvarying rnles first in the normal tla
long and last at nite--recaling ngen to mind
the anser OF the Great Rebel Cnyairyman For
rest TO the query of Gen. Dick Taylor the Sc
cret OF his nuYarying succs Ialways got thgr
first with the most men. Who would haveyer
thaut of such reply but the very man who's
triuInfs wcr wei known 70 al. An my con-
science! The fun and havoc the comedy aud
the tragedy when the two unmacht mercantile
autocrats went to wer nnder the old black flag
neither asking or giving quarter. Whole Ie-
gions OF the beet rating war swept from the
paths Of time in a single da-C Claflin cared not
for money. Stewart saut only popularity and
fame and the ball went on.
At last evry thing pans ont in the Aggregates.
when merchant gets the hulk of the trade
aud sells for the subtle etuf alone lie can vel af-
ford to cary down to the finest minlmums Ieviug
results to the final grand totals. The old timer
crowdiug it upon his ledger at one per cont
only psDired to bis share Of the trade, disdain-
ing to cut "a farthing or fraction below the
regular fxt igur for the best man in the conn
try, whilst the cash bcfor delivry champion
makes it practis of underquoting al competi-
tion, cot witha damascus duble blade and gen
eraIy gets to the mastery in one year.
Beside our price list we place in our huge
windows the largest in the world, sum adys
that can't be matcht in any market-stuf baut
under the red aag at hgurs ten, twenty, thirty
and fifty per cont beio vain and placed
bafor
Thes plain tickets are powerful pIedcrs for the
Net Spot Cash System. Tha prov to man
that pc can under the - per cent, buy so as to
sci at les than he formerly paid under the old
time way. He lerns here too not alone whcr to
get at the bottom pric but the Talu of the adyer-
tisments he vii be able TO pas over HE conn
ters. And as our windows are our statesmen,
go the same tickets ar the chief attractions Of
I our Ieders al over the land Ther patrons see
the Identical item marked tweiv that another
deler had demanded fifteen for on tho custom
+ AIRY terms, and even pepIe who buy on tin I'm
tending TO pa vii not stand this unfair tariff Of
Z fifty per cent. which evry year counts up into
I hgDdreds Of dollars. What a talking adv. is
this for him who has eurage to aim low and NJ
rapidly. Tbes teltal quotations tel the inter
esfiug story of the Babel Of Broadway. Any
/ man in fy minits can tel how this pile of brik
aud iron arose from the ashes Of Church st.
4 He ma read the mystery and mastery in two
taiismanic underby, undersel. Most
nen who buy here adopt the sam tactix they
1 place thes decisiy and convincing corn and cob
crushers in the aho-windoWs. and as q sequenc
tber Pa7ement Is usually bIockt up and ther
stor rooms crowded Tha undeTby and UNDER
sel and tha want peple to &c the proof. OF
eonra the terrified competition vii yelp about
'.stolen goods, but what dus it interest the
customer wher tina eum from; and others will
howl auction goods but the Peple are not to
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