The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-09
IRON and STEEL
ROOFING,
SIDING, CEILING,
ARCHES, LATH.
A NAN or ;HFETP1lSE.
He Had Wheelbar1 JWs for Sale, but H..
Didn't Sell One There.

He Had WheelbarI oEs for Sale, but H.
Didn't Sell One There.
want to buy wheelbarrow, madam"
demanded the aggressive looking man at
the front door of dwelling near Jackson
park the other day.
"What in the world do l want with a
wheelbarrow?" said the astonished woman
of the house.
"Sold twenty-seven in this neighborhood
since yesterday morning" he retorted, land
most of them to people who Are among the
very best in this part of Chicago"
81 don't see why"-
pardon me. You are aware that the
Worlds Columbian expositionis to be held
within half mile of this housey"
eyes, but what has that"-
pardon me again. You have relatives
who will visit you during the exposition.
Very good All of us have. Each of these
relatives, or the great majority of them,
will bring trunk. The ordinary charge
of an expressman for taking trunk to or
from railway station is twenty-five cents.
Owing to the great increase in business
that year, or to the probable formation of
an expressmen's trust, the charge will be
fifty cents. The exposition will last six
months. You will have an average of one
relative with a trunk for every week dur
ing all that time, and of course you will
have to pay for taking that trunk to and
from your house. The relative will pro-
test mildly against your looking after the
trunk, but you'll do it. You'll pay 81 for
drayage on every trunk that comes to your
house and goes away from it while the ex~
position lasts. That will bring your ex~
papsae for that ita,,, olopa nm N SO6
"Now mark! The wheelbarrows l am
selling will cost only $3.50 each. They are
strong, serviceable, light and just the thing
for knocking out an eXtortionate express
mems trust. All you have to do is to pay
boy ten cents for wheeling the trunk.
Cost of wheelbarrow, S1.50. Expense for
boy, twenty-six weeks, So Total, $40.
Saving effected by adoption of wheelbar-
row plan, S2l.90-enough to buy good
hard coal stove. Pm selling by sample,
madam, you understand | take your or
der now and deliver in the spring of 1893
Expect to sell 10000 of them before that
time James, bring that wheelbarrow in.
side the gate so the lady can see it"
"He needn't do it," said the lady. 81
don't want it,"
81 assure you, madam, $3.50 is the very
lowest hgure at which you can buy tins
kind of wheelbarrow am selling, and if i
didn't get it at IA big discount from manu-
facturer's price on account of the quantity
expect to order could not"-
81 don't want it, sir"
POSSIBLY you see no necessity of paying
boy ten cents for each trip. There are
boys, admit, who will do it for five if
| promised regular Job. Or you may have
| a boy of your own. In that case you save
the entire ten cents. Total saving effected
| by wheelbarrow plan"-
81 bAye several boys, sir, also have a
husba 3D.
"Ah"
"Who is in the expressing bT siness him
self. Owns three or four wagob,. Expects
to make good thing hauling trunks in
| 1884,
| You ought to have told me this when
bgan, madam" aid the man, as ne back
vi down the steps. 81 have wasted enough
ound argument and good English on you
| % have sold three or fourof these machines
any ordinary customer James, come
long with that wheclbarrow over to the
Aext house. Step lively, now, confound
| You!"-Chicago Tribune.