Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-01-13

find out that his values had ben thunderi thru
the auction machines untuehed 10 fabric altho
split In two in price, made him almost wish no
had never ben born, iSad so he gave itup. Ono
Shepard flooded the town With his auction cir
cnlars and set the town aGre; he had about
draload of auction leders. he sold faster than
he end get them, aud had haf-a-dozen bills on
the road al the time. Sine then he has swept
tothe top, q Rouss Raqueter after the ideal OF
North Carolina Davis. Tho clever, genial old~
timer was afraid of his very shade and wud
hsv quilt bushes rather than infringe upon old
time methods. aud cnt the price of regular
goods on regular time; onthe contrary, shepr
ard slasht into competition With a conscious
pride that he had 0nderbeut and cud underseh
and the oldtimer soon found ont that Their was
terihc dre in the flint of the sharpshooter as no
! delt out his auction thuudorbolts.
| Like Wall, of Pueblo, he aankt the credit
gauntlet. and cut a:strait swath thru the credit
fslan4 eyer battle fields coverd with ded BRAY
ery-he added his profits to his business, and
his biggest atSs wei. OF the triphamer Kind raps
up and past over tho counter; he was sales
man, cashier. bundle raper, swept out and
never left his post, boiling his sandwich and
welwater as he scraped In the cash.
The " cash-befor-deliyery" champion under
underquotcs the factory, as In the article of 10
mo. books he vii sci single one at %, whlio
the price at the mil Is - by the million.
To the hopeless iFeclamable who deals with
long time drumers and, In buying as In selling,
scaters his trade in a thousand directions, who's
greed for unfair profits is Unsuitable, oven II no
has to scratch 1t down In the Internal SWEET
book, thes admonitlbns vii fal unheded and
powcrles, but to tie level he'd who has felt tho
sting of adversely aud the ledger's fearful
trcachery, the ritter vii always be found warn
ing the unwary OF the beaten hiwa paved with
tho bones of fallen greatnes and pointing with
perfect precision to the strait, sure pathwa to
popularity aud prosperity.
The temptations of our monthies are placed
befor U to sho the terrific rate of interest xtort-
cd for the favor of q little time to prove tho
leakage of thirty days which is tho sure pro-
cursor OF business paralysis. The magnificent
opportunities that la between cash aud time
purchasers viii make U the master, and II, af-
ter careful pergsal Of thes sIedghaniers, u
still tramp the tredmil of credit, the da OF yor
humiliation is not far distant, for the tariff of
time purchases wud smash the Bank OF Eng
land--wud caus Mckinley to turn over in his
political grave and groan
The story, bold in OIL la COLD up in that Ie-
viathan of leyiathans OF the mercantile lex
icon, cash.
Theirs many arScord-smasher who yielded to
the temptations for show and stockt up with
regular stuff on four months, felt his neryles
grasp loosen rs he tried to palm off time values
for cash, rs sledghamers. After little while
he saw but one wa to move lla "stickers - ho
cud not sci them alongside Ills speclaltles from
the Red Flag shops or at Headquarters; he had
to sci rs he haut, on time, aud that led him
ava from the iron laws and out OF the short
cut he had sworn TO follow When the bills OF
the old Regular wer du he demanded hiss. and
the perfidious promises of the infcrnal ledger
wer counted rs wors than worthless the LEGAL
bludhounds wer set on. tho white nag run up
and-wel the old thrcdbarc story ,oblipidn.
The Ledger Lotteries ar not tho HedquaftcFs
for mercantile enthusiasts who mean 10 be mas
tors, who intend to adopn the pases OF cou-
mercial fame The diamond drills destined to
obIiterate al records muat cum from the mill
| from Headquarters or tho auction ohops, not
thru the xpcnsiv percentages of second, third
and forth hands the real twcnty-hys per con-
ter who VIII rito his name abuv al Others Nj
save al thea Unnecessary xtortions, and Gheot
them out redhot among the mases who as q
wsJs rcdy TO apreeiate, and choke aud crowd
the busy WRrcrooms OF the beet values for tho
mony down.
The Ledger is at last the great ptlTerlzer. II
has driven the millionaire OF the morning into
begary befor mite; IL has swept forever from hi
and fhonord inches, ilustriouB names that had
adorned Broadway from generation to gener-
alton, almost In da. The intens enthusiast
of the morning stagerd bono la The evening
hartbroken. Ithaa paFaIyzcd neryl plnk and
backbone like pipe sienna, aud It has dNarfcd
genius and ambition into driving idlotey,,
drowning his hpf 5rs near the gates Of the eisi
mil. 1t haa obntarated. esrythIn4 that made
men historic and famous, save one fhlng L dar
not tacllc-the a1ruity dollar In our da Il.
spiinterd the gratest mercantile niastof 81 mas.
ters that Manhattan ever saw, but only fof 4
dai next morning at.the break a de 81 stood
facing fate like Royal Bengal Tiger. and the
blGk fantofn that had Etosd over him NTH up-
lifted and Implying sword had forever R6Se.
All, ME! hos Ibis por pen, eonacious
of the poverty Of lapguags and xPrcaIo1 rms
ava when ritipg mat Pessics name, Claain.
The credit bar5iFikn has dan ia worst md
its days or nur7herae Tba who hay feIt is
dcdly faugI and tha 100 who hav seen Sc .ef-
rihc havoc da after dh, and Who hay sitsest
tue marvellous marches to PIT 1ssitg Of a the
prominent and popular mon 81 the prcscht and
past-hay made s. illclr tninds 70 faioW the
cold steel logic Of ne aobaFh 81 the noDthfies
and underby and undcy1el for ihe alnlity snd
everlasting dollar
cHAs. HRoADygkY ROUss,
New York City.
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