Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-10-06
Il MISCELLANEOUS.
.Rousg AuetIonrTrade IournaL

MISCEIEAINEO
Rouss AuetionrTrade JournaL
shrewd and able judges all agree that the
present condition of affairs here shows that
the country is in very critical situation
| The prices of every necessary of life have ad-
| vanced from so TO 100 per cent, while labor
and capital both command the very lowest
rates of any time within the last 25 years; al
most every indication is present that preceded
1.-THE great paNiHs of Stand '7S. Gfcat'makses
of men, are Idle. million. of capital standing
still, the wealth of the few has advanced the
| standard of living to such an extent that the
man of muscle is forced to use his only altein-
ative to wiring from lis pwiNingmastere enough
to, keep body and soul together. 1t is useless
toi putI!nlattGrs aside us of no consideration
they are of the greatest significance,
| The Treasury at Washington Will soon feel
its eftectsG the merchant has already tasted its
| fruits, and il next season brings no improve
rhent, there will be some crushes not inferior
| to those of iep years ago.
1t does not require u brain of extraordinary
capacity to understand that now is the time for
close sailing, for careful scrutiny of old nc-
counts and positive, refusal to open new cred
| its, to sell only for the money down, to hold to
| your goods against everything except that
\ which is as staple now MS in tho time OF CRser,
as current at the antipodes as at New York
7 EGity--gold; do not let the delusiou of big
profits induce yon to sell on credit-that is the
worst possible mistake in tirheso OF trouble
CVlSu VIII uOuDlG GlOZeu times
the sacrifices that have to be made by those
CH1hLEs B. Rouss.
-1 1il9" IG+
| 1t is brains and not bullion that whirls the
| great wheels; 1t is genius that inspires pInck
with that curage that commands and cOhquers
al things, and II tis ambition that drives hero
ism to tile loftiest altitudes-thRt iuconpreheu
| As Tom Paine scd, that Scedingly fine action
| OF ,HcedinglY fine mater that produces thaut- y
| What wud hay hen the mercantile history of
Stewart land Clafiin had ther lives ben una
dprned with genius and ambition of the very
ffresttonch? The world would never haV ben
epriehed with the Arabian, Nights stories of
| the. batletelds Of Ridley and Altman and
Storms. Bloomihgdalcs. Lord md Taylor, who's
monumental places arc sermons IN iron. stone
| and hrik, silent but solid, tracing upon the
pages OF time the nurivald records of master
| minds loaded to the waters edge with genius
and ambition. starting from the ashes without
| the Almity Dollar. The little old red flag OF
2S1 Church opened up another page aud fasc
of mercantile warfare, The other was no
| Cash in the memorabl pla, thbr wasthat stern
er stut cald pluk-nnd lots of it. too-that thru
down the gautlet and faced and faut aud hnaly
pulveriZed the false idol the peple worShipt as
| King Credit. 1t was simply daredevil auduc-
| ity, without money, smashish down fantasm
| of the fndal ages of the long ago. Itaways
reminded the ritter of the destruction of the sa-
cred images i'll the halls of the Montezumas by
/ the soldiers OF COrtes; the afrited and apnld
worshipers thaut thcs gods OF gold and brass
would destroy the very ertll-but tina didn't
In the red flag "slawter pens" the brainy
felo has the sa it is true he must hav the coin.
hut the Dyer who has simply the cash to plank
down and no Judgment and nery is simply
| lafing stok for the genuin master. who follows
with unswervlug fidelity the sure, swift. short.
lstrait paths, Underby and Undcrsel; the glad
| iator who's hxt gaze upon success never wan
ders. and who's nnalterablc 'inhexible aud un-
wavering devotion to thes ironrules will always
win, just as the credit champion who's faith In
lnslrrs Nn1,
| to the inevitable scne of the sherif's red flag
Que day we priced an article in onr cntalog at
55c. who's yalu at tue mills was S2.75. Regu-
lar delers in the article wer wild and savage,
hut we owned MGR than q thousand dollars of
| them, and had the receipt of the sheriff of this
| city. Their wer speculators who wanted the
entire lot, and offered even NOR, but we kept
| them for our representatives and for the mug
niflcent advertisement it unquestiouably was.
| This same policy and trade wining system is
stedily persued by al our great representative
| and advertisers, who plac in ther circulars
| many items that cudn't be Approached even by
| the great cash stors of this city, OF cours
| credn competitor will resort to any trik or de-
| vice to destroy the fore of the admirable adv,
but ther tina ar, and Peple in little lots or large
can buy what tha want; and this is one of the
open secrets, of the marvellous and sudden sue
ces of most of our distinguished raqueters-tha
pla upon that selsitiv nery, the pocket book,
| with Invisible touch aud certain success.
We wer rated blank (stand from iinderD in
| the commercial agencies when the title auction
| nag floted from the dorwa of 23I and in our
path from that pile of ashes TO the top stood
| SUM concerns quoted above the million fine; IL
was the Irresistible" coming in contact with
| the 'simOyable-" ! apeald TO my old friend-
| Erastns Wilman, of X. g: Duu--to give me a
| title rating, that the black hnrt, and it did,
The great and good man that he was and gave
me EECorchng 4lhnce and sed: t-.'g hats nervg!
No capital, ifty-one thousand dets, and U hav
Eno name, aud the title shop run'ih ChafleY's
Ename--a minor; and Y ask lue to civ U q Tnt-
ling in spite of al thes, becaus U think u are
smarter than thes old dfy-ruf cOncdTns. / can't
and won't, but il Y merit It you shal hay il
tth6ts al! All me! how that ctt into the very
| for q m6dheht only. as staspt his hand I
seffs; IN ten years lie be on Broadway worth
nmillion!'' One in q million, then" he auserd-
fFlatIRas IN '16l Eleven years after in 'S7, we
past the famous mark and placed my fgure,be-
| fore the gfe1t 1statesman, as much as 10 say
EgsiHEfrate aidfH tlI9Us tep Fears Agpyl With q
grasp that felt ike Affection he sed, Il can only
! big tripls A Epop had been swept aside or gath
etd IN under the red dugiand erased from tn,
lMereaHtile ealetlsE and forgotenj the till,
blank concern swept on and on and up til thei
i'stood 9nothiDg mofJin thai solitary fnetsorit
stiil. lhe hard easB is an awful splendid thin,
hgS shs maEs5al bsi up big tTqF 10 the curb
fIteg has hen ither 4thad half afmilion on thr
t6ey oiid tils 56fdan From tie haarlts Of hu
sipf ,FfFlkef eIrode, VIII
] n resolution Inspired by desperation, deter
frIined npnga last life strugieIiu which he wu
bury the :. Caesur of credit If it had TO be duI
under tie hed line OF fVe per cent. profit, an,
to this unanserable. withering YoIey credl
competition cud not and canot reply. As thi
was theihoh bolt we drove with Eledghamue
! blows into the coffin of king credit, We appeal
to our conspicuous representative to adoI
that otheE perfect parallel, at fetaiI-25 pc
cent, Nor than tweiv thousand popular an
prosperous leders ar moving on and up wit
records never staiDd in the narrow defiles an
4 lost paths Wher the hundred per center ha
/ ben crowded down into the unknown.
9 What if you made one thousand per cent
( and scratcht II down in the Ietery blank book
: U simply Civ il away. U get nothing bak an
: never viii, whilst the Raqueter. who cold cas-
i befor delivery, has his principal and profit /
S hand; aad in this sentence Ia the difference b,
+ tween the Rouss system aud the roug wa.
. Y-or gratest ads ar the sledghamers in til
e windo, with the tel-taic ticket for the none
! down. Stil NOR potent aud farsrecbtng ia
5 unanserabie leders and logic is your clrcula
b flying tliro the mails al the time and alway
t Bumfhing fresh and startling but the adv. thu
5 counts most solidiy is the packages that pas
!, over yor counter as q scrape In the Affinity,
: always bringing bak the patron and otRs