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

scrietSor previously agreed npon between the
pagsiea. ~, ), 4
the cry OF auction goods wud xii him as ied as
Julius Cesar. The very idea that peple mite
tind out that his values had ben thuuderd thru
the auction machines untuehed in fabric altho
split in two in price, made him almost wish he
had never beu corn. and so he gave itup. Ono
Shepard flooded the town With his auction cir
eulars and SCI tho town afre; he had about q
dTaload OF auction leders. he sold faster than
he end get them, aud had haI-a-dozen bills on
the road al the time. Sine then he has swept
to the top, a Rouss Radueter after the ideal OF
North Carolina Davis. Tho clever, genial old-
timer was afraid of his very shade aud wud
hav quit bushes rather than Infringe upon old
time methods. aud cut the price Of regular
goods on regular time; on the eontrSry, shep-
ard slasht into, competition with conscious
pride that he had 6nderbNpt and cud undersel,
and the oldtimer soon found out that ther was
terrific hre in the flint of the sharpshooter as ho
! deli out his auction thundorbolts.
Like Wall, of Pueblo. he fankt the credit
gauntlet and cut a strait swath thru the vredis
fsiauS eyer batle fields covcrd with ted BRAY.
ery-he added his profits to his business, and
his biggest advs wef of the triphamer kind. rapt
man, cashier. bundle raper, swept out aud
never left bis post, boiling his sandwich and
welwater as he scruped in the cash.
The cash-befor-delivcry" champion uuder-
sells not alone his natiT competition, but often
underquotcs the factory, as in the article OF 10
mo. books; he will sci single one at %, while
the price at the mil is eS by the million.
To the hopcles iFeelamable who deals with
ir1n In
scaters his trade in a thousand directions, who's
greed for unfair profits is Unsuitable, oven II he
has to scratch it down in the internal SWEET
book, thes ndmonitIbns viii fal unheded and
powerles. but to the Lowell he'd who has felt tho
sting of adversely and the ledger's fearful
trcachery, the ritter vii always be found warn.
ing the uuwary of the beaten hiwa paved with
tho bones of fallen greatnes aud pointing with
perfect precision to the strait, sure pathwa to
popularity and prosperity.
The temptations of our monthlIes arc placed
5efor to sho the terrific rate OF interest xtort-
cd for the favor of little time, to provo tho
leakage of thirty days which is tho sure pro-
cursor of business paralysis, The magnificent
opportunities that la between cash aud time
purchasers vii make U the master, and IT, af-
ter careful perrsRl OF thes sledghauers, u
still tramp the tredmil OF credit, the da OF yor
humiliation is not far distant for tho tariff OF
time purchases wud smash the Bank of Eng
laud-wud cans Mckinley TO turn over IN his
political grave and groan
The story, bold in oil, lN cold up in that le-
viathan of leviathans OF tho mercantile lex
icon, cash.
Theirs many racord-sniasher who yielded to
the temptations for show and stocLt up with
regular stuf on four months, felt his neryles
grasp loosen us he tried 90 palm of time values
for cash, as slcdghnmers. After lItlc whilo
he saw but one wa to move his "stickers = ho
eud not sci them alongside hIs speeIaltles from
the Red Flag shops or at Headquarters; he had
to sci as he haut, on time, and that led him
ava from the iron laws and out OF the short
cut he had sworn to follow. When the blls of
the old Regular wer du he demanded hiss aud
the perfidiouE promises of the informal ledger
wer counted rs wors than WORTHLESS; the legal
bludhounds wer act on, the white dag fuu up.
and-wel the old thrcdbarc Btofy-idbiIpioH
The Ledger Lotteries ar not the HedqaafteFs
for mercantile enthusiasts who mean 10 be mas
| tors, who intend to adorn tho pages of CONE
merciaI fame. The diamond drills destined tn
obliternte al records must cum from the mil;
from Headquarters or the auction shops, mot
thru the xpcnsiv percentages of second. third
and forth hands; the real ltwcnty-fiye per can4
ter who VII rite Ills name abuv al others vii
save al thcs Unnecessary xtortions, aud shoot
them out redhot among the masses who hioiy
ways rcdy to apre6iatd. and choke ana crowd
the busy Warcrooms OF tho beet values for tho
mony down..
The Ledger Is at last tho great pGiYerlzer. II
has driven the millionaire OF the morning into
begary befor mite; 1t has swept forever from hi
and ihonord inches, ilustrious names that had
adorned broadway from generktion TO gener-
alton, almost in q da. The iutens enthusiast
of The morning stageFd homo IN The evening
hartbroken. Ithaa taraIYeed nery, piui and
bakbonc like pipe stems, and Il has dSarfed
genius and ambition into drfyllDg idioiey,
drowning bis hefsrs near the gates Of the Ga
mil. 1t haa ohaferated. oyFything that made
men historic and famous, save ons thing ifdar
not tackle-the aiuity dollar. IN our da It.
! splinterd the gretest mercantile mastcF 81 toas-
ters that Manhattan ever saw, but only foF q
dai next morning at the break OF Dc ke stood
facing fate like Royal Bengal Tiger, aud the
blak fantom that had stocd Over him With M
lifted and IMPLYING sVord had forever gone
All, mel hoa this Pof pen, eonscI6us
of tho poverty of language and xpreaion runs
ava when ritlug thst pesFies pams, Glafln
The credit bar5afIsn has dun ia worst, ana
| its days ar nuraberd. Tha Who hay fell he
dedly faugs and thA too who hay seen il ter
rife havoc da after as. and who hav witHest
tue marvellous marches 70 prc .,eFity Of al fh6
prominent and popalar mett ot ths present and
past-hay madc ap tlieif lnlnds TO follow tL6
cold steel logic Of siie nonafh of the
and underby and nndeFssi fcf ilie simiE5 aud
everlasting dollar.
CHAs. BROADWAY RoUss
New York CITY.