Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS,
Monthly Auction Trade journal
for 1annarE. =. J.

iSouIcEClUt EcSOIus sInhsnt DeYonu preceueut,
andwhilst Who'll armies hnv gon down In the
blud and catnage Of credit ther hav ben res
cued legions' standing on the dcth trap, Who
lissend to tho logic, heded the warnings and
tolowd the footsteps of the ritter.
1880 was prolific in big results to that elas
who cut clos. sold quik aud delivered for the
mony down. 1t has ben hard, tut struggle for
the big percenter who bet on Mckinley and
scrasctt is down on the trecherous pages OF
the ledger.
| The grand old yer has seen thousands oil
merchants who, in the drcdtnl past has been
tortured in CREDITS relentles rrncible join the
Raquet rank, aim low, fire quik aud often, FOR
the almity dollar. Tha hav fouud'th welth OF
reputation, popularity and prosperity increas
da after da whilst the book of timc got hGYier
yer in and ont. crushing the very life out of
thousands of Its helples and hopeles victims.
The hundred-per-center has felt the terrific
fore of the Rouss Representative aud h8s sworn
that from January 1871, he vii undeiby aud
underscl. Under no circumstances for
one Thousand per cent. viii he inlperil. his life
in the lottery of the book OF fate. He.has do
termined to beat the Racket daredevil at his
own game aud sci at twenty per cent. cash Oh
the nail!
The two systems la befor u the two roads
stretch out-one 10 heven, the other 10 hel, to
boro the sipg-song of piety.
The corn aud cobcrushers of the Mercantile
Lexicon ar Brains, Bakbond and Balion, but
the pulTerisers ar underby and rndereel This
is the religion of tho Racketcr as he whirls on
and never look bak.
AS we hay often stated our prices change
| from da to da; under the rules of the conner
cial slawter pens-tha ar coined by smuglcrs,
lund-pirate aud thievs-b by the Queer and crafty
befor the failure, and by al who must hhy
mony as tina go crashing thru the auction ma
chimes, the prolific harvest fold for al who hay
the plGk to buy, the nerv TO wade in and the
cash to plank down. sts -
Wher, then, is the old Regular with his reg.
ular stuf, at regular prices on eternal time2
al records viii be beten. STEWART and CLAY
LIN stand at the top, but ther maryerous alti-
tudes will be rivald and eclipsed sum da. Our
own sweep from the ashes TO the top and our
jump from six story wooden places to IRON
granite and brik of twelve stories lgii be for
gotten in the agrcsiv march of the futur chil.
dEen:of genius and ambition, Lilding monu.
tnents ovcr-towering our own "a stories; aud
in the after ages of the great future, Nvhat7
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often la In the path great credit CONCERNS thai
contested the field and often taunted the lilipu
tian shareholders with tho epithct of "scoF
plons of comerce" and "smuglers;" but uh,
daunted we prest on aud won, just as many o
our distinguish Representatives enjoy the ad
vcrtisemcnt from enylous but inpotent compe
tition ''sto!en goods" invariably crowding th,
rebel beehive of cash befor deiivry.
The tyrauy and dry rot of the credit system
has been the great barrier to mercantile cnthu
siasts who wer born merchants, possessing al
the qualities that comand suces-.save one-th,
merry and pluk to ga no. Aud even after til,
had attained promlneuc aud prosperity. it wa
this same overshadowing and overwhelming
curse that stript them of the sinews OF dnnuc,
and stifled the pulse of ambition, drying thC
master into the humiliation and depreciation o.
oblivion.
Al the Willie the plain mater of fact cham.
pion who hnd the resolution TO follow the Iror
lawf and the sure short cuts to fame. felt the
fore of the almity dollar at eyry jump, the
musical melody of the omnlpotent coin ipsplrd
him whitman ambition he had never felt hcfor
and he laft at competition in Its thrcdbarC
pleading of favor, friendship and one hundred
per cent,
Their wer many paths to the top, aud many
NOR that led out into the uuown. but thru mos
al thes intricate lines the champion rambleC
and stragled and often struggled or perisht In
the dedly gauntlet of credit. II he survived
his cash was gon and the hi hopes of ambition
turned into unayailing regrets; barely one Of 4
hundred hay ever tue moral curnge to face
fate in the last battles of life; of thes 7er Macy
Ridley, Bloomingdales and the ritter of the
monthlies. Even after tha had emerged from
the ashes, adversely stood square in the path
and SANDER barking and bowling in thee hnnn
and rear, and curage inspired by desperation
| was the torlorn hope. The lo4t batledelds wei
forgotten in the splendors of comerciaI achieT,
mcnts that came in the after years. In the
feasts that followed, slander was always con.
spcuous in the profusion of its sycofantlc pFaif
aud its diabolical yels of aplaus. III
Among the hosts of the dcfetcd wer rnany
superior to the survivors and the yictors. bu:
oblivion seemed NOR welcom than the terrific
| tusle With Overwhelming DDS, besides what il
ther left of brains and backbone after the nm
| fortunate hns ben ground and crushed between
the grindstones of credit
! I've seen boys from the pIow in the cornieId
jump into c town with hamper basket OF
bargains for cash drive to tie wal and fasten
him ther, the AutocTat with thousands on his
SHOWS, NOR thousands on his ledger, and still
many NOR thousands on other Iedgers agensi
him-aud between the twenty-five per center
aud King Credit the generous old-nmer was
smash into pulp.
Is ther no lcson then in thes evryda pictures
| of the rise, furish. fal and burial of human
greatness2 Canot the yung champions just
entering tho storm swept arena of comcfce
avoid thes pitfalls and dcthtraps ;tfas destroy
the great and smaI, the lefty and the lowIy al
most In da.
| The remedy Il sEfe eandsimple-underby and
undeTseI. cash befor delivery. It bAuishes the
brain fever ard the hartake, and bring back
agen the apetiie for sleep and food, and
changes the shade into the brite sunshine.
Employ no one to handle yor cash-ifs {
terrific temptation TO even an honest man, tits
up, 10 borrow, intending to replace it when his
LUX wud change, "sum other da.r He getl
titer and liter da after da. and the sheriff and
the legal bulldogs unrayel the mystery.
The rich oId-fashiond towns wher Credit Has
King aud the tariff ranged from 100 TO 200 pei
cent upon eternal time. wer conspicuous har-
vest fields for the Rebel Raquster With his
25 per cent. cash-befor-deiiyery. The old stif-
neker sold his but,ons at twenty-five cents a
dozen, the spot cash fellow cold the same thing
at % cents gross, evrythlng In proportion
The old town TUNED into 9 hornets eess Tha
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