Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14
WEST VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE IA, 1898

crashing the millions and millions of the
hosts of the victims of King Credit
Enriching one-destroying the other
A millionaire in the morning. superles
bankrupt at mite. In thes same ware
rooms of "arbiters of values" the author
of thes monthlies leveld the Cars and
Caesars of Credit almost in da, and
any reder of thes lines who vii fasten
his faith in the tru bushes methods,
mixing in with his curtesy and curage
perfect low of labor, never for moment
losing site of the hard cash, can sweep to
the very top if he vii. AL records may
be broken and triphamer of triphamers,
for perfect precision, la in four modest
letters that never miss fire, 81 vii.
The fellow who ses "I'll try is the coun-
terft who don't mean what he ses aud
falls by the wayside The battle cry of
one is snow" the other day.
Their ar thousands of thoro busines
men, chuk ful of confidence and ambition
wei able 10 plank down the eloquent
stuff for real values-who culver and
shiver in evry nerve at the bare mention
of "Auction Goods.
Follow the Rouss System with unqiv'
ering nerv and U vii laf to derision the
old singsongs of "tuf time. "no mony,
aud "crop failure" of the periodical com
promiser and the "hope from heven'
mediocre. U will remember the "hard
times" as the harvest fields wher yor un'
ward steps onward wer won. Their al
many of thes merchants that feel solid
and strong in the morning, and just be
cause the note du at cedent he sayed
off another note just as worthless, he was
nailed to the wal, and the next da thl:
splendid fello was simply nobody, with
out his name. Firm in the faith thai
fites its own battles, the ritter present:
thes priceless precepts to al who long fol
mercantile success in plain, blunt words
that anyone ma read as he runs, and II
is for U to sa whether history vii RECORD
u among Victims or Victors.
Insted of worrying over what can't b'
helpt, or brooding over the lostime thai
vii never return, stand up like man
commanding admiration, not whining fol
sympathy, boil down into bullion al yor
asets in whatever shape, jump up on tn
steel rails of "Underby and Undersel 70
Cash only" and the author of the "mod
ern methods" vii anser for yor success.
This month begins the seventeenth
year Of the Rouss System, and the re
cords hav results that settle al douts and en-
quirys. | have often xprest the belle
that thes marvelus victories ma be ri
valid or beten by anyone who vii folo sa
credly the iron laws that lifted US from
the ashes of 231 to the lofty attitudes o
$40. Here is the "Underoy at yol
end of the line is the "Undersel." Us
the level Cash and that other paralyze
and pulverizer 81 will" The plail
blunt truth is that the story from Churcl
street to the Broadway Landmark, ha
often ben eclipst on many a battlefield
wher the Legions of our Representative
hav swept with the daredevil unconcerr
aud audacity of heven-born masters
And I've had many Raqueter chuk fu
of ambition and enthusiasm tel me tina
what | had dun in the Metropolis G
the world he had outdun, comparative
speking, as | had the advantage Of hin
in population and oportuDity. Many 0
these chivalrous champions-of the Twen
ty-fve percent religion and the casl
down creed make me feel small when tel
ing of their meteoric sweeps and stride
from the cornfield to the top.
CHAs. i. RoUss.
New York City.