Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-13
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Some Pertinent aud Timely Remarks
Upon 1t.
To TIE Editor OF the Register:
SIR:-The people OF Wheeling have
shown their good business sense the
past week, but there is one other fact
TO which l wish to call their attention.
Referring to the present business de-
preston, the people should be brought
to understand that they each bear an
| influence on the same, |. e. towards bet
| tering the condition or making matters
worse. To what most refer is what is
termed wild talk" or uncalIed for and
| iDjudicious remarks.
Last evening friend Of mine IN
bosomed the information that a certain
| large concern had made an assignment
Being friend of the party referred TO,
l discredited il, and asked my friend TO
| please not repeat the same until, at
least, the fact had become public prop
erty. And so it developed that il was
q malicious falsehood, circulated to the
injury of one of Wheeling's best insti-
tutions, thing which is wrong, decid-
eddy wrong, aud against publcinterest.
Another instance is that Of whole
sale merchant, who is relating the fact
that they "are getting out samples for
fall trade. but they do not have any
idea that they will have any use for
them, as he does not look for any trade
at all this fall" This is what term an
injudicious remark. Is 1t policy 10 talk
hard times and poor outlook when you
want the opposite?
For instance, should you be keeping
O general store and customer comes
in with SIS or $50 with which to buy
dry goods, clothing, shoes, ETC., for his
family and he finds you reclining leis-
urey in chair, you make no effort to
walt on him-no use, times too hard,
be has no money You think, but you In
vite him to have chair and be sits
down to listen to conversation which
his coming disturbed, and he hears you
relate how hard money is to collect and
how you sent out bills for nearly $500
yesterday and only got q dollar and
half, and you don't know what the
country is coming TO, and be, perhaps,
further hears you say that the fellow
who has money had better hold it, and
so he docs. He walks out of your store
holding his money as you advised him
to do. His shoes will last another
month, Mary can walt for her dress,
ETC., ETC., till business picks up.
On the other hand, had you been
busy-dusting your goods, or arranging
your stUck-when he came In, and had
met him with pleasant good morning
In a what-can-I-dO-for-you manner, he
would have made his purchases and you
would have had bis money and both
have been centented. To which OF these
two classes do you belong 10, dear read
err? III my opinion, the newspapers OF
be'cOuntry can very materially improve
Ematters in a week or ten days by the
suppression Of news regarding failures
and assignments which do not concern
the immediate vicinity.
There is as much money in the coun-
try as ever, but it is being held-locked
up-by Wall street principally, TO force
the government to issue bonds and to
demouetise silver, and through fear by
others brought about by the cause
named.
Now, as to the future. II Is my be-
lief that September 1st will see conf
dence restored and everything moving
along nicely. / base my views on the
expressions OF a hundred or more,
interviews with business men
in various cities. The almost universal
remark is: ave will not consider the
matter now, but come around about the
first Of September, we will then talk bus
mess"
And lastly, let me say, you all want
business TO brighten up, so lend your
aid by predicting better times at an
early date.
Persist In predicting better times and
you will sooner or later haze them.
Yours for public good,