Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-11-11
II is BUSINESS NOW.

The election is now over, and tn,
subsistence of the tempest of excite
ment it aroused is now in order. Ii
the main, the people, in their passion,
ate eagerness to honor and elect theil
favorites gave up to politics a greaI
deal Of time and attention that should
have been devoted to business and te
preparation to meet their financial OBJ
legations. The country has suffered
serious injury from these wild political
distractions, and will be compelled t,
60 to work with redoubled energy and
vigor to recoup the loss.
The first consideration, in the way
OF getting down to earnest business
again, is to satisfy that class of credi.
tors who are bound to have their hon.
est dues or suffer many great and griev.
Gus inconveniencies, one of whom we
are most prominently and excessively
which. We are deeply interested in
this matter of hasty payment and sug.
gest 1t as about the only mean we
have Of escaping a total collapse, and
that, too, in the immediate future.
Such an event would be an immeasu.
rable calamity to this community par
ticularly, and to mankind in general.
1t would seem that some of our patrons
do not realize this fact, or at least they
manifest no visible appreciation of the
supreme Importance of averting the
possibility of such a disaster.
We have carried these parties on our
books for years, and although we have
sent collectors to the house at great ex.
pense time and again and repeatedly
notified them by mail that we stood in
great need of the amounts due us, we
have failed to get one cent out of them.
These chronic delinquents can not
plead poverty. That man in this coun
try who a not raise the means to pay
US on the easy terms we propose, is un-
utterably trifing and thriftless. These
patrons car not excuse or justify them.
selves on the ground of inability, They
go decentIy clad, have the appearance
of being well fed, and to our certain
knowledge many of them have money
to spend for tobocco, whisky and other
things not essential to human comfort.
health and happiness. Yet they never
think OF paying for a paper that has
vent regularly to their address and
which they have read for years, altho'
Its printing has cost US the spot cash
hundreds of dollars that we could do
without only with serious injury to
our business and the stint of miserly
economy.
Our patience with this class has been
worn t%hreadbare. Forbearance has
ceased to be a virtue in each individual
case, Over and over again we have
oHered them terms of payment that
would be an actual loss in the hope of
saving enough to replace the actual
cash that we have paid out TO furnish
them the paper, but as we have been
uniformly disappointed in this effort,
we have determined to employ other
means to effect a settlement.
Our books have to be squared some
way and somehow, and if you,
the chronic delinquents, are put to
trouble and open shamen in order to
effect thislong deferred determination,
you will be wholly responsible for %
unfortunate dilemma. So we call upon
you to come up and settle while times
are good and you have an opportunity
10 reinstate yourselves in our conf.
dence and good graces.'
We now intend to have something
Tor our labor and the money we have
spent beside promises. We are gorged
ON promises. They are mere evasions
and postponements. We will now have
the substantial-the cash or its equiva.
lent, or know the reason why and at
the same time letting the world into
the secret.
The day of reckoning is now here.
This is plain talk-the word with the
bark on it. We shall live up to it, and
the man who gets mad can stay mad,
and we only wish he would, if that
him a better citizen and more
punctual in paying his honest debts.