Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-07-29

viii allow him 20 make a living margin .
when he again sells them The goods
were worth what tho salesman said
they were and were sold at a price
= hir d Will not make IL necessary for
The house 70 fail every ten years in or
Ter Co fix mp things.
But with what burning indignation
we think OF the iniquitous stratagems
by which goods arc sometimes disposed
OF, glance at the morning papers
shows the arrival at one Of our hotels
OF q young merchant from one OF the
inland cities. lie II a comparative stran-
ger IN the great city. and % course must
Do sho-n around. and ~ will M INV GugS
of some Of our enterPrislRg houses 20
escort him. lie Is large purchaser and
has plenty Of time and money. and II
will pay To be very attentive. The even
ing is spent 81 a Piacs of doubtful
Amusement. Then they 50 back TO the
hotel. Having just come 10 town. they
must, of course. drink.
A friend from the same mercantile es-
tablishment drops in. and usage and
generosity suggest that they must
drink. business prospects are talked
over. aud the stranger IS warned sgainst
certain dilopidatcd mercantile ostah-
hShrents that are shout to fail, and for
such kindness and magnanimity of eau
ton against the dishonesty OF other
business houses, OF course ~ IL expected
they willard so they do-take a drink.
other merchants lodging IN adjoining
ruoms nnd - hard TO sleep for the Ciat-
ter ot decantera and the coarse csroussl
of these "hail fellows well met" wakes
louder B1t they sit not ~ night 1T the
wine cup. They must see the sights.
They stagger forth with checks flushed
and eyes bloodehot. The outer gates OF
hell open 20 let in the victims. The
wings of lost souls fit among the lights.
and the steps OF the carousers sound
with the rumhling thunders Of the lost.
Farewell to all the saDctities of homel
Could mother. sister. father. slumber-
ing in tho inland home. in some vision
of that night catch glimpse OF the
ruin wrought they would rcnd out their
hair by the roots and bite the tongue
tin the blood sPurted. shrieking out:
God save hin!"
What. suppose you. viii come upon
such buaness estabhshments2 and
there arc, hundreds Of them in the
. cities. They may boast of fabulous
3 sales. and they may have an unprece-
dented run OF buyers. and the name OF
house NAV be terror 70 oil rivals. and
8 from this thrifty root there may spring
up branch houses in other cities. and
all the partners OF the firm may move
into their mansions and drive their fall
bio0ded span and the families may
sweep tho street with the most elegant
apparel that human heart ever wove
or earthly magnificence ever achieved.
Put a curse is gathering surely for
those nen. and If IL does not seize hold
Of the pillars and ia ono wild ruin bring
down the temple of commercial glory il
will break up their peace, and they Will
trembie with sickness and bloat with
dissiSations, and, pushed 20 the preci
pics Of this life. they will try to hold
back and cry for help but no help viii
come, and they will clutch their gold
To take IL along with them. but IL vii
be snatched from their grasp and q
voice wsl sound through their soul:
Not . farthing. thou beggarded spir
IL" And tho judgment will como. and
they will stand agbsst before IL. and al
the business iniquities OF a lifetime vii
gather around. them. saying: DO yO,
remember that2' And clerks that the,
compelled TO dishonesty and runner,
and draymen and bookkeepers VIII,
saw behind tho scenes will bear testi
mony 70 their netarious deeds. ans
some vlrtuous soul that once stoo,
aghast At the splendor and power o
these business men will say: Alas
this il all that is left Of that great firm
! that occupied q block with their mer
chandise and over.hadowed the cit,
} with their influence and made right
eousness and truth and purity fall un
, der the CALLING fire of svarice an,
crime"
: While We admire and approve Of al
scuteness and tact in the sale OF goods
: we must condemn any process by whicl
fabric or product is represented q
! possessing q value which IL really doe
not have. Nothing but sheer fslsehoo,
: can represent az perfection boots fha
rip, silks that speedily lose their lustel
caiicoes that Immediately wash ou'
, stoves that crack under the firat ho
D fre, books insecureiy bound, carpet
? that unravei. old furniture rejuvenate
{ with putty and glue and sold as haviD
: been recently manufactured. gOi
a watches made Of brass, barrels OF frui
the biggest apples on top, wine adu
( terated with strychnine. hosiery poorl
, woven. cloths Of domestic manufactur
shining with foreign labels, importe
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