Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-03

the bakers will ssn them no more
bread. and the gvocerymsn will sell
them no more sugar. Then they nnd
the region unhealthy. aud they hire .
carman, whom they never psy. 20 take
them 20 some new quarters where che
merchants. the druggists. the butch
ers. the bakers and the grocerymen
come and give them the best rounds OF
beef and the best sugars and the best
merchandise OF all sorts until they md
out that the only compensation they
are going 10 get 10 the acquaintance OF
the patrons. There are thousands OF
such thieves In all our big cities You
see call them by the right name. for IL
y man buys anything he does not mean
TO pay for he is a thief.
OF course sometimes men are nung
ef nisfortunes aud they cannot pay.
I know men who are just as honest
en- having failed as other men are
honest in succeeding. I suppose there
Is hardly q man who has gone through
life but there have been some tines
when he has been so hurt by misfor-
tune he could not meet his obligations.
but all that / put aside. There are
. multitude OF people who buy that
for which there 10 no reasonable ex-
psctation that they will ever be able
to pay. Now. IL you have become
oblivious of honesty and mean 20 de-
fraud. why not save the merchant as
much as you ean7 Why not go some
day 20 his store and when nobody 10
hooking Just shoulder the ham or the
spare rib and in modest silence steal
away7 That would be less criminal.
because In the other wsy you take not
only the mans goods. but you take
the time Of the merchant and the time
of his accountant, and you take the
time OF his messenger who brought
you the goods. Now. il you must steal.
steal in n way 20 do as little damage
20 the trader as possible.
John Randolph arose in the Ansri-
can senate when q question of ma
Ttionsl finance was being discussed,
and. stretching himself TO his full
height. in & shrill voice he cried out:
Mr.. Chairman. have discovered the
| philosophers stone. which turns ev-
srything into gold-pay as you goi"
Society has got 90 be reconstructed
on this subject or the seasons OF de-
fslcation will continue 80 repeat them
selves. You have no right 20 ride In
q carriage for which you are hopeleE-
iy IN debt 90 the wheslwright who fur
nished the landau, and 20 the horse
dealer who provided the blooded span.
and 60 the harness maker who cRpari-
sOned the gay steeds. and 90 the lv-
eryman who has provided the stsblinF,
and 10 the driver who With FOsettsd
hat. sitR on the coach box.
oh, am 30 glad when Il 10 not the
ebsoluts necessities of life which send
people out into dishonestiss and ding
them into miafOrtunsE. II Sc almost
always the opportunities. God has
promised Us 4 house. but not 9 pal
ace; raimsnt. but not ehinshillas food
bat not cRnvssbsck duck. am ye;
90 see one OF these great defalcationI
which Is not connected So some wal
with extravaganza.
Extravaganza accounts for the dis
turbancs OF national finances. Aggre
cations are made up OF units. ant
when one-haf OF the people OF thfi
country owe the other half how col
We expect financial prosperity AgaiI
and again at the national election ~,
Aavs had a spasm Of virtue, aud ",
saidi "Out with one administration
and In with another and let rs hAv,
new deal OF things and then ~,
will get all over our perturba tion."
do not care who Is pre- sident or who 4
secretary OF the treasury or hov
much breadstuffs 60 out OF the coun
try OF how much gold Is imported un
al we learn 20 pay our debts and 1
becomes n general theory In this eour
try that men must buy no more tha
they can pay for Until that tim
comes there Will be no psrmanen
prosperity. Look 80 the perniciou
extravagapos. Take the one fact the
New York every year pays q. 600. 90
for theatrical amusementA Will
once IN awhile q Henry Irving or a
Edwin Booth or a Joseph Jenerso
thrills e great audience with TRACED,
you know as we'll "a do that the va
majority Of the theatsFs ars as q.
based as dsbAsed they can be. as ar
clean as unciean they can be and q
damnable as damnable they can b
Three million dollars. the vast m,
1ority OF those dollars going IL N
wrong direction.
Over hundred millions paid In IN
country for cigars and tobacco a Yea
About $1,000. 5000 paid for strou
drink In one year in this county
With such extravagance. pernicio,
extravagance. can there be any De
manent prosperity7 business me
cool-headsd business men. is such
! thing . possibility These extrav
gsnces also account. as I have q
ready hirted. for the positive crime
! the forgeries. the sbscondings of Il
, officers OF the banks. The store
: the business street swsmped by a
; residence on the fashionable avenu
. | The father,a fhe huahand,s ..r. a -