The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-07-19
SNAP SHOTS AT SIDE SCENES.
Passing Comment on Current Topics
of General interest.

Passing Comment on Current Topics
of General interest.
Bet big red apple that the fellow
who committed suicide i'll Newark last
week to escape the excessive heat is dis
appointed with the change
See that the authorship of the des-
patch ordering Dewey to go to Manila is
in dispute. We're all pleased he went
al any rate.
William Jennings Bryan continues to
rotate and revolve as usual, but there Is
a squeaking, rattling sound now, signi-
flying that those priceless ball-bearings
are at last wearing out.
According to newspaper reports gas IS
escaping from the Bryan gas well near
Cameron, West Virginia. The state
ment should be taken with the pro-
verbal grain of salt. Sounds like base
Republican satire.
Ex-champion John l.. Sullivan has
signified his intention of touring the
country as monologue artist. He has
again stopped drinking and the novelty
of seeing him sober will undoubtedly
draw large crowds.
Notice that the Atlantic City clergy
man, finding it proftless to preach the
Gospel to the sojourners in that seaside
town, has forsworn the pulpit and taken
up the carpenters hammer to earn his
bread. The cohorts of Carrie Nation
should study his example. The hammer
in civilization is a far more honorable
implement than the hatchet.
The member of community who
habitually ignores his home merchant,
mechanic or tradesman and makes his
purchases and separates himself from
the stuff turned out by the bureau of
printing and engraving in other places
does not deserve the name of good
citizen. and should not be countenanced
by those who have the best interests of
their own locality at heart The local mer
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progress and the development of the
town in which they live, and every dol
lar they amass is reinvested and remains
in the neighborhood AS they prosper
their taxes increase, and just SO much
those of others are lightened. They as
sist in the maintenance of schools,
churches, and other public institutions
and charities. But the person who
spends his money in some distant city
puts it beyond assisting in any local
enterprise. The man in the city upon
whom you bestow your custom has no
further interest in you or your surround
ings than the cash he receives from you.
And further, there is no reason for
this impolitic and unbusiness likedivers-
ion of trade. The business men in the
smaller cities and towns can and do sell
goods year after year as cheaply as do
those of the larger places. The lower
expenses, cheaper rent and immunity
from the exorbitant municipal taxes
which prevail in the great cities enable
them to do so and still make living
profit
The home merchant is established
here and expects to pursue his business
The continuance of his
trade is dependent upon the fair and
uniform treatment of his customers and
the quality of his goods. His field is
limited, and should he resort to shady
methods or foist dishonest wares upon
his patrons his reputation would be gone
and his trade consequently lost.
The ideal community is that in which
there is reciprocity of good feeling
among merchants in all branches of
trade, mechanics, professional men,
working men and farmers, each av IL
ing himself as far as possible of the
others servsce, purchasing his goods or
employing his labor, as the case may be.
The community where this practice is
in vogue is always Pounds to be an unex
prosperous one, populated
by cheerful, honest, neighborly and
people, and good place
for the home seeker to locate in But
that situation sad to relate, is not found
in Morristown.