Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-27
THINKS IT WAS A MISTAKE
To Remove the Bell Phones
from Business Houses
Mr.. Rich Throws Himself into the
Breach and Tries to Tell Something
About it-SOme Members of the
Merchants Association Saueals.

| To the Editor of the New DOMINION:
To offer al apology for this arti-
Gle would be to admit that its rela-
ton to public affairs is not suf1i
GENTLY interesting to warrant a gen
eral acceptance or appreciation Of
its ultimate design. We do not wish
+ that our introduction be obscure, or
that we may be so unfortunate in the
selection Of our remarks that even
the most DESTROYS would discover
any timiditv or disguise between the
lines. To clearly define our position
/ without reference to the primary
cause of the unsettled as well as the
unpleasant condition that now pre-
walls is by no means an easy matter.
We will be content to say that the
sore is becoming chronic: that the
touch that palsies our pocketbooks
and swells our 'hearts of honor has
been distinctly felt, and that that
sensation which is peculiarly delight
full TO most of us has been partially
cut off by the apparent modification
/ of the process through which it
takes place. The sensation | speak
of is that caused when the eve re-
fleets the color of the "greenback"
Not long ago the Merchants Asso-
citation voted dlscontinuance of the
Bell Phone from one of two reasons
which we will indicate later on. This
decision, as we'll as all others, which
are made rashly or heedlessly must
be repented of at leisure.
Folly ever has its consequences,
but the erring individual seldom
knows where they end. That the
action of the Association coupled
with the subsequent removal of Bell
Phones, was, according to accepted
propriety and fitness a blunder and
a mistake OF such nature as to
work utter havoc and injury to
what for the present we will style a
deliberative body, will more fully
appear as the facts in the case de
velop themselves. First OF all a
Mercantile Association has limit
ed field of operation, the action of
the Mercantile Association of Nor.
| gantown to the contrary notwith-
standing. Only such BY laws and
Rules of Order which are anticipa,
tory or which prevent the recurrence
of such disasters as the one with
which we now contend should be ac-
cepted. An acceptance of anything
to the contrary is simply to create a
earousal and a stampede which will
have only only one well defined re-
suit, that of depriving the individ-
ual of his peculiar rights and privi-
leges which must needs exist as
doth his business. The above is all
the more apparent when the Asso-
citation is composed Of members
whose interests are diversified
Merchants interests are neither
common nor general. They are in
dividual and special. In fact the
only relation that exists between them
is the primary and incidental relation
naturally inaugurated by the meeting
Of the buyer and the seller.
But too late the Association real
ICES that it has gone without it's
province, disobeyed the commands Of
justice, prudence and reason, tasted
forbidden fruit and new organiza-
tion is necessary. The truth of the
above statement wonld more fully
appear were it known that theIe was
spontaneous outburst of evidence of
this very fact in open assembly on
the evening of The 23inst.
Secondly the grievance which was
imbecilic and imaginary should never
have been mentioned in open assem-
bly,. But the Association 'this man
,, with the heart of honor" so great yet
so small which was already bound in
chains and PROSTATE, which was al
ready struggling with some monster
which would not loosen its grip caus-
ing one to think of LAGOON would
1 refuse the ''cup OF deliverance" and be
content to die. We had intended to
+ refrain from direct reference to the
proceedings of the Association on the
evening OF the % inst but such is next
to impossible. A says the Bell phone
must and shall 90 back, B has never
: taken it out. g has never taken ii
out. D has protlted indirectly
through the use of the He'll phone
e has contracted to put in the Bell
phone, but innocently placed himself
: at the feet of this imaginary Associa-
ton, saying that he is willing &c
abide by their decision. f is ready &c
follow the example already set G
declares with trembling voice and up
, lifted hand that he would suffer the
loss of every customer he has and
t would go out and work ON the streets
before the Bell people should 90 back
II laments the proneness Of his fellow
{ man to break his word ] never '0ob
S the phone out and never intended to
e J says, the Association had no bust.
/ ness to NEEDLE with the phone bust
ness. Suffice it TO say the atmosphere