The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-23


after few years he died. 40 not
know II he continued to hare law
suits while In Mansfield or rot. With
ell the merchant tailoring business
carried on by Michael Weisert while In
Canton. he never went to larger cities
TO buy his stock Of cloths. cassimeres
and trimmings. but always bought
them from Canton msrehants, mostly
from Martin Wilkidal and Isaac Bar-
ter, and he succeeded in building up
Ia large trade and made money.
The old way Of buying material for
mems garments from the dry goods
stores and then going to the tailors to
have the same made up, az was done
80 years ago, is almost given UP today;
the merchant tailors have monopolized
tie trade The regular dry goods mer-
chants trade today is almost entirely
confined to other lines of dry goods,
such as are suited for ladies', children
and general household use the mems
wear is mostly monopolized by tho
merchant tailoring firms 1t is also
true today that most all of the sewing
done on mems garments is done on
the sewing machine. Fifty years ago
the sewing machines were not In gen.
eral use as they are today, most Of the
garments we're then hand made. Be-
fore the sewing machines were brought
into general use the stitching and or
namentnl work was not put on that is
put on today.
The spinning wheel which was co
years ago seen In all farm houses, and
also among many families living in
town, is now almost entirely aban-
doned, and some Of the boys and girls
who go to school today would hardly
know what spinning wheel was if
they saw 1t. The modern machinery
has produced an entire change In the
employment and customs of many peo-
pie, and the question naturally arises,
are we the better off or happier be-
cause OF these changes? Doubtless
come people are, while there are 9TH
ers who are carried away with the
modern fashions and follies, and look
upon honest toll with entirely wrong
impressions. Too many young peo.
pie today expect to start on life's Jour-
ney where the older people leave off,
forgetting that they should atart at the
foot Of the ladder and work upward as
did the generation before them. The
hardest lesson some young people
have to learn is that 1t takes 100 cents
ito make dollar, and IL the pennies
or cents are not saved the dollars
will not accumulate, and that makes
some people quite unhappy. The young
man and the young woman who early
learn lessons Of industry and economy
are much. happier than those that ne
glect this part of their education.
think no class of people are more un-
Happy than are some proud spirited
people who grow up without learning
To save and be Industrious. and then
see~others have garments and Injuries
which they cannot obtain. Even back
In the time Of Solomon We learn that
| 'seeing the young man DAVID that
he was industrious, he made him ruler
over all the change Of the house Of
Joseph" So it has been during the
worlds history. The honest, industri.
Gus and economical people will thrive,
while those who neglect these things
will become a burden to themselves
and kissing and q subject OF roproach
by those that prosper Therefore It
becomes all young people to be "dil.
igent in business, fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord" and with industry
they are sure to prosper.