Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-13


ton wars are the unseen sufferers.
Who. then. are the martirs of tbs
bargain counter vii tell you IN
eli probability those gou,is which are
sold belonged to some smaller dealer
who was driven Ia the wall aud who
hnd to sell hls stock Tor anything he
could get. 90 they are the goods %
some I,Dor woman Who had 10 work Ia
The Chicago 81 the NvW York sweat
shops. 90 they are ihe goods that have
iecn marked down below cost Ia order
10 run some rival ont ~ business II
Is easy enough for q druggist o. take
Ia line Of stationery and SCI II at
cost Ia order to destroy the trade %
the stationery store near him but that
sale means blood money No man ever
bought something tot less than cost
unless some oue hud 10 suffer God
pity the po0r sewing girls whose Nee
dies made those cheap garments God
pity the wrecked business out ~ which
those bargain counters have breu 1T
ed Cod PITS the meu aud The women
who for years have had 10 abor and
yet all their ial,or g0 fof naught DO
you and want TO make a pruht ont of
such tragedies
The Bargain Counter and Crime.
But though il Is hard 10 starye and
20 wear ragged clothes aud 10 20 the
poorhousc. yet there are even worse
results from the bargain counter than
those Poverty il hard enough But.
though poverty dresses IN rags. power.
~ too often has handmade ready 20
run al her beck aud call PoVerty's
handmade Is crime. aud crimes name
can be spelled Ia many different ways.
Sometimes u II called immortality.
sometimes theft. sometimes drunken
hess. sometimes forgery. sometimes
wrecked aud dlEmantled homes II Is
easy enough for some ~ rs 10 be good
when We have full stninachs and are
sitting with our dear ones before the
CRATE IN the cheerful library. but IL IL
another thing for some Of rs TO lie
good when we are hungry and cold
aud are hearing our little ones cry for
their daily bread Yes the bargain
counter nearly always mems poverty
And, alas. poverty too often means
crime
The history OF the bargain counter
Is ruinous everywhere II means poy
erty. and poverty too often means
crime. See that Young girl leading a
life OF shame The bargain counter
may have made her do II. See that
forger behind iron bars. The bargain
counter may have made him dip the
false pen into the Ink. See that drunk.
ard The bargain counter may have
lifted the intoxicating cup 10 his lips
You cannot buy something for less
than cost unless some one IS being
pushed to the financial wall The bar.
gain counter always means pecuniary
loss somewhere. and the loser IS driv-
en- by poverty and crime To take the
cup of despair and drink It 10 the bit.
ter drcgs
Now. there are two great practical
applications OF this subject Never let
your children become the victims Of
the bargain counters tyrannies, New
er start your own loved ones forth into
the battle OF life unless they are men.
tally and physically trained to do one
thing well. so that by their own skill
they are able TO earn decent living
The direct cause OF the bargain coun-
ter Is that this world Is flooded with
unskilled labor. Those unskilled la
borers are almost entirely ut the mercy
OF the INSCRIPTIONS. who say To the
poor needlewoman. Make these shirts
at SO much a day or starve." and there
is no redress. The unSkilled workmen
have 10 labor NJ starvation wages.
The goods mostly found upon the bar
gain counter are the products OF such
labor Never let Your children grow
up to join the pathetic army OF I'M
skilled laborers Make them learn TO
do well some one thing rs which they
can earn an honest livelihood II there
should ever be necessity for Il AND
this warning applies Just rs much 70
what YOU shall do for your girls as fol
your boys
The Turn Of Fortune.
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