THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to none; fear of none; justice to all. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1893

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7582, 17 July 1893, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to none; fear of none; justice to all. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1893

It is astounding the impudence amount of brass and iuiANi) cheek pudencc which some men kavo, As one considers the various people who have from time to time been victimised by men having more assurance than principle, and who sail along, in spite of financial embarrassments, and nuke headway when their more diffident contemporaries fail—ono is 3onstrained to admit that their continued success in commercial matters is a problem which is difficult of solution. A man of good address, and with plenty of brains, mid not burdened with scruples or lpncst. principles, and who determines to live upon the fat of the land, would appear to havo little difficulty in carrying on successfully! at tho oxpenso of tho general public, uch an ouo, perchance, commencos business with a great flourish of trumpets, goes in largely for speculations, entertains scoros oC friends, is noted for his hos> pitality and general bonhommie, onters into local politics, speaks authoritatively at public _ meetings, and generally oonducts himsolf in a highly moritorious manner By dint of scheming and plundering he is enabled to carry on for a time, and then comes the scqael, in an interview with tho Official Assignee. Ilis creditors meet, and having heard a highly plausible account of his ombarrasing financial position sym pathiso heartily with him, and recommend his dischargo. His focdom is soon regained, and onco more ho blossoms as a commercial magnet, and his former creditors and new oucs besides, show by their allowing hira cxtonsivo credit, that thoir confidence in him is unabated. His barquo sails for a timo, and the shoals which aro never far distant, are successfully evaded until tho rocks ahead coming too thick, his vessel can not escape, and a second crash ensues. | But his ingenuity, in accounting for his bad luck, never fails him, and his power of gulling his creditors onables him once more to obtain thoir sym - pathy and financial support. A victim of circumstances over which he had no control, ho is a fit subject for thoir clemency, and again ho is patted on the back, by those who havo been victimised by him, and thus tjje game is repeated. We hear much grumbl* ing by tradesmen about tho difficulty of collecting thoiraccounts, but if thoy display the sameinjudiciousness in all thoir transactions, as indicated in this article, wo can on'y say, that thoy could oxpect no other result to follow such an extraordinarily lavish system of giving credit, and until thoy reckon brass and impudence at its truo valuo, thoy havo themselves to blame only, if thoy find some day that their confidonco has beon misplaced.