Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-18
The other side Of The Question.
% TfIEpUDLIC OF VIRGINIA.


The other side Of The Question.
TO TIIEPUDLIC OF VIRGINIA.
hBSERVING in yesterdays Compiler, VII
~ famous attack on my character, by an infa-
nous band of lying conspifntors | should have al
lowed their insigni6conce 10 protect them from mo-
tee, were It not ;hatthe public might infer from my
silence, that admitted the uuh of their commun
cation but SO far from doing 80, | do pronounce
every one of their assertions tilfuf and nnquaiyfed
faiSetOod, and the authors Of such nlsohc
Of the lowest and most degrade description, IN the
hands Of unprineiped sceundrels, who, knowing
hat i,tle credcnce would be given 10 their state
mcnts, have prevailed on their ignorant undcrl'ngs
10 put their shoulder to the wheel, and endenvor 10
effect by falsehood and mlsrcprc sentalion that
which they could not accomplish by fair oomrc,-
ton. They first state that the subscriber has no
manufacturing establishment, OF cabinet furniture in
New Ydfk. This they know Of they know my
thing about the subscriber utla'rs) 10 be itc OF
the first water thoy then proceed 10 state 10 the
public the mode IN which the subscriber obtains his
goods. They say, he buys por'lon OF them A.
auction &c. To show the public how far THIS 10
true he here most pos'tttcy asserts that nc taS ne-
Der, directig nor ,ad''ecy, purchased articles u
cabtnct furniture Of any Kind 10 He amount Of
S75, al auction thus stamping the charge of sell.
ing auction goods, with the lie direct. They also
state that a considerable portion Of his furniture is
made by n Mr. Necdham in New York > this is
on par with their other statements, and alike dcs-
lituto IF truth. The Messrs. Ncedhams have mode
some few articles of furniture for the subscriber tho
very poorest Of which, are far superior 10 my tim,
cen be produccdby thia useful body" Of conspira
tors And " no are these men, who thus presume
to dictate TO me the manner in which my business
mus, be conducted They orc sctof fellows,
regularly ofganzrd, for the purpose oil e1tor'ns
from their employers rxtrayogant wnscs, and tEus
compelling in turn, their employers to exiort from
| the public exorbltan prices for the manufactured
article and they leave no means, however despl-
cable, unlred, to accomplish their base designs,
| A nd has il come 10 this 7 Must the employer be die
tacJ to records the prices he must pay FOR man.
ufacturing, and must he be compelled to employ
journcymen belonging 10 their club, aud pay such
prices as they may please to demand, md submit to
such rules regulations as ths knot OF desrcrndocs
may choose TO etapt7 BY way Of illustrating the
EendiM spi,H of this hclitM cr,p, the subscriber
would state the fact, hat n, public sale of French
furniture II, the City Hotel Assembly room IN New
York, few day since, few ofthcse choice spirits
proceeded to ca, pieces the sous other articles
| and actually damaged the goods 10 the amount Of
one thousand dollars, aud would have completed
their work of destruction, but for tho timely inter
| ference of the police. When competition ccnses,
the public have no protection from imposition
but must submit to any terms and pay my prices
which combination may choose to exact. lfby
| the Introduction OF machinery INTO Our manu'nciu-
| ring establishments, or from any other cause, we
are enabled to sell our articles lower, We presume
the public will see their ntcrcs, in paronzing us
| 1t rs altogether to, late in the day to ntempto stop
the march OF improvement; and We oplnc. that
/ ho ofIc tbc hoo he pTI
will secure the business, whether they arc made by
machinery manual labor.
| The public will readily sec, that the substance al
the whole matter between myself the Richmond
cabinet makers is simply this have been sop.
plying the public with superior articles OF onbne
furniture, At an average Of thlry per cent dednc.
ton from the prices heretofore obtained by the
Richmond cabin makers, which has thrown oboW
three quarters Of the whole business into my hands,
and enabled me to continue to sell nj my first prices,
| not wLstundng the general urn out OF the lour-
neymen in n W York, and their demand of about
twenty. five per cent, extra wages The employers
md ournoymcn ofhs city, finding that continue
TO sill At ny old prices, and that the turn out Of tho
New York lourncylncn has no, had the oflce, Of
compelling me to raise my prices, have resolved on
one desperate fo MS bold as IS unprnclplcd, to
force mn from tha market, by misrepresentation and
faschood but the subscriber would say TO them in
he language of the immortal bard
Come one, come all
This rock shall sooner fly,
From its firm base than l.
In conclusion would say 20 the pubic, that
VIC shall continue Gin spite Of all conblnnilons,)to
manufacture Era rate articles "f cabinet furniture
4, our unprecedented lo prices, md roq'est all per
sons wishing to purchase IN coH and eramtne f0t
Mcmsc'pcs md decide between us and our chlum-
na.ors Before taking lenve Of the cabinet makers,
we would say to them, that It they have any thing
more to say on the subj ct, we would take II us
favor, if they would say II at once that VIC may
answer it now while out Of humor. Bong
naturally of u disposition we would like to
get through wrh them now while VIC nre crusfy
we therefore hope the committee will not take nnnih-
err three weeks to prepare reply to this very po'
lite and civil rcjorder.
EDWARD l.. TREDWELL.
Richmond, May 1t