New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-29
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Bat cur statement contains also certain infer
eIces % our nED from shese facts and others an
uss, ard ~ these irierenoes also we hold our
selves responsible; for while we claim the right 10
issn car oSn cpiDions concerning the conduct Of
o.befs, IN matters which coscern az and she 2aoic
ard on &c OocAaions 70 express those opinions, re
somit that those Others may j2stlg expect from a.
| fair ceouc ions from tse iacts
We said In substance n AZ we did rot believe
that Roxbursh Il Co. did really sell 70 g. p & ca.
those thawls for prices % loE az they were enter
ed at; this wa matter Of opioiOa formed By as on
the fact sno still retained
We will state some Of the reasons Tor this opin
ion and then il can be seen bow far ir 10 justified
Oar invoices oftbese Roxburgh snAsls bear date
LAC as-Ssfsney wooIlo thsws At ga ds per esn'
| dated 0issg0v, June 2 1873.
g7q-ls fancy DOL long shssis a. @5s 3D. dl. per
cent dEied Glasgow, A1R 1873.
LA ssc 81 fancy WOOL loLs sss~s al -. ID diHs4 per
cent daied Gi.sow, Aug lss,
LA ssl- fsrcy wool long shawl at 20 50. Ola u per
! cent dated Glasgow, Aug 8, 1913.
! LAC SsE-e6fspey wool long shsss a. Sos dls 4 per
LA ss21 fancy WOO long shsvls Ct rs e. dis a per
LAC sss-4 fancy wool loDs shswls 90. ga as a per
/ cent dated GloRow, Aag. q, 1913.
LA 524 fancy wool long aha ss 81 ga 3D. d. a per
| cent dated glasgow, Aug q, 1919.
La 1866 fancy wool long shaws 81 SIS dis z per
cent dated ssgOw. A1g 1913:
LAC ees12 fancy wool log sbs-s ., Ss Sd. ds a per
/ cent dated Gisssow, Aug ~, lsss
LA s90-7s fancy wool long shsws sizss Cd DIS a per
cent dsied glasgow, A1g. 10, 1873.
We have a partner on the spot who has been q
! purchaser Of Dry Goods in Europe Tor upward OF
/ twenty years; we have been extensively engaged
In this trade and do not believe that he was ig
rorsnt Of the state of the market. The latest Of
these dates Is Aug l6, and the price 10 2ss. Cd.
| This was an actual sale for cash In the market at
that price.
On the 5th Of September, only 90 days atsrwsrd,
the identical article is invoiced By the same manu-
! fscturer at liza. Cd. and per cent. discount.
| NJ knnCE n al of yaoT en-
mot 80 per cent. as stated by Godfrey Psttison &
| Col in this article 10 the same business season
By reference 10 our invoices and those OF u. z. q
Co il will be that there il an sctosl difference
Of - per cent. on the three costs Of 2ss. ID. 3os
| and 42s.
1t 10 be borne in mind that this was fresh
article and that the season for its home trade does
| not commence until the middle Of August AID this
sale was on the 5th Of September; that hoxbursh
Il Co could have had no considersbes stock on hand,
for we had pressed them hard for deliveries and got
our last lot only twenty days before, q Ptttlaon
Il Co. say that all 10 TO be accounted for by fzctua
tit in market price during the intermediate time
but 10 ssch Auctuation In such time and under
such Circumstances conoelvsbei IL strikes us that
in their effort to make out this part OF their case
they have disclosed an extraordinary state Of
| things.
They produce the affidavit OF Mr.. Smart 70 prove
that ~ shawls manufactured by Roxburgh Co.
were bought by them In Losdon, August IS, ls45,
1t us aDo that hoxburgh and Co. price for them
In that same month Of August was 33s and 2os J
g. Pastison Co.'S letter asserts that hozbafgh
Co. are most respectable merchants. 30 that &C
cordiDg to this, most respectable merchants have,
AZ the prices Of an article they manufacture, 2si
and 35s and actually sell at those raies, and al tie
same time the market value in London 10 lis.
But there are facts kDo wn 10 as which convince
Us that no such fuctuation Of the price OF these
| shauIs took place. We have nothing 20 do with
other shawls or other patterns, or other makers
who may have had large stocks OF some kinds OF
shawls; the inquiry is whether there was fa1 oil
40 per cent 10 the price Of these identical shaws
during that business season.
Now il 30 happened that we had occasion to
! purchase more OF these 5hs~ls la October, le46,
and on the 10Th October we paid Hoxburgh Co
els Cd. "a per cent discount, for what vas nvoiced
TO g. Patt Co. at lis. Cd. per cent. dlsooust
on the 5th day Of September; 20 that the article
which fell 90 per cent just at the opening OF the
! season for bone trade, rose about % per cent 70
| wards the close Of that season.
Again: our Mr.. hunroe being 10 London on the
| goth Oct. ls4s, found there lot OF these same
shawls for which we paid HoSburgh 2ss- 10 August
and tried to buy them. he offered els. cash, was
refused and told ess was the lowest price Tor which
| they could be had.
How can these facts be made to co 1sist with
decline Of - per cent in this article before the 3th
| Setember7
We have had q good deal Of experience in this
! trade but it was q novelty TO us that tue sna~ls
i'm ported by q Pattison Go. had on each ticket
and number corresponding 80 nearly when 30 read
with what were the market prices 10 IN OF the same
shswls.
Whist il the me aDipg Of No $500 attached to a
part ef these shawlsf They are toe same which
we paid 35s. for. The same question apple. 70
| the other numbers attached TO tae residue. THIS
may be significant Of nothing or Of something We
| believe the latter, and that the $500 mespt Jos
and Q should be glad to have any importer tell us
IL hat .uly
was il put there If LIS. was the marke. price
In December, ls4s, q. 2. & Co procured the std
davit of Andrew Roxbursb, which they pabiish
What led them at that time to fortify them'eves
with this Affidavit ia no business Of oufsi bat IL is
material TO observe that the purpose Of the sidA
Wit must have been to prove that the shawis were
renlly sold by him Of market prices, and the same
which ere set down in the bill OF sale.
He therefore il careful to state that the bill 10
| copied from his book, and undoubtedly this does
,eid TO show that the sale which tho bal certhes
was made bat after all, this is oAly toe work OF
| pen, and il would seem TO have been natural,
someu here and in some form, TO ST. e IN the oDIfa
pit, the fact that there oas a sale. Not only does
the AFFIDAVIT omit this, bat II apparently avoids H.
! The affidavit is a. follows;
/ {. 4 Andrew Roabursh Of the firm J. q Koxburga
dom uusnes, in Paisley do ,oeuIy MAKE GA sns ssy
Thai he sized invoice csssc 5h and I'm Sept 1885
tue cop, Of ne original e1'y 10 our oOO,, co On OLA ,am y,
esrs fhe prices charged w,s The fall yslas we eouid
have obtained ai nms, IN This Market ana iay 10 per
cent more Ihsn we eoald get for t.em Al prsssstp
(signeoJ ANDhEW Nun sOhOn
Sworn 's0: Exa Us l e fb
AryIDAvfrA.
"SAa.as fYvstsasd.n
Orr opinion was that the aha Wis were furnished,
/ and this affidavit does not change that opinion.
We have thus maee Known TO the pablo, 70
which q. Psttison 4 Co. have appealed, the part
we have in this affair. So far a. respects their la
tim alton that we have been In any way instrumen-
tn in bringing their nsmea before TIM public, either
in the Boston Alias or elsewhere. it 10 DOT founded
on any fact We have done nothing. ex 'ePt TO