Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-01
JOHN KENwoRrHY, Auctioneer.
Public Sale
FOE SAlE
CIRCULAR!

ME HAVE RE-TAKEN THE -FOUR STORY
wv and Basement Store. IS BARCLAY STREET, oc-
cupied by US during the last four years, and shall
continue to devote ourselves to the Commission
Trade in Domestic Fruits and Country Produce.
To provide amply for our increasing business, We
shall hereafter devote the first floor and basement of
our Store to the heavy, bulky, and perishable ar1-
cles, converting the second floor into a Salesroom
for Fancy and Staple Bread stufs, and reserving
the two upper lofts entirely for storage.
Producers and Merchants will please observe that
we are emphatically a Commission House, confiI ing
ourselves rigidly to this class of trade. We believe
it to be injudicious to combine Speculative and Com
mission trade in the same concern, and make it a
point of honor not to sell property of our own in
competition with that of our consignors.
Our policy and our ambition is to establish a per-
manent business, that willpay us adequately though
moderately, for the labor and risks incurred, and
save to our consignors the profits Of intermediate
agents and traders. We mean to charge such a rate.
of commission that we can afford to. give first rate
attention to property ~intrusted to our care. and make;
prompt, frank, and honest returns therefor.
Our steadily increasing business indicates that our'
consignors generally deem our services worth their
cost. While Spectators, and men of more ambi =
ton and enterprise than good judgment or solid cap
ital, have occasionally made their " piles !" the ter
rahle experiences of the past year has fofcibly shown
that prudent policy and cautious judgment, COM
bined with systematic and energetic business hab-
its, are not without their ultimate reward.
The recent unparalleled revulsion having made a
pretty clean sweep of the weak and poorly managed
business concerns, including many that were gener-
ally repu.ed strong and sound, entailing losses, en-
barrassment ard distress upon every part of the
country we may now fairly anticipate a period of
general retrenehment, and reform in the conduct of
trade, and the business habits of community. Bet
ter occasion never existed for shortening credits, fix.
ing the rule and establishing the custom, of exacting
the fullest and most explicit information of the pc
cuniary and business character of parties seeking
trusts of property in whatever form, and we suggest
to those having proper business reasons for iHquir-
ing into OUR affairs, that we are always ready to ia
ciitate such inquiries, by giving promptly and fully
the essential facts.
The trade in Produce is nominally for cash, but
prevalent custom varies the time of payment from
six to thirty days from delivery, constant risk being
thereby incurred in the business. We mean to do
our share towards placing this class of trade upon
an actual cash basis but a single concern cannotde-
part widely from the ruling custom without preJu-
cling the interests of its consignors.
There is a good deal of commission trade done in
this market without a clear understanding between
principal and factor Of the obligations of guarantee.
We prefer to make definite statements. GRAIN and
Flour and some other heavy staples are usually
sold in large quantities, at a small commission, with
out guarantee, and subject to charges for storage,
carriage, &c. BuTTER, CHEESE, EGGS, PeuLTRY,
GAME, VEGETABLES, and FRUITs, are usually sold at
a higher commission, covering guarantee and stor-
age. Commission Merchants are bound to exercise
reasonable and customary caution in making sales,
and II loss occurs tnreugh tneir negngence, from
credits 10 irresponsible persons, their ohsighorSWlh
have a legal claim on them for the amount, whether
the commission has covered guarantee or not; and
Iespectaoie h9uses usually sustaln Mouelaee loSses
sneuls s rasael slap .nrow elem upon mel con-
slshors, thousn tneir commission may hos cover
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On Gram, Grass, Flour, Seed, &C., at Wholesale,
without Guarantee, Q per cent-subject to all
charges actually acerulng thereon