Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-26
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s UNION sTORES.ss


8 UNION sTORES.S III.
ha. EplroR lin the last tss.mber Of the
Red Wing r publiean : new light appears on
the fnahsiA horizon which premises Cir to
eclipse oil the theorising luminaries which
have heretofore appeared, blazed for season
and disappeared Ike a meteor leaving the
financial world in greater darkness for their
having shone. "At one fell swoop" all the
lcigning systems Of trade and commelc CO are
leveled in the dust and on their ruins is to
be erected an old exploded system. impracti-
cable here, and Improbable anywhere, as .
great and enever falling panaoea for al our
financial and commercial Affections. Isay the
system proposed is exploded, for I have the
best reason for knowing that it has failed in
nine out Of every ten trials and every reas-
onins mind must see at once that even ii the
plan 50 earnestly recommended could be
carried out no advantage could possibly ac-
crue to any one but the agents, who in fact
are simply merchants doing business Oh bor-
rowed capital. But Mr.. Snow thinks differ.
emily, and let US look 4 little 10 the reasons
he gives ''".for the faith that is in him" He
first proposes to dispense with "intermedi.
ate or middle mem and follows up his prop.
osition by cnumerating the following persons
as necessary to the establishing ozone county
Union Store: LIST: Agent in New York
I'd. United State Central organization of in.
d. fnate numbers and Of unknown and un.
responsible members /; 3D.. Agent in the
country; 4th. Managing committee to legis
late and control the agents 9Th. One thous.
and stock holders to furnish tho funds and
regulate and control the conmittee.; Thus
by his own showing we SEQ that inferno.
date or middle mem are dispensed with with
q vengeance. Under the present system .
trade, the country merchant and the import
Ter are all that necessarily sdd to the cost Q
goods: BY passing them through their hand:
no middle men are required or often used
Eor is the numbers engaged inmanasging ont
business the worst feature Of the proposed
SYSTEM The success of an Union Store
must necessarily depend wholly upon the en-
ergy, tact, honesty and financial ability Of the
agents employed. This fact Nj: Snow ad.
mits, and how, after this admission can he
ask men to place their money, their produce
and above ill their credit beyond their con
troll and in the hands of an irresponsible
agent who has no incentive to action Or hon.
|esty saves paltry salery Of perhaps six hund'
red dollars per year. All faith must b
placed in the agents word. The farmer ha.
only the agents word for it, that he receive:
the market price for his produce, or that HI
pays only the stipulated price for his goods
in fact the agents word must be taken fo'
his own honesty /; he is the only witness il
court, for if the " Union' system has 81
maay advantages over the present one, al
competitor lanst fly from it as from thl
glance Of destiny, and the agents say 50 vii
alone regulate the markets. Mr.. s. draws .
fine pen.pictare Of an imaginary farmer will
an imaginary bag Of potatoes on his shoulder
an imaginary quarter Of beef in his hand
peddi;ng from door to door and from store t
shop begging some generous dealer to take
his produce off his hands, but begging ii
vain. Does he icean by this to assume thai q
an Union Store agent Will buy wat there y
no market for? And that Other dealers WI
not buy what there is market for? Can
an Union Store afford to pay more for pro-
duce than they sell it for 1fthey do they
certainly must do large business to keep
up their capital stock. 1fthey can do business
successfully on this principle they are a good
institution, and every family should have one.
Prove it and Cobb shall be ousted, Snow
shall be instated and the United States
Treasury shall hereafter, be conducted On the
Union Store principle. Give us "Conierr
mation strong as Holy Writ, or ct leas.
something more likely to be taken as evil
dence, than your day-d dreams or moon-struck