The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-29
OFFTG1AL:
]. W. CLOUS,
Capt. 88th Infantry,
4. D. @. and A. A. A G..

BRADsTREET's MERCANTILE AGENCY.-A We
stated some time ago, Messrs. J. NJ. BRADsTREET
l. Son Of New York, had determined to establish
in this city branch Of their improved Mercantile
Agency. ALI the arrangements necessary have
now been completed. Mr.. FONDA, o acompetent, and
above all most courteous gentleman has charge
Of the business here. He has made the tour Of
this State, Georgia. Florida, and portions Of North
Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi, and has per-
fected as near as possible the rating Of the busi-
ness houses in these States. In few days he
will open his Office in the old Elmore Insurance
building, Broad street, and will be ready for busi-
ness. From all We have been able to learn, and
we have taken some pains in the matter, Messrs.
BRADsTREET's Agency, is the most perfect and re-
liable of any in the United States, and as an act OF
Justice to them we have been requested to publish
the following letter. z
IT will be remembered that Messrs. Dun Il Co.
had branch establishment here prior to the war,
and we believe they contemplate re-establishing
it. This letter, explanatory Of recent law suit
between them and the Messrs. BRADsTREET, does
not place them in very favorable light:
J. M. BRADSTREET & SON, IMPROVED MER-
CAMILLE AGENCY.
NEW YORK, June 18, 1867.
Dear Sir I'm March, 1866, the firm OF Dun,
Wiman Co., the Canada branch OF Il. Ct. Dun d
Co., Of this city, commenced an action against us
in Canada, alleging that we had copied certain
portions Of their Canada Volume OF Commercial
Reports.
As neither Of our firm had ever seen the book we
one else, either directly Or indirectly to copy it.
| and as the person We employed to superlntend the
revision Of Canada West for our book denied under
oath having made any copies from other books, we
deemed it unnecessary to take any noti"e OF the
newspaper reports so industriously circulated by
our opponents, and quietly awaited the legal in
vestigahons confidently believing they would be
far more damaging TO them than to Us.
But the evidence at the late trial forces on us
made the revision Of Canada West for Volume 18
Of our book, either had access TO- and copied cer-
tain errors in Dun, Wiman Co.'s book, or was
made the dupe of conspiracy on the part OF Ger
tain parties who furnished reports for both
We can only say the reports we are accused Of
| copying were furnished to us in manuscript as
original, and paid for as such; and whatever our
legal liabilities may be for the acts of others done
without our knowledge or authority, We assure
| the mercantile community that we never have
| knowingly adopted and never shall be willing to
| youch for, the ratings Of any other mercantile
| agency than our own.
| Since the commencement Of the suit our Canadian
Reports have been thoroughly revised, and we
take this occasion to invite those who desire the
best book OF commercial reports, to carefully COM
pare ours with any other published before renew
ing their subscription to either. Tho different
books will speak for themselvee.
| J. NJ. BRADSTREET & SON.