Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-09-24

Editors Bristol NeuS
la communication 10 your paper OF last
week, our BRISTOL SYSTEM ot Trade was com
m.uCed uu 10 limited extent. The article
vas we'll timed aud veil directed aud re-
sroL to see that "a III, r;h.nt" did not ven
uiste the question, in TINS weeks paper III
stronger terms.
In your paper Of to-day botice the
startling ststemeGt that dried iruIt Is sell
lug 10 BRISTOL at price that will insure The
lo-s VI mOuey 10 the buyers
Tu, wIiter Is n ciuz IA OF Bristol. He IL
not u merchant, UuL he Ihluks he has bus
Less seuse enough u know that the Trade
If BRISTOL, as at present. regulated, i, u rum
O.s vSii aud n crying shaun. IL is Iuj arr.
Jus To the country, oppressive 10 the hUIue
consumer, aud gnly detrimental u tue
mel chsuts rs class aud ruluvus 10 many
VI h IN.
Tue unht alihy and scbseless competitor
q the Il vi trade, year before last, UccAs.
,unt d To our town u IJss vi Iusby luousauu
iOiaIr, aud cause u the "smasn w." totai
failure, aud absolute run VI the ngtns
p4r,Icipat. d in il. Tue iru't crop " tla
year sf ,rded our merchants splendid "p-
purtunlty for lar prof 5, aud would have
add, d much TO tue worth of our town aud
sec,i n, had b isiUl meu passed the basil
uess capacity ~ ulsp us tho d,hereuco DO
| tween profit Rud Iuss, aud " regulated
! trade. Then, rs nov, running" against
eacn other, shd buying custom, was the . =
der ut the day, iruiL tau W ny rcgu u odd,
| from 81 per bu ,hei, the very gh 81 nsuit
II shou d have reached, ~ Tho 'aUui III
pr,ce Of &c: 10 per bu>n'd TINS price ~,
onI, lett II maigiu ior pI"h UuG IVES really
Tar above the ihen sell ng price IN n. \.
ami P1ilade phia.
fa,I n enna n l.aR Il ~ l..
ever aiming tue i'."rle IN tie cOhn:ry, A.d
A. every body dad nut, and xpscIo1 G..
make ln-lr Iutuie IL Unce, a Senern rush
| fr BRISTOL was made from tie Iuur qua 10 5.
| F,uIt was hue 10 IN halt srce", ia dr. d,
= Il Ia mrnJ IT ,o,.rcsp c,s, uubs ."r nt,k 81,
Il M be-. 90 If ronc NJ ha / C o IsIt II
a SO rs, preto,Ilug 90 ,o'e 81 10 % ai'o 'lng
NJ. W. ..itin 10 buJ ~ -, anl nike y IA.
nSl n Oh of TINS same ut sv;~ u Pi l.
al,Iuh,a a. one Ceilt per 10 aud an AUsViu e
loss vas sustained upon The cup. thus
one OF the most valuable crops Oi the sessurt
vas fritod away. One ii tbs most useiul
aud whrlsome articles oi 20 ID, placed De-
,nud the reach OF the puot it'DiIies 4 The
Ip%r, and the poor deIuled iai'he men ct
at'erastd., fu.d hiu.seli rgrcslous'y nun
plugged.
| lake the SINCE item o. ifuit, Tor Illus
trauou; what Is said of this may he said q
almost every other article Of trade. win
the lm neuse 10. of trade rom u large al, q
II rich "uuntry, the Br,st,l Merchants at,
IN k ug mouey THIS d ploraOle cond'tio,
If thugs, l. du' u i, nerai want of Ousi
ness capacity, or to the recklsssaeSs, and
Saut OF common sense on Jhe pert al ftio
and a., r. eau Ue Out httle doubt II Is Of
{ attributable a. tine latter case. Tue uttel
want ui business Integrity among u ose |, "
4 a Ia nl.aa IA
trade Ia Bris OIL" and the want oi a WEI
regulated trade ~oiks incsiculsb,e II jur,
and hard hip u the town aud surrouudiu,
country, Such Is the m gnitude VI thi
sreat evil, that II Is impossible IN singh
article u more than glauco at To" oI u
ugy teatur,s, at tie same tlm", II u "
.uch vital moment 10 the well beng, an
g / prosperity vi Uur town aud c uItry, that
. uelnk "A party Interested, | shall cohtinn
tue work, uuLl tue nuiNance-aud 4 sbo q
,ng else-is aburd. TIL authors Of III
pre- St ut system OF Brlsio' trade Isll be OK
pissed, rs we'll as tier mOdtts Optrdndt, q
'"buying Gus om," aud ",a'chh & trade.
d Tue people SHAFT know how II Is, our Jay
D., haSkers aud Bummers, eau pay h'gnr
y prices tor produce, aud sell goods 10 W
$ III N our good, substantial, reliable incl
chants end the POI people shall kbO" VII
they pay ttoo prices tor provisions III brl'
q iol, t6al sell tor one prlcs al Abingdon au
JOurtbpro. Why No have q iahure eVeI
u lew days, and how these failures Eject
10 abroad aud at ONE.
A NV Yurk, Philadelphia aud BaltimoI
u have their 'Rslired Mel chauIs." Brisv
IN has her.
propose to show how Brit merchiT
propuses 10 retire, how be re'ir =, aud The
exhibit HIM retired, fiom which IL wil 81
r. pear that,
Lives Of our merchants all remind US,
Is That our fortunes are easy made,
And In retiring We leave behind rs,
L. Foo. prints the sands OF Trade III,
., Ia conclusion | ask tne ass'stance OF u
~ Substantial mer, hants OF the place, aud u
We 20 III pe.lls OF the country IN snpprrssi'
Phi. or, al ,yil A CITIzgR.