, 1873-11-23
ALI tho Neoessarios Reported Firm
by tho Retailers.
A Reduction in Tho 'prieo Of Luxurics, Dry
Goods, and Furniture Alone
Porceptiblo.
The. Struggle Going On Between
=. .Sollcr and Buyer.
1T Must End In n General Cheap
a. .cnillg of Staples.

quiet but worry earnest warfare betwcen tho
two c1aasoa into which commerce divides ,llu-
nauty, tho buyers and tho solora. When ti1neH
aro oasy, and money is circulating freely and in
e"odly bulk, the beBt Of good feeling prevails
botueon retail merchants and thoir customers.
The former aro accommodating III, tho way Of
credit, and extend thor business by oyory possl-
bic means. aud the latter bother themselves but
little about The prices charged, Us long as tho
goods purchased arc satisfactory mud tho shop
koopora rest contonted with occanional payments
at tho cuHtomors' convenience. All goes Oil SWIM
1ningly. Tho rotailers aro pleased at tho profits
they aro making, and 1t ID only when tho yaluo
of their money is mado moro apparent by tho
advent Of tight money market that tho Gus
tomors begin to think that tley aro not getting
as muoh for thoir money MS thoy ought to. Com
pared viii, other cities Of the Union, Chicago ia
not by auy means what ID known as :.
IA DEAR CITY,"
Tho competition in all branches Of rotnl husi--
nesa' is 80 keen that rotaor would find 1t Diff
cult to charge an exorbitant prico for any article
without having the questionable pleasure Of soe-
ing his customer remove his account to tho op-
position establishment, at tho most not moro
than, block distant. Tho first thing .
wlso' houseleoper ought to make up his
mind to do, though it Ia gen-
orally the last. is to cconomizo. Tho
first thing ho Invariably docs is to acan Lis
household accounts minuto1y and find num-
ber Of what lo conHidors grossly extraysgant
charges which his. butol.cr, or grocer, or coal-,
doaler hae been guilty of. uo makoa inquiries
md finds that IN astuto bIr. Brown, who liyea
only throc doors oil, gcta various articles OF
home consumption ut choapor ratos than those
ho has been paying. Browns sugar. probably
heavily sanded, costa cent pound less thau
his. Browns coal has diminished Browns OK
chequor by 30 conts ton less than did that Of
the cxasporated housokeepor. Browns beef,
albeit bony and by no means q primo cut, costs
Him several cents pound less than docs that
which graces the table OF
THE THOROUGHLY INDIGNANT uouBEKEEpEn.
Without pausing to consider that while he
has boon IN easy-go1ng, perhaps careless, houso-
Hooper, Brown las lont his brain to tho study
Ing out Of the problem Of where to get tho
oheapese Of ovorything, ho at onco lays full
blame upon his shopkeepors, md begina to try
hero aud thero, In tho hope of omulating whnt
hc considers Browns good example. Then ho
finds out that, while aomo articles nre dearor in
BONO places t1ian others, thoro are also to be
found in those places articles cheaper than olse-
where, and, as lie has not tho ingenuity aud por-
severance nko Brown. to enable him to hunt up
juBt whore tho various goods Gun DO obtained at
tho most satisfactory pricoa, and has an utter re-
pugnance to mhking tour among g. number OF
shops and collecting an arrnful, or basketfnl, OF
cheap supplies, lo il forced back to first princt-
pies aud runs tho old accounts OH usual with
tho 90 shopkoepere:: Ho aoes That The ono thing
naodful to cnnblo him out Of Ills $25 q week to
keep Lis little household going ia
TO PRACTICE TRUE ECONOMY,
Which consists rathor in buying as little Of eyory
curo HAT 4 ,nn nv far s,s;, G1sI '"n1u 6opn ~
tida th+ H., n, ~ SOW. a. nosoio; w; -; nnon ~
mnnfhu "a ~ oro,d .,ns.nsSns5 "a o,.;, - ~"
con,;t H. TruI,1t1; u"% hao,t, ear . ~
foa tout IL 1t nfInKn M os napk bearing ner cent n
Gonositnru inv anon +lo cor,,ar jnds fiIo, ~ :;
nmoetic natte uon ,n to nrnnu ,o.s - e,
woTc ancrorn IN ;nt;gniia 'Ao eA1'@'5 - "AOon ~
Tho hard limos which aro at present upon us,
ancl, nroannct ~ 1nst;n .aSa "4t, 4hos pAOm III
hnrsakonnerI viii ho iratif'a1 pot o,3v T.; a,a. ~
nnizne Knit aIsoIn 1onIs;nr wall III into al ta;r
PURCHASES, and aatisfying Themselves that thoir
fairy cnttle t. Thnro ia M ont tm th,t 70 .ho -
vaniou ~ t,a nocoaatia. 1ran ntta s;,,e,aa
anw srn, ~ f"l1;n ~ AMI +oa,n. ~ na,'
cate e,,ntonrs hy oWor;n, nr;nas aro too to an
~ .s.nr cos;oros,o,.s & r,1u1e ~ , - WV "p'
arou,nr that thoir 81 mas hcn1 nocaas;}ios tim
deman3 rn,1st cnntinma an3 nFicaa Ioan ,,r ~
cordinalv.. Tus II comcs tlat toro s not n III
sv1naf IN riooa hat,roa y nJs tnas
hGEinhE1H3 A 0t1or1 In 1ryy
fo nonadarahv !, nix ~ t ,nn1aaoa mny
ket. withont tiio rotailnrs' cm1tomnra Tacoiuno @
nnv nivnntaoe Houaal,oanora sl,a'I1 ino1s - -
fheso mattera and Gacn tIa rotoIora ~, - ~.
VIII rnrari to thom ,1wova iott;nn r. tb ~ sha
Keepers watcl tha rises in ny;ce' wh;6b tlnV "ra
quito capable Of lolng. rho fact NJ tho mnttnr
il tlat az cenoral rufo 1,oonlo viii t},o resnnns.
biEy Of isomo on their sio,,iiars are 16pn,sinr
moro koouly ut curront expensos. nnd in manS
cases holding earnest conyereo with their shon.
koenora nnn1,t nricnH In ranora1 frv;no In M.
auade the lattor thnt. inasmnc], ~ jug ~ f'@-
gALAn1re AnE COMING nnwr,
prices should come down too-a proposition
nraeiats IN ornr to nd ont ~ wntar ~ IT, 'G
fimea and thu freouent ntexnostu1ntiona oY cnatnm.
era haa lad any eifoot in 'weakening j tho retail
vnatardsv commssio9e n w"n,1ar mau[, Thn tha
shonkeanars and fnf nnt the;r vawa on TX aniD ~
jeat. Tic arst place DO visited was Wholesale
from tho nnnnbor ~ n,atomars a',a ,anero ~
of activity WA doinc nn,to n goo1 T h,5s;,eas Il