The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
C. @. D. Supply Company.
How they Tr.ca the Grangers

Some Of our Fulton farmers @
been receiving circulars from w.. last is
ports to be G. o. D. Supply <4z1
pauy, proposing TO sell every and any
kind OF merchandise al % and 80 per
ceut. lower than home dealers. To-
give TO the agent twenty per cent
mission in cash, in addition giveI
agent a premium for club or gniGsfs
bills; or for every dollars worth of iitar
goods ordered, the agent furni lteha&
order slip. for which he recgli nIao a. ~
cents; OF his amount the agetion of fsI
> cents, sending the Compans, au7tI
on every 100 order slips sold. Jht
Is permitted to retain So and rpqnfV1
To send the Company S2G in cash: they
then promise To send the articles or
dered at the price named in their cir
cular to lie paid when the gouds are
delivered ia the nearest Express office
The rick is very transparent, aud we
don know that any OF our farmers
have bit at it. but the fact that thee
circulars are in circulation renders an
exposure necessary. The following is
an extract from their voluminous and
in some respects plausible circular:
THE CIRCULAR
The feeling at the present time among
consumers l. very favorable To our plan
of sales People are beginning to tud
out that they can buy goods direct f'on
large dealers great dealer. cheaper
than they can buy from their home
stores, and the agent who goes 90 work
now, and takes advantage of ahis state
of yelling and me lJaiivv if--uT We or
fer, can aud do mike money The
people are becoming fully alive to the
fact that large per eentage of the
amount of what they pay for goods at
their home stores l. absorbed by mid
dlemen. and that there should be some
way 10 save this burdensome tax--und
any plan which has for its object the
saving of this per ceutage is deserved
iy popular The question is now be
ing thoroughly aeitated, and i receiv
ing the attention OF the greatest mind.
Of the nation The plans of orr &.
. y sales have resulted from this agi
tation aud desire to aid the peo.
pie in their raid against mid
demen. and at the same time make
money by legitimate trade The work
iugs of our plan furnish "A practirni
solution of the difficulty Of doing away
with the profits of middlemen, for by
our sales the people are euabled To &c
cure goods in such quantities a. they
need direc from frsf hands at Jirs'
prices, or jobber> prices. and At no
RISK All these facts, with the very
low price OF our goods considered make
The securing Of orders now by our
>ale,men a comparatively easy matter
The system OF jpbbiug houses sell
ing goods to retail dealers hy >amTg.
has long been in vogue, but we believe
we are the first OF the large jQbbng
houses 10 send saIesmcn direct to the
people with samples Each time one
of our statesmen goes over the territory
his trade increases. especially so after
people will begin to look for him. vii
retain their orders Tor HIM. and he
soon fluids that he has huiit UP ior
himself large and profitable trade
which Is all his own; he only l. known
10 his customers IN the trau-ac ion. and
the trade belongs to him, and cannot
be taken awuy-iu this il differs from
most other agencies The people Of
your cS&uty buy u great many thou
- SSss6f dollars worth Of goods every
yeir and will buy wherever they eau
bay cheapest. aud TO the best advan
-L.A..e \axxnu can. in our trade
at their hOlne stOTes- THETe Is no rea-
,on why. if you work. you should not
haze the hulk of the trade "f your
9Th You can figure what it won d
BE worsA to you The capital required
i very small--n~ capital, in fact-and
considering the magnitude which the
business may attain in your hands, the
pay We offer YOU j. very large.