The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10
HOME AFFAIRS.

shall take the occasion to notice spe-
cially some home affairs. And we shall
do it from the standpoint Of the KE-
NosHA TELEGRAPH and the TELE-
GRAPH PRINTING OFFICE.
Complaints in relation to the prices
Of some goods in Kenosha having
reached us from various sources, in
duces the taking of special notice of
some home affairs. We shall not, how
ever, be confined to matters in relation
to which complaints have been made,
but will, as far as may be, take a gen
eral survey.
DRY GOODS AND MERCHANTS.
Twice at least within space of time
reaching not very far back, we have
received communications for publica-
ton, saying that Dry Goods were sold
higher in Kenosha than any place else,
or that such goods could be bought
lower any place else than in Kenosha.
One of these communications was writ
ten in the country, and the other in
Kenosha. Not knowing that these
statements were true, and not willing
to publish them if not true, we struck
them out, and the communications
were published without them. How
far these statements were founded on
public opinion, we do not know: Nor
do we know whether dry goods are
sold higher or lower in Kenosha than
elsewhere. This we know, that dry
goods, as we'll as other goods, should be
sold lower in Kenosha than any place
else, except perhaps Racine and Wau-
kegan. Real estate with buildings,
rents of buildings, and the cost Of liv-
ing, are much lower in Kenosha than
IN Chicago and Milwaukee, and by so
much Kenosha has the advantage for
low prices Of goods. Real estate, and
rents, and cost Of living may be lower
in the county, than in Kenosha, but the
inevitable limitation of business and
other disadvantages, will more than
counterbalance such advantages.
To sell low our dry goods merchants
should buy as low as the lowest, and
extend their sales to their utmost ex-
tent. Do they thus buy and extend
their sales? We have four dry goods
merchants or firms: Doan & Brown,
Lee Fellows. Fisher, Lentz & Co., and
Mathews & O'Brien. There may be
some others, but if there are, we shall
not notice them at present. We have
reason to believe that these all buy
their goods to the best advantage they
can, and we know they make some eff
forts to extend their sales, for they all
advertise their goods. just now how
ever, Lee Fellows and Doan & Brown
are not advertising in the TELEGRAPH.
Fellows discontinued his advertise
menu two weeks ago, and Doan &
Brown theirs last week, during the
dull times. In this we think they are
not doing the best they could to ex-
tend their sales. Fisher, Lentz & Co.
andiMathews & O'Brien continue their
advertisements without regard to dull
times.
They all claim that dry goods are
sold lower in Kenosha than any place
else, and it remains for them to satisfy
the people that their claim is just, and
we trust they will do it.
Doan is subscriber for the TELE-
GRAPH, and Brown has it sent to a
friend in Michigan. The others are
not subscribers, but their subscrip-
tions would be received with pleasure.
Fellows has very little job work
done at the TELEGRAPH Printing Of
flee, and the others none. Other Off
ces run in debt to them, in place of
paying, and SO they give them their
job work. Not because they prefer
them to the TELEGRAPH Printing Of
flee, but because the latter does not,
like others, run in debt to them.
PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS.
We should next notice our merchant
tailors and their goods, but for reasons
which may be inferred by the time
this article is closed, we now notice
our schools. And what is said of
them, it must be understood, is with
out having once within a year, visited
the schools. Our public schools were
the first FREE SCHOOLS established in
the State Of Wisconsin, and, at an ear