Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-29
CORRESPONDENCE.
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 ON THE CARs April 26. To tue Editor of thc JOURNAL COURIER:
 am surprised more and more every day that live by the effect that newspapers have upon the public mind They form the opin- ions of those who read them as positively and as unconsciously, as the food we take supports our life. was told to-day that I was getting to be the ''town talk of the city of Philadel- phia, and although it was said partly in jest it had ''marks of truth" upon it. For more than year past have frequently sent you letters from that vicinity, and occasionally I sent 8 copy of the JOURNAL AND OoU- R1ER to a friend there. Without once thinking that it was anything but a compliment, was requested by many who received those papers to send them oftener. continued to do so until it has grown to be quite business. Nearly every week I send about a hundred copies out there, and still there is cry for more. And now comes my point of the effect. They seem to think that the city of New Haven is one vast 'fruff1e shop" where the whole world is supplied. They keep sending in orders and am now kept in that city almost as much as l am at home. And the benefit does not stop here. I have been informed that dealers seeing the
 
 on for price lists, and in some eases have sent orders, being led to do 50 by notices seen in the papers I have sent out to friends. l have always spoken well of our ingenuity in manu featuring, for who can boast of larger shops in many branches of:busiuess than we? And (al- though say it with all due modesty) firm ly believe 1t is the truth that the little I have said has resulted in much benefit to the city of New Haven.
 I was greatly amused, and also pleased, lit- tlc while ago in going into small town in this State (PennsylvRnia) and handing out my card to a gentleman who took 1t and said, Are you from New Haven ?" nodded ''Yes,' and continuing he asked, Do you know Mir.
 -? ?" Calling by name wellknown busi- ness man living iu the City of Elms). Why, he is an old friend of mine, and tell you he is the best posted man in his line of business in the United States" I suppose he thought lie was telling me some news, but I had been aware of that fact Gas many others have also) for years When any one man has brains enough to sell the goods that a factory, employing nearly 8 million dollars of capital, and having Ca part of the time) walls, turn out, that man should have more than local reputation. He is known to you all and he lives in New Haven.
 How many times I smile when I go into some of the Chapel street stores and pick up a yard of our kind of goods which they may have bought in New York (for local-some- thing never allows 8 factory to sell it's pro- ducts in it's native town except to limited ex- tent) and inquire it's cost and learn that they have paid liberal advance on the same, sim ply for the fact of it's coming through some New York house, when they could have added that little to the general good and prosperity of our city. Now don't understand me as finding fault, for in single bill place more of our goods in New York than the whole city of New Haven uses in a month, but am trying to show what others think of our manufactur- ing enterprises outside. A few days ago you published quite an account of what a new firm are to do who open soon in the Insurance build ing. In that article you said they were to ex- eel any other store in size in New England outside of Boston. Well, it may be correct, for New Haven is large enough for such store, but hope and trust with all my heart that when such store is opened it will be sufficiently patronized by the citizens of our city, so those who run it can afford to stay and make it grand and lasting success. I hear they are hiring very competent young men of our city to take charge of their differ ent departments, and also hope that the new firm will also patronize New Haven manufac- turers in every instance when they can do so to their own advantage. 'fWe shall see what we shall see.'' M. O. 8.