Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
DIsREPuTABLE.
L. Meyer 6 Co. Attack he V hole Business Com
 munity or Tucson,
Because of the Recent Action in Regard to the Dis count on Mexican
 Money.
The Tucson Star Fully En- dorses the Disgraceful
 Attack,

In th- Star of on Tuesday an. red a two-column advertisement of .ae house of Meyer & Co.,, and signed by the members of the firm. Taat advertisement is a scurrilous attack upon our business community, and ?, is tue duty Of the CITIZEN, asi 1t sboaid have been the duty of Inc Star, 10 re- g-.s a4l caszu4 ihe aeUor 3f le firm in question, whose policy, for s0me months past, has been t0 throw as much odium as possible upon the business methods of their trade com pctitors. Our lsaIiug merchants are referred to in the advertisement winch appears this morning as "ris- erable hucks,ers. .".' cormorau,s, uu. prmcipled sharks and "shayers Of money" The occasion for this flow of BLliaesgate and the unlimited amount of abuse which accoDpa1ies it seems to Ll,e been the fact that our merchants. deemiug it for the bes iu-
 crest Of Inc entire community that the evil popuIarly known as the adobe nuisance should be abg;ed, recently held mceing-the proceed ings og which were published in the CITIZEN at the ume-lnd resolved 10 establish uniform rate of discount upon the Mexican money, and by tha. means force i' from the channels oI commerce. The rate of discount adopted was Jlat which obtains in every other city in the Uuilej States where Mexican money finds its way. Al the Leyius Hsll meeting every prominent business house in Tncsou was represented with the exception of two. One Of these was the house ol TulIy & Och0a. and the only reason why 5Ir Tuly wss not present was
 the fact t.at he wss too ill toatsnd, as his house was in full sympathy with lhe movement. The other house was ihst of j. Icyer & Go. The anti doby movement has been so often discussed in these columns that il is uo. necessary Co r,rro3Uce tlt sszu ments in is uyor. Suffice it to say that our merchants without exception have to pay for their goods in United States currency. To obtain such currency they must dispose of theii Mexican money at a discount usually of ten per cent Any sane person must know that in order 10 do a safe business they must add that ten per cent Co the price of their goods. Who eventually lose that ten per cent. is patent IL is necessarily the consum- CTS of the goods, for the above reason, and they. and not tbe merchants are benefited by the anti d0by move menl The disgracelul headlines under which the Messrs Meyers fling mud at their business rivals vii. not convince sensible people that they can pay for their goods in Mexican money and not be obliged Co make good the discount. If they can buy goods cheaper than theIr riya s. well and good but the fact remains that they can sell those goods ten per cent. cheaper over ubo counter for Ameri- ! can than for Mexican money.
 Interference 60 the meeting which was held at Leyn'5 Hall the Messrs. ] Meyers say:
 In the interest of jhe people and lO. inc protection Ut honest, square leal- : iag merchants. duty impels us aEaU ! fl vara the people. and Co dcnognc. ! as uumitjEafed fraud. cheat sham ant swiuule oi tAe most liaErant charac' ! ter. the recent action 0i some ol tht ] s,rf-stvIed ioa.IuE merchants Of luc- ! con in uubaeGing Go tbe world that ol ! and afur tlc 10th of November ihel . intend tu further rob the people. DO ! alone iu the t.asly and shoday char. ae,er of the goods they sell et egor nous profits. but To actually ilcn lrcu them. through the ins,rumentall.y O . their t1eacuer5us combination, ie. ! cents on every Mexican doiiartae peo r.e are foolish enough to spend viti ! them.
 The above sueaks foy itseli Sen ! sib-c people arc not to be caught witt
 such trash. They will go to sucl
 business houses as win sell the sam ! character of goods for the least money : but Che CITIZEN indignantly protest ! ;hat the entire business community O ! Tucson-with the self-appointed eX ! cqDiion of Messrs. l.. Meyer & Co. ' farzooth-is not @ community of rob
 bers or thieves or conspirators, an . the publication of such a islander [
 the world should be promptly mo : with the condemnation of our whol
 people. The Messrs. Fully & Ochoa
 Che Messrs. Zeckendorf, Messrs. LOT
 E Williams, Mr. Theodore Welisch
 and all the other merchants of Tue son-still with the sole exception C
 the Messrs. l.. Meyer S Co.-ha7
 lived too long in this community an ! have expended too nuch energy an
 capital in making our ely what it
 for a rIval firm to be allowed to assa them in so slanderous a manner witl
 out some protest from the decent peC pie of the community. The ClTIzE
 believes that that protest will now J embodied in such form as to nal
 the Messrs. L. Meyer & Co, bitter
 regret their action