The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-25
rhs Lumber Question.

EDTToRs News: In reply ID the Re
marks Of the editor of the Sentinel in hi
last issue, wish 10 place briefly befor'
the public the following assertions, not
ing that the Sentinel editor in endeavor.
ing to prove that his assertion made s
week ago is true, does not mention ont
specific instance, stating names and
particulars in proof thereof:
1st. It Is not notorious among well
informed and reliable men Of sny bust
ness in this city that lumber is unreason-
ably high.
end. Lumber and building material
of all kinds are sold at lower prices for
the same grade than at any competing
town.
3rd. Lumber is sold in this city as
low In small quantities snd lower in
large quantities than il can be bought
and shipped in by non dealers.
4th. Our heaviest contractors do not
slip in their lumber but buy it of the
Chicago Lumber Co.
5th. This state of things Is MT the re-
suit of the Sentinels effort, but it is the
permanent policy of the Chicago Lum-
Der Co. The Chicago Lumber Co. wish
it thorou ghly understood that they are
now and always have been ready to du-
plicate to cash customers any figures
that can be obtained from reliable deal
ers elsewhere with freight added
With regard to ''taffY.'' any statements
| have made have the merit of being
true and susceptible of proof.
With regard to building material ship
ped in here from other points. do not
believe that with all the information
claimed by the Sentinel he can show
proof of one car shipped in By non-deai-
ers to hundred handled by the Chica-
go Lumber Company at this point or
one car shipped in to ten sold by the
Chicago Lumber Company at wholesale
and shipped from this point to custo-
mers at other points.
The Chicago Lumber Company does
not claim to figure to all parties at bed
rock figures. Men who buy largely and
pay promptly can buy cheaper than men
who take up good deal of our time in
figuring, rarely buy and never pay when
they agree 10. The mechanics and bust
ness men Of this city, are as good as will
he met with anywhere, but there are
some men who will strike pretty high
figures at the Chicago Lumber Cons
pany Office, and still few more who
will not get figures of us because We
can't find them to figure with them al
though we have had man for the last
month specially detailed 10 hunt them.
We have daily applications TO figure
bills from parties who have no intention
of buying of us and who think we have
little to do but to supply them with fig
ures to crafty their curiosity, or that
they may peddle our figures to other
dealers here or abroad. We wish it un-
derstood that we are never too busy to
figure bills and show our material to
persons who wish to buy, and on the
other hand, we have no time to waste on
any persons who desire to obtain our
figures that they make public statement,
based on insufficient information.
We have at this writing man in this
Office who got our figures on bill stat
ing that he had the cash to purchase
with, but now having obtained our cash
figures. wants time. We are not seek
ing to sell lumber on time at cash prices.
Persons wanting short time from US
can get ii with good security, but not at
cash figures.
Let me repeat To persons who mean
business and want to pay cash, the Chi
cagO Lumber Go. will duplicate any
price list made by legitimate lumber
dealers at any point with freight added,
and don't you forget il off'n your mind. |
Yours truly. S. GUERIER