, 1881-06-18
THE JEWELRY TRADE.
Efforts OF the Retail jewelers.
Associations to Monopo-
lie Il.
luxurious Results OF Their Mct1t-
ods-Compctition the Lilo 3:
Of Business.

of fstts,nnsx.
There appeared III recent Number OF the
Jc,Dclcrs' Clreuinr, a publication pattnnizcsl
by the matchmaking and jewelry trades, d
letter from w. II. fhOrp, OG Beaver Dam,
Wis, WHO signed It In Ills capacity Of Sccrc-
tary of the Wisconsin Retail Jewelers' Pro-
stcctivo Association. The burden OF Mr.
Tl,orp's complaint was that for long time
past Wholesale jewelry houses. nearly MI
locnted lit Chicngo, Ind bccii supplying
goods to outsiders at wholesale prices. 1t
was stated that ]obbets Ind sold Mt rcgnlnr
rates 10 dry-goods men. gr0ccry-kcepcrs,
druggists, dealers III nottons atld gentle
1lcil's furnishing snods. and the like. Tho
claim Inate was that this trade shnuld i,nye
come through tha rcu,,lnr authorized. si,npn-
u"n,s .Me s' ~ .,o
town. town city, or vi1sge in which 'he t',e purchaser a ser
might rcs,dc. Tile trade paper in QUESTION
tntlorsvtl tic sentiments OF tho letter, l,aul-
I'M, ini,l,ora frr sailing pon,ta tn nnrnntfv
outside tie trade proper; 49,:
porter Of TuE TnluuSs; dsveloped
"A ct,l.,ot,s STATE or AFrA1ns.
1t seems that III llllnofs, WISCONSIN. 1owa,
n'td so1na otlier States the retail jewellers
lAve formed associations, pledgEng tho menl-
bers thereot not to buy any goods from
,vl,ntoaoIo l,nrsns ar tohi,ors win aunnir ,rw
ae m"oesma ...,! '.oas w Joooc.s Mno supply o!y
gnods, notloiis. or othcr outside den!ers. III
short. 1t WIS sought to force tho
)atter ont Of the field, and for this purpose
tho Protective Associations before referred
10 published olack lists'" upon wh'cll thc
lialhcs'0f oftentllng lobbers afu dealers were
recorded, with q more or less cxteMded
,,,on ,,,,r,, r., H. - ftmvao,,nd ~ n,,,t ,i.n
'uc'' "e.u ~ pe AWyto.ea' "uo, WIZ
~" :" ",seo>e'Hts "'1As lucy s'o"e"t ~ u'e
plt,' a'.u As poss'o!e cohscaaeh ., ces' Luz IT,
pofter Sought ont some ot tlleal.
seen tho trade puper referred 10 and somp of
TIA r1ro,,iors tsu,ul ,,,. s6o 1vfsonn.it, asem.
cla,in',. Tn liz ,ninI tia % fnns9in,, sras ",c
~ ;,riI,cinlt o,,1v' frha na1Snf .sns wLoti,ar
oinr.a w. w. " ,tifmno to,,n ~ XIV.
,xSro r. eninv MI "', ,,nrsst r,ctn1
mnHo,,,t. NJ H.! I'm e,,,"ua .,,ar..i rS,.
I a rnsisf ~ W ncrI ~ ~ ss ssIto IL
Ill.,, n. ci VII " ,. at seso t ntes cne :" 1e p
rnttnpas sGtanw i,nforn - ia,.ar an,,iI i,nw., -
svs nv s Y y tba i cninwnn,t t If snod h.si
t's.ss md rooI crc'lft = to- tir "tie%,st ",r.
nirrs Wild cnMsttntn;, fl,I, 'ncn!e,s M % r. ~ itc
| Stnta prnte"iipn seenc;nttnns III trnti ,ra.
tint II MIR cent nf them yyGrt nf the rfnHS t
trn} anu nr,si,f ,vhntarar Thnt hn'f fnr,,,cs
what IL lnnseI nnnn us M 1ssM"tatin,, ~
en,,aa,n ~ tba ,n"jars nn ,I,a 10 r,,hI;o liz tott, ~
htnN ~ n.nrsa tj % ,tti,t fU ,tT;s snp '"t' IL
| co,.si,lcre.i ti,n,r ian,cn.s nnI,sIncss .1iIrn
mi in,,,rn,cr nm, IL. for n,,n tsn,i,i rnt
Iii iistan T.. thpm' 'A'" ''' AoA o''''' "ou'A INV
ri" r.,sr"sn,,tat of vor,, to,o, fohb,,o
house sa[d tllat his iirlu was co9lzatst Of Lie
movement md paid ITO attention whatever tn
| fri II n II,
trustworthy, to
| uf.ocK THE ,yurrrs. or n,sryEss-
ond n nhnrn ovorvft,,nf, far thunsn1vns. ,ro
tipn1"irtfn h,s trn, nr t,nv otitnr rsnaiail.,
tnhhInr.i,n,,s,. II, thc ritv ,na II" II nrurti." ~
scllImg to outsiders at whulesaIa rntes. But
rist n n" .,rv.enn,ia senlrr in Tia "a sn'aiier
| {nss,na a. vl,nuisi hr nonnrn,i Inn rtrht 1vhini,
vvaa ,,,,,,.s,inno iii, ttnirs r. hsr mn; ali
nnv eritrin ~ "r"},n",}isn fhnt ntf1r,lI tt,n,n
nr3,It a. IA ns n i.na,, tn im',I,"rs .vn',,i
Inv ~ nttent,nu NJ ~ n thn StntS / ssncintin,,s
wHtri wera cn1,,rnsp,i ~ ci,ts}i@ IT ,nc1, Wi,nsn
custom. vas not desired ind wiloso credit vas
'es' snpp.s1 pnu ,o,ur so,1 Tint tho c,nt,, NJ TIM
rataf.rs r. H., Hnim,s'.. arI , s
linz raj" ,vus at,nntt, y '1n.aInnmnnt If t,,n
,vnEEst ia fnotnrsa ~ tr",ns.,,mtnmis,m i1nif
ti,o .itaruI i"'rn1t,rp ~ tho,. ''nt nu. ra,,nir
imt, ~ II ln,i r. s,,,tl II Il, r. t!tco,,o md
"n,.ern stmrnr p.s',.rs n.,'nS' t'nv snt,HI,t ~
frnn1n ~ IL .n;,sI1araI ttn u rc,inra o,,i
ac, ;.to i ] ~, H., eH rt,tt, i1rn,atI.'o H..
.snctat;n s ~ y.ohu,,.os e,u ~ ,..nr,in
,,s ,,.s uo,aro " rofnr., t ,..,,, ~
,m"na""Ss ~ an,," ~ shnso nrgnnle"ttn,,s
ratai trstlr, ai'd refused to sell 1T whoiesais