The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
1Manan,aker's.

There are also many sorts Of
good-looking gloves for all
sorts of people. The good
of all sorts we keep. The
merely good-looking we do
not keep. We draw the line
sharply between the good
and the not good. But there
are degreesof goodness; and
we keep several. q
To be short; Good-lookss
ing gloves are of all degref
of goodness; and we sharp
rule out those below a fs
standard of honesty. Ha
you noticed that we aim
never advertise gloves bele
value? The reason is W.
can't get honest gloves below
value, except by rare &C.
cident, Nobody can.
Let us now print once for
all our standing news about
gloves; for it doesn't change
much. We have about every
thing that belongs to an hon
est trade in fall and winter
gloves. Our prices are fair.
They often seem high to peo-
pie who believe advertise
ments and shop tales without
discrimination. They are not
high. They cannot be low.
What sort of guarantee OF
gloves? Just the same as OF
almost everything else that
we sell. e.
But that isn't enough.
Gloves are peculiar. People
do not often become dissatls-
fed with the worst of them
till they have injured them.
The guarantee, Bring back
the gloves uninjured and get
your money back, isn't
enough. 1t doesn't secure
against the worst abuse in the
trade, viz, the sellingof gloves
that are only good-lookingfor
good.
But a guarantee going fur
Their and protecting the buy
eragainstdefects thatdevelop
only by wear is liable to Sc
rious abuse. Some people
would strain itbeyond all rea-
son. 1t isn't as if we had only
fair and reasonable people to
deal with. There are those
who would wear a new pair
of gloves till a little soiled,
and then tear them on pur-
pose to get a new pair for
nothing, Our guarantee has
got to be such as to protect
US against these one-sided
people.
lust as we said the other
day of shoes, we do not agree
to do more than is reasonably
safe and just. We have to
remember that half the shoes
and gloves are worn by peo-
pie who show very little wit
in the choice they make Of
them or in the use they put
them to. We are not going
to bear the cost of their ignor-
ance or folly.
What do we do, when the
buyer complains and the
gloves are spoiled? Remem-
Der the answer. Ne straight
z0ay consider wAleA Of the
three, maker, merchant, o,
sbolley, ought to bear the loss;
and ne bu; it where it belongs,
ne can.
We began about gloves.
Really the facts about dealing
in gloves and shoes are so
alike with respect to what we
keep, how we sell, and what
we do in case of dissatisfaction
after injury is done, that we
might have put gloves and
shoes together all through,
THERE'S more in this subject
than how we gather and sell
our gloves and shoes. They
are difficult goods to guar
antee satisfaction with. How
we treat them is a clear indi-
cation of how we administer
our guarantee all over the
store. What if we sneaked
out of every doubtful obliga-
ton? Whatif we interpreted
every understanding in the
most favorable light to our
selves? WHAT if, on the other
hand, beyond our absolute
guarantee of almost every
thing we sell, ne study to fu6
A0aOmanyofkAelosses incurred
BY people avAo trust us aoe can
rlysAleldHem I1om,Aoso
many s0s can properly TAX.
Upon ourselves, or bntnb0x our
source Of snbpLy2 Let our
dealing in gloves and shoes,
then, stand for our general
policy in trade.
If we try to administer SO
generous a policy in good
faith, are we not entitled to a
degree of indulgence for in.
evitable shortcomings be-