Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-10
NEW YORK. Sept. 30, 1885
CIdrksviHe Chronicle, CIarksviIle, Tenn:

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NEW YORK, Sept. 80, 1885.
CTdrksviHe Chronicle, CJdrksville, Tenn:
GENTLEMEN-We mail you This day a copy
OF our handsomely illustrated and GeScrip
tive catalogue, and upon receiving six cents
10 pay postage we will mail copy to all
parties who may desire to order goods there
from: AS many of your readers order goods
by mail, 1t would be of interest TO them tC
have their attention called to the catalogue
ANY notice you may deem nit to make will
De considered fslVor and III said notice ex-
coed two inches we will, upon receipt oil
marked copy, enter your name in our dis
count book, which will entitle you to dis
count of six per cent. on all orders you may
wish to send, except upon such goods as are
net.
1t is useless to say that the CHRoNI,
Gle cannot be induced by the munif-
cent offer herein made to use It's
endeavors to persuade GAINESVILLE peo-
pie to do their trading outside OF this
city. The CHRONICLE receives a large
share of its support from the merchants
of GAINESVILLE, and would be guilty OF
treachery to the interests of the city il
it did any such thing as this New York
house proposes.
1t may be- true, as the letter states,
that some of our people send away to
buy their goods, but we are convinced
that they do so unadvisedly, without
first computing the cost of purchase at
home, and lose money by-the transac-
ton. 1t is the enchantment that dis
lance lends and the vainglory of pos
sessing something that comes from a
big city, more than economy, that leads
to this outside purchasing.
The retail merchants of GAINESVILLE
can buy the goods kept by retail mer-
chants in New York, or. elsewhere, as
cheap as the New York merchants do,
and as their expenses are smaller, they
can sell the same class OF goods for less
money. In fact Our leading merchants
assure us that they will ill orders by
samples sent from New York ut six
per cent discount on the New York
price. This saving would be in adj
dition to postage or express charges.
The quality of goods which these
New York merchants catalogue and
send my mail to their country Gus
toners is inferior to those that can se
bought at home.
In addition to these reasons, we
think it would be good policy for, the
GAINESVILLE people to buy at home even
if they could get then goods cheaper
in New York. The greater portion
of the people here are engaged in some
business, profession or industry, and
if they expect support from their
neighbors they should be willing to
return it. 1t rs certainly to the inter
est of property holders to do every
thing they can to support home enter
prises.
The home merchants return the
money they receive to the community
in paying taxes, supporting churches,
schools and charitable institutions 1t
is downright iHpudence and a gross
injustice for people who are accustom-
ed to sending away for goods to call
on the home merchants for help in
church matters or charities in which
they may be interested.
BY these considerations we are forced
to conclude that the practice of send
ing away for goods is by no means so
generally INDUCED in as the above
letter represents. Those who do so
We are convinced, have never given
the matter proper thought.
At any rate our New York cores
pondent is respectfully informed that
the CHRONICLE can't be hired to aid in
the spread of the practice.