The Dillon tribune., 1886-10-01
CURIOUS MoNEY-MAKlNG SCHEMES.
'."''e VIII" by Giving Tips Manage to
secure Good Customers.

'e"p'e Who by Giving Tips Manage to
Secure Good Customers.
10 be III the commission business is con- |,
s1oered an honorable calling, hut it has
come TO pass that there is q class of COM
mission men who are not only nuisance
10 their employers. but they are an
ulcer on the nose of honest dealing, quite |
offensive
~ happens almost every week. said
We'll known butcher that l am ap-
preached either by stewards of private
'H:tl!'a>. hotels or steamboats,. who give
ne l" understand that for Il quiet tip |
once IN while they viii turn their EN-
ployers trade to my market
Nv hat do you lo:
III think the trade is worth having
give thu fee. Why not? Others do it, and
the only way l can fight 'em is with their
own Weapon> Why, only the other day
ma" the meat cook in one of the largest
ana most fashionable boarding houses in
the city tell me that if would give her !,
per cent. commission she would bring me
the trade OF the house, which probably
amounts to SO or So per week
And you didn't take the bid"
NO: because have reason tn know that
she couldn't ill the contract"
Inc reporters next visit was to ont of
the leading grocery stores in the city. and
When the object of his visit was made
Known the proprietor remarked, "Yes. I
hear of such things once in awhile. In
fact kicked great mealy-mouthed man
out OF my store one day last winter who
had Informed me that unless did tho
square thing with him he would take his
employers trade to another store asked
him what lie thought would I've square, and
he replied that | ought to furnish him
| with what groceries and canned goods
would be used by his family"
THAT was modest enough
Yes, that was cheap. but didn't like
the cheek of the fellow. These cases are
rare. but I'll tell you Il system not so rare.
Cooks and stewards often make bargains
with butchers and grocers through tho
drivers of the delivery carts and wagons
Ihats common, and I've even heard
where the drivers make quite \ little COM
mission in this way"
Next visit was paid to prosperous
carriage builder and repairer, who didn' t
hesitate to say that coachn,cn and host
lers tapped him for tips. "Only this after
noon a hostler came in and asked me for
50 cents. knew that he wanted it to get
a drink, but I gave il to him without
question, because know he has tho plac.
ing of the horseshoeing OF IL man VIII,
owns three horses"
"HOw about coAchmens'
"Wcll. little over year ago l sold a
carriage t" gentleman and got $425 fol
it. True. I made the sale somewhat
through the influence of the coachnlun
and would have been willing to pay him
a slight commission.
"What lid he demand:"
He called around and said he wanted
So. ] offered him slo and he appeared
insulted. Then I got mad. words fol
lowed, and the meeting ended by my say.
ing would smash his nose"
Served him right
but that didn't end it. About month
later the man who bought the carriage
came around and limited that ! had
cheated him: that the wheels wouldn't
track, and that it pulled Il great dea
harder than when he first bought it.
asked him to bring the buggy around t.
the shop, and when did 80 took til,
F.! wheels OFT and foull that the axletrc.
: had been wrcnchel, at Ivy main force, .,
that the wheel did no, set squarely OH it
In this way friction had ground the axle
tree Just where the hnx hits the shoul
der
"low do you kn"" that it was done j.,
main force"
| because, suSpcctiug that, told III
i employer Of the demand tho coachm;!
Il had made on me- and 1T taxed the fellow
with il, Il, the same time charging hin
with having bent he axle Then TIN
man confessed Thai, ,."w know
De,rci, Free Press.