The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22
Notice to the Public.
A CARD.

Racine counties are hereby notified that H. Sarles is
no longer in our employ During the last teW
through the country by representing that was to be
manufactured by when in reality the last contract
he made for is dated Dec. 20, 1888, and we know
of several he made before that, that we are not I'LL
ing His manner of doing business was to take our
Contract Blank, draw a line through our name and
write his name above IN small letters SO as not
to be noticed and then sell such contract to the deal
er that wonld pay him most for it.. We are asked
every few days if we have jobs finished, which we
know nothing about, and take this method of in
forming the public so that if inferior work is erected
we will not be blamed. Parties wishing to get work
from us can drop card to and will send de-
signs etc. Soliciting further patronage,
Jos. SHAVER GRANITE & MARBLE co.
Milwaukee, May 2, 1859.
wish to denounce the above card as Il
tissue of falsehood, instigated by the malice
and low animosity of a trickster and a SLAM
derer, rather than the honorable spirit Of
an upright business man. 1t was published
in the Kenosha weekly Leader for five con-
secutive weeks, at a time when the writer
knew that I was absent in distant county,
thereby rendering a reply from me to his
libelous attack impossible. His first state
ment is intended to convey the impression
that I was discharged from his employ,
when the fact is, and he knows it, quit his
service of my own volition, because he per-
sisted in filling my orders with work in
ferior in material and design; the1eb in
turing my reputation for honest dealing. L
wish further to state that I quit his en-
ploy the LIST of October, 1883, and not Dec.
goth, as he states, admitting, however, that
I gave him two orders Of that date, written
in my own name, knowing that he could not
impose an inferior article on my patrons: as
the monuments were already constructed of
the quality of material and design ordered.
His statement that | have represented my
self as selling work for him during Jew
months" Or for single day since Oct. LIST,
1888, is an unqualified untruth, wholly con-
sistent with his general business methods.
He further states that he knows OF several
contracts | made before Dec 20, that "we
are not filing" This statement is true,
though not in the sense he would have 1t
understood. The contracts to which he re-
fers were made by me between Oct. LIST,
1888, the time | voluntarily quit his SER
vice, and Dec. Goth; the reason he did not
fill them is, I would not let him have them.
LIST: Because my reputation had already
been injured by his repeatedly pawning off
cheap work, different designs and inferior
stock, when I depended on his honor to fill
contracts according to agreement made by
me. I'd: Because his cheap work has ire
quently been refused, and he has threat
ened to sue for payment, thereby attempt
ing to bulldoze widow " omen and others to
accept his shoddy work. His reference to
the manner in which [ used his blanks is
as false as the other assertions in his card.
I did use few blanks for convenience, but
wrote my name in plain, legible hand, be-
cause for my own business interest. wish
my patrons to know | was not in the en-
ploy of company which adopted Mr.. Sha-
ver's business method. "Shaver by name
and by nature" In conclusion [ would
say, if he is asked in relation to jobs of
which he knows nothing, am not at fault;
as all my patrons have duplicate of my
contracts, and / have more regard for my
business success than to represent that | am
making contracts for his house. While he
does not make the charge in his card, he
has frequently reported that l over
charged for work; when the fact is, he often
requested me to bring in my designs that he
might mark them higher. In each ofthese
cases [ sold below the prices he had al
ready given me- Evidently he has forgot
ten selling widow women in the city of
Milwaukee, a monument for twenty-five
hundred dollars, which any honorable
dealer would have been glad to have sold
for one thousand dollars. He has also,
through one of his agents, reported that he
discharged me for crooked work, which
statement | brand as an infamous false
hood, fit only for the lips of a hoodlum or
vandal. In short, desire the public to
know that his gross fabrications in regard
to my character fully accord with all his
business tactics, and I cheerfully submit
my case, as I here represent it, to the many
citizens of Racine and Kenosha Counties,
with whom I have conducted an honorable
and satisfactory trade for the past twelve
years. Ell SARLEs.