Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-21
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
The Way an Honorable Shoe Deal
 Tried to Force Rametti.

The Way an Honorable Shoe Dealer
 Tried to Force Rametti.
 The attention of the people of Water bury is called to the following letter of abuse, sent to the Winch Brothers of Boston, and returned by them to F. J. Rametti:
 Waterbury, July F, go. Messrs Winch Bros
 I enclose or rather send to you tO-nlght's American in order that you may see what kind of man if man is the proper word you have here running your store. 1 send with the paper Mir R's so called statement from last nights paper. From Mir Thom's statement of facts you can see what the respectable" people of this town think of Mir Rametti.
 After writing you and receiving your reply that you had corresponded with him waited week to see if he would close or agree to of his own accord and then went to him & he agreed to an- swer me that evening. I went then and ''wrote the agreement in his desk" and he headed the list" 1 asked him if would go to North Main St out of the way store where they kept dry goods and flew" shoes and he said as I quoted No ''the centre is all that I care about" l took the paper & secured that night by good deal of tramping II MI I ~ JOIIl uIIn l nau all principal ones except one & thought he would come to it x told him that a woman in Brooklyn who was closing out ''very" few shoes in Dry goods store dId not want to close but she didn't amt to anything as she was going to quit & run dry goods alone He said to ''let her go' but said he wanted Mir Holzer who is a custom shoe maker with few shoes. I got his name and brought it back and he said 'All right. Put it in the Amer ican and say Milton, Byrnes 6 Thomp- son one firm are the only ones who wont close.''
 These are Mir R's own words and he saw the list and accepted it.
 Milton, B & T closed Monday night and are ready to all the time (July & Aug) and all the 12 stores besides MT R's closed promptly Mir R to the contrary notwithstanding.
 went to Mir R & asked him who the six were & he refused to answer. The only man of the agreement whom he accused was Mir Holzer who can answer that he did not sell thing Monday night & has two lady witnesses one of them wanting a pair of shoes whom he refused to sell telling her ito come in the morning. One other store which he mentioned IS a Rubber store selling Hose Rub Cloaks in fact all rubber goods x Boots and Shoes. But how many Rubber Bts 6 Shoes would or does he sell in July & Aug. He (the dealer) says since MT R's came card out that he will agree not to sell Shoes Monday & Friday & in fact didn't sell any Monday night. But that is nothing to the case. Mir R accepted the list & no one thought or cared about Rubber Bts this time of year. As l said the only way he can scare up the six is by going into the outskirts to stores lone of which he SUD- plies himself) & which he said not to gc to.
 Now what do you think of this way of doing business"
 Naturally we (and we means all the l dealers in every kind of business in the city) are mad and disgusted at this matter. In all our talk before closing l treated MT R. as a gentleman and he | did the same to me and no one was more surprised than l at his meanness in thus stopping a movement for rest , nights a week which is general thing among all dealers dry goods furniture clothing meat-markets and tonight even grocery store announcing a close. Pleas gentlemen give this your prayer full (may say) consideration. We all close to- morrow night per agreement, but suppose Mir R. will open to catch from us what scattering trade he may. He is gentleman and an honor to the city is he not? Yours Res'y,
 H. G. DODGE. P. s. Nothing which say reflects upon Winch Brothers as you did the honoble thing. H. G. D. publish the above letter in full that readers of the DEMOCRAT may see for themselves the methods of one who breaches of honor. I will only add that Winch Brothers have no control over my actions. pay my bills and manage my own business.
 Very Respectfully,
 F. J. RAMETTI.