Telegram-herald., 1890-10-21
DISHONEST METHODS
Practices That Szs0r OF Considers-
bIs Democrats MendaeaEy.
4 Reputable FIsa IS ATTACKED
Ths mckinley Bill MADE the Cleas for
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Hos. ohas. v. wssSlas. Graad Rapids Mica;
DBAA SiK-One OF tho s.FGee- trade
I Democrat" merchants OF THIS place WAS
ia Grand Rapids The fore part OF thls
/ week % purchase goods, snd = nov
I telling Ills Customers that spring &
Company advanced prices cent per
/ yard oa calleO and other cotton goods
I because OIL tie Mckinley ball.
felnyilie, Mich, ocl. 10, 1890.
TIE falseh5od referred 10 IN the
above seemed 80 paipable that il Was
/ hardly deemed necessary 10 fefuts Il,
aud Yet &c the paltry mendaeity of an
idiot might possibly injure a reputable
mans business, call was made on Mr..
| Spring. That gentleman had already
heard Of the SANDER and Was Justly in
dignant. The reporter was taken 10
the statesmen who have IN charge the
calico and cotton goods department,
and in response to inquiry by Mr..
! Spring they each aud all denied having
| directly or indirectly said anything to
any one on which such an assertion
could be based. Mr.. Spring remem-
bered q conversation which he had had
with Democrat reporter, in the course
Of which he had incidentally remarked
upon the rise in carpets. This he at
| tributed not at ali to the new tariff, but
to the fact that carpets had for some
time been manufactured at price
which left no margin, and consequently
a slight sttfenng was to be expected.
SAID Mr.. Spring: "In our entire stock of
$500, 900 we have not marked up our
goods dollar, aud do not propose 10.
We can see no reason for making any
advance at present. | believe that the
bulk OF dry goods-merchandise such
as people need the most Will be no
| hlgher. On the contrary, expect to
| see, as usual, decline IN goods be-
tween now and the first OF January.
I'VE have received circulars from
manufacturers and jobbers indicating
a rise in prices and stating that they
would advise Us to place orders at once.
! If we do not do so, they say, We viii
have TO pay higher prices next week.
| This | know is more for the purpose OF
booming their sales than for any other
cause. In some things the prices of
| jobbers aud manufacturers may be a
little higher but not enough TO warrant
us IN advancing our prices. The fact is
the manufacturers throughout the
country are just beginning 10 recover
| from the free trade scare and regainng
| confidence for the future. AS result
business is beginning to boom. This
docs not apply to other countries. l
| think the silver bill and the Mckinley
tariff bill will be OF incalculable benefit
| to the country. For instance, COM
mencing at the very foundation. every
| thing the farmer produces is bringing
fully 20 per cent. better prices than one
year ago. If Mckinley is to blame for
| all this, say God bless Mckinley"
Leaving Spring & Co.'s the TELEGRAM
! HERALD dropped into the Boston store.
Mr.. Jameson, of the firm, said: "We
have not advanced our prices one pen
ny on account of the Mckinley bull or
| any other bill"
| 4. G.. Studley, dealer in rubber goods,
was seen also. and asserted positively
that the Mckinley bill had had no in
fiuence on his prices. Goods can be
| bought of him at exactly the same
prices as one year ago. At that time
| there had been a slight increase on ac-
count of an increase in the price OF
crude rubber. Mr.. Studley is a DEM
Ocrat.
Frank NJ. Williams, merchant tailor,
of 20 Canal-st., was next visited: 81 am
| here" SAID the reporter, "tO ask your
opinion of the Mckinley bill, as IL af-
| fects your actual business since the day
of It's gong into effect"
"Well," SAID Mr.. Williams, al hardly
know what to say, because my khowl-
edge of the Mckinley bill has been
CLEANED wholly from the newspapers"
al mean," explained the reporter,
"that you tell how the Mckinley bill
has actually affected your sales and the
prices of your goods
.'Oh. | see. | have no doubt that the
prices of Italians and serges and velvets
! will be somewhat"
"You are now speaking of your opin-
ion of the future, and not OF wha; you
know of the psst2"
Certainly, | have not paid cent
more for any yard of goods bought,
and have not charged dollar more for
any suit of clothes sold. | think that
certain foreign woolens will
"But prOphesies, Mr. Williams, are
not what | am after. Democrats can
do that as we'll as Republicans. Ii IS
facts and not pTOphesy which the TILE
GRAM-HERALD wants. Has the biz AZ
fected your trade. as yet?'
"Not n the slightest. do not be
iievs that one OF my customers would
ever know OF the new schedule OF
tariff duties from anything they have
seen in the prices OF the goods offered
them. We shall always offer a good
suit for the old money, whatever the
tariH There s a. advance in the tar.
iff on certain wooden goods, bat not suf.
fcrent 70 make any advance ON q whole
SUIT az merchant tsliors make them up
aud sell them. Competition : 50 sharp
n these matter that the tall0rs viii ~
sure 10 q scover the places where ey-
penses can b. eat down without affect
ing she quality Of the clothing. TIE
CRY of high prices IS AL a mere scare,
aud vill never be resl zed. "
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