The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-27

Remarks - tAe Removal - Desreis
Jebbing Heuss 10 the sesnd.
Detroit Evening News
The removal Of . large hardware johhtng
house fro0 thie city 10 one Of the nav messupo-
i;ses Of the developing Northwest vss an
nosnced By the president OF the corporation
owning Il this week. In connection with he
OF Dstruif - being On the ressogTsde, . doasful
wail that jobbing La almost eli lines of srade Wae
1t m end. and complimentary admission thss
the speaker should continue to live tn Detroit,
because Detroit was . good city 10 I'VE IN.
although IL might not be . good one 70 DO ouss-
usn tn This statement reiaffvs to Detroit has
rome forth into the preas OF the country. 70 the
detrimsni OF the growth Of the city and the
credit Of in merchanta And IL bean that Pc
cuiisz character that. - libel on The city. IL 10
. privileged communication. whereas. II di.
reesed against the individual business men Of
the town, Il might Be actionable.
To correct this impression. % lar - IL may
have gained faith and credit in the state OF
Michigan. the Nses hes . word to say. Eus!-
ness in Detroit. both johbirg and retailing.
when conducted on g God business principles,
when pushed with energy, and when proper at.
tenfion 10 paid 70 the lnes Of credit extended.
Il as prosperous and healthy a. IN any other
city that oar business men have any acQua. n
lance with II 10 possible for jobbing houses 70
become unpopular with the merchants dealing
with them. II 10 possihle for the exigenclea OF
com petition 10 force greater lenfsncy % custom
ers and crsdisors from some houses than from
Others: and In that event the chances afu favor
able 20 the absorption Of the greatest amount OF
trade bv the house which does business on tho
terms which may b most advantageous while
not infringing on the province Of safety. Il 10
possibie for the managers of business
houses TO 10 maladminisfer fields Of
which they have practical monopoly that new
houses may establish themselves In che same
field and push themselves on 70 fortune and
standing BY little else than the lfveness Of their
business methods and their constant attention
to the needs and the circumstances Of buyerx
This has been the case In ever line OF business
right here In Detroit II has been the case in
the very line which Mr.. Clarence A. Black has
tried down in connection with the removal Of
his business TO Seattle And II viii be the case
10 long IS there are differences In badness men,
20 long - one Get Of men are live and accommo-
dating. 10 long - one Get are willing TO carry
their customers for . greater or less length Of
time. 20 long - one eel are affAble and public
spirited and the other sets have opposite char
acteristics
There 10 but one hindrance to the growth of
the trade Of Detroit and that Ii the fault of the
political party which Mr.. Clarence A. Black has
been putting in his best ticks all these years
psNA w meiutoiu III pVWSf. As ialr auu prom
idng section for the extension of business q
any metropolis might wish 10 have at its doors
lies st the doors Of Detroit In the province OF
Ontario. The tariffs which Mr.. Black ana his
political G ongcners have been instrumental in
maintaining have quite e6ectually barred us
and our baainess mon from trade with that
section. when the movement In Canada
has been In the direction OF increased
iiberaiity Of exchange with this cosntry the
moguls OF the system which Mr.. Black and his
partisans have been leaders In supporting have
met Il not In spirit OF favor to the exteusio OF
trade, but with new imposts and higher tariffs
Today there 10 NO country in the world the
sosfh American republics not sxcluded. that 4
% willing 70 make . reciprocity aSransemer
with the United States - Canada f. Our CO.
gren 10 taking advantage Of that dcveloprn
OF foreign public sentiment 70 considsr
cot that practically tells the world that we'd
wanf 20 boy its products. while We woula
pleased 10 have the rest OF the world buy
The process strikes at the root OF exchsase
puts IN end 10 efforts for reciprocal b.
This hnrts Detroit and hurts Il badly: "
injury IL nos peculiar 70 this more tha
other American city that 10 able 10 do has
With Canadian buycn