Telegram-herald., 1890-02-02

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tltiaa EnowB as tae Merchant Iailors'
pru.eeuvs Asslci4nQ1 and Exchares.
whiea Is preparing the last cor patlca.
F tloa and circu.4rlan ameas the members
~ TIE orgaalzailoa- Naen tlts tl4ck
Nsg IS cnce Ma1e p-oilc h wll ran the
credit 81 the haL1reds w GO have e1.sl,sd
ca t.s tallers ln the Fsst
Iae MeIchaut I4laars ExchanEe has
had s AsI of t1ls character lor sane
wears. bar tte nemlersfl j ot that er.-4ui-
zauaa Is small ana liaate3 almost en-
ureF 81 lae l4iors having large esssD-
hshmect- la lhe vicinity Of Walnut and
Chestnut streets Tie ne~ 4ss0ciauan
which aas organized on Monday eyesl
i1E. uil cover much l1er field. ana
efforts wll be made 20 include every
tailor in the ci1. Iach m stHr vlI
turn IN lie names of those lrou whom
De has been ulalle 10 co.lecl hs r.aey.
and copies OF Tie complete j ~lA Ike
furnished every gal4cl .A Iae ,..F.
Ile l.t h 10 include not ol'F dad
beats lhat never pay, b4t al ,ll- IS h0
help a. make the lile o. tAll3 bur
I den. For example II Is almost inTo-si-
( Die a. make clothing 20 sun soM- i4en.
/ No matter how carefulls laey ara nade.
some objection Viii b. found after
enough alterations have been aale 10
eat up all the profit the price rt ae re-
duced on the ground that after aany
changes have been made the -aruent
comes under tine head Of DANA ! Goods.
. Under the new order Of things THESE men
must change their tactics or a-asnd On
the ready made dealers for Their cloth
ing.
Hiram DeWalt. who was made tenn
I porary chairman of the new oreaniza-
tion. Saws it is surprising q what ex-
tent the business of beating tailors cut
Of their money has been carried. 1t is
confined 10 no particular class. he said.
"but is done by men in all the walks Of
life. Two classes of people stand out
I more prominently than the rest. how
eyer-those VINO want 10 make greater
display than their circumstance viii
warrant. and the sons of rich men who
evidently use their allowances for out
side pleasures and want 10 get their
clothes at the expense of the taiiors.
In the compilation of the list great
care and caution viii be exercised. The
tailors will ali be given numbers, and the
names Of those reporting delinquents viii
not appear on the list; but opposite the
name and address of each Objectionable
customer will be given the name of the
tailor at whose insistance he has been
blacklisted, anu the cause for the action.
1T is only after man has shown con
clusively that he does not intend to pay
that his name viii be reported. After
I dunning a man for year without get
ting anything out Of him, it is safe to
suppose that he does not intend 10 pay.
and down gOs his name on the black
list / don't believe. however, that the
losses from this source are so heavy as
are claimed by some. The tailors have
learned wisdom, and during the last few
years have been very careful about trust
/ ing people they were not absolutely sure
of. But even with all this care they get
stuck every now and then. and the gen
eral black list is intended to remedy
this"
Robert Stewart, the president of the
old Merchant Tailors' Exchange. is
firm believer in the efficiency of the
blacklist Nothing but the best goods
in the house will suit those people who
make habit of not paying" he said.
"and whenever we lose by one of them
it is always pretty fair sum. 4 man
who appeared to move in the best circles
came into the store some time ago and
ordered a suit of clothes for $Gj. After
lie had gone | looked over our list and
found his name there. / Immediately
sent him a note stating that we could
not make the clothing without having
good deposit He stopped in shortly
afterwards and explained that he ex-
pected to receive some money in about
week or so. and would pay when the
clothes were made. He never returned.
however. and l have since seen him on
the street in a new suit, but they were
ready made.
a black list Of this character may
seem rather hard to some outsiders. but
il is the only way by which tailors can
prevent heavy inroads into their yearly
profits | think 5000 low estimate Of
the number Of men of that character in
this CITY. and for the tailors % clothe an
army like that free of char is consid-
erable Of a draft upon cur purses. -
Philadelphia Record.
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