The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-25

WARREN. Ind. May &c." Going to Warren
this morning >" asks the drummer's friend
Don't 70 there any more" replies the trRv-
Why, what's the matter with Warren. says
the astonished friend, cyclone swept II
10. worsei F. NJ. b. A." was the response
The once busy streets Of this prosperous
The shopkeeper- stand around with their
last truly 0 fsr az air TS Is over FG S Sn
while the grass does not grow In the middle OF
ina more than BoonetcwS kun, after the col
Ess Ea the ESsiG ,L sIAGdtH q sleepy H"l
economist may fnd in iuISrian t0 growth SSi'G
pbbiG}nomspnon which may be likened In his
and speculative attention: warren i has BEEN
fsr@ersS H MStua BoDet RGIS0.' O' the
What kind d place Il this unhsarr. OF IIoosier
& ioGsioi in corr or Of Hgntinston 'eo.nty
trading town, sur ounded by ono OF the richest
agricultural dis licts In the state. II is not a
of-ony stores and residences. 1t IS a pretty
country pIhr9 On TIE Green hanks Of little
L ID ono Of the wralthiest villages in the state
No drummer ever hesitate t. take a bill from
failure among Warrens merchants Tor nauy
years. The last was two Ne years ago and the
Oldest mia liant ron9m befs 70 other, -
IN Warren every Ill and which ali Hunting.
ton, Gran, md wells counties attend IL known
as the largest and best fair in the Ntate-oUt-
SIDE OF tho lair at INDIANAPOLIS. The Warren
il full and last season over tl.UlO ear profit
besides won't into the treasury of the city. Tho |
Joining, "oun;y., |, did no. make, much head
CITY the Hsf$ centre Sr Of E natura ga ' o
g.on. and Independent OF The iarm- ,
county and oncompassoG warren. tniortT-
naLoly Tor Waron. iour TOWNSHIP pe corner near
it, and within radius OF ten mi es from War.
claimed. oNor lIUl member. The f. NJ i. A.
snon made it, presence let secret meetings
were held week after week. and willie out
sldets mar cllci and wOndcreu what it meant.
an elaborate campaign against the good cti-
2ens and st2Ggrekeepels OF Warren was beng
nrepared. Fe,n 2s at = recent session held In
Pulses Hall. Warren, it was de. tded to move
rich and stio Z Mt o. eXpen-". said the far
mers; =, hey lIyS upon tLc fruits Of our toll.
Notices were add essed to all the merchants
the Gnstt oss q, The f. ii. i; 4, msm6er> The
They wee of one opinoI-they would stand
o IAN together Answers were PREPARED,
replies were Ourned and read at the next meet
ing OF tho association. The farmers thought
thal the sta X OF let, ers were all bids and they
smiled knowingly Tho envelopes were opened
and this Is vi at each contained:
are wiling /" sep down aud out: but Just ut
! esrnt you can hny our goods if you want to.
you needn't
That wa, all "A tritle impclitc, perhaps. but
II oNrrensed thor sentiments. The farmers ,
Ilter tho meeting WAS over tn 3 IS what they !
furnished Tor publication 10 the Warren NerS:
W. - - The ma ort o. he business men OF Warren
II. na Ina We 4se our influence in securing
merchant from abroad that vii! enforce competition
as" r" That We trade exclusively with men with
>
by" Il ma ori;y OF the bushes. men OF War G
rem thoy meant all except +. A. Smthurst u
WHO had pnyateiv agreed to handle the F. NJ. b. Z
since gone out OF business. !
What ,Eo %"S he rSsqt The immediate turn
20 haps Gui still towns Thar have @
10 had the ban Of boycott centred against :
stores r3a1d Warren ~uccnmbrd and HtpI agreed
10 do the f. u. j.. A: business on percentage '
basis ara me FERMENTATION s'o9I near Warn
hrea miles, west Mount Z on. Sc en- miles 6
utGeuat: lilorty Centre. seven miles east II
NE EN- miles south. All OF these Place. en-
opt Liberty Centre. consist, g the most Of
ne gene! a. store and O7l Office.
DESPITE this Imposing array o! CONF e'itOrs :,
he merchants OF Warren are unilsmayed u
hoy say tue iariners can Z t what they want u
! these crosS-road y ora. and are already sick y
! mo business; ur,hernprt. they claim that -
ney can and do undersoil these association 7,
torec' and t4at inrmers are paying one conta ~
oun" more i9r coffee, ono cent u pound moro
1r snEar mar and other things II rryor'ion. than "
MT The farmers are not eft TO buy where they "
an buy c1"ap"s.; loIGr. or numher Of r.
GATORS 10 trad" at hat ore, and the by =
t"o provide pcnaty for uuynE elsewhere. =
is claimed thai to bolster up tho boycott on ! u
warren a special rcnaliy Is i'm oord on ali who 10
~ anything gwen tick of candy or a glass -
peer W ,. Other results OF the boy '"
'arren AerS. The only newspaper In the town, u
Advertising aud Job work e off 80 heavily. q
ct to mention til" buycotlinE ul the paper by J.
,rrMer suits rers that was forced to dis III
npoadins. i las Essn Al but 1s % thai in
TissyShtt Hi odzs + H. b. B. A. s DE oped the v
ljurs the honorable guild Of comMerciaI re
nNelleIs, and the second the Warren tri- :,
unity fair; q
us to uy direct rom rst %n AMI not sch ,ht E%IS
mmerca traveller as We Grem them An expensive II
s.G'% fns, tho Il; a viii no, ps'rontze tho N
nor y p4 Fsa una ny 40 rsy n tns PTsp%Hm
Ge horse oi
This was followed by threats that thev would
't attend he fair an'hGw unless the Warren
lraendertd TO tho assoriatl"n. The ceiling
,, ~ the town i ana the farmers ermSntrd NJ
rOd, President OF the fair society has issued Il
c following call 10 tho stockholders: e.
view Of e disturbed relations Of the business in In
rests OF tue town ami r0Luy, II IL by MANY OF the 49,
''n oders OF The society deemed hest not to mold r.
ihS -e4son. In fact man thtnh hest to dsrtnd N'
suCIety altogether We nave therefore CoEc.dcd &c
cal the siOrkhO,ders together cOnSu tRtiun. d,
s f e"r At DC S"asE III. soc kod ET in
eyery9oay rhn fees a Interest IN tho matter r re-
lursted 10 attend r.
II II predicted that tho prospect of losing the o.,
y viii work u reaction among the farmers, /,
d thar those who have been quitting In thoir q" o.
4 i.nta $500 or 500 IN premiums oNory year II
III de cit The association Il it orsi~ts in It's II
'-tiio atti 'udn toward the fair. In Warren a.,
q Gi7cuninuau"e Of the fair Is regarded ~ Il nN
ecieG u retaI ia'ion. Nor IS i tho only kind ~
retaiali ~ in which tao town has INDUCED. dr.
~ instance, {, \ Nintsis who Is parhaps the ui
a4in& mereGan' han oyer slt,I!o on his ttnr
" in < DDS on hi shelves Mr. Winters has pI
ny notice to ~ hiS debt g, To come IN and o.
- to ,HiL-ly Mr.. Winters, OF he VIII want 10 W. W.
new WY, ~ hos say in Iloo,er parlance ~
! lo / NJ. Il. \. il also 20 wig into pOlitics
ld to- Gay n Ii the EMongest political factor ~,
TIE complpbify. The general opinion is w
,At the tendency 10 toward i IomocTafic ali. Jn
acc; but he community IL LObut lican, and e.
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