Telegram-herald., 1890-10-22
THE MERCHANTS SAY
Thas ths Cry of Raised Prices l. al
Aoonshlas.
INTERVIEWS ALL lRaUsD IOss
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Wu. Miller = a dealer IA hard and
tnsars. heaung apparatus ETC.,, a. 70
Soath I0nla-st. Th.tAsr ths news
g4tneE>r asnded bic SAy and again The
query sss propo1udsd, What effect
does lae Mckinley bil have oa your
hle ol casinssss M. Miller saixsd
ahoat a. follows. II al nonsen-ei
ths gabble ABOUT ths Mckinley oiA IN
cress lg the price OF manufactured
aFtclesl0 tAe consumer. Tn plate hasiu-
creased siaee the b.ll passed. bat there
Vas no honest call for lt 70 10 50, a.
tle bll does not 70 INTO effect
For nearly year a. Tar as IA
u concerned. Nor has the Increase
l1cu .enertl. some parties with
elastic eonscieuces have traded on the
81 hH'af bugaooo % squeeze their
euttl meIs. A a matter oI fact can
rHY cheaper ln New York today than
ever before. Why For this reason
importers sent good money out oi this
country aHd brought instead tremen-
0ous stocks of en- iust before the pas
sage ot tne blL The consequences OF
tnls s chat they are overloaded and
must se.i cheap. As / said. some OF
our " estelu dealers have showed the
price or. Well. what OK ig Tin has
lucrcasel tDrnugh this 81 per box
Nov io.s Will add exactly one
haii cent 20 the cost Of coffee pot
or tea kettle or pail, etc. But the
consumer doesn't stand even that :
cent. We take care OF lt ourselves, that
- q we are foolish enough 90 buy here
when We can get tn SO much cheaper
Fast. No, it cuts no figure IN my es-
un atgs uu heating apparatus. etc. As
j before sad the taxation doesn't 90
lato elect for aesrly year, and before
tnat time We Wlll be- making our own
tln n tois country and competition will
regulate tne price,. Yes, bay East or
in Detroit because | can buy cheaper
Than ] can from Grand Rapids dealers.
N.u can safely say that the Mckinley
ht wlll never Affect articles mauufac-
turcd from tin plate. so far, at all
events. "a she consumer Il concerned. -
A visit Was made 20 several boot and
shoe stores T. J. Lucas sad:
As early as lass snriug, there were
murmcrs Of coming rise IN certain
tOarse grades OF leather. This WAS be-
core enc country DRAINED that such 4
faul biil could be passed. Yet the bill
has passed. and the causes which before
that we're tending % stiten up prices
have not vet operated that way. No. I
do not think OF thing IN our stock
-rtt IS ecnt higher than 1t was last
spring"
tas Chicago boot and shoe store.
corner ~ Canal and Lyon-sts., Was
t4eu visited. Here. the reply was a
repetition OF that which came from all
the other dealers. There is not a
par ot boots or shoes IN the store, -
So. -te proprietor. which cannot be
boa,at Tor the same money our custO-
mers have been paying all sum-
mer. am not much OF a
p lnclan, and don't pretend TO
b. able 20 speak ver' wisely about tar
ihs, but think know all about prices
in ta.s l.ne Of trade. IF prices have
been Affected by tire Mckinley bill,
thtn / DON'T know IT,"
George ". Wotd dhuru & Co.. corner
OF Monroe aud o lsva-sts. said thatall
Kinds OF Cents' furnishing goods are
sac 80 ~ what tuey were before.
'Itrta.u worsteds. said Mr.. Wool
bHrn "have threatened 60 advance.
bus as yrt have s,0 no proof that
the threat win he res zed."