Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-17
SANTA CLAUS GOODS.
ExpresSmen Forced to Put on -Ad-
ditional Teams in Order
TO DELIVER CHRISTMAS GOODS.
Stringency of Money Has No Bad Effect
on Holiday Goods.
TIE WOES OF BUTTERINE DEALERS
OFFICE OF THE PIrTsBURe DIsPATcH,l
TuESnAY Dee If

OFFICE OF THE PTTTsBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY, Dec. 16.
Christmas Goods.
1t would be difficult to discover any
signs of tight money market at the Office
of the East End and Williamsburg Express
Company on Seventh avenue. Such has
been the pressure of business for few days
that two teams were added to the 13 already
at work in delivering packages to the East
End. About 100 packages were delivered
yesterday for q single Fifth avenue tlrm
engaged in the Santa Claus trade. 1t is a
low estimate to say that ], 900 packages are
daily delivered by this company to East
Eud firms and stores, and yet the big rush
is to come as Christmas comes nearer. With
10 teams now engaged and the probability
of one or two more being required before the
week is out. it is plain that some lines OF busl-
ness must be fourlshinG.
The toy firm that sent 100 packages to the
East End yesterday, no doubt sent as many
more to Allegheny and otner sections of the
CITY, not to mention the surrounding towns and
cities which receive their supplies from Pltts-
burg. All signs point to larger distribution
of Christmas presents here than ever before.
The recent check TO the years prosperity
through financial stringency and decline OF
stocks will not prevent an extraordinary trade
in Christmas goods.
In spite of the stiff Calvinism and Presby-
terianism of this section. the Christmas holt
day has become the great festal day OF the
year and whatever be the need OF economy,
Santa Claus is sure 10 have lively demand for
his goods The time for economy comes. IL 1t
must after the stockings are nlled and the
Christmas tree is ornamented with Things OF
TransSressors' Ways Hard.
Il doesn't pay to violate law, even If the law
be obnoxious and unjust. The Piutsburg oleo
dealers have recently made this discovery TO
their grief and loss. The Pennsylvania law as
10 limitations of butter has been a stupendous
failure Designed to protect farmers and get
their votes, it has, from its incipiency, been an
utter failure. When six to eight carloads OF
oleo are weekly sold in Pittsburg, it is evident
that the law forbidding the sale in the State is
a failure. The countryman and consumer, who
were supposed to be protected by the enactment,
are proved by results to have been sufferers,
since country butter has been knocked out, and
the consumer has been forced to pay better
prices for that which is not from the COW.
Within the past year syndicate comprising
four or five firms IN this city Joined together to
defeat the law, and have been handling from
six to eight loads OF oleomargerine weekly for
months past with comfortable profit. The
profits to these firms have, at low estimate,
been 0,0Ol per month. Some estimates place
the prorts at double that amount.
Within the past two weeks Uncle Sans de-
TfoES5 Voatons nave of ss a3d G from mp assss
accounts rhe transgressors will be
only too glad to disGorge all their profits, if
Jhis will save them from worse calamity
Said Liberty street commission merchant
Yesterday: "a government detective was in
MY warehouse i few days ago TO ascertain if
dealt in butter limitations. was happy to tell
linn that my butter trade had left me, though
il had been at decrease of trade. A few
years ago my butter trade was large; but
since oleo came in / have found no profit in
handling country butter and SO have quit 1t
altogether. The average consumers seems sat
listed with the limitations. and not desiring
to be law breaker l have retired from the
butter trade altogether"
II is rumored that compromise has been
made between the Government representatives
and the oleo syndicate by which the principal
part OF the profits is surrendered and further
prosecution ceases. 1t is understood that the
Chicago manufacturers are to bear the losses,
according to agreement with dealers in their
contraband goods.
Two things have been demonstrated so far by
the workings of the law.
First-1t has failed entirely in It's purpose.
Second-Gransgressor of the law have been
brought to see that il didn't pay.