Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-22
FAnnsns hAsIAr sWIsD1sD
Shameful viciin,izatIon of New
Castle County Farmers by n PHIL
ndelphih Grocery Eirn,.

ndeIphia Grocery Fisn,.
case OF outrageous sWindling OF New
Oastle county farmers has been brought to
tae attention OF the GAZETTE, Phila
delphia firm calling itself "FMmers and
GranRers' supply Store" OF No. 3l2 North
Broad street alias No. "a South Water
street, has been advertising around the
country by means OF fl1ring posters, invit-
ing the farming population to deal with
them and that they will soil them groceries
at the Identical prices PAID by the retail
merchants from whom they customarl!y
buy their goods. They send u travelling
salesman around for orders and when q lot
sufficient for oar load 10 made up the
quantity Is sent by rail TO some certain
point, for Instance Newark when the di5ttl-
button Is made. Cash payment is always
asked, A recent consi ynment from phlla-
deiphls reaped $1,000 10 cash from the
Rulled farmers.
Instead of doing as they promised ia
selling 10 the formers (a7 wholesalers to re-
tailsrs) the following. token from among
the Items OF one OF the bills OF goods
actually paid by New Castle county
farmer within tho past week will explain
itself.
The first figure Is that charged by the
Philadelphia -H-eRls, and the second figure
Is the price charged for the same article
Identical in quality end quantity by a
Newark, Del, retail storekeeper who is q
customer of Wilmington whoiesal !
grocer: Imperial tea, % cents GO cents
baking powder, 80 oents-20 cents; pepper,
| "a oents-25 cents; cinnamon, ca cgnts-5
cents; gluger, AZ cents--25 cents; nutmers,
% cents-5l cents; New Orleans moassss,
81 cents-S5 cents; soap. 4 cents-3 cents /;
rice, B centl--Ordinary fair rlca cauuot be
sold less than 6l cents wholesale. The
freight rate also was outrageous and the
4 total OF the bill WHOM WAS Sll.09 WAS oyar
In aN a..
Sould have hal to pay for similar gooli
over the Newark, Del., stosekeeper's
| counter.
! Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
| NEWARK, May ia car load OF gro
cerisa, de-, came to the p, W & B.
railroad station one day last week and
| was received by the consigned, who proved
to be the representative of the shipper
and who upon the receipt OF the car be-
gan unloading it and distributing its con-
tents through some prtarrRngapents 10
4 farmers and other. for miles around. AL
these came to the freight stat on in teams
and Il was turn 4 into q Wholesale gro
4 Gerry HOUSE, for the time being, II trans.
| pirts that three or tonr agents of Phils-
delphia grocery house have been for the
/ past two weeks indGstriously "doingn The
! Surrounding country, that u, making
many Misrepresentation to farmers and
| by these means making very large
Salss of their goods. These orders
we're large ind numerous enough
to Gil car and weighed 10000
pounds. A person in position
10 know states that - COO worth OF gro.
ceries were in this way sold to country
people, the latter in many cases payin.,
more than they would have done at the
stores il Newark, Tho merchants here
are very much eKeroissd OF course over
this mode OF business and hope to ba
able to prevent operations OF this kind
through legal process. This they
claim they heya ia the STATE
license law. Tho agents have lef
the vicinity 10 the relief Of the mer
chants here, who Tor several weeks have
been remarkinR about the "dull time.
and slow sales" entirely ignorant OF th,
true cause of this arrange depression.