Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
they may lose at friendly game Of poker
or spend In securing innocent enjoyment.
Peculiarities of Western Trade.


or spend in securing innocent enjoyment.
Peculiarities of Western Trade.
Speaking further of Pacific coast business
methods ne said: 'The trade in the
extreme west is fast being confined
10 few people. If man
goes out to that country and starts small
dollars, the big houses in San Francisco
will gladly sell him goods. and take in
payment all the cash he has. giving him
the balance on time. When his notes are
que they don't push him, but extend the
penod and sell him more stuff, until they
get the bewildered trader hopelessly in
debt, and then he is afraid to purchase
goods from anybody else The large firm
absorbs all the profits, and in the end the
store in the interior becomes practically
one of their branch houses, under the name
OF the unfortunate young man who has been
struggling against fate They charge
enormous prices for goods, and if they get
one bill In three they are making money.
IL Is TINS pernlcious system more than the
lack OF railway facilities that keeps up the
cost OF living beyond the Rocky Mountains.
Not long ago 1 tried to sell small trader
some goods. He frankly told me that he
couldn't buy, and that for 25 years he had
been working in the interest of certain
wealthy wholesale house on the coast. In
short, they had so loaded him down with
debts that he had become veritably their
slave"
The Hebrews always stop at frst-class
hotels. Like the rotund butchers who eat
the best of meat, the wealthy Hebrew is
generally sleek and well fed. Quite crowd
of these people had collected in the lobby of
the Anderson yesterday afternoon. Most of
them were young men and were grouped
around the elder ones who were beguiling
them with stories of past business triumphs.
Hebrews and the Coming Exposition.
At present some of the leading Hebrews
of the country are advocating special ex-
hibition by their people at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago. 1t is claimed that they
could celebrate the enforced exodus of their
race from Spain in 1892, when the Spaniards
were embittered against them. 1t is believed
that many of them soon after worked
their way to America, and assisted in es-
tablishing the country. A number of He
brews at the Anderson were interviewed on
this subject yesterday. Many had not heard
of the plan before, and at first its novelty
caught them, for the Hebrews are proud of
their race and achievements, but, after
thinking it over, the consensus of opinion
was that such an exhibition would be de-
cidedly out of place. Other nationalities,
they argued, in the country would not make
special exhibits, and they felt
it would be in bad taste and
would stir up race prejudice. If
religious denominations intended to make
showing for themselves, then they thought
the Hebrew should not be behind the 9TH
ers. One of the most intelligent in the
party said: "We are all Americans, and
this fair is national in its scope and not spe-
cial. 1t is our duty as citizens, irrespective
of creed and previous nationality, to join to-
gether and make it grand success We
are neither Irish, English, German nor He
brew, but Yankees who love the Govern
ment and the flag AS the spirit of our
Constitution is against class legislation and
distinctions, the same broad principles
should prevail in the conduct and creation
of this affair. I am decidedly opposed to
the idea of a separate exhibition by us as
Hebrews"