Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-10
BOTH SIDES


ming at large in the city limits. This
was done and on the next day owners
of the cattle came red-eyed at the edi-
tor, desiring to know why their cattle
should be kept up when pasturage on
the commons is so good, and arguing
that it is much easier and cheaper for
people to fence their truck-patches,
and more reasonable than for people
to keep their cattle fenced up.
This is simply an illustration of the
position that newspaper in a city OF
this size and general condition, Is
placed in continually.
OF late rentOrs and rentees have
been coming to this journal with their
complaints, each side desiring to have
| it shown that their respective posi-
lions are correct, and that suggests a
story;
An illiterate old Mohawk Dutchman
was once elected justice OF the peace.
In the first case tried before him he
heard the attorney for the plaintlff,
who made such an excellent argument
that the Justice declared Spy shings
dot Teller is right" Then he heard
the attorney for the defence, who
made such a strong argument for his
side that the ingenious justice ex-
claimed, "Py tam, he vas right, too"
Then he took the papers on both sides,
and balancing them in either hand,
unable to discover any difference in
their weight, decided that the "shury
vas hoong, and der case vas posponed."
The rentor says that when times
were brisk he leased his premises by
the month TO his tenant, and when
rents went away up the tenant plead
that as he had taken the house when
rents were not so good, and paid
promptly, hence, he must not be ex-
pected to pay more just because some
new conner was paying more for the
same kind, or not so good building,
and thus, the rentOr declares that it
isn't right now that times have grown
duller to expect him to pull down the
, rent.
The rentee, however, declares that
his rent has always been too high, anc
when sales are slow, and money scarce
3 he must close business or get into
!, cheaper quarters, as he cannot aiforC
to cay the same as he had to pay IL
/ ig
y too.
The HERALD has no disposition no
intention of interfering betwee
: parties in these personal bushes
y matters, and in that particular tn
'shury vas hoong," but pro bon
= publico, the newspaper has full RICH
y to speak, and it will.
- High rents will injury any town Q
= city on the face OF the earth, unde
" any circumstances, in many ways
- Merchants who pay highrents must &c
- the extra funds somewhere, and it new
fails that their customers, the gel
eral public, must pay it in advance
~ prices for what they buy, even Il
necessaries OF life. Many who are d
" terminedly opposed to doing anythir
w Of the sort will go elsewhere to pu
chase goods, and in this way THOUSAND
u,' Of dollars monthly go out Of Fairhayt
y to Whatcom, Seattle and Tacom
~ where goods can be bought cheap
no because dealers pay far less rent.
"' course, this is not the case with me
chants who own the buildings in viii,
io' they do business, but even their ira
vi suffers from the same causes, for d
y, reason that when one feels called up
w to go elsewhere 10 buy dress pate
nv or other bin of dry goods, because t
'pi dry goods merchant must sell high
TO pay his rent, the customer, il
"o happens to want at the sar
time, something in another Lin
will buy in the place where he
"" making his other purchases,
VI cause it happens to be convenient ju
nv then, despite the fact that he cou
"0 buy the same articles at home for I
same price.
y" A few weeks ago a merchant tail
came TO Fairhaven TO open lar
u" stock OF cloths and other goods in
liz line, intending to open very cons
cradle tailoring business with neie
" boring towns, through travelii
iSe agents. He found it impossible to 6
re- place for his business at a rental
PIC thought easy enough, and so went
- Whatcom. where he is today doins
aS A0urishing business, considering I
nc times. His rent in Whatcom is o
vi half less than here. or course, {
~ argument against that would be oil
no parallel with the fact that a store
I've Lake Padden wouldn't be so valual
VIC location as one on Harris aven'
vi Fairhaven, but at the same time,
iU' some lines and styles of business,
e. location is not so important as in OIL
osV lines. Sam Bowles, In the little c
my Of Springfield, Mass, printed as gr'
son and successful a newspaper as any
NJ Boston or New York, but Sam Bow
was largely the newspaper, and 5
Dhs nowieses' are not born every day.