The morning call., 1892-09-27
INDIGNANT SHOE MEN.
The Chronicle" Attacks on
the Trade.
ANTAGONIZING WHITELABOR
slurs Against Business Houses That Do Not
Sell Chinese Manufactured Boots
and Shoes.

| The leading boot and shoe dealers Of this
| city have agreed to withdraw all their ad
vertising patronage from the columns of
| the Chronicle.
Their action is prompted by the course
taken by that journal in advertising Chi
nese manufactured boots and shoes.
They regard the action of the Chronicle
as detrimental to both the manufacturing
and labor interests of the city. In the
| Chronicle of Sunday was an article entitled
Chinese Shoe Stores" 1t was a column
and half in length.
The article slurred the leading boot and
shoe dealers of the city and cast op-
probrium upon goods manufactured by white
labor. The article has no claim to literary
merit. There is no star under it TO indi-
cate that it was paid for by the Chinese.
1t is, therefore, considered to be one of De
Young's methods for revenging hims elf
upon the business and laboriDg elements of
this city for not rallying to the support of
his rotten. rickeiy senatorial aspirations.
The article in question starts out by stating:
These Mong0lian- shoes are fire.
quently stamped with the retailers name
and sold for the product of white labor at
S5, Sc and 81 pair, although costing less
than half as much"
According to the same article the "Chi-
nese saw through the little game." and have
established retail stores, where they have a
large custom.
The Chronicle then goes on to tell how
fine the Chinese shoes are, and dlates upon
the elegantly dressed and wealthy patrons
VINO frequent these Chinese 0 pium dens
guised as shoe-stores.
A pathetic picture is drawn, too, of how
the Chinese attendants liz these places in-
| terest the infants of parents who are being
| fitted According TO the Chronicle these
heathens are a far superior class to the
| clerks employed by the leading white stores
After indirectly advising customers TO
| patronlze these stores the Chronicle bewalls
the fact that the Mongolians will ultimately
| drive the white dealers out of business.
Now this Is nice state of affairs for
| Eastern people to draw their conclusions
| FROM" said a leading dealer last night.
That is the reason why have gone about
| getting the dealers to agree not to advertise
in the Chronicle. A dozen of them have
| signed the paper already, and tomorrow /
VIII get the manufacturers to sign the agree
| ment.
There is no reason because we do not
| turn out to boost De Young into the Senate
that he should, to revenge himself, try to
| ruin San Francisco. If be tries such tactics
as these he will have ruin on his own
| hands"
Kast & Co. were indignant when they saw
| the Chronicle article.
Now it's all a falsehood." said one of
| the members of the firm. I'VE 10 not buy
Chinese goods. In stating that / can an
swer for my own firm as we'll as for the
others. In the first place the white facto-
rles here turn out shoe for the same
money that cannot be equaled by the Chi
nese-made goods.
The Chinese have not the art of finish
| ing nor of putting that artistic shape TO
| shoe that the trained white man has.
! I'VE can buy shoe manufactured In
this city by white labor which we sell for
| 81. It's first-elass article, too.
Then If you want anything cheaper than
! that we have Eastern goods which we sell
lower. OF course we do not cater 10 that
trade. hut We carry them"
Nolan Brothers were displeased with the
| Chronicles fallacious article iavoring Chi
nese goods. i've make our own goods"
said the manager of the firm last night,
"and we can compete with the Chinese for
| chea ppess and quality"
Descalso Brothers were also angry with
the Chronicle.
"Why look at these hand-turned kid goods
So pair" said one OF the brothers TO
CALL reporter, as he exhibited fancy and
beautiful shoe; this is white-labor make.
Such goods as these brought IS only lew
years ago. We can now undersell the Chi
nese, and there is not store In town that
handles MongOlian manufactures except
some of the bargain shops where they may
get a few dumped in with white goods
which they buy at auction sales.
Now. that is one thing We can be thank
| full for; the Chinese are out of the compe-
tition. California produces the better line
| of goods cheaper than the Chinese can make
| them, and cheaper in some Instances than
| the Eastern made goods.
well, now, there is not the least bit of
| truth in it." said J. B. Russell, the we'll
known shOeman, in reference to the Chron-
| icles libel ON the trade 'I'll take you up
| to Chinatown and dollar for dollar will
| sell you goods better in finish, style and
| material than the Chinese would dare to
produce The trouble is just this: The
| Chinese are being driven to the wall. Our
manufacturers here are now employing
white labor and were never so prosperous
The shoe trade of this city is on the ascen-
dant, and the Chinese cannot keep up with
it,"
Among the other dealers the impression
was the Chinese had retained the Chronicle
TO bolster up vanishing industry.
1t isn't possible that the thousands of
boot and shoe makers who earn remunera-
Jones & GenyiiIe, Earl & Co., Porter. Ses-
singer d Co., Buckingham d Hecht. Calm,
elsburg d Co., the United WOrkmen
and others view this attack upon their live
lihood with approval.
Indeed they do not.
The fact OF the matter is as stated by one
of their members: I'VE will bring this TO
the attention of the Federated Trades and
see what can be done TO remove the false
impression given by the Chronicle. The
fact of the matter is the Chronicle never has
been friendly TO local industries unless it
suited its purpose for the time"