The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-05

mg prices will show that we
sell as cheaply-most frequently cheap
er. Expenses are less here than In larger
cites; less not alone In the conceive
amount per store, but, as a rule, less as
based on the cost Of selling dollsr's
worth Of goods.
I'm a sutsheIl. we supply all sorts of
staple goods, even to the minuteness OF
handling some things the readers judy
ment might class as outlandish. Be II
SO. and IL It's so, we ought to have full
opportunity to furnish the fniandfsh'
things, usually termed exclusive
Mr.. I. II. Kaufman. OF Kaufman Il
Co., spoke as follows:
II think 1t altogether uncalled for, and
that they hot only do the merchants OF
Richmt nd great injustice, but them
selves as well.
"A great many OF our best people
acquired this habit years ago. when they
were compelled. In q measure, on ac-
count of the small stocks carried by the
Merchants. But now. with the facilities
they have for supplying their wants I'm
either foreign or domestic materials.
their dollars should be spent where they
will do the most good.
II can relate in connection with this
an incident pertaining to this very sub
u
Boston. ret on the Pullman car coming
from Washington one OF our prominent
railroad officials. who. In course OF con-
yersation, remarked that M. as well IS
his wife, had satisfied themselves that II
was money saved even travelling on rail-
road passes, to make their purchases ct
home.
His wife a few weeks previous had
taken an empty trunk with her TO New
York, intending TO make such purchases
as she would need for .he fall. but instead
had concluded, after investigating, that
1t would be more profitable to bring the
trunk home empty and make her pur-
chases here.
I'VE very frequently have ladies who
make their homes in New York, and who
are passing through or perhaps here
visiting friends make purchases In head
gear here, and invariably they state that
they are compelled to pay much more
for the same article in New York.
But that can be easily explained. as
our goods are bought of manufacturers
and importers that Northern houses puy
them Of Our resident buyer In New
York is constantly on the alert for the
newest novelties shown, and with our
facilities for importing direct we are con-
stantly abreast with the Northern mar
and stylish.
''Thnre Is a class Of people who have
an idea that anything bought away from
home always is better, and there Is no
argument you could advance that would
convinct them otherwise.
"And the very people who are really
under obligations by way OF reciprocity
in trade to patronize you are the very
ones who buy away from home"
Mr.. w. S. Rhoads, Of Miller q Rhoads'
said
1--WE seldom hear OF any resident OF
Richmond lsendng anywhere else for
goods in our line. We see no reason why
they should do so, as Richmond's stores
are up to date so far as the latest
STYLES are concerned, and undersell any
city In the Union; travelling statesmen say
they have to make closer prices for Bos-
ton and Richmond than anywhere else
in the United States, and judging by the
retail prices quoted by the Hub City
merchants, they can't touch our prices
Mr.. Henry Phillips, OF the Richmond
China Company, spoke emphaticaiiy on
the subject as follows:
II see no reason why Richmond people
should go outside Of their city for their
goods, for at the present time the mer-
chants here are thoroughly capable OF
furnishing everything now offered on
Northern or Western market. The prices
In a few cases are slightly less, but 1t is
more frequently the case that prices in
Richmond are lower. There is absolutely
no encouragement for us TO keep an ex-
pensive line OF goods when people go
North for everything from parior lamp
to a tea set.
"They write to some Northern firm.
tell them about what they want, and the
shipment is received by express. Should
the China. bric-a-brac, etc, be broken
while the freight was being brought here,
the purchaser would lose the price Of the
article. II the same goods are ordered
through us we take all risk, and the ex-
press charges are paid by us.
"If Richmond people would give us any
sort OF proper encouragement we would
keep a line of goods that would rival
those seen In Northern cities, and sell
them at cheaper prices"
General Charles J. Anderson. OF Ander-
son & Sons, spoke as follows:
1T Is bad policy In every way for Rich
mond people to make their purchases In
other places than in Richmond. The mer-
chants here go North and carefully select
their stocks. believing all the time that
they know what is demanded by the Rich
mond purchasing public. Consequently
the merchants here present line OF
goods that they will sell to better adj
vantage to the purchaser than any North
ern firm can or will do.
IF the Richmond people would only see
the merchants here before they made
purchases North, I am sure that the
habit OF buying articles In New York
and other places would stop. and the
merchants here would enjoy the full
benefit Of what is rightly due them-the
patronage OF Richmonds people"