Democratic messenger., 1894-11-03
HERE'S POLITICS!
How Snow Hill Merchants View
\ Democratic Tariff.


democratic measure as We would like
to have seen would result in re.
ducing prices of goods of almost every
description and that in consequence
OF its passage we could buy our cloth.
ing, carpet our home, and make our
selves comfortable cheaper than here.
tofore. In order that we might satisfy
ourselves and our readers on this sub.
ject, we have taken the trouble To in.
vestigate, by inquiring of cur mer.
chants what difference they found in
purchasing their fall stock, and below
we give the result of our investigation.
Mr.. j. :. Price, Of the firm of j. s.
Price Il Co. who buys for his firm
and being an old hand at buvinc
knows his business SAYS:
4" In high class dress goods there is a no.
ticeablc reduction in prices and in plain
cloths there Is n reduction OF at least Ia
cents u yard from last wears prices.
We sell now the same quality dress goods
Tor IS cents that we sold last wear for 81
cents and the $lO0 qualities then are now
30 cents.
find in bnying Il reduction of about %
per cent on woolen goods but not quite 81
much on cotton goods. Probably the re.
duction ON these i not more than ; rcr
cent
What do YOU attribute thi. great
reduction To, we asked?
IL hardly know. said he. .'Thc wholesale
men say they are doing more business than
heretofore. that people are buying more and
they can afford to sell cheaper They say il
is because of reduction in tariff rates and
can see no other reason for it,
The next store we visited was Mr..
+. W. Johnson's. He was not in, how
ever, but we found in his place Mr..
Thomas Il. johnson. who has been
identified with the mercantile business
in this town for number of wears,
and by the way he is good rcpubli-
can.
After few words conversation we
inquired what difference he found in
prices over last year. He replied:
81 cant see very much difference. but
things are II little cheaper. Elmo has some
prints here which he is selling at cents
that used to get cents for. lie hasn't q
large stock of woolen goods, but they are
little lower than heretofore"
Mr.. NJ. I. Hargis, of Richardson,
Smith Moore Il Co., in reply to the
inquiry as to corresponding prices Of
this year with last, said:
"All woolen goods are reduced consider
ably; at least fifteen per cent. Cashmer.
and henriettas that were so cents yard are
now 80 cents. Here is an undershirt,
mems that sold for IS cents last year we
are selling for so cents now.
Piedmont cotton, yard wide, unbleaclIeit
We are selling at cents yard. that cost 81
cents last season. We are selling ginghams
at cents that formrrly cost It's ) and s.
Wooden blankets are from So cents 10 81 OC
pair cheaper. according to quality. Some
that were $3.50 are now $l.25 others that
sold for $500 now sell for $500.
All wool cashmere that sold for so cent.
yard we can now sell at Is cents.
All flannels ore from 5 tc 10 cents less d
yard.
In woolen carpets there is reduction ol
about 10 cents yard. That which sold fol
Sl.OO last year is 30 cents now +, and 81 ON
Hosiery is cheaper IIermsdorff dive. an
imported hose, that sold for IS cents is now
25 cents. We have a lot of mems ut Il
cents that were 25. and We will give three
pair for half dollar"
On notions there is an average reduction
of 25 per cent.
We have better quality in velvetine now
for So cents than that for which we got s:
cents last year.
Brown Muslin's that were s cents a var,
are now G..
We can sell ladies worstcd dress good.
for 80 cents now that sold last wear for 4C
cents yard"
What causes the differences in pri
ces?
''rhe reason given by those from whom
we buy, manufacturers generally, is the re-
duction in tariff made by the recent Demo
cratic Congress.
We then went in to see Mr.. Thoma.
II. Collins where we found several
gentlemen congenially talking ovel
matters which kept us back. but a,
soon as an opportunity presented itsel
we inquired if in purchasing his Fal
stock he found any difference in price.
from last year. His answer was:
Yes l find a general reduction in all
classes of goods, varying from Is per cen
| to IS per cent. For instance have bought
Kersies this year ut %. cents for which
paid 80 cents last year; another grade that
l paid SIS cents for last year bonght thi
year for 81.
Is there any difference in the prics
Of harness! we inquired.
Yes, but not so much rs in some othel
goods. Harness however is 10 per ct. cheaper
at least.
How about Horse blankets?
Well they are about 20 per cent cheaper
| than last year. The same blanket that
sold last year for $500 can now sell 70
$2.40. Others that were 81. SO l am offer
ing at 81 25. I find less reduction in shoe
that these other goods hut they too ar,
cheaper
Putting his hand ON pile of gen
tlemen's suitings he continued:
These goods are away off at least 2.
per cent cheaper than heretofore. l cal
sell better suit now for $1,000 than
couli buy for that money last year.
The TACT Is these samples were not sen
out until after the tariff law was passed
The manufacturers would not put price ol
them until President Cleveland allowed tn
Act Of Congress to become law by with
holding his signature from the Bill.
There is no use talking Democratic Law
has cheapened these and nearly every othe
class of goods.
Mrs. Y. ). Townsend who carrie
the largest line of Ladies' coats ii
town says:
IL must admit that they are con>iierahl.
cheaper than last wear.
How about dress goods?
Taking piece of black dress good
from the shelf and handing it to I
lady customer, she exclaimed
Il never saw ANYTHING so cheap rs tina, il
my life"
why its really wonderful isn't il Onl
| % cents n YARD