Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-17

10 boiieve shat tJo dtiunot lra"tf
would hnve been AZ prolific in sugse5'
tion aud as original now o. in days OF
years gone by.
That the people u Utah are great
consumers Of mtrchaudise goes witn'
out siyinV, nud that far too much Of
this consumpli1n is imported, our
mammoth a.orss aud retail Distributors
testify on every street. But in this
popular buying aud selling there
are anomalies which surprise, mainly
because they oyijoncoau Ignorant Drum
apprtoIatiyc spirit whlCn t. In nowise
being restrained, but rather is on lhe
increals beyond all precedent. While
It Isl true tlat thpso lsa public demnni
Tor gooIf, while lt is true that stores
ace 10 number beyond necessity, % BE-
also true that neither tioreseupefs nor
consumers arc as discriminating ia
their relations as they on got 10 be. The
sifaugrr-ihr enemy cvtni secures
patronage "a rapidly "a does tue ificnoi
tho drummer thousand miles ifom
homo probably more readily than the
drummer from leading town. Hence
this Tutrl,ofy, az rule, swRrms with
men selling spucialties Tor firms or
houses who have mo- Interest la this
Territory save for what they can take
out OF It, and sponi elsewhere.
10 r. true these representative men
nte ailable, pushing, accommodating,
aud genial, o. men c1uTiilg trade
are apt to be; that Ia some cases they
roprczunt firms u staining and rcpu.
tatiou. Butt hardly seems real5nablo
that nrsi-cl11s firms who have n buai'
moss 10 home should credit every li,tlo
paltry store ina county village 40 lar
from their own legitimate ilolds Of
trade. Thcso iifma On furclafs) surely
DO not want TO burden ,hvir books with
this Kind OF accounts. Nor can they
at euch q distance watch these credits
90 eau the iohbing house cl5ic by. Tue
risk a. not worth tho profit Aud 80,
there arc hundreds Of just such uuyrr
10 this Territory, and Of course hun.
dfeds OF credits. Busidoa, many Of
these small buyers arc injured IN THE,
hat buying from every drummer, their
strength aud credit cover 90 large d
surface, that unloss extra yigilaui, a.
has been proven many a Tins, they
never know where they stand, and
collapse IL more often prevented by
sheer luck than BY business ability
and control.
O'c4urso thIs 10 claimed 10 be n laud
Of liberty, Men 20 aud 90 where
and villa, they choose. but has
il ever occurred 10 traders or
organizations that obligaiiou8 aud
responsibilities rest upon the home
merchant and lobbsr that afe totally
unshnrci by tho tfanilent man aud
distant ftm? And that tho local job.
Dor can aad does soil jus, as cheap,
ami he Ia just a. much entitled 10 the
trade Of this Territory, u not as anx.
/ ANANt ~ ANI NhA'AANA NAh ANs W.
know Of one house In Salt Lake City,
which has paid over iiity thousand
dollars In local taxes Juiiug tue past
three years, or over sixteen thousand
dollau per aunu,n, 10 make this city,
county ard rofrlofy what II L.; and
this aud similar 1rms think that tho
trade Of this Territory logltimaiely
bulongu 10 them; that they should have
the preference, aud ina, drunmers
ni,Iiug from roint TO point, without
ncouso OF poll tax ever, should mol
have ths preference thoy appear u
have; that men a step higher, agouu,
who simply rent nn office and
board, should not have that
trade which the man VINO builds,
raises amiiy and pays tho take.
should nssurudly have. Neither doe,
@ seem fair that eastern or western
mnuutaclurceAnl dcaiursphould create
those agencies outside OF lhhing firms,
ana insist that the latter should bay
from them Whom lhoy want TO trad
Direct Whal character, what credit,
docs a man or lrm acquire when no 3.
not In touch with tho flm Ia Whose
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