Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-27

Of upon, and several buyers Of that
class we're mentioned. "Ah," said the
fret speaker, "every one Of those is
Indebted upon our books" Human
nalure-traie natufe-we III know l.
very peculiar, bat ingratiiude Is o
biighllng feature everywhere, ami II j.
one which should 6nl no place IN
trading communily Of oslensibie
brethren. Yet all business men Of this
class know from experience that
to beirlend come men Is TO
make them enemies, and " you
give them too much loeway as credit
they will become Jealous and Irritable,
suspicious aud petulani, and for little
excuse or none you may lose their
trade and an account o. we'll.
Some time ago the representative Of
a large wholesale city house visited .
country store which had a heavy I Z.
debtedness. Somslhing In liquidation
was suggtated, hut the reply, gwen ~
a cavalier kind Of way, wiz: eve
have to meet So.and-So NJ such date,
and sc.and.So." "Wcll, but our cliim
Is n prior one and settlement L. dcsifa.
bic soon" Security was eventually
given, but failure was iuUvltablo-aud
It can't; c ms as the result Of divided
trade, ami JIs,ly, because 1t was dis.
honorable one. Purchases East, West
and elsewhere, pfoo!pitl,od desirable
and a profitable business into IRE.
deomabIv delinquency. As a cot.
oil 10 this ia another dirtc.
lion was m accommodating store.
They were heavily IN debt too; they
had book accounts, but poor harvest
made them uno0llectable; patloucu
and louicnoy on the raft Of the ono
debtor, helped to tide over tho year
and that store has il5urished ever
since.
There are men now, aud stores, whose
Indebtedness IL scattered, and tho little
they have coming In will not keep
them going. Paid out, by division,
their receipts hardly count and each
creditor l. ON the qui vivo to SEQ wha,
his brother creditor will do. Hero 10
antagonism In another form, aud the
trader, at his wits end, knows not
which way 10 turn. lie would like 10
placato them hll-the enc In Omaha
and 81. joe and the one In Salt Lake;
the one ia San Francisco and Chicago
and tho one at home; but 1, cannot be
done and 20 you eco nov and again
preferred and unpreierred
accounts, as u the victim had found
himself "beiween tho devil and the
deep, deep sea-"
This all grows Gu, OF the insanity Of
competition, which In as bitter here
lmorc 40, for many reasons) as else.
whore In the West. Yet eastern
papers declare that save IN rural dis.
Iricis this class OF competition Is uu.
known. The grocer there asserts that
ho makes living profit on sugar.
Here In Salt Lake CITY for this article,
wholesale and retail are synonymous
Iormi; and many other goods are reach.
Ing consumers through margin
which meaus disaster and loss to the
seller. The great public claims that II
gets tue benefit Of this depression and
IL may for the moment,
but 70 IL at the expense Of principle, OF
honesty and OF dealers, here or else.
where. A fair profit Ia In the nature
VI o iair wage for services rendered,
and those 6bo cut and cut,
10 pleato the public or themselves,
arc the cause OF decentralization
In trade aud deal. But whether In
this way or by adultoratlon, this class
are not the friends but arc enemies
rather OF a reputable, stable, honest,
community ut last.
The press voices the comlng OF
mighty change. Bankruptcy In excess
is creating strange comment, ana every
department OF trade and manufacture
IL turning upon financial matlors the
search light OF personal and broader
Interest," and bye and bye every buyer
aud seller will DO called upon to give