West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-11-01
THE JOURNAL CALLED DOWN.
A Crushing Card From One OF the
Leading Business Men OF the Joun.
ty in Reply To Their Calamity
Howl and Demagoguery.

ness anu attempts To inauguraJc a boy
cotS The statements of the journal
/ are SO reckless, 50 void of truth aud SO
misleading, that rs manager OF the
business, feel compelled % call them
down.
80 far as a scheme FOR political pur-
poses Is concerned, let me here state,
and l wash to call the Journals a,ten-
lion TO IT particularly, John r. McGraw
/ nor any member of the Congressional
! Committee, w j. Lavolle nor any mem
/ Der OF the County Committee, nor any
one else ON earth outside OF our firm,
! ever advised, counselci or even knew
that we intended To reduce our prices
on sugar until it was done. and the
vile dispersion that we are To be reim-
| Durseo by McGraw or from any other
source, rs as false as il is unlSind. In
! other words, IL is reckless and mali
cious tlsehood i'm every particular, aud
! when the journal in its blind partisan
| ship calls us demagogues and unwor-
! thy or confidence, the charge is SO
! ridiculous, coming from the source il
J does, that it is hardly worth noticing.
| Now, let us look at the facts Weeks
before we made this reduction. our
! young friend Whitaker, at Tunneltun.
was selling sugar at this reduced price.
! He saw proper 10 do it, believed il to
be good business aud necessary to meet
| competition The journal knew this,
for 1T appeared in it's columns, but it
was all right, MIR Mu.ttaller is an ar.
A. n Ia,
/ of the journal, hides a multitude ot
sinS) Mcssr> Sitv.ii bros. and other
merchants OF o.. Il nd a. well AS m.r-
chants OF Grafton have been doing the
same for "A considera ole length OF time.
anu even our late ana esteemed towns
men, Messrs Feather ~ Werner, now
! located at Parsons, with a rate OF
| freight four cents higher than ours,
have not only been sehinr at this re-
duced price, out have been advertising
III an the most conspicuous manner.
THESE gentlemen are enthusiastic Re-
puolcanS Now will the astutc editors
OF the journal say ali these gentlemen
are demagogues, devoid OF self-rcspcct
and business integrity aud unworthy
OF confidence and advise the people 10
steer clear Of them? Now, the Jour
nal knows that we are not selling
| sugar below cost, or IL they do not.
! their ignorance in this matter is equal
Ell only by their ignorance in making
the statement in regard 10 wooden
goods being free after January /, 1895.
when the average school boy knows
that there is tariff averaging 40 per
! cent on such articles
And now in conclusion Of the sugar
matter let me say, that We reduced our
prices on sugar because we believed il
good business move and that the
people would appreciate our efforts TO
benefit them, aud the result has proven
That we were ri sht, and we propose 10
, Keep IL right down to these prices. sub
ject only To the fluctuations Of the
market As the market is Weakening
| we do not iplieye there will be any
advance whatever until Spring, wdcn
the increased demand on account OF
berry and fruit season may cause a
slight advance And right here let me
say, that the law " OF supply and de-
mdnd has more TO do with the price o.
sugar than the existing laws. To
prove this, we give Wholesale jobbers'
prices for the present month in the last
three calendar years October .. 1892,
50 - per VT, October 4. 1898, a. 80:
! October -, 1894 "a s5-all Wheeling
| prices. The two former under the Nc
| Kinley Bill and the latter under the
Wilson Bill During these years the
market huctuated according 10 tho de.
mand and supply and operations OF the
Sugar Trust
If giving the people cheap goods aud
low prices is dcInagoRuory. then we
plead guilty ali along tine line We be-
lieve we have equal rights in business,
whether we be Democrat, Republican
or Populist, and he who attempts to
curtail such rights or injure our bust
ness because we exercise them IS
demaRo .ue OF the lowest type
And now as 90 the Journals inquiry
about the lumber business as the Jour
nIl seems to want informal on, and GER
tainly needs H. We VIII say as tu our
/ mills being idle, Kngwood lumber
trade depends upon the export business.
Nine OF every ten loads that leave this
station Is for export When we cannot
export wo cannot run. During last
winter we sent an unprecedented
amount Of lumter al road. causing
surplus 20 gradually pile mp in the
European markets. and when i'm Feb
ruary we sent an enormous and unprc-
cedented amount the lotion fell out
< Of the market and prices went with
I crash so low that shipping was out o.
tine question except for % little con-
/ tract stuff and We were compelled To-
/ stop. During the summer thi. surplus
l was diminished 20 some extent. so chat
( IN september wc were able 10 make
/ contracts FOR 100000 fcct az very fair
/ prices $500 an $500 per thousand
/ for 35ENl2 and 5xl2 from l8 20 10 feet
! long These orders were 90 10 filled by
/ October 22d. and n satisfactory we're 90
/ be- followed Dy more. Not having wa.
\ ter or sufficient timber ourselves, and
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