New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15
.JEHU LEvIES TRIBUTE.
BIG COMMISSIONS PAID by CARRIAGE
AND HARNESS MAKERS.
rurv ARE NECESSARY IF DEALERS WOULD
RETAIN THEIR BtsINEss-AT THE MERCY
OF COACHMEN.


The door Of the big carriage house shut to with
sran The official at the desk within the railed-in
Enclosure to the right stepped forward TO ascertain
the newcomers wants
"Mr A. bought a carriage from you yesterday"
said he.
"Ob YES of course and you
81 am Mr.. AS coachman
Your LameT'
Henry p Hawkins"
wary welI: RI make you out check. The ca
r,ose was $500" and the official returned 10 his
desk
VERY satisfactory carriage" said Henry p.
Haw wilkins few seconds later as he placed the
folded check In his pocketbook Mr.. A. Is well
n,eased with IT, Good day" And again the big
door clicked as he stepped out into the street.
.turdv-looking man whose countenance and dress
declared him from the country had looked on At
the transaction with interest
"Wbat does that mean" the privileged person
,nou,red 81 thought the buyer made out check.
not the seller. Was there something que MI A.
from Yesterdays business"
moi at ALI" said the official, smiling II was
s,mnlv giving the coachman his percentage on the
sale" -
"D,d Won have a bargain with him 10 that effectr'
mo had never him before But as soon
as ne saw that new carriage come nome ne knew
he was In for his fee
ct don't see what he had to do with it,
"te had nothing to do with 1t, but he will have
n great deal to do with the reputation OF that car
rage so he be paid for the trouble OF recon-
mending it, even If negatively
THAT is very interesting" said the countryman.
Explain exactly what You mean
81 mean this: II the house refused 10 pay that
coachman his percentage Mr.. As new carriage
would be eternally out Of order A nut would
come loose from wheel and rol on In the street
some time. The tire would not wear satisfactorily.
The door would jam. or stick. or come unfastened
he ed
time she got in out Of the carriage. My paying
that percentage to the coachman obviaes all this.
There will be friction about the bargain at all.
The carriage will we'll and Mr.. A. will ad-
wise any friend seeking to purchase carriage 10
patronZe this house.
II never heard OF such an outrage. gasped tie
cotntryman. Are all coachmen dshonestT'
'They don't cal 1t dishonesty. replied the other.
IT'S part OF their business. It's always done.
and they think they have right TO resent the
slight when their commission is overlooked"
"Of course" admitted the other "if coachman
exerted himself to procure you lot OF customers
I should say he had RICH; to expect commission,
but simply to come and claim it in that bare
faced manner when he had nothing whatever u
do with the sale is out of all reason.
Whatever is. is right" quoted the carriage
man. Custom has made this matter right, for
the coachman The harness makers have IT much
worse than We do 49,
The harness-makers?
only pay per cent. The coachmen rave 1t all their
own way with them 1t Is just possible that pat the
little about the vehicle as - whether 1t is vel.
built and so on but he never knows ANYTHING about
nifty to make or mar the harnessmans fortunes a.
The countryman pondered on his newly gained in
this sort Of thing?' he buried OUT at length II
a firm sells frst-cass goods, people must know il.
/ should think they would just shut down on the
whole business"
rents" said the carrage man They have smut
down the coachmen and the result has not
been to their liking \ certain we,known carriase-
business, failed by reason OF adopting such radica
plans Later ne opeed ssa aim on e T
wants TO be made uncomfortable by having things
continually happening TO his carriage or his har-
sss. He wants comfort and ns' ~as to pay
works. said the countryman. IT'S new scheme
ys5 the tho OF kss
at that. could tell you Of cases, where the harness
showed plainly signs OF having been soaked into
out. etc, where the customary tip to the coach
man had beer omitted. In fact it is generally
wares viii not wear well unless the coachrnan
finds that it is TO his interest to have them wear
1T IL only in harness that the percentage
system obtains but in boarding; stables, in the mat
Se 0r etc. The m yoa that
81 out of every s. ne makes goes to the coachman
There is boarding stable I could direct you to
that for an entire season contained numbers OF
empty stalls, simply because the proprietor made
public his determination to stop paying the coach
men That stable Immediately became unhealthy.
Everybody knows that 1t is the easiest thing in
the world TO make horse sick.
The bay can't go out to-day. ma am; he's sick
says the coachman. So madam has TO stay at
home. whether she wishes to or not The family
so Often and coshman e eta 'sss that
he is afraid they are not taken care Of properly
round at the stables
I'm the matter of the purchase OF a horse, Il
very often happens that the man who is buying the
animal knows little about horsefesh, depends
largely upon his coachman's judgment. In which
case the coactman really becomes most i'm
portant factor In the transaction.
- This sort of thing importation from
Eng and," cont the harness dealer. In Eng.
land you can't get anything without tipping every
body concerned. Most coachmen have Inherited the
business Their fathers were coachmen before them.
and they have been acquainted with all these tricks
ever since they remember
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