The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-01
WHAT THE BROKERS WANTED.
ONLY FOUR RETAILERS THEY DE-
SIRE To SELL GOODS TO.

They Were wilkins 20 stop Selling TO
AIIthe Others II the Jobbers Would
Buy All Their stun From Them
The Jobbers Refused 10 Accede 10
Either OF These Demands. and In
sisted Only That They stop selling
the Retail Tradc-The Ground the
Broker Has TO stand On.
The indications are that the brokers
will hardly accept THE proposition mace
10 them by the wholesale dealers Win
out considerable moliacaticn-
The brokers held meeting yesterday
afternoon 20 receive the report ~ Their
committee which went before The whole
salers the day before. They were very
reticent as 10 what -ti1n they took about
the counter proposition made them by
the wholesale dealers. but it Is INeiy that
they viii insist GA certain notifications
before they consent 10 enter into any
agreement not TO s=u the retailers.
The wholesale dealers made the plain
demand on the brokeSs tnat they stop
selling 70 the retail dealers. and told
them as an alternative they could give
I'D their trade. On this ground 1t APP
pears the wholesale dealers are insist
ing. and are 10 all appearances unwiu-
ing 10 make any concessions on their
part whatever.
After receiving this demand the brokers
appointed committee 10 meet the whole
salers and 10 present 10 them PROPOSE
ton which, if accepted uy the joboers.
would be satisfactory TO them, and they
would consent to stop safes 20 those re-
taiIers not mentioned IN ,nat proposition
The brokers agreed IN their proposition
10 stop selling an the retailers, with the
exception Of Herman TrauO on West
Broad street, j. e. slater on congress
street George Dieter on Barnard street.
and II. ]. Doyle on ST. Julian street
They asked TO be allowed 10 sell these
four grocers who. from the nature OK
their business, are called semi-Joboris,
as they supply a good many OF The smaller
stores besides doing a ret4u business
In addition TO this request the brokers
asked that in consideration OF their CIV
ing up the retail trade. the Jobbers buy
all OF their supplies through them
These are the grounds on which tnry
stood. feeling that If they gave up one
class Of business that brought them con
siderable revenue they should have some
thing which would In part recompenae
them for IT, This proposition was dis
cussed at length by the jobbers.
The brokers stated they wanted 10 con-
tinue to sell the semi-jobbers above mcn-
toned on account of the fact that they
handle a great many goods which the
majority OF the regular wholesale houses
will not take, for instance there is a grade
OF meat not the best, which only about
three Of the regular wholesale dealers
handle but it is also handled by these
semi-jobbers, and they have class u
customers for il.
In case a broker received car load Of
this meat. If he could not get bids on IL
from these SEMI obbers he would have 10
take for Il whatever these three regular
wholesale houses might see fit 10 offer aim
for it, This it is stated. is true OF sew
eral Of the articles handled by the brokers.
The fact that there are several Of the
regular wholesale houses which handle
such goods in one way or another. how
ever. lost 10 the brokers this part Of their
demand, and the jobbers refused 10 Omi.
these semi-jobbers from a list Of the re-
tailers 70 whom the brokers must not
sell.
In the other case. too, there are a good
many OF the jobbers who have arrange
ments by which they get certain classes
Of goods direct from the manufacturers.
These arrangements are In some instances
greatly TO their benefit. and they DO not
feel inclined TO give them up. AS in the
other case a majority Of the 1Obbers voted
against accepting this proposition from
the brokers, and thus all that the brokers
asked for in return for giving up the
retail trade was refused This constituted
the counter proposition which the whole
salers submitted back 70 the brokers' com>
mittee, and that was what was reported
at yesterday afternoons meeting. The
brokers discussed the matter at some
length and will send their committee
TO the jobbers again this afternoon to
notify them Of what stand they have taken
in the matter. They viii undoubtedly in
sist on being given al least a part of their
demands.
The broker has become rather an essen
tial feature in commercial trade, and II
may be that the jObbers viii find they can
not well get along without them A job
Der calls on the brokers for prices. and
they all send kilograms to their different
connections TO get the lowest figure. It
may have cost all these brokers together
from SIS TO So to telegraph all over the
country for prices. and yet only one q
them can get the order, while the jobbor
gets the benefit of the telegraphug and
buys his stuff at the lowest figure quoted
Then again most all Of the large manu-
featuring establishments are represented
by brokers in this city. The mandatory
will ship goods 10 the jobber direct If they
are ordered, but the brokers commission
IS always charged In the bill and that
commission is paid to the broker whether
he makes the sale or not. From this it
would appear that the brokers have some
ground on which 20 stand themselves. ana
some basis on which they can afford 10
make demands. The committee viii meet
the jobbers again this afternoon and a
settlement Of the matter may be brought
about.
WITH PISTOL AT MS HEAD.