The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-28
MUST BE THROUGH BROKERS.
Wholesale Dealers May Have 10
Meet the brokers Half Way.

Meet the brokers Half Nay.
The wholesale grocers By no means have
things all their own way in their little
contest with the brokers. and though they
may partially carry their point, the brok-
ers are not coming out the under dog in
the fight.
The wholesale gr0cers have demanded
that the brokers stop selling goods direct
ly from the manufacture 10 the retail
er. but the brokers also have a demand to
make in case they see fit 20 comply with
this request Of the grocers, and IL is to
the effect that the wholesale dealers or
job5ers purchase no more goods directly
from the manufacturers, but get them all
through the brokers.
Just after the matter was taken up be-
tween the brokers and jobbers the whole
sale gro-ers circulated an agreement.
which they had signed among themselves,
requiring that the brokers sell 10 no
other houses than those which had signed
IL. The agreement had been signed only
by the members ofthe Wholesale GrOcers'
Association and two or three very promi-
nent houses which are not members Of that
association We're lert of. For this reason
the brokers refused to sign the agree
ment. Some of them stated that they were
willing 10 stop selling 10 retailers, but
they Were not going to be compelled, they
said. 10 conhne their sales alone TO mem
bers Of the jObbers association.
This situation of affairs is what led to
the determination to arbitrate the matter.
Both sides have appointed committees and
a meeting viii be held between them to-
morrow afternoon for the purpose Of dis
cussing the ques ions at issue and seeing
what sort Of an agreement can be reached.
The committees after considering the
situation and arriving at some under
standing, viii report back to their re-
spective associations, and they viii then,
if they see fit, ratify it, The brokers,
however. are not going to give in to the
demands Of the tobbers without making
some demands themselves.
I'VE are willing to stop selling TO the
retail trade one Of them said, but we
are going 10 have some concessions made
to us in return for any agreement on that
point we may enter into. You may put
il down as pretty certain that we will ask
the jobbers to stop purchasing direct from
the manufacturers and to get all their
stuff through us. This. in most instances,
Will be to their advantage and manu-
facturers who are regularly represented
hare usually offer their goods at slightly
lower prices, and they enable us to keep
the jobbers posted as to every turn in the
market. You can set it down as pretty
certain that this is not going to be a one
sided affair. II We are confined In our
sales to certain class, we want all the
business with that class which should
legitimately go through our hands"
This appears to be the general senti-
ment among the brokers. And they are
no doubt going to have some specific
agreement on this point If they consent to
conform to the dictum of the jobbers
They are willing to confine their sales to
the wholesale dealers, but they intend
they say, to sell to all the wholesale deal
ers. The matter will, no doubt, be settled
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