The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-16
INDUCEMENTS" TO RerAILERa
Goods and Valuable Articles Given Fea
the Price of the Goods,

Goods and Valuable Articles Given Fe4
the Price of the Goods.
Something will have to be done tc
discourage Inducements to retailers.
declared wholesale grocer. ga good
pure food law could do some good.
These inducements move the cupidity
of the retailer, and the consumer suffers
by having imposed upon him inferior
or adulteraled goods. "
'What do you mean by induce
ments?"
The grocer handed to the inquirer .
handsomely illustrated card on which
were the words:
Free with 500 pieces Of Jolloppy's
ithat's not the name) chewing gum, the
handsome full gilt clock here pictured
at cost to the retailer of $3-that is,
You get S. worth of gum at retail and
Q So clock all for So"
eff the manufacturer stopped at
chewing gum, the Generalization te
the trade would be slight, but this get
something for nothing idea is stimulat.
ed all along the line. 1t is bad enough
in various lines of tobacco, but in the
line Of ground spices and coffee it ia
absolutely pernicious. It's lucky con.
sumner that gets any genuine ground
spices now, or any goods that may be
oheapened by mixing. Mustard is mixed
with sawdust and made hot in the
mouth by the addition of cayenne pep.
per. So it is with other things.
Here's catalogue of manufaotur.
er who unblushingly labels his book
absolutely pure spices. There are about
100 different Articles named in it as
prizes to grocers who buy these spices
in greater or less quantity. Among the
inducements are musical boxes, fire.
arms, furniture of all kinds, stoves,
sewing machines, store fixtures, show
cases, clocks, cyclopedias, bicycles, baby
carriages, lawn mowers, mackintoshes
crookery, rugs, silverware, watches and
clocks, gold headed canes, umbrellas.
and so on up to delivery wagons and
two seated carriages. Here's the in
ducement III the last named:
with 700 pounds ground spices, alb
solutely pure, any assortment of all
spice, mustard, ginger, pepper, CHINA
mon, cloves, etc., at % cents a pound.
we give one of these carriages free. II
other words, $50 pounds of spices and
che carriage all for $187. 50.'
'The drug trade is afflicted with thii
came sort of thing and perhaps to as
great an extent as The grocery trade
There ought to be some way of heading
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Emotional Literature.
81 suppose you see all sorts Of people
In the course of days run?" said the
observant man to the train boy as he
bought package of wintergreen chew.
ing gum.
lyon betP' said the boy, after the
of his kind. Look acrost the
way there at that woman a-cryin owe,
'Unlut.kily Married; or, the Doom of
Mary Jane. When she come ON the car
this mornin, she were as pretty as a
wax fgger, all red an white. Sence she's |
been a-readin that novel she's cried till |
Ger face is all streaked and striped The
paints run so she looks jest like
sebry." And the youth walked on, leav-
ng the observant man in deep thought
Detroit Free Press.
A Child Enjoys.
nhe pleasant flavor, gentle action and
oothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when
n need of laxative. and if the father
r mother be c0stIve or bilious, the
lost gratifying results follow its use;
0 that it is the best family remedy
nown, and every family should have
bottle on hand.