The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-07

there was 10. store in Tacoma that had
frsf-class goods The whole article was
nrst-ckass rot. The fellow that wrote Il
was estasr q fool or araye- In this
matter or Clo1ayke outfits X was not
question - Row cheap. bat ho~ good.
There were plenty Of people in Seattle
who would Der 81 90 70 $50 hat Tacoma
could not supply good outs,. In Seattle
the merchants have had years OF ex-
perssEce In supplying these goods ana only
bought the best. The clothing schedules
were farce Any fool knew shat Tacoma
could not supply the same underwear for
~ that Seattle charged sls.5a for. So far
as blankets Were concerned which were
quoted az So in Tacoma ard Saso in Sc
attic their firm mad sold only oregon City
AID Napa blankets for these outfits and
had never charged more than s. for them.
The Narysrille blanket could rot he OBJ
tanned. but these s. blankets were ar least
as coed and probably better than Taco
mas sic en.s
j. frager, manager OF the Red Front
store, sad The article VAS all rot All
Eastern men, when they arrived here. said
that they had ceen heavily oyerchargsd
az home as compared with the prices IN
Seattle. One man going 10 the Clordyke
IN particular. \ prominent physician from
81 Paul, had been charged T.s9 for Gold
Seal rubber boots and been pu, of with
was sold In Seattle for IS pair. Rubber
boots could be had at any price, but the
whole comparison was bad on the face OF
IL, as IL gave no qualities.
j. koieman, of Kline & Rosenberg. said
the miners going 10 the Clondyke wanted
goods tina, would last. His firm had sold
the most useful underwear 10 the miners
for s. suit. They had sold ten-pound
blankets for s.. where the Tacoma people
nA uIa.S 500 In,
place of 81. as quoted for Tacoma and 81
as quoted for Seattle. So far as socks
We're concerned. the s. socks were the
socks the miners needed. though the firm
had in stock 81 socks. for which the Ia
coma people charged Sc a dozen. Take the
overshirts quoted in the list. A man
would be an idiot who would take So
cent overshirt TO the Ciondyke. What he
wanted was eloth-fnished wooden shirt
which would cost $50 each. The list
given was not complete; there was nothing
given but socks and boots for the lower
limbs. so 1t must be supposed the miners
would go about like the Highland pipers.
As 10 the question of prices. the drum
mers who came TO the Sound all agreed
that the Tacoma merchants only bought
the very cheapest kind OF trash that could
be found In the market. A good outfit
such as the Seattle stores would supply
would cost from SIS TO $40 and would last
TWO years. and would be complete. and not
the emasculated outfit OF the Ledger
Other Lines OF Business.
A. b. Stewart, president of the Stewart
& Holmes Drug Company. said there had
been no $3.50 medicine chests sent TO the
Clondyke. as charged by the Tacoma pa
per. All outfits had been 81 each, and he
showed the bin of the New York World
correspondent, where the chests were
charged at that price. He was pretty GER
tain that the Tacoma rate of 81. which was
was obtained from his brother at their
Tacoma house.
A. Morton, of the Schwabacher Hard
ware Company. looked over the list of
hardware and was disguised. There was
no tallow nor any wedges sent to the
Clondyke for they were not needed. The
quotation of 500 for wire nails In Seattle
was incorrect; the price was si6o just as
quoted in Tacoma. As 10 good many OF
the other goods. Il was folly TO talk about
them. A 10 or 59-cent compass would be
useless. so would 90 or s5-cent hunting
knife and sheath. What was wanted was
the very best of everything. for IL had TO
last. 4 pick for the Yukon should cost
no less than $1.75. The whole article was
a cheap fake, gotten UP by a man who did
OF the article was nothing In comparison
with the cost of getting IL there, and the
man who bought cheap goods was simply
an idiot. If they wanted cheap goods of
no value. let them so 10 Tacoma.