The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-06
TRADING STAMP FAD.
What They Cost the rlerchants and How
rlany Dollars Worth Of Goods are Re.
quired to be Purchased Before
An Article Can be Proc
Cured With
Them.

The giving Of trading stamps has been
the latest scheme to promote an Increase
of business amongst the merchants of our
city. The merchants who are in .hd
scheme give five cent trading stamp with
every ten cents worth OF merchandise pur-
chased In their store. when the custone s
receive nino hundred and ninety stamps
they can exchange them for anything of
that value at the store of the Trauii G
stamp Company.
The merchants pay s25 fora book con.
tanning live thousand trading stamp
these costing them five dollars a thousand
or five cents hundred. In other words
the stamps cost the merchants very small
per cent, OF the value of which they present
them to their customers. II ten dollars
worth OF goods are purchased the stamps
thus given away cost the storekeepers s
cents. The question has been asked sever
al of the merchants using these stamps If
they increased their sales.
Some replied that they thought they
did, while others say they havo not as yet
noticed any perceptible increase. One
merchant said he did not think the giving
away of lamps to customers, without it
was followed up and looked after as it
should be, would bring any additional
business to his firm. But they intendud
to give 1T thorough tost and present
every customer with stamps to the amount
of their purchase whether they ask for
them Or not
Tho average customer can sec how long
1t will take them to collect the required
humber to fill book, as thay will have to
purchase hundred dollars worth before
they can hopo to gather together the re-
qulred number of stamps.
Like coupons gtvcn away with every
purchase by the merchants this scheme
will soon have others in the field to attract
the attention Of tho enterprisng merchant
WHO'S after he trade from the public.
AProductive Farm.
A representative of the REPUBLICAN
was given IL ride over to DR.. John J,
Blacks farm, near Haro's Corner, Thurs
day afternoon, which is known as the Mar
win farm and which was purchased from
Or. Lesley. The farm contains over one
hundred and fifty acres, and is one of the
best fruit farms in Naw Castle county.
llo has six acres OF asparagus in cultivn-
tiun, of which his farmer, Alexander Bnx.
Ter, has sold several thousand bunches this
year In the King street market said tho
Doctor, the first dozen bunches of aspura.
gus was sold off OF that pach for IS, but
we are satisfied now to receive 81 50 for II
dozen punches.
Several tons Of grapes were gathered this
year off OF the vineyard, which brought
some Scents ii pound Ovor half an acre
is planted in black currants, which are
purchased by Smith 4 Painter. Hundreds
Of pear, apple, plum and cherry trees are
growing on this farm. and hc yield this
year has been something wonderful. A
substantial brick house and other largo
coninodious Gus buildings, including IL
largo barn, constitute he improvements on
thu farm. The ground is in an excellent
stale OF cultivation and is very productive,
his larmer visiting our markets twice Il
week the year round The Doctor intends
to put new roof on the dwelling ana ercct
Il neat tence around the garden and other
wiso greatly improve the property this fall.