The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-18

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70 power TO compel our obedienee 20
= nv scheme that after triai DID re-
come % 10 our expectations. hut J atn
satisfied that u trial VIII demohatrn,e
oil that said TO be more than uue,
and will make full converts or ever
Thomas in the business
.Gentiemen from West ViTginlu, from
her 1iamlets, cities and towns. ioF W
sake OF your families, your wives anu
rbtL1Pen Tor the sake OF your homes
ana home life, for the sake OF your own
health and continued and pleasant eA-
iEtcnce. 1 ask you to endorse this move
meut. and to enter Into an nFrahee-
fncut such as / have indicated. Rnq ny
WUrd for Il you will do more 10 please
yonr wives and children, 10 Aeip NC
community, TO benefit yourself, t"
any one other thing that YOU eould pos
slbiy DO. ,,, =,
much OF your time and thank you ior
vour aNentlon. 3iy earncstness aas
compelled me 20 speak as ! have. l
vrsnt thia matter Tor myself; want j
rad. am satisfied that It - good
thInr and I want the corporation OF
Inc merchants OF this state In securing
n Lei us all stand together ana the
res,,it viii BE- such that the sixteen or
eiqhtsen hour day With their headaches
and tired feeling, will forever be al m
end"
TIE Department. STORE.
The paper by President scherer' OF the
National Association OF Retail Groeers'
on '.rhe Department Store Grocery
was strong protest aGa:art deception
prst t,ced. as he alleges. n these estate
usbu ents. President SChc:cr SAYS: 4,
No ths President and retail dealers OF
West Virginia. in convention assem-
:sTbc department store evil. the dis
cussIon Of the merits ma deinetl's'
principally the latter, OF the depart
Tnclt stores which has occupied q large
gpace in the trade and general press
during the past few months, has dfNtl-
oped much interest bearing upon INC
question OF the proper methods Tor the
dietributlon OF merchandise. There ~
sound philosophy. social and economic
in President Mckinley's sentence thAt
CHEAP" coat means cheap man.
..Trhese storpR with their despicable
methods by which they do business are
well known: they sell hams beio" Sost
one day, canned goods the next Hour
the next. etc. and at the same ullc
make big profits on other lines OF goods
Thus Il Eoes on day by day. the public
is deluded by false and misleading
and the struggling reg
MAR retail man Is the sufferer. scores
OF articles have lost their commercial
value entirely by the continuous cut
ting OF the department stores ana pro.
fessionai cutters. these men who, II
they cannot lead, win do all they can TO
ruin by reckless cutting; they are fooi
twin brother Of the former class tine
department store keeper.
THOSE firms which manufacture
them (these urticlesl have been ruined
and their employees thrown out OF work
by the bargain counter methods OF the
department stores. who continually
cause good goods to be cut down OF
made into inferior grades, thus DrlnB-
ing down wages and causing great loss
to the entire producing classes; they
often sell standard goods at sacrlhCe
10 draw trade. Thus they manage 10
allure the public into their place OF
business and then they sell 20 single
customer one or two, may be half
dozen. OF the articles. or they attempt TO
foIst a substitute upon the consumer, IN
this manner cheapenlng humanity.
cone feature OF these perniclOus forces
Is the cheapenlnE OF man. and also me
blightlng OF womanhood, ana the
stuntlng, physically and intellectually
OF children in comparative INFANCY
thus reducing the price OF the article so
that the mechanic can scarcely exist
an the bare necessities OF life (whilc
wroking) is fatal order OF social econ
''' ..They often realize big profits by
forced sales. fire sales. bankrupt sales,
sheriff sales. With a press more than
favorable to their chief patrons, they
prosper: II is said that the public large
iy patronlEe9 them, they palm them
selves on as public benefactor& Inc
public also pltFonizes questionable IN
stitutions: for Instance. gaming hous-
"a. prize fights, lotteries. horse races.
and the prize package vendor.
''Yet Legislation has been called upon
TO regulate. II not prohibit, these sue
cessftil enterprises. he grows richer
while his employees become more enact
ated: vet for the sake Of the elusive
bargain counter" the public literllly
tranples over the bodies Of their less
fortunate fellow men. pressing their
heels deeper into their empty stomachs
for the benefi: Of fake sales of'nll de-
scriptions.
The "-arERIn Sale"
These bargains mean .underpald
help, nnderpald mechanics. This life
Is an entirely mutual one. We eat, drink
and clo,he ourselves b. rendering some
particular service to some other per-
son: he in turn does likewise, The de-
duetIon OF all this f.. that n each one
can render the other enough service we
can obtain our necessities, and have
some to spare. all would be comfortable.
and have a bank account besides. II
any one man or set OF men or associ-
ated wealth get control OF the business
and try TO do the business 0f.the town.
they will have the luNurtes OF NE ana
the rest the bare necessities.
These large merchandise emporiums
can do the business for one-half the eN-
Dense that the man who runs his own
place and sells one line OF goods can do
IL. What we want Is that these stores
be made 10 divide their business and
give everybody n chance Mt making n
living, making this as It Is claimed 70
be, q free country, where every man
will have an equal show with another
'Jf the people would realize the PERM.
cIous effect OF this system they would
shun these shops as theg 20 thc uFau
~ trolley wire; but the people are de-
ceIved by the speclOus plea that they
cradle the purchaser to get his goods
cheaper and thus benefit the mass OF
the people. This Is q narrow View Of
the case. The family that saves $40 a
year incidentally. Injuries the earning
possibilities OF the wage-carner i've
times that amount.
owing to these stores, which force
the small dealer out OF trade, the army
OF the unemployed is increasing, hence
idle men on the street. The little child
is taken from the school and put In the
stores at a shameful pittance to hclp
support the family that once ihrived