The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
GONE WILD.
The Trading and Premium
Stamp Business Is
No Longer In the Hands of a
NO MONOPOLY NOW.
Practically All the Merchants
Give the Stickers.
Driven to 1t as a Protective
Measure.
Now With No Merchant an A6-
vantage OVer
His Competitor All Find 1t
Enormously BurdensOme.
His Competitor All Find /
Enormously BurdensOme.
$40 TO S4OO A MONTH.
The Merchant Must Soon Add
this Drain
With No Return, to the Cost of
His Goods.

have gone wild in Topeka. Practically
every merchant in all lines of business Is
giving the stamps away. The effect of
this is to throw in a chrome with every
purchase. It is a bonanza for the man
who sells the stamps but tremendous
burden to the merchant and source of
very little satisfaction to the purchaser.
When merchants in few lines had the
monopoly of the stamps it was said to
be a good thing but now that all mer-
chants are carrying them at an expense
of from $40 to $500 per month the tax on
business is fearful. particularly when the
his competitors Who are giving the same
thing in the way of q premium or trading
The State Journal has compiled from
the books issued by the stamp people the
list of those who give the stamps. It will
be found that the stamps are in nearly
all the stores and that practically all the
merchants in the following lines are now
giving away. the little "suckers:" book
dry goods and notions, coal dealers. groc-
cries and meat markets, drug stores. fur
niture stores, hardware and stoves. jew
eIry stores, shoe stores. miIIiners. etc.
This Will show that the merchants are
cutting their own throats' for the sole
benefit of the concerns handling the
stamps.
This stamp business is a double damage
to all stores which carry the articles
given away in exchange for stamps: AS
these articles are 50 varied in elaSsltica-
ton almost every store is thus doubly in
If this thing keeps up the merchants
who give stamps will simply be compelled
to add this enormous expense to the price
The merchants admit the stamp feature
IS costing them about three Per cent OF
their sales. With all the merchants into
the scheme, this amounts to practically
a large dead loss. with no returns for
the money paid out.
It has reached a point where the. mer-
assure his customers that he can sell his
goods cheaper than those who give away
The following is the list Of those now
giving premium or trading stamps as com
i'--7u BOOKS II ANB SS15S SsT1H2T17IIo55S&&ERY.
J. W Priddy & Co, S26 Kansas avenue,
Moore Book and Stationery CO. 6O3 kan
The Kellam Book and Stationery Co.,
James, & ,Jeffers, $50 Kansas avenue,
CLOTHING AND GENTS FURNISHING
Continental Clothing Co, 6I7 Kan. Ave.
d. J. Greenwald & Co, 625 and 627 Kan.
avenue.
The Hub Clothing Co. 6O4-60S Kan Ave
PALACE Clothing Co, 100 Kansas avenue.
The New Era Department, n. Topeka
August Clothing Co. 622 Kansas avenue
Clements Cos s 81 B. Kansas avenue.
3 samHai miIl1 IS 5555S4 12p5a5 a5ss ayenTe 5sna
Topeka Coal Co. First St, cor. Jackson.
Peppmier Coal Co, 500 w. Tenth street.
FORBES BIOS P5 i 4 ~ ~ Is La9Psnf fVsh9et Street
J. w F. Hughes, Fifth and Adams st.
G G. Nicholson, 1Ol1 n. Kan. ave, n.
Goodwin Coal Co.. 511 E. Fifth ST., 100
4WyesS5on Goal CO. 500 E; Fourth street.
The Wear Coal Co. SIG Kansas avenue.
The Southwestern Fuel Co, 631 Kan. Av. |
Model Coal Co. cor End and Cline sts.
Davies & Nicholson, 100 Kansas avenue. |
Webster Tunoch Co. First and Quincy. |
DRUGS. GLASS, PAINTS. ETC.
F'iad & Grubbs. 667 Kansas avenue.
a T. Waggoner. 131 Kansas avenue.
Hankla & Co, S31 Kansas avenue.
F. Il Sim, sol Kansas avenue.
W. H. Wilson, Ala Z. Fourth street
A G Klingaman, 120 East Sixth street. |
Swift & Holiday Drug Co. 523 Kan. Av |
Geo w. Stansfeld, 632 Kansas avenue. |
Meightman's drug store; SS3 Kan. Ave. |
A1uler'S Pharmacy Co.. 9th and TODeka /
A. Q. Rosser & Co. 1901 Topeka avenue.
L. S. Woolverton. 1O3 Kansas avenue
f. B. Walker. III E. Fifth street.
II. A Willis. 302 E. Fourth street.
DRY GOODS. CARPETS NOTIONS. ETC. |
=; Barnum Dry goods Co. 619 Kan. Ave. |
Golden Rod Dry Goods Co. 433 Kan. Az |
Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co, 713-7I5 |
Warren NJ. Crosby & Co, 618-615 Kansas
Mills Dry Goods Co. 723 Kansas avenue.
New York Mercantile Co. no E. 9Th St
The New Era, S27-S29 Kan. Ave, North |
: The New Model Supply Co., 2oO-212 East
:, Ladies. die Ready made. Chas. Adams &
Co. 10l Kansas avenue.
Costiey & Post. ss4 Kansas Kansas avenue 1yen9e N
p Purdy, ia East Sixth street
John Spear Q0c store). S3S n Kan Ave
Troop Enterprise, 81 Kansas avenue
The Fair, 61S Kansas avenue
Fernald, Martin & Co. 625 Kansas Ave
John Lapp, SS3 North Kansas avenue.
FURNITURE.
Geo. W. Reed. S27 Kansas avenue
The North Fair. SIS Kan av.. N Topeka
Thompson Bros, 626 Kansas avenue
Geo. w Moffitt 5S3 Kansas avenue
New England Furniture Co. 7O6 Kan av
NJ G Holman, S01-903 Kan. ave. North
Topeka.
crosby Bros I1l-719 Kansas avenue.
CHINA STORES
EarnsWorth & Ashby. sos Kansas ave.
GhaS @AcGIlntock. 70I Kansas avenue.
VIM: Green & Sons. 712 Kansas avenue.
:. NJ Frank, 1923 w. Sixth street
smith q Trowbridge 503-595 W. 10th st.
" =. Erazeur & Sons, 219 w. Sixth st.
a a Shesney, 1lS5 Kansas avenue
K B. Mason, North Topeka
GTranteer & Oberly. 5O2-5O4 w Tenth St
James Werts, 535 Topeka. Avenue.
y. h Hartman 10 n. Kansas avenue.
Wm. Green & Sons, North Topeka