Evening journal., 1899-06-19


NAME AND TRANSFER TH1sM 10
THE COMPANY.
The red coupons, or trading stamps /
given out by the sohning Dry Goods
Company to every purchaser OF goods at
its store are obtained by that arm /
through subterfuge and double dealing
This is plain statement, and Is made
without any fear Of contradiction on the
part OF the said company The red cou-
pons are issued solely by The Home Cca-
pom Company OF No 4i9 Market street. |
this city. when this company first To-
Gated here # entered into an agreement
with certain merchants to supply them
with trading stamps. As an nducement
to these merchants TO purchase coupons
from them the company contracted with
a merchant agreeing to use It's stamps
that no other dealer handling a similar
line Of goods would be able to procure
stamps from II.
Among those merchants who entered
into the above described contract with
the Home Coupon Exchange Company
was the firm of William B. Sharp & Co..
doing business at Fourth and Market
streets Their contract read that no
other firm dealing in .Ey goods would be
furnished with the red coupon trading
stamps.
UNDERHANp WORK.
All went along smoothly until the
schiling Dry Goods Company sprung
into existence like a mushroom in the
night This company also wanted the
red trading stamps, but were unable toI
obtain them through tho regular clnnne.
as Il too handled dry goods.
The company had not been in existence
long, however, before one OF the mem-
bers Of the sharp Company was inform
cd that their next door neighbor was
using the identical trading stamp in
their business that the Home Coupon Ex-
change Company had guaranteed them,
w. b. Sharp & Co. to furnish no other
dry goods dealer IN the city but them-
selves.
Complaint was az once made TO the
coupon company and khe latter concern
was 1T FIRST ioath - believe that such
was the case. In order to make assur-
ance douhly sure a clerk in the employ
OF w. b. Sharp & Co. was sent into the
schnling Dry Goods company's store and
instructed to purchase bM o. goods
and obtain the red trading stamp
The instructions were carried our 10
the letter. and the cmpoye returned
shortly with the small rod stamps. These
were shown to the coupon compeny and
1p0n the number upon the stamps being
compared WIKI the company's books it
vas found that the original book con-
taining 1o0 stamps. and Tor which 800
was paid had been purchased by a
prominent clothing firm IN the city. pre-
s-mabiy fcr use in their store. but that
ths book had later been transferred to
the soh1lng D-y Goods Company for uss
N - store.
RE,IoNsTRANcE USELESS.
rhs manager % ths Home Coupon
Company az once called upon the man.
ager % che DRY goods company. and lay.
r the facts before him demonstrated
wtl him Tor employing such underhand
me-11ds 90 obtain the trading stamp.
question stating az the same tim,
% vas unjust b0th 10 the trading stamI
epmrany. and It's customers.
The manager of the dry goods con
cern replied that they we're usAg m,
stamps AZ present and would continul
Co use them. That thoy had plenty O.
friends IN Wilmington who would pur
cirse the stamp books FOR them and b
giad 10 do So
Thus the matter stood. and lt wa
later learned that the schiling Dry Good
Company had hired or induced in som
manner no less than four presumabi
reputable persons doing business In WA
mington to purchase stamp books iron
the Home Exchange Coupon Company s.
their own name and then turn them owe
TO the company. Two Of these men carr
on clothing business on Market streeN
One Is a grocer on the East Side @
town, who is also prominently connecte
with a concern on Market street. an
one a West Side grocer. The latte
claims ne purchased the book for fe
low grocer, who must have turned d owe
to the dry goods company. The name
OF these parties are an known 10 m
Herald and can be furnished at an
time
That this practice is being kept u
still by the Schniing Dry Goods Con
pany was made manifest Or Frids
when a party connected with the coupe
company purchased a bill o. goods at Il
dry goods store and received tradr
stamps with the purchase. That the
stool pigeons Of the Schilling Dry Goo
Company are placed IN an uncnviah
light is evident from the fact that whl
a 1000 stamp book Is purchased from q
Home Coupon Exchange Company 4
purchaser is required TO sign a contra
that the stamps shall be used only
his or her store 10 be given TO purchase
OF goods. The coupon company Go ia
agrees not 70 furnish any dealer Of
similar line OF goods with a book
stamps tt Will thus be seen that tbs
persons who bought for the schnI
Dry Goods Company committed a brea
Of contract, such as no reputable ba
ness man should be guilty Of, and ent
ed into combination with one firm
do an injury 70 another.
BOOKS NOT TRANSFERABLE
Determining not to be outdone by
underhand methods employed By
Schllling Dry Goods Company. the TO
Exchange Coupon Company hit upon
plan which WIN put an effectual stop
the practice OF a person buying sta