Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-14
A agPRensNsIsLs PRACTICE.
A censure on Citizens From Retail
Merchants Association.

A Censure on Citizens FROM hstaW
Merchants Association.
At a recent meeting of the Retail
Merchants association Of this city 1t
was suggested that steps be taken to
induce residents Of Albuquerque to
desist from sending out OF town for
goods kept by the merchants OF the
city. This provoked quite an ami.
mated discussion, and the %concensus
Of opinion among those present was
that energetic action was necessary
to combat this growing evil. Some
of the most prominent citizens are
among the worst Offenders In that
line. and seem unmindful Of the fact
that It is their duty to spend their
money where they make II. and help
build up the town by patronizing Its
merchants. The merchants are Justly
indignant at this state Of AFFAIRS, and
many expressed themselves in favor
of ~retaiiatins by Withholding their pa.
tronage from those who persist In
sending away for goods.
II was stated that In many cases
people actually paid more to out-of
town concerns than the same goods
would have cost them right in town.
As a matter Of fact there Ia hardly
merchant In town who is not willing
and able to meet the catalogue prices
of mail order houses and sell the sans
goods at prices quoted by these
houses, plus express or freight
charges. Before sending away fol
goods the people OF this city are urged
to take these catalogues and prics
lists to the local merchants. and the,
will find that they can do as well. ant
in some cases better, right at home
There is always this drawback In buy
ing goods away from home, that tn
purchaser Is never sur OF gettini
what he OF she wants, and there !
generally no redress in ase Of dis
satisfaction. as these transactions re
quire cash In advance In nearly al
cases.
II is to be hoped when these fact
are brought home to the people Of thi
city they will realize the necessity o
patronizing their home merchant. an
discontinue the practice Of sendin
their money out of town.
In connection with the above, tn
Journal.D Democrat made the followin
sensible remark this morning:
"In the past 1t has sometimes hal
, pened that the merchant who col
dennis citizens for sending their o.
ders abroad spends his own money |
an outside printing Office, because b
: enormously imagines he can get
case 1t pays In dollars. and every otht
! way to ~patronize home institution
first"
The newspapers Of AlbuQuerqu
! have always urged upon the either
to patronize home merchants IN
4 nome institutions, but It Is a fact thi
d cannot be denied that Albuquerqt
has some merchants who never p
tronize a home printing Office ar
their letter heads and bill heads al
other job printing show the imprii
OF some eastern once. And, agai
Y Information has often reached II
Offices Of the city press tn
there are even merchants he
who have been guiltq Of Il
practice OF sending out OF tov
e. for their household articles when tn
H. don't deal In the goods themselv'
u thus setting the practice-a very e.
n practice-that home institutio
le should not be ~patronized.
r. With the Journal Democrat. The G
al izen hopes the Retail Merchants as,
II citation will correct these evils. viii
are growing here to an alarming
tent. not only among the citizens. b
UT also among merchants.
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