Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-03-16
A REpRsHENslBLe PRACTICE.
a censvre on Citizens From Retail
Merchants Association.

Merchants Association.
AZ recent meeting OF the Retail
Merchants association OF this city Il
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
tu combat this growing evil Some
OF the most prominent citizens are
among the worst offenders IN that
line and seem unmlndful at the fact
that II ls choir duty 90 spend their
money where they make h.. and help
build up the town by patronizing its
merchants The merchants are Justly
indignant az this state VI affairs, and
many expressed themselves In favor
OF retallatlng 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 10 out-of.
town concerns than the same goods
would have cost them right in town.
as a matter Of fact there IL hardly a
merchant In town who Is not willing
aud able 10 meet the catalogue prices
Of mail order houses and sell the same
goods az prices quoted by these
houses. plus express or freight
charges. Before sending away for
goods the people of this city are urged
60 take these catalogues and price
/ lists To- the local merchants and they
viii find that they can do as well, aud
lu some cases better. right at homo
/ There is always this drawback In buy.
/ Ing goods pway from home. that the
/ purchaser is never sure Of getting
what he or she wants, and there is
generally no redress in case Of dis.
satisfaction. as these transactions re-.
quirc cash In advance In nearly all
cases
Il is 10 be- hoped when these facts
are brought home 90 the p>uple of this
city they will realize the necessity ~
patronizing their home merchant, and
discontinue the practice OF sending
their money out OF town.
In connection with the above, tho
JournalDemocrat maze the following
sensible remark this morning
In the past Il has sometimes hap.
pepod that the merchant who con.
domns citizens for sending their or.
dors abroad spends his own money Ia
an outside printing Office because he
enormously imaginos he can get
trine more for his money, Ia every
case Il pays in dollars and every other
way 10 patronize home institutions
FIRST"
The nc gspapers OF Albuquerque
have always urged upon the citizens
60 patronize Rome merchants and
homo institutions, but Il Is fact that
cannot be- denied that Albuquerque
has some merchants who never pa
tronizc home printing once and
their letter heads aud bill heads and
other Job printing show the imprint
Of some eastern ONCE. And. again.
information has often reached the
Offices OK the city press that
there are even merchants here
who have been guiltq Of the
practice Of sending out 81 town
for their household articles when they
don't deal IN the goods themselves.
thus setting the practlce--a very evil
practico-that home institutions
should not be patronized
With the Journal-Democrat, The CT.
izcn hopes the Retail Merchants asso.
citation will correct these evils. which
are growing here 20 an alarming OK.
tent not only among the citizens. but
also among merchants.
George W Smith and his force Of
ONCE employee were unable 20 get
away last night for the west. owing
10 the great amount of work which
had to be- accomplia he'd before their
leaving Thoy expect To be- able 10
go tonight 20 their new headquarters
In San Bernardino
Travelling Engineer !. A. Ross came