Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-12-03
AGAINST TRADING STAMPS
Waterbury Merchants Will Keep
Them Out II Possible.

Names of the Merchants Who Opposed
the Stamps Two Years Ago-Looks
as Though the Stamp Men Will Get
the Cold Shoulder Here.
The merchants of Waterbury have
no use for trading stamps and it looks
as if any effort to introduce them in
to this town again will meet with a
determined opposition on the part of
almost every dealer in the city. The
newspapers are not giving the mana
gers of the trading stamp method
of doing business much encourage
ment, and with the papers and mer-
chants out against them it is hard to
see what success the scheme could
have here. The Waterbury Business
Mems association has taken hold of
the matter in a practical way with the
result that the opinion of all the mer-
chants in town has been obtained
relative to the question and all but
two are opposed to the introduction of
the stamps. The report submitted to
the directors of the association by E.
w. Mooring, who made the canvass,
is as follows:
Waterbury, Conn, April 6, 1899.
We, the undersigned merchants and
business men of Waterbury, believing
it a duty to ourselves and the public,
hereby individually and voluntarily
agree that on and after the first day
of June, 1899, we will not give with
sales If merchandise III IN anv tusi-
ness transaction to our customers, any
..t., ~ 4 tol-
having a cash or mercantile redemp-
ton value, and hereby further agree
to use our best efforts legitimate'y to
discourage all such pernicious enter
prises, regardless Of name or kind,
which may come hereafter to our at
tention.
Reid & Hughes, Conlon Brothers,
The Miller & Peck Co, Turnbull s.
Co, Currans, George G. Minor, Ryan
s. Fitzmaurice, Connecticut Boot &
Shoe Co, Milton, Byrnes & Thompson.
e. ]. Finn, boots and shoes, w. L.
Douglas Shoe Co, Fitzpatrick & Clos
ter, John J. Geraghty, Winestine Bros,
H.. G. Dodge & Co, Bernat Holczer,
Lucy & Fitzgerald, John G. Jackie &
Sons, The +. IT, Haase Co, w. Easton
Smith, Charles H. Adams, A. F. Tay-
lor, The Ziglatzki-Marks Co, L. e. Val
entine, The Charles Thatcher Co,
Hotchkiss & Templeton, The HI. W.
Keeler Co, The D. B. Wilson Co, The
l.. H. Toucey Co, r. J.
Bolan, G. W. Minor. Boston Furni-
ture Co, J. G. Twining & Co, J. NJ.
Burial & Co, The Hampson-Sellew
Furniture Co, The Waterbury Furni-
ture Co, e. u. Platt Lapalme-Hoffma
Co, The Hewitt Grocery Co, The Wa
terbury Grocery Co, Charles Boy1an,
w. n, Ladd, The Spencer & Pierpont
Co, Thomas Gray, H. Cato, B. and
J. Ell. Hamilton, u. =. and "A, w Gull
foile, The Heater Curtiss Co, Greater
n. 7. Grocery Co, William Moulthrop,
John O'Brien, William Riether, Simon
Boil, A. w. Castle, Henry Menold,
Louis Huss, Charles Ochsner, NJ S.
Cheney, A. j. Dauch, G. T.. Rogers,
Albert Bfey, Trott Baking Co, Loomis
Grocery, FL. B. Sanderson, e. G. Kill
duff & Co, Jones, Morgan & Co, J. B.
Mullings, @. B. Brown, Isham & Will
son, Rochester Clothing Co, John b.
Ebbs, Nugent's Pharmacy, Apothe-
carries Hall Co, The Ieavenworth and
Dikeman Co, James w. Gone, The III.
w. Lake Drug Co, Briggs Pharmacy,
Waterbury Drug Co. "A. @. Walker,
g. L. Dexter & Co, Cannon & Upham.
Cannon & Webster, Duncan's Phar-
macy, Isidore Chase. Z. Clark, Nj. j.
and O. B. Newell, Simons &. Co. "A. II.
Cowles, George n. ELS, Davis & Nye,
Waterbury Music Co, J. G. Cutler, Ell.
il. Harding, NJ Bergin s. Sons, Ste
.pllen Lowe, J. r. Clayton, Chris Stro-
bel, Baumgartner Bros, The briggs &
Smith co, The Epson Jewelry CO, Il.
w. Hale, I. #. Costello. Waterbury
Lumber & Coal Co, The City Lumber
& Coal Go, r.. A. Boardman, treasurer.
Frank Miller s.. Co, The City Ice co.
John McElligott, w. II. Scott So Co.