The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-23
REFUSE 10 SELL
TO BON MARcHE
Wholesale (sroCersp az Request Of Re-
failcrs, institute Boycott an The Sly
Department. Store

At the tcausa, Of the retail groc.fy
dealers at the city, the wholesale
dealers have artvcd to teafsr tu H,li
eu.asiS 10 the lNn Nnrshs. tbs big es-
tstttnaent stiuv which teesatlN % en-
I'd = seovefN douaftu eat after Fsf-
chasing the stock ~ - aeef Z i.NN,
TIE boycott seetrs iteeiy h head tu
other ru4nt iigutiN a. the psunfinr
tois ~ the kUn Mufyhe have sub
mittai the matter ~ thelf attorneys,
and 1t - adv lsci may sect ieshl iV-
dress IN the either haui the Whyic-
aatefr contend that TREY have lei
feet t4sht 70 select their customers.
as the interests Of their business
seems TO Justify,
The proprietor Of enc II the lafg.
est Wheie sale stores IN Seattle had
this 70 say about the matter to-day
At the request af the Retail
Greeess association the Wholesale
groscfs u this city VIII lefusr "a erll
Eroeetiss 90 the nea Mefvhe uutii
sue = tine an that ~sefe shah sign an
nkfeeu ent To maintain the prevailing
ptiue On four aftiCien. kercFeur.
aeuf. Arbuckies couae and surar.
Which the retail dealers have sstah-
ilshe1
-sume time last week mass
meeting 81 thr retail greners Of this
elty Vas held. az which every whole
sale dealer Was present. The time
Vas Devoted to discussion Of what
action. Il any, Mould te taken BY the
retail and Wholesale etoeetr uf IN.
city should the Hon Anrehe vat
prices GA the goede recently put
ehaa "a from coOpef a Levy A. a
rcsuit. a comnlttec vas arrointed 10
wait On the pfoprieters uf the Bon
MsFxhe and request them to sign an
agreement 90 raintaln the present
pfies on the four articles msntionei|
atexr.
When the mansxers OF the Bon
Mafche we're approached with this
request. they absolutely refused 70
siEn any such agreement. bat prom
Used verbally that thee would inain-
tain the present schraiule.
The Retail 0roceTH association
viii hald a meeting Tuesday even
ina. to deeide on further action
a q. buchanan, Wanagef ~ the
Bon Mafehe. said tossass
~resause We declined 60 sign the
az cement 10 sell only al the scale OF
pfises dictated BY the association Of
wholesale and retail gfpeefy dsaicrr.
We are bcyrotted and cannot buy any
stock ia Seattle. Not only this. but
dessiefs who are even suspected OF
selling to us. are put under the ban.
fhis has forcea Us 70 make az.
nan -en.eu,s 10 purchase auf goods IN
EastefB markets. We do not like 60
do this. a. We prefer 60 spend our
mcney in Seattle. and have always
daEe 80. even Nksn We had 70 pay a
little mere hese than We eouid have
set the same goods fer In the Ehst-
ern markets.
The action taken BY tins local deal
l. la~A 4 N
not think IL Is even legal. This
editorial frcm a trade journal. The
Gfr,crr.' puhiishcd In san francisco.
states the nature OF the case. said
Nj. f.uehanan. In = NesY lev words
The editorial II a. follows.
"A Tog~ka. Kan. department. store
has sued the Retail Merchants assoc
citation for s.o.eoe damages Tor boy
Getting u with tbs Wholesale houses.
en- account % itr refusal 70 adhere 10
card pftcea. Dealers individually are
at Liberty to choose with whom they
shall trade. but not to cunspifr with
others to cucrce or inJafs those
wheee policy differs from their own"
e. Y. Wnkex president % the RE-
tat fsrucefn assoc afirf. when inter-
view ed tc1ay. said The Retail Gro
cssr association Wa organized near
- tza years ago II haa had a check
eied earesr--rart q the tifue being
Fsower asnonG the dealers. and
then dropping cut 81 extsteHcs. only
to revive again when the merchants
we're weary OF Esnle futaoua cnt-Fnte
var TIE original object Of the cF-
xanteafton Was 10 pfuteet fhe frfad
dealers from the professional desd-
beat
Every retailer in the city be-
came a member q that original as
eociaiion- When The sud OF pfotec-
Ii q had. been. Ia a fns4snfe. attain
ed. the retailers TUNED trels a,ten-
ttor 20 adogtinx a scale of prices on
these staple articles which 10 the
last had been the firNf to r. ref In n
corr etitive wurfarv ferV orrurred
the fIat dis .ftrrneut IN tae arsD-
elatitn. AM 81 the sec nsefnh-sta. 2o3
vithaiets- The Remaining Iee al
efssd the follow iitE f..ttsin 81 profit
CT the -four mort statie asfseicss Is
FER gallon on kefascue sshen sold b.
t-Kllinn Lots. sts On ss4eh ls1- pound
taaN 81 sugar y per raek on an
eitY-tniiled -Four. 81 an every IacE i.
az II AIhuCkie = auffer.
iscfore THIS uktc7ff rrcnf into
effect there WAS rta feefy EFoCery
store ia the cisy That fsiaie = profit
0t. saraF. tom sna euzfee c0rsti-
tate 20 per cent ~ The vcia1ne o.
business TnAtactNd hY fffAN
deuitr and before ee reached any
agreement ~ 20 TIRE Fe.iinr price a.
these articles they we're sold pfnc-
fieaily NJ ccsf Out e tfe remainder
o. EfeeeT's stock al tss profits had
10 te obtninel- 70 yea see that a.
per Gent. OF our business had 10
fHake up q profit On the @ per cent
ar vel ~ pay q profit on Itself. Itut
" fair aud legitimate Profit could
te made on that a. per cent. the
prices on the remaining 50 per cent
eouif be greatly reduced.
When We learned that the Ron
MaFrfc had purct4 ssd stock 81
groceries We usnt to the manager
Of the grocery department and asked
fllsn 70 maintain the ar71r iatlon's
price on the four articles mentioned
he promised to do ei1 IN HE power
but referred M for final authority
10 another manager who Hiewiae