Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
END OF TRADING STAMPS.
Leading Merchants Of Buffalo Do as
They Did in Salt Lake,

The end Of trading stamps, It Is gem
orally considered that trading stamps
have had their day in Buffalo, Nearly
all Of the leading merchants In the city
have signed an agreement not to give
trading stamps after july J. 1905, The
SignerS include not only those who at
present give trading stamps, but also
those who do not. The signatures OF
the latter are a guarantee To the for
mer that when the stamp giving mer-
chants Of the present discard stamps,
the present non-giviug stamp mer-
chants win not become stamp glvers.
stamps have been I'm vogue I'm Buffalo
for seven or eight years, ana during the
last two or three years they have been
almost general among the leading mer-
chants and among great majority OF
the smaller business houses Of many
classes--grocors, butchers, druggists,
hardware dealers, etc. During the reign
OF stamps there were but two Of the
large department stores that did not
give them--J. y. Adams g. Co, and the
Adams, Medium & Anderson co.
A year ago j. n. Adams q co. began
q crusade against stamps ana kcpt IL
up vigorously in their daily advertise
ments until about two weeks ago, when
the president OF that establishment, w
II. HOtchkiss, bought out the william
Hengerer co. whose department store
has been one OF the principal stamp
givers, giving two kinds Of stamps, the
S. & II. green and the Sperry gold trad
ing stamps, Immediately, OF course j.
y, Adams q Co. stopped It's warfare
against stamps Soon afterWard the
anti-stamp agreement was drawn up,
and since then stamps have been Meth
tA TuN la
the stamp-glvlng houses, as well as
those which did not give stamps, have
RETAINED from mentioning stamps in
their advertisements.
It Is said that the merchants general
~ agree that stamps have not helped
trade conditions In Buffalo. and that
for some time those who have given
them most literally hAye been among
those who were secretly hoping for an
end to the reign of stamps Half a
dozen prominent Main street houses,
which gave stamps have either failed
or sold out. These included the Ander-
son company and the william Hengerer
company
The smaller merchants are especially
| delighted Mt the farewell TO stamps, be-
cause, It Is said, they had been forced
into the stamp-giving game to protect
themselves from being wiped out Of
| business by the stamp giving depart
ment stores Dozens Of these smaller
| houses have signed the agreement and
| other dozens are daily adding their
names to the list
The date for disseminating stamps
| has been fixed three months hence In or
| der 10 give the stamp-glvers full op.
portunity to keep faith with their Gus
| toners and redeem all outstanding
| books
The signatures include three large es.
| Adjustments which gave stamps OF
| their own issue--the Sweeney company
! the II. A. Medium company and Sic
| grist 4 Fraley. Others who have sign
| ed Including both stamp-givers ano
! non-stamp givers) are as follows:
! Adam Medrum & Anderson com.
! pany, department store; J. n. Adam
! h Co., department store; William Hen
gerer company department store, Flint
& Kent, dry goods, $. o, Barnum COM
| pany. notions; Hens & Kelly, dry
! goods: Household Quitting company
| carpets and furnIture Il. Klein e. Co..
| dry goods A. Victor q CO., furniture
carpets etc; H. Messersmith a Sons
! furniture, carpets, etc; 5. j, Lebach
dry goods, Desbecker's, clothing; j. l.
Hudson, clothing. c. A. Weed & CO.,
clothing, Browning King & Co., cloth
| ing, j. NJ Wilkinson, cloaks and suits
II. w. Baldwin, shoes; u, y. Morgan
Sons & Allen company, carpets, dra-
perles and furniture Trade
! Journal, New York,