Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-04
DON'T BE FOOLED!

The Rexburg, Gdahol, Standard
gives an account Of the graft which
~ being worked upon The people Of
that region by pe1dler, who IS SELL
ing stoves and ranges on terms which
he represents as being very much IN
the interest OF the purchaser Ac-
cording TO the Standard, the prlee he
charges for hls. ranges Is seventy-eight
dollars Thu highest grade ranges IN
the market are sold by the local deal
ers for sixty. or slxty-flye dollars
These are quite as heavy as those Of
fered by the peddler aud are of finer
finish. made Of the very best ma
tcrlal and fitted with every improve
ment of the latest manufacture and
style Yet. OF course, there are peo-
pie who will listen to the fine speeches
and glittering representations Of the
travelling salesman, and pay him a
higher price than that for wliich they
can obtain better class OF goods
right within their own vicinity.
We notice this instance OF credulity
and poor judgment on the part OF
people, particularly in country dis
trlcts, who are open to the wlles OF
the deceptive poddler, and who are
very frequently deceived into pur-
chasing articles that are either COM
paratively worthless or that might be
l,n,,o1. 80 ,,,,ch logg ao,,rgc ot gtoTea
conducted by merchants Of merit,
whose word and whose wares can be
depended upon. When purchases are
made ot those peripatstic puryeyors,
there is seldom any recourse II mis-
take occurs. or It is found that the
goods ,received are not up to the
mark Of their representations. But
~ anything happens OF that kind with
the established local dealers, they Will
usually make the matter right, II any,
thing Is found to be wrong IN the
transaction.
We are not intimatlng that all per-
sons who make their living as ped
dlers are OF the class herein referred
TO. There are. no doubt honest retail
ers Of goods travelling from place to
place, doing a legitimate business But
people ought 10 use their own judg-
ment and good sense and not he car
ried off their feet by startling tales
from oily tongues, or be caught In
the traps which are set for the feet
OF the unwary, or bite at the hooks
which are baited for suckers They
win ind as rule that the merchants
doing a legitimate and regular busl-
ness will give them MS good terms
as can bc offered by travelling agents
who have to make money by COM
missions.
People from the country arriving in
town on occasions when some great
attraction calls them from their home
are likely to be swindled by bogus
auction sales and pretended "slaugh-
tering' OF goods, and thus induced 10
pay prices for articles which perhaps
they do not need. or which they could
buy at home for far less money II
they are DESTROYS OF obtaining artI-
Giles more suitable to their taste and
necessities than at places nearer
where they live, that Is all right, but
even then they should exercise their
own common sense aud discretion,
both as to the quality of their pur-
chases ana the figures at which they
are sold.
In this city there are old establish
ed and thoroughly reliable firms and
companies and individual propretors
of business houses, that can be de-
pended upon and whore goods can
be obtained In great variety at prices
nearly II not quite as low as prevail
in tho East our purpose IN calling
attention 20 this subject Is TO caution
our friends against imposition. but
not In any way to interfere win legiti-
mate business