The Monte Vista journal., 1907-07-13
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TRICKS OF rhG TRAVELLING RG
TAIL oRocgRv AGENTS.
GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
The Price Msy D Small. But the
Deeds Are Expensive Even at
That end Net Die
Profits. sos

AoO0Vo Vpot0uO1 Oh inc tI8vSJu8 BxV'
Ger. and how the house after paying
him IS per cent. commission still
makes . princely proAt. There may
be some things, inside Affairs that It ID
well that the people in general may
know. 1t win be found on close inves-
ttgation that the average Mercantile
Supply company. Buyers association
or whatever name 10 used to gull the
unsuspecting farmer. consists Of one
or two schemers, who have . small
once room In some large city. and .
back room In the near neiEhborhood
where the stores" are stored and the
rspacking and the mixing done. The
re-packing and the mixing are two
important parts Of the work Of the
COMPANY" When the Representa-
tive" sells John Jones 100 pounds Of
sugar for $3.50: Gve cases Of canned
goods at $40 . case: three boxes Of
dried fruits ut ten cents . pound. .
few gallons Of extract at 4 bargain
and ten or Is pounds Of spices At =
proft OF 700 per cent. the order IL
sent to he home ONCE" There 1t IL
recorded. The boy 10 sent down to the
Wholesale grocery house which gen.
orally stands In with the concern.
brings back = lot OF ordinary bulk
dried fruits. the cases Of seconds or
thirds. In canned goods. and the ave
rage run Of poor spices. In the pack
dng room the dried fruits are over.
hauled. washed up II possible as in
the case Of prunes. and packed in
boxes. supposed to contain full Is
pounds. but only run from Is to %:
branded with some fictitious mark
and shipped out with the other sup
plies. The spices are dumped out,
and again run through mill with
lot OF ground nut-shslls. bark or other
matter. and perhaps some bran or
other cheap material is added. The
extracts arc OF the cheapest class.
synthetic. and the pure fruit navors
are products Of coaltar. doctored up
with coloring matter to look good
The label is the oaiy pure thing about
It aside fr0n the glass In the bottle
containing II. s.- z-.---,-
In TACT, the trichs Of the tox-car
OUTFITS afe legioa. The teas sold are
never up 70 the samples shown. In
ono case . schemer travelled over the
country carrying with him samples Of
Ceylon teas that were worth Is cents
= pound Wholesale. He aS9sed 10 sup
ply this tea At 50 oents. y He received
large orders. Every order was filled
with teas that cost only 20 cents .
pound. and the funny thing about II
was that there was NO kicking. be-
cause the farmers knew nothing
about teas. and were satisfied ~ long
~ they thought that they had q nne
Ceylon article. The same way with
c0Rees. II there 10 anything that even
co6ee experts know little about 1t IL
coffee. II 10 . Wise merchant who
knows the classes Of coGees he 10
handling. Tho box-csr man ge1erally
shows up 4 cheap ME.berry. tells all
about II being . great mountain Mocha
and sells three pounds for . dollar.
and buys II 1t ls or II cents . pound.
Should the local grocer try To sell the
came grade to his customers at such .
price. there would 60 up . roar that
would raise the roof Of the store. 0till
the farmer cootinues to bite at such
oalto. and doesn't sQueal.