The Detroit times., 1910-10-29

the publC. III you happen 10 DC
poor working man who has 10 toll for
every dollar that Is in your pay en-.
yelope and the firm that sells you the
furniture has million or so behind
Il, your plight is that much worse.
When in addition, you discover that
you have signed a contract that you
did not understand and which bound
you TO conditions which were not
mentioned TO you and 10 which you
would never have consented. you
might as we'll give up all hope OF any
redress I'm court.
The logical thing 20 do II seems 70
me, would be 10 withdraw. not only
your confidence but also your trade
from a firm that deals that way with
its customers. The one absolutely
safe way of avoiding a disagreeable
experience with the Peoples OUTFIT
ting Co. is 10 keep out of their store
until they have cleaned house by
adopting honest methods.
Another suggestion that | have 20
make Is that YOU withdraw your con-
iidence as Well as your support from
papers that are parties TO such meth
DDS OF sharp dealings.
| wish TO state again that | have
found the methods employed by the
Peoples QUILTING Co., TO be the ex-
ception 10 the rule among Detroit's
established credit institutions No
where in my long investigation have
come in contact with any complaint
against the other houses. but on the
other hand. have met a marked
tendency on their part to conduct
their business along legitimate and
humane lines
| have no hesitancy In recommend
ing any installment house in Detroit.
with the exception OF the Peoples, TO
the buyer whose means require him
to ask Tor time for making payment.
Lest you forget that | have been
dealing not with the stories OF dis
gruntled employees or jealous competi-
tors but with actual cases that have
been reported TO me, | add few more
letters out OF the many | have re-
ceiyed.
wish TO explain to you the treat
ment ! got at IN ePeople's Outntttng
co l bought small gas stove OF
them and paid 81 and contracted 10
pay 81 per week When / got IL home
/ found that one burner could not be
used At all called them up repeat
ton TO IL at all and have not As Yet.
! paid IL all up but So 80 and got my
ankle broken. l told them about "
and did not hear from them for some
| time till one day slick appearing Eel
| low "a me 10 the door and said he had
come after the balance. In tones that
could be heard through the whole
| block When / told him | could not
| pay him that day. he made demand
for the goods, yelling It out SO that
| the netghborhood could hear tie said
1 l. hoy h.A
| Detroit Athletic club, and he had "a
mind TO take IL out OF my hide AFTER
! he got up the street three or four
doors he yelled back that he would be
back that afternoon with a constable
and get the goods so ! went down
town and got the money and paid them
But they did not fix the broken stove
oYul piece In The Times hits me /
was only waiting 20 have some one
start az the Peoples outhttlng Co !
thought that any one would be laying
themselves liable TO mention anything
or in any way telling OF their dishon-
est methods OF getttgn money from
spring | went 20 Detroit. intending 10
look at goods. and got into the Peo-
pies outntting store They ala me
proper The first thing was tables,
then chairs. bedding and also springs
and mattress The springs were not
what We ordered Then there was a
flrst-class and the one We looked at
was But YOU ought 20 see the one
we got II was rastF-aRd painted over
the nickel was all covered with black
paint. the water tank leaked and so a
does today | made Kick and sent
for a representative ~ the store 70
come and see for himself lie owned
up before wttnesse that u was not the
stove ne showed Us in the store and
he said he would not let as keep ~.
Rut he went back and told the man
Fu "a o. N =
TO me such stores ought TO be shown
up so as 10 put the people on their
guard.
have not had much to say about
differences in prices, because there are
too many chances for mistakes, but
man came into my office this morn
ing with an instance so striking that
think il is worth relating. RE priced
stove OF standard make in the stove
department Of a reputable dealer. The
salesman asked $50. He asked for the
same stove in the Peoples Quitting
Co, and after trying to steer him on
on 10 other makes the salesman fin
ally gave a price in the Peoples way
1.-THE way that buys stoves In tire
mendous quantities, you know, aud
advertises overproduction and slash
ing OF prices). II cost $40.
NO. 3.
In regards TO the Peoples Quitting
| Co AS have been reading the com
! plants in The Times. | feel / can no
| longer hold my thoughts / have had
experiences with that company, and
| paid really for H. We cam Elm from the
| country and not knowing much about
| Detroit were looking around and
dropped into their store II was like
| getting in a bees nest when they found
out we wanted TO buy furniture enough
| u start housekeeping. They showed us
! the furnished fiat. and told us they
! would call one OF the head men. and
he would do what was right by us
Well OF course, we were blindly led
on and got stung right. We left $26S
| right in cash Just to think, we paid
| for everything right then and there.
Why when / think OF IL now, | could
| fly And IL was almost every cent We
| had, and Il was hard earned, for /. my
| self. worked, and helped to earn and
We had 20 have and Intended 10 get II
good The things they showed US
| looked 10 be o. K We never got what
we paid for We made complaints as
soon as we received IL, but they made
all kinds OF excuses So there n was
We got stung and had 10 make the
best OF H. My chairs have chunks
right out Of them and the pillows ana
mattresses are a fright. simply excel
sior and a little batting spread over
the TOP Now IL that isn't plain cheat
ing. / don't know what Is.
NO. &.
I read in your paper the exposure
Of he dishonest methods Of tho Pan-