Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-22
IMPLEMENT CONCERNS DUpED
Slickers Secure Big Orders and Auc.
ton Them to Farmers.
NONE OMIT BEING RoBBED
All of Them. Though. Say that the
Other. Fellow Was stung by the
Men Who Clean Up About
Forty thousand Dollars. n


Several Omaha implement firms during
the last sixty days have been beaten out
OF an aggregate sum of $4,000 by some
fake dealers. and these firms declare
that it's nohody's business.
The manager OF each company stoutly
AYERS that II was not his company that
was defrauded and forthwith lays at the
door of his competitor the humiliating
charge Of having been duped. They are
suckers" he SAYS, Thus each has been
branded by his neighbcr, II all happened
and the rumors were started in this wise;
| Pose as country Dealers.
Some polished gentlemen with fluent
tongues came to Omaha not long since.
and purporting to be country dealers
In hardware. plows and those sort OF
things placed their orders with certain
firms. the consignments to be delivered
to those towns Immediately. So adept
were those men that the implement men
fell"
Goods were shipped to Madison. vir-
ginia. and other points in Nebraska. and
the goods were sold from the cars at
auction.
When this was started the implement
firms began to hear from the regular
dealers. These auction sales were not
doing a thing to their home trade-but
taking II all away. They we're unable
to get their cash discounts because of
the auction.
H. r Brownfield, who two months
ago bought a hardware store from Her
man Fricke at Madison. was about the
| first one to kick He sent notice to the
John Deere Plow company that persons
had come into his territory and supplied
the farmers with enough implements to
pillow. harrow and do other things to the
ture. \ John Deere travelling salesman
looked up the matter and found Il SO. The
salesman was peeved. too, About $500
worth of goods had been dispensed at
auction.
Then c. Q. D. flashed in from vir-
ginia. Another dealer was in distress.
He notified another Omaha implement
company. And so they kept coming in.
Goods Caught In Time.
Finally firm was about to be stung
second time. Men from Red Oak or
Waterloo 1.-THE implement people disagree
on the point came in and ordered
consignment Of goods sent to haywood.
The firm caught the goods just in time.
They were on cars ready to be auctioned
off. salesman for an Omaha firm In
terfered. The men and their rapid-fire
auctioneer left the town-left the state.
maybe the county. nobody knows. but
many would like TO.
Since then the excitment among the
Omaha firms has abated. Or. that Is to
now excited over the question Of which
firms were duped Rumors and SUBJ
rumors, charges and subcharges and sur
charges are going about
When asked about the perplexlng thing
the manager OF each firm which was
mentioned by the other as having been
victim, stood upon hts hind legs and
denied f. And while he thus stood, he
mentioned two or three other firms that
had been victims.
To Make Investisstion.
c. r. Dunkle. assistant manager of the
Moline Pillow company. as did the others.
declared his firm had not been affected
He added that the firm was going to
make an INVESTIGATION and probably
something would be given out in few
days.
W. D. Hosford. treasurer OF the John
Deere Plow company. said that his COM
pany had not suffered at all. He had
heard that men had worked some OF
the companies. but hadn't worked his.
O. NJ. Durkee. manager OF the Pariin &
orendorf Pillow company, didn't want to be
quoted. but there are two or three COM
panies, said he. that he absolutely knew
had been duped. There is travelling sales
man. he said. who knows all about 1t.
J. C. Mcconney manager Of the Ra-
cine sattiey company. believes there
hasn't been any such deals pulled off.
cts fact" he said. that many Omaha
implement firms are overcrowded with
stock 1t would not do for an implement
firm to go in and sell goods in competi-
ton with their customers. have heard
in round about way that there may
be firm. a certain firm here-well.
don't want to be quoted