Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
DAME RUMOR IS
A BUSY PERSON
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tons of "On the quiet. but / get il
that big concern in Chicago is after
the place and New York parties are
bidding for the business. Business
has taken a slump and saleswomen
and other help are being let go in
punches. Tough, isn't it. coming on
Christmas?"
That in essence is the burden of the
gossiper's tale and it is not confined
to a few isolated spots
A Star reporter. concluding that the
affairs of a mammoth department
store were in a large degree the con-
Germ of Newark and of deep public in
terest, called at the establishment this
| morning and sought an interview
with Mr.. Louis Bamberger. The en-
| tire situation was discussed. Mr.
| Bamberger had, he said. heard of the
rumors and at first paid little heed to
them, intending to ignore them en-
tirely. as the vaporings of irrespons1-
| BILE and. of course. uniformed per.
| SONS. This was also the feelings or
his associates in the business. Similar
rumors. affecting big concerns. he ex-
| planned, spring up periodically in all
parts of the country. The origin of
| this baselesS talk, he said. could
| hardly ever be traced and ii always
remains a question whether malice
prompted such gossip or whether it
emanated from thoughtless source.
Denial by Mr.. Hamburger.
So persistent and insistent have the
lrumors affecting the Bamberger store
become however. and so slight the
indication of their abating, that Mr..
/ Bamberger reached the conclusion
+ that for the information of the public
and the interest of all concerned, he
should put a quietus on the talk. He
/ therefore gave out this statement for
publication in the Evening Star:
I'VE desire to say that there is
absolutely no truth in the re-
port concerning our store.
Our business today is in a more pros
porous condition than at any time
since we opened our store. We never
have had, and have not now, any de-
sire to dispose of the business, and it
almost battles belief how a report of
this kind could possibly gain such
Roadway. We shall continue to man
age our own business as We have in
the past, and we shall endeavor to
make this a better store than ever
before. We cannot emphasize these
facts too strongly, or lay too much
stress upon them
Speaking of matters in a general
way, Mr.. Bamberger said he could
not conceive why people started
such rumors about business houses.
If malicious he said, how could
feeling of spite be gratified by these
methods? There could be no visible
| benefit to anyone, whereas harm
might come to community as well
as to the business concern affected
through idle gossip.
Never the Good Word.
at seems, however" went on Mr..
Bamberger, that there are persons
who can never find good word to
say of city, its institutions or it's
/ private business establishments. But
| they are never wanting for the harm
full expression. At the outset our
people decided to pass these stories
up, but when friends and well-wish-
ers kept making inquiries. when our
! representatives were questioned on
street cars and on the public high
ways, we felt that it was high time
to make positive denial. And we ask
the Evening Star to do this. 1t is the
way to reach the public, whom we
serve and who patronize us: and it is,
moreover, our duty to dissipate pos
! sible false impressions and misgiv-
ings that may have arisen.
1.-THE rumor itself is preposterous,"
continued Mr. Bamberger. "The his
tory of our store in Newark, as you
and all Newarkers must know, has
been one of advancement and progress
since the start, and this is our record
year AS for reducing our help, why
we never had such a large number of
employees as now, fully $50 more than
in any other year, and we have not
a sufficiently large force as it is. We
cannot procure enough help. We are
constantly adding to our force of en-
ployees, not reducing it
Perhaps ventured Mr.. Bamberger
in conclusion, "disquieting rumors
about other concerns, irrespective of
the lines of industry have as little
foundation in fact as this gossip
about our store"