The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-23
MORE ABOUT
! THE HIGH COST
Of LINING
Ia. B. KNIGHT REPLIES no EAST.
ERNERsSsARTfCLES AS PUB. Il
IISHED IN TIMES.
HE ASKS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
RELATIVE 10 q UESTI0NS
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on esreel 5s few, ions:
You say the telephone isS the
cause of high cost 81 living in Fair
mont on account Of people calling up
Tor their groceries. &
II such be the case Will YOU please,
tell me why our groceries and meats
are 50 much higher here than In
pittsburgh and all surrounding cit
les outside of the state.
I was under the impression that
an these cities Including MIR. East
erners cities all were up! to date and,
all had the telephone in their homes.
but from your talk It appears as
though .Fairmont alone had the tele-i
phone. !
z Now don't you try to tell me that
prices are not higher here, than else
Where because I positively know bet
ter. | travel a. little once lin q while
myself n and Ealways make it a point
70 visit the. markets for comparison.
You mentioned about the lady who
takes her basket To- the stores are
the ones who sets the best table. J II
don't doubt. that bit, but pray! Mr..
fastener will you tell me why; tits
that the lady who takes her basket
Under her arm and goes to the stores
and pays cash for her goods, has TO
pay Just the same price sas the olle
who uses the 5aexclusiyc, telephones
Of }Fairmont and tells them to send,
them their order?
This delivery and telephone tlrgu-
ment! OF yours and local merchants IS
mighty poor stuff indeed, and will.
continue to be as long as you char-se;
the same price to the one with the
market basket as the one WHO uses
The telephone. y
Why don't the merchants advers
tise that all goods will be sold at q
good per cent. off for on-deliyery or
ders, thenfweswill all use the market
basket II the per cent. is enough to
Justify it, 5ls d
i You speak of the demand Of the
people for goods such as lettuce and
tomatoes, out Of season. Iiwisli you
to understand right here. that the
people are not kicking onHthe prices
of Injuries, it is the prices on real
necessities Of life such asSmeats, ,po-
tatoes, apples, bears, cabbage, sugar,
otc. an 4 sg,s & q; Il.
SS ! would like also to ask, you IL by
reason of<grocers sending a boy 10
my door: every morning totake orders
Of what groceries and meats we want
for the day, has anything; to do with
the high prices and whether lam 10,
blame for that additional cost us I
admit have an. exclusive, telc-
phone. But didn,'ti ask for the boy.
- You say don't abuse the retailers
TOO much. We have tried that here
in Fairmont for many years, and we
find that the long erswe petted him
and refarin from abusing him the
higher the prices went. No. no. We VI,
should not abuse him. for the last
seven or eight years he has skinned
Us bothN"going and a coming He
has used false scales and measures.
He has combined themselves together
and trippled prices on food stun.
He has made people who dared TO
alndersell the city scale either get in
the fold or!out ofibusiness.
] am Informed that q; farmer
brought a calf in tosa local market
to- sell. The price offered did not
spit the farmer and told u the, mer-
chant he. would try some where else.
No sooner had he started than the
merchant rushed to the telephone and
called up some of the rest of thsI
sang and Informed them that he had !
offered 80 much and for them not to
pay more.S .c
Another use for the exclusive tele.
Fairmont for which we are ar
to blame. Mr.. Easterner, will you
please giye5us your name?
And yoth say the telephone is tol
lilame for II all aud should not
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