The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-17

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eapital in use, 100000. 81
The key to the whole matter is hay.
ing to carry charge accounts. II peo-
pie locally win bny for cash aud not
ask six months credit, Honolulu. mer-
chants can compete with Chicago, they
say. l'at q,
Thinks Admiral Is Right.
~ think that there was more truth
than poetry in what Admiral Moore
said about bome-bnying the other day,
as reported I'M The Adveftiser,'' safd
Treasurer ID. II. conkIing yesterday,
when asked for his views on the sub
ject. 1,
81 don't see why the retail stores
generally don Z make a distinction be.
tween those who pay cash and those
who settle at the end Of the month,
quarter or half.yearsS In other words,
think theresought to be a liberal dis
count for cash. W. ~
s'tI don't see why the stores in many
instances charge double aud treble the
price for articles that the same article
Ouu NC DOuBhV hOr ~ gun. r faucibcO,
even taking into consideration the
freight. F4A " "a 9itt.
Gan instance of this Is hat which
bought lately In San Francisco for
eighty-fve cents. The pride down here
for the same article in two Of our wen
known haberdasheries was three dol
lars and fifty cents. III don't think
that they can blameith difference in
price, between eighty five cents and
three dollars and fifty cents, ON freight
ON one hat, and certainly neither Of the
stores in question isr paying as much
rent as the store at the corner Of Stock.
ton and Market streets In San Fran.
cisco. 49, da treI S IA ~
-p"I believe that II n town would sue.
coed, buyers must buy at home, but ]
figure that the buyers money u Just
as good 10 the buyer as il L. TO the
storekeeper, all things being equal
Charles A. Cottrfll, local collector of
internal revenue, said. Jtt
buy all my supplies, both for per.
sonal and household purposes, In Homo
lulu and have done 80 during the three
years ! have lived here with my fam.
lily. III as Y
"My aloha for Hawaii. mel is so fer.
vid that | make no complaint even II
prices happen IN some eases to be a!
little higher here than they are else
where. The uniform courtesy Of the
Honolulu storekeepefs, and their clerks
is 80 far in advance Of that In most To-
ealities on the mainland that one for
gets the difference In price In the en-.
joyment of the pleasant acquaintance
with these purveyors to the public. -
Cooper Answers Critics. =.
|. "Speaking for myself, " said Man.
ager Cooper of The Clarion, "our
prices are down to bedrock now, allow.
ing, Of course, reasonable profit that
any business man expects and who has
no desire TO 60 into bahkrupteyU To-
Manager Brown Of The Regal Shoe
Company stated that his goods were
stamped with the price on each shoe
and were sold for the same price the
world over. IL made no difference, he
said, whether 1t was Alaska, Patagonia
or Paris. the Regal shoe sold for the
price with which II was stamped
Mall Order Houses.
These houses that get up mail order
catalogues said Manager Cooper of
The Clarion, .sget them up very at.
tfactively. They are we'll Illustrated
and the prices are alluring. There Is a
hidden charm about them that enticss
people to try the system once. l did
once. Very often the experiment is.
not repeated. For instance, Mrs. Jones
sees a beautiful two.piece serge skirt
with silk lining advertised for Ave dol
lars. There is a stylish looking woman
in the picture wearing this suit. Mrs.
Jones hurries down to the postoffice,
buys money order--afteen cents.
Postage must be prepaid, which meapsI
fifty cents more, making a total Of Ave
dollars and sixty-ilye cents. Mrs. Jones
sends on her length and waist measure.
ment. Eventually the suit arrives and
when she tries it on she finds that the
skirt is an inch too long and the waist
Is narrow by an inch. Mrs. Jones takes
u to her dressmaker and has il altered.
Another dollar Is expended on this
great five dollar bargain which now to-
tails six dollars and sixty -fve cents.
= Now continued Cooper, "Mrs.
Jones might have seen the same skirt
in window Of a merchant in Honolulu.
IL Is marked five dollars and half.
She walks In, tries 1t on, has the pleas
ure of trying several-other shades. Fin
ally, she decides on this one and has a
few siIent alterations made. Would the
merchant deliver itf He would. She
gives him the address aud she tells him
TO charge il. In some instances he has
to wait six months for his money while
the mail order man already has his in
advance aud If the article don Y suit
she has no redress. NJ.
.If the buying public would only
stop and consider these things con.
cluded Manager Cooper, "they would
find that il would pay them to buy at
home.U