Cameron County press. (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, February 07, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

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    KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take Mail-Order
House Goods on Faith—Keep
the Money of the Commu
nity at Home.
When the consumer buys merchan
dise he is interested in three things—
quality, quantity and price. When he
goes into the store of his local mer
chant he sees the goods that he is to
pay for displayed before him; he can
determine whether the quality is first
•class, and whether the quantity is all
that is claimed. These two points
settled, he should have a fair idea as
to whether the price asked is a fair
•one or not.
But how is it when he attempts to
buy of the big mail order houses of the
•cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are offering
Is what the catalogue says, and the
•catalogue is prepared with the one ob
ject in view of selling the goods.
WTien the consumer buys of his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased were not as represent
<ed he can promptly take them back
and receive his money. When he buy 3
•of the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
4)ut to take what he gets and look
pleasant at the results.
It Is cheap goods and short weight
ithat is making mail order house
jprofits. They can buy but little, if
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The mail-order juggernaut is crushing the lives out of hundreds and thou
sands of local merchants, and hundreds of towns and villages as well. When
you send a dollar to the mail-order house you are but operating the lever
that keeps this death-dealing machine on the rr.ove.
any, chpaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan
dise is manufactured on a very nar
row margin of profit, but the mail
• order house can win and pay big divi
dends on enormous capital if they can
eell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merohan- j
dise at the prices they ask. Your !
local merchant could do the same !
but you would not buy the same j
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Hero is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich., News which shows the
nefarious system of the mail order
-concerns, and how they victimize their
jpatrons:
> "A farmer purchased two sacks of
"binding twine of a large Chicago cata
logue house, and upon its arrival this
morning a ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball of Plymouth twine
•old by local dealers, when it was
found that the Chicago article was just
2506 feet short of that sold at home.
"There being ten balls in a sack, it will
bo seen that the farmer lost 6,120 feet,
or over a mile of twine on two sacks
(by not buying at heme. Then, too,
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full of knots,
and one farmer standing near during
♦lie measuring process remarked that
It would never work on a binder. Now
•we wish to ask you, does it pay to
■trade at home? if there is anyone
who is skeptical of this story, just
call and we will show you."—Parma,
>lich., News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be
cause of its poor quality, the refuse
of the factories made over into cheap
merchandise. These are the things
[the patrons of the mail order houses
iare buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
rFalls, S. D. Leader:
"The mail order house selling vehi
cles by the catalogue route, is more
than a pirate, it is a turkey-buzzard.
It takes the freaks and failures that
have died for v/ant of real merit, and
tries to stifle legitimate business by
;selliug the embalmed remains at a re
duced price.
"The whole nefarious mail order sys
teva, in so far as it relates to vehicles,
almost the exceptional order that is
is conducted on the theory that it is
possible to take an inferior job and
foist it on a credulous people by
means of a reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
meritorious original which it shame
lessly caricatures. These methods,
have been crowned with success sole
ly by reason of the fact that mail or
der houses put more skill, energy and (
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face of the earth.
"The mail order business is the
quack doctor of commerce. It prom
ises much and guarantees nothing.
The directions are always on the in
side, and you have to buy a non-re
turnable package before you can find
out what they are."
A. G. Enderton, of Walter, Okla.,
writing to the Shawnee, Okla., Union
Signal, says:
"• • * The mail order houses
are the worst offenders of the pure
food law that we have to deal with.
They are the people who use short
weight tin cans and every year the
American public is cheated out of
thousands of dollars by this alone.
" • • • I S ee where some mall
order houses ofTer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now, does anyone
think that a mail order house can buy
good paint stuff cheaper than anyone
else?
"Now suppose you find out what
crude petroleum, like what is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap, is
it not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paiut stuff? How
about Spanish whitening, with just
enough white lead to stick it
• * j
The question of prompt delivery Is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consider. It is
filled promptly. The reason for this
delay is that they do not carry the
goods in stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago, for example, no mail order
house will sell to any person living
within the city limits, and the reason
for this is that these concerns pur
chase a large amount of the merchan
dise they are selling from the retail
stores of the city, the proprietors of
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people of the
city.
Here is the wail of a mail order vic
tim taken from the columns of the
Crookston, Minn., Journal, which ex
plains this point:
"Sir: I want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. I am
frank to acknowledge that I have been
duped to perfection. The only differ
ence between me and the other vic
tims being that I am a little deeper
in and that I am willing to acknowl
edge the corn.
"To begin with, last fall I with her
who is now my wife, decided to pur
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a—catalogue house
two weeks prior to our marriage,
which we thought would be plenty of
time to got the goods around. But
by the infernal planets let me tell you
right here that all the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded in landing only a kitchen
table and later a mirror from Pitts
burg.
"Our honeymoon has been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on aii
old gas plate, eating on a dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
ing a few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enough
more goods by April 1 to celebrate
all fool's day in a fitting manner."
"A VICTIM."
Mr. Consumer, it is to your advan
tage in many ways to buy Ik- nest
goods at honest prices of your honest
local merchant. See what you are
buying. Get what you are paying for.
Keep the money of the community in
which you live at home, rnd build up
your town instead of tea: Ing it down
for the benefit of the mail order
houses of the big citie3.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1907.
CHILD LABOR
President Roosevelt Says
if Authorities
OF THE STATES
Do Not Do Their Duty in Matters
of So Vital Interest the Nation
al Government Will.
New York.—A letter from Presi
dent Roosevelt to Mrs. Maud
Nathan, president of the Consumers'
league, was read at the annual meet
ing ef the league in this city Thurs
day. In his letter the president wrote
that if state authorities did sot do
their dutjr in natters of so vital im
portance as child labor there was no
choice but for the national govern
ment to interfere. The letter follows:
"Permit me through you to express
my earnest hope for the success of
the Consumers' league. You are doing
work that should appeal peculiarly to
every good citizen, for those you be
friend are greatly in need of friends,
and are not powerful enough to stand
up for themselves. I am particularly
interested in your efforts to improve
the conditions under which working
girls do their work in the great shops,
and I have, of course, an especial in
terest in your effort to combat the
evils of child labor.
"There is much outcry, chiefly, I
think, from the beneficiaries of
abuses, against interference by the na
tional government with the work
which should be done by the state. I
always would rather have the local
authorities themselves attend to any
evil and, therefore, I would rather
have the state authorities work out
such reforms, when possible; but if
the state authorities do not do as they
should in matters of such vital impor
tance to the whole nation as this of
child labor, then there will be no
choice but for the national govern
ment to interfere. I am striving to se
cure either action or else a full and
thorough investigation of the matter
by the authority of congress at the
present time."
In her report Mrs. Nathan, presi
dent of the league, speaking of the
sweatshop evil in this city, said that
there were many children employed in
such establishments getting 10 and 12
cents for 14 and 16 hours' work a day.
"It seems to me to emphasize," she
said, "that necessity of the league's
efforts to crush out the sweatshop sys
tem of work."
SIXTEEN BODIES RECOVERED.
Remains of Victims of Explosion
Taken from Mine —A Perilous
Undertaking.
Charleston, W. Va. —Sixteen more
bodies were recovered from the
Stuart mine Thursday night. The new
cage constructed to take the place of
the one destroyed by the explosion
was placed in operation, but owing to
the damage done to the shaft it was
impossible to get it nearer than 18
feet of the bottom. The bodies re
covered were brought that distance
on a ladder and placed on the
cage.
The bodies were brought up In a
bucket by Edward Pickney, inspector
of the mine, and John Absolam, dis
trict inspector, who were the first to
go down. Owing tc*. the laborious na
ture of the work it was discontinued
until the cage can be repaired.
Seldom in the history of such occur
rences has a more perilous trip been
made than that attempted by Pickney
and Absolam. The timbers in the
shaft had been loosened by the explo
sion and blocked the way. Great
icicles had been formed and dropped
upon the men continually while hid
den springs deluged them with icy
water. The shaft was full of deadly
fumes and Pickney finally succumbed
after working for a time at the bot
tom.
The men remained in the shaft for
three hours and found it a veritable
charnel house. Mutilated bodies were
so numerous that the two rescuers
found it impossible to move about
without stepping on them. They
counted 26 bodies.
Congress.
Washington.—An address on the ex
pansion of executive prerogatives by
Senator Raynor and Senator Hey
burn's discussion of the administra
tion of the public lands, constituted
the proceedings in the senate on the
31st ult. The river and harbor appro
priation bill occupied practically all
the time of the house. Speeches were
made by several members.
Grover Gets a $25,000 Office.
New York. Grover Cleveland,
ex-president of the United States,
was elected chairman of the
Association of Life Insurance Presi
dents at a meeting of the executive
committee of that organization in this
city Thursday. The Job carries a
salary of $25,000.
Telephone Girls Strike.
Toronto, Ont.—Because the Bell
Telephone Co. insisted on in
creasing the working hours of the
telephone girls from five to eight
hours a day about 400 girls went on
strike Thursday. The company of
fered more remuneration, but the girls
claimed they could not stand the
physical strain.
Ex-Premier See Dead.
Sydney, N. S. W.—Sir John See,
ex-premier and colonial secre
tary of New South Wales, is dead. He
W&b mUIU ill cal llHvi .li lov2,
A NARROW ESCAPE
ANGRY MOB WAS READY TO
LYNCH A PITTSBURG NEGfIO.
TIMELY ARRIVAL OF POLICEMEN
AND FIREMEN AVERTED A
DISGRACEFUL TRAGEDY.
Pittsburg, Pa. —C. A. Jackson, a
negro, bleeding from many wounds on
the head, is locked up In the Central
police station following an exciting
and almost successful attempt to
lynch him last night by several hun
dred persons on Fifth avenue, be
tween Wood and Market streets, light
in the heart of the business district.
The trouble originated in front of
the Associated Press office. A news
boy asked the negro to buy a paper.
Jackson shoved him roughly into the
street. The boy threw a stone and
struck Jackson on the head. The ne
gro jumped to the street and began
choking the boy. The street was
thronged with men, the incident 00-
ourring about 7 o'clock when many
were waiting for street cars togo to
their homes. In a moineAt several
men caught the negro and began beat
ing Mm. Some one cried "lynch the
nigger" and hundreds of men and
boys rushed upon Jackson. Canes,
stones and closed fists were the chief
weapons used by the mob.
Backed up against a building Jack
sen, trembling with fear, shielded his
face with his arms while the crowd
beat him and tore his clothes. About
.this time several other negroes en
deavored to protect Jackson. Imme
diately there were cries of "lynch
thorn."
The Infuriated mob, crying all the
while "kill all the negroes," caught
several other negroes and proceeded
to bump their heads against the stone
buildings.
Jackson, bleeding and his clothes
almost torn off, was temporarily for
gotten and he ran down Fifth avenue.
Just below Fifth street Jackson ran
Into the arms of several policemen.
The officers ran Jackson into an alley
and attempted to hold back the crowd
with their night Btlcks. They were
fast losing ground, however, when a
large force of city firemen came to
their aid. The police and firemen
guarded the entrance to the alley un
til a patrol wagon loaded with officers
responded to a riot call. Within a C|w
minutes the crowd scattered.
fIVE CONTRACTS ARE VOID.
Decision Rendered in the Suits of the
City of Philadelphia vs. D. J.
McNichol & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa. —Judge Beitler
Wednesday handed down a decision
in the suits of the city against the
firm of D. J. McNichol & Co. to re
cover $5,000,000 which it was alleged
had been fraudulently received by the
firm 011 contracts for the construction
of the city's filtration plant. The
members of the firm at the time the
original contracts were awarded were
Mrs. McNichol, wife of State Senator
James P. McNichol; Israel W. Dur
ham, the republican leader; John M.
Meek and J. McNichol. Sixteen con
tracts amounting to about $10,000,000
were involved in the suits.
Judge Beitler declares null and void
five contracts aggregating $2,745,462
which were awarded at the time Sena
tor McNichol was a member of coun
cils, which bodies ratified the con
tracts. He decides that they were ob
tained illegally, sustaining the con
tention of the city that Mrs. McNichol
and D. J. McNichol were never more
than figureheads in the firm. The court
decides that the five contracts were
wrongfully obtained and instructs the
contractors to make an accounting to
the city of the actual cost of material
and work done on these contracts and
to refund to the city any profit.
Five other contracts for a total of
$1,200,000 were sustained and six
were not ruled on, having been al
ready nullified by the city.
LOST IN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
A Fruitless Search for Five Baltimore
Fishermen Who are Missing.
Baltimore, Md.—With the return
Wednesday of the tug Baltimore
from a two days' fruitless search for
some clue to the five men who have
been missing for the last ten days all
hope for them has been abandoned.
The disappearance of the men came
as a climax to a day of pleasure spent
together at a fishing resort which they
owned jointly. In the evening the
men embarked in a small boat and
started to row to the terminus of the
Bay Shore car line. £ strong north
west wind was blowing, and an hour
later they were seen far out in the
bay, struggling against the wind and
sea. That was the last seen of men
or boat.
Congress.
Washington.—On the 30th the sen
ate passed a bill appropriating $2,0 r V
000 to be used in confining the Colo
rado river to its banks, and another
placing the management of the Pana
ma railway under the isthmian canal
commission. Senators Carter and
Heyburn made speeches criticising
the secretary of the interior for his
action in regard to land patents. The
house passed the agricultural appro
priation bill and took up the river and
harbor bill.
Indian Reservation to be Opened.
Norfolk, Neb. —The Daily News
says that Indian Inspector Mc-
Laughlin, of Washington, has procur
ed an agreement with the Rosebud
Sioux Indians for the throwing open
by the federal government of nearly a
million acres of land in Tripp county,
3. D.
Five Miners are Killed.
Marlon, 111. By an explosion
of jKwuer !n the JoUiisoa City
and Big Muddy coal mine at Johnson
Citv Wednesday, five man were killed
and 11 hurt.
Too Suggestive.
Sandy Pikes —What did the kind
lady say when you told her all dem
historical stories?
Gritty George—She said I was a
was a "wise old saw."
Sandy Pikes —Great hobos! Yer
better run. Next thing she'll be ex
pecting you to show up at de wood
pile.—Chicago Daily News.
DIDN'T LIKE DARK COLORS.
Johns —I heard you tell that man to
never darken your door again. Try
ing to marry your daughter?
Thoms—No; he's a jialnter and he
painted my front door ebony instead
of oak. —Troy Budget.
Father Explains.
Johnny—Papa, what does automo
bile mean?
Papa—lt comes from the Greek
"auto"—self —and the Latin "mobile"
movement. It means a machine that
goes by itself.
Johnny—Doesn't any one have any
thing to do with it?
Papa (who tries to drive a horse
and buggy)—No one with any self-re
spect.—Home Magazine.
Rough on Bill.
"What has become of Bad Bill?"
asked the new arrival in the Frozen
Heart hotel.
"Bad Bill?" echoed the landlord.
"Oh, he 'bit the dust" yesterday."
"What? Bad Bill dead?"
"Oh, no. Bill took a ride in a ten
derfoot's gasoline carriage and swal
lowed a peck of dust in a twenty-mile
spin."--Chicago Daily News.
All His Trouble in Vain.
The scientist had invaded the jun
gle and conquered the monkey lan
guage.
"And now that you have acquired
our lingo," said the head monkey,
"have you any information of value
to convey to us?"
Of course, the scientist, nonplused,
had to sneak back to civilization.
Moments of History.
Ulysses looked upon the sirens with
considerable amusement, at the same
time ordering the man at the prow not
to hurry.
"There was a time," he observed
flippantly, "when your antics would
have amused me. But —musical com
edy is not what it used to be." —Life.
Mr. Henpeck Warned.
Mr. Henpeck—l shall have togo to
town to-day, my dear, and I shall
want some money, for there's train
fare, lunch, 'bus fares, and I've got
to —
Mrs. II. —Well, then, take this shil
ling, and mind, if you come home the
worse for drink I'll not let you In.
A Society Mother.
Rector —And have you any children?
Society Woman —Yes; three little
darlings.
Rector —Are they boys or girls?
Society Woman —Dear me! Do you
know, for the moment I can't remem
ber? —N. Y. Times.
Not Guilty.
"Pop!"
"Yes, my son."
"Do poets have to be born?"
"Yes, my boy."
"Ain't the stork responsible for
them, too?" —Yonkers Statesman.
His View Point.
"I see that the duke of Atholl, in
England, has 22 titles."
"What of it?"
"Wouldn't you like to have that
many and be able to sell each one to
an heiress?" —Milwaukee Sentinel.
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