The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 13, 1902, Page 1

‘An Evening Paper Publishes an Article Which | Has no Foundation in Fact--Merchants of Seattle Prove ThatThey are Selling Bed- ding, Cots and the Like, at Prices Reduced Purposely, to Meet the Demands of Elks} Carnival Visitors _. An attempt has been made by an evening paper of Seattle, whether sqatieiousty or from lack of investigation. to cast reflections upon the bus- Amma men af the city. The story in question is purported to come from “QM, Moore, secretary of the Puget Sound Bureau of Information. Moore has made himself busy in the past few days in locking up ef accommodations for the visitors whe are expected in the the Elks’ ing to his interview pub » discovered that there eke i # H é is TH ; iE POINTED FACTS. the truth of the assertions made can be learned following whieh were obtained this mornign from the of the principal business houses of the city: B. SCHOENFELD. rity Company, said: “The ices for the carnival is the wants to do it. We have te rent cots for the occasion and we have invariably re- not because we could mot get our money out of it, but because we ys ago we did rert some cots and mat- ind what we could get selling therm at sec- to do, was no more than we could have Every business man of the city is giad to Wewant the reputation of out store to and we would certainly be foolish to at- oe : 3 : ; z 1g prices for this occasion. the paper in which the story we had an advertisement on another page setting fi were having a special sale of bedding and linens, the very same ich the article stated the merchants of Seattle Our prices on these thi gs nyone can see that as f we were eoncer not an rein town and we want to be & a a j of i ee 2 the country ‘at large that wi ighted policy on the part of any business house to raise ing the carnival when they have the most excellent chance of ir to advertise their store and please the public, upon whom they FF for business. You can say for us that our prices remain the Same, and, if anything, lower. W: ile pants’ s aaything, bow @ are anxious to spi ‘ead out into the out- 4. B. MACDOUGALL. t of the MacDougall & Southwick Co, t's paper. | think it is @ mistake to 4 ly an it is untrue. | have never prauene O ohtedog the prices of my goods. | have too much busi- ie oh roughout the state to think of such a thing. We expect visitors in to thes hose trade, perhaps not now, bu! the future, will be a benefit y- It would be utter folly to attempt to ‘hold’ them wu think ind thet this sentiment is ‘al throughout the city.” O, &. FREDERICK. D. ‘a Frederick, of Frederick & Nelson, condemned in the strongest i ont @ story printed last night. “You would think,” said hi i in business in Seattle for only two w 1 saan by Tay ag in that time, no ma! we rent out ps to rent them 36 times to say nothing ° For my part | would lots rather not rent out s to compare prices today or next week fm month ago, they are welcome to and if any one . les with our pric “OMS down to look at our books. G. CARLIGLE, 24 venmanager of the Chicago Furniture and Stove Company, ot for weeks. We are glad to get the pri ld the samgstnticipate no raise and whatever happens we will con: all AT BAILLARGEON’S. ™. 8. Booth, m: Mr. Bailiange me manager 4 FIFTH EDITION SEATTLE, WASHINGTO | A KNOCK AT SEATTLE THAT : IS INNO WISE JUSTIFIED 0 THE COUNTR A SUMMER VISIT T house. In fact, we are making plans for severat special sales during carnival to advertise our store. Any policy such as that mentioned in the story iast night is not in line with that whi govern a mod- ern and well-conducted business house. For Baill store you can deny it from start to finish.” G@ L. HOLMES. B. E. Pierce, managing the furniture depa Furniture Company, ie equally emphatic in hie of any reise of 80 far as respects his firm. “We have, of rented cots and such material, but we do not expect to make any out of it, As a matter of fact if we come out even we will be lucky, We have made ‘our prices with that in mind. | de not think any good business man should eee the necessity of raising prices upon such an ocoasion. If we do business with people outside of Seattle we want them to say that we treated them right, so that they will come back again.” STONE, FIGHER @ LANE. The same assertions are made by P. H. Fotheringham, manager here for Stone, Fisher & Lane. “We will i the ear- ” said he. “We want the people outsi whe we what clase of goods we sell. We w ona article. We have too much at stake to W. D. M'CARTHY. A. 8, White, manager for W. D. MoCa says that his tore will continue its schedule of prices without change. “We will best attract people to our store during the carnival. We want them the place so that they might visit us again when there is no celebration in Seattle. We want to offer them the best inducements and we would be foolish to attempt any ‘hold up’ policy, for it would be found out in short order. We would consider ourselves very poor business mon if we raised prices for the people from out of town. Our es, if anything, will be lower, We will have sale days as we have had all along.” F. G. PETERSON. F. G. Peterson, of the firm of O. W. Peterson & Bro. on Pike street, says: “That talk of « is all humbug. We have lots of fall goods coming in right now will not be a cent raise on them, Our goods will go for the same money in the next two weeks as they will two months h The mercha town as a whole are indignant at GL. Hotmes do any such thin, &. E. Harris, mana street, denies the rumor that his store will raise prices for E “it is very he snid. “We want out-of-town business and we would be poor men if we pursued any such policy.” AMONG HOTEL MEN, Among the hotel mén the greatest indignation prevails regarding Mr. ‘alleged information. One #14 all of them state that anyone can Atay at their hotels for precixely the same figures in the next two weeks \as they could a month ago. A great many of themare utilising all pos- | sible pace for the carntvat but none of them is raising prices, H. B. Dunbar of the Rainier-Grand, president of the State Hotel Men's Ansocta- ltion, and also president of the local branch, says the attack upon the ho- tels is entirely unwarranted and outrageou! I will take ail I can |commodate at my hotel during the carnival,” said Mr. Dunba: will treat them as 1 have treated guests in the past. If pe be accommodated I will nend them to some place whbre they can sie |1 will not charge anyone a cent above the ordinary rates, 1 think ali the ‘otal men of the city will unite with me on this point. We believe Jan‘injustice has been done us by the article in that paper last night and I am «iad you are going to correct any wrong impression which may \nave crept out. For a man occupying the position Mr. Moore doen, I | should think he would be better off if he Investigate such things before rushing into print with any euch ridiculous story HIS FAMILY ORGAN. ‘The general impression i¢ gaining ground shat attack was made purely from personal motives and the paper in question was teed as a means of private revenge by him, It fs said that in his effort » rent rooms and halls to hb it 1s alleged he procured an option, he at to Port! ure cots because the dealers in Se- went to Portiand and Tacoma to & | Witle would not make'a special low rate to him. Business men state un- |equivocally that they will hereafter regard with auspleion any attempts trade by him to advertise the city if he follows the procedure made public in his family organ last night Alcates WASHINGTON (2: | today’s session of the Typographical ntion is centered in the fight| LONDON, Aug. 13.—The king today | pennant or yy xt mooting. | Feviewed the Indian troops tn front w uneeen ee be z | sented & magnificent appear bid for the convention 5 | OUT ALL NIGHT reposition to prevent local | James Murray and Charles ¢ | pers from exchanging matrices \ lode. tro Kittle By BS 1 Peageed In advertising wan warmly disouased.| ie: respectively, were picked up 3 ferred to the committee! Policemen Cameron and Lookar. on First avenue short fore 4 o'¢ this ning, They will probably | whet ot | be turned over to their parents, The Star’s Noon Edition Contains |All the News Up to Midday. If You ‘Are Down Town Buy One the business men of the city. He said: “Nothing has been raised lo he er the beat re tur ‘The foregoing resotutton was Intro- | stocks duced at the metinge of the Cham ber of Commerce John W, Pratt, owner of the White River Journal, newspaper published at Kent Pratt Is@ prominent Seattle | lawyer and newspaper writer and | thia city his home. | long ben an authority on matters of | fri overnment and He has fw one of the ket scheme proposed by when mayor of the “The shatter of extablishing a pu market In Seattle should be taken up again one that ‘The pian would benedt farmers and the consu ttle far beyond their 1 would not injure t logitimate jon men in| rganized effort on the part of pounty and the ity government | the farmers of the co-operations of t will make the public market a go. | ‘The principal difficulty the commission men have heretofore fought the acheme, that the farme: not that grocers omulat market days be estab- ed upon where the farmers and the ers, including commission men and grocers, can meet, and there will be mplaint of lack of mar- | ! a oxpertence has taught that in the +) Europe no prod on market days is ever taken b The bargain hunters will attend to that.” Would Help: Everybody. unoll #ix "In fact, I doubt whether the com. mon would oppose the estab- ent time r the owners of TEADS EDWARD SEES. n of the week as regu days yman Would Seek Bargains. ck bu [te make their PUBLIC MARKET, FOR SEATTL MEETING FAVOR Reagived, that the time is opportune for the Chamber of Com- merce to renew its efforts to secu re the establishment of a public market so that the farming prod ucts of vicinity of Seattle shail Ink to the prod county |come to the marke lar days, and @ clean sweep could on be depended on. be no left-over Such an ar efit all parties p . by ail) "Tt has been estimated by a well said Mr. Pratt this morn-| known local statistician that fully | the } $3,000,000 annually ts sent out of the state to pay for frutt * eggs and poultry shipped in. lof this large sum comes out of the pockets of the consumers and Tacoma, yet practically | money that now goes to California | jand the Bast co farmers of t and transportation f The products of this state are supe- rior to the imported. have never | tons, nem a of ja & Very substantial fou principally tion for the now almost general © peddlers’ ordinan. |plaint on the part of the far the commission are hot entirely to blame. he farmers at the pre em in sending their pro- ly In the bringing duce, pended on, the] all steamer shipments being regular What our farmers should do, es those living along the’ line to go out | ‘This pla FOR SALE Two Bargains house and price A new five-room cottage, large base. ment, cement fc tion, porcelain Just completed; bath and Sreplac price, $1,600. Herbert S. Upper 12 and 13 Soheuerman block, Firet Avenue and Cherry Gtreet LION CLOTHING HOUSE SOOO OSOSOSOOOS YOUR CHOICE OF MEN’S COATS ano VESTS $4.50 Blue Serges, Black Cioy Worsteds, Bik Mixed Cassi meres and Tweeds in Frocks and Sacks. These are Coats and Vests which have accumulated from Suite which sold from $12.50 to $38 60, See therm tm our side window. exposed. men and large retail dealers ce ¢ the balance uns this morning bY | prices as might be agreed upon gtin hunters would soon place on regu gement would ben- Especially woul ers and the poor of the city ei no duention but that at the ime the markets supplied with the very poorest « uits and vegetables from AY atx yearn ago | fi" Sn, 6 >| worth of emws 4 in from other sta: the | f Seattle | Suger © Hams, very fine jot, Vite Chole Eat a from 12 pounds to 21 pounds, will sell Thureday at. pound 5 1d be saved to is state were Hlities better. | are a} proved in the Ht instructions to make a full investi-| gation and revort NO REAL OPPOSITION ". M. Muldoon, who was In the city ars ago when the pro: position was first discursed, is hear. tily in favor of the establishment of | will not be a success; that the rich While} @ public market, basing his approval | will not take the trouble to go mar. the | ket in any Amertoan city, and that #| 80 strict that no the | his produce without paying a license $100 @ year, The system has worked years in Minnea said Mr ‘There the city has est T ed a public market place the market is overwwe' @ suited! th th tons of such stuff and is “Ther Then the farmer loses er can peddle jond, that consun will ‘find’ t ed to remain An | ¢ nts a doxe ey are allowed from house t velty, | ab to a certain extent and no harm to the farmer fact, worked 6x mncerned.” -COUNCILMA ly oppc plan at oF retal! dealere,| From. {hone lechigns from the eedingly well for all principle but because they ear it Your chotce of any, $4.50, $4.00 or $3.50 Trouser In our stock for $2.50, This means some excep- ly good values in fancy worsteds and cheviots for # very little amount of money. the poor cannot afford to pay car f t answer to these fault- 4 is, first, that the plan has worked well In other cities, and, sec y and procure 1 vegetables at than at present pre- » retail price of White river quantity of far finer cucumbers are ting, and will not sell for ev Cherries, when the season was at its heighth, brought the around Seattle not te pound, and were le even at that price ttle fruit stands and markets chi ries from California, stale and in- ferlor, were at that Very time selling for from 16 to 20 cents And so the stroy goes, from season to neason. George Ri and John Kelly ank Evans rested as Remnants of Silkoline. Remnants of Gingham. Remnants of Dimities. | Remnants of Laces. HE Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News # # 25 CENTS AMONTH Offer This Introductory Card en- titles the beater to one admin. il dustrial street of ike’ Carnival with e 2 PCS i tleket to the Bt T ch $5 purchase made IS store before or during the Carnival, ENTS Out Corner Becond avenue and ison street, Seattle Bargains, Bargains All this week in Wash Dress Goods, Shirt Waists, Silk Waists, Wr: Furnishings. Sale Hours, 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. pers, Laces, Ribbons, Millinery and Men's McCarthy Dry Goods Co, “zzz7"5" WEATHER FORECAST. Seattle and Vicinity—Tonight y. cloudy and threatening. = ADAMS & BLANCHARD li i i i i f F iif it ? f i et 2 " ry a Remnants! Remnants! Remnants! Every kind, quality and style is here, and at a saving of one~ third of their former low price. READ THIS LIST Remnants of Hosiery. Remnants of Silks. Remnants of Toweling. Remnants of Wash Goods. Remnants of Outing Flannel. Remnants of Wool Goods. Remnants of Tapestry. Remnants of Musiins. Remnants of Crash. Remnants of Table Linens, Remnants of Satin. Remnants of Sheetings. Remnants of Calico. Remnants of Flannels. | Remnants of Trimmings. Remnants of Embroidery. r AWord To Contractors and Builders We are prepared to figure with you on Hardware for your buildings: Our prices are away down. LET US QUOTE YOU ON Weights Everything In the line of Builders’ Hardware. Open All Night. COLLINS, SHERMAN FOLEY 0. | Rellable Pianos vagrants by Patrolmen Bearing this morning, bet, Pike and Uaion, Ween ‘Tel. Main 1029, CLINE’S PIANO HOUSE mbalmers. |® SECOND AVE. AND UNION ST: