The Prospector
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-06-27
issued: 1909-08-21
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note: Ifri^ptdirf irmjti Vol, 15. ^S ii •■ j. <BBsSw53iJi> CRANBROOK, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1909. No. 84 ON THE WAR PATH AGAIN A. E. Watts Replies o Attack if Westsrn Lumbermen Retail ere Protecte I by Association Below wo print a copy ci mi interesting letter to the editor ol tho Western Lnmbi'rninii of Vancouver. If Mr. Watts is us successful in this campaign as he has been iu his tight against the railway corporations lie- lore the parliamentary liailwny Coin mlssloners, Independent retail lumbermen and consumers will owe him a debt ol gratitude.- -Editor, Wattsburg, British Columbia. The Keillor. Western Lumberman, Sir:—We are In receipt ol two marked copies ot your paper nnd note your virulent attacks directed against us, because we dare to advertise the tact that we will supply consumers with our products at points where the trade Is controlled by combinations ol mill owners and line yards; but not where independent retailers are doing a legitimate business. This you dub "pirating business," and state that "The Western Lumberman and the Western Canuda Contractor and the Commercial, Canada's greatest trade newspapers are warning every municipality and every tradesman in the west to beware of the take mail order or mill to consumer fraud. We believe it pays to let these sharpers put in a car at their lowest prices simply as a warning, it In generally always n case of never again." Whilst we cannot compliment you on the elegance of the language you use, we certainly can on the amount ot gall you exhibit when you dare to pose as the protector of tho retailer, the veneer you wear is too thin, Bjual- Ity too poor, No. 1 of that kind will not grade No. 6. Your true avocation or mission shines through as the champion ot the combines who have crushed out ot existence nearly one half of the poor retailers in the west. It would not pay you and you dare not come out openly as their champion, lor reasons so obvious it Is useless to waste space to explain them. Your threat t…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cranbrook (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0304924
language: English
lat: 49.5080556
long: -115.746944
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cranbrook, B.C. : A.B. Grace
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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