Show STATEMENT absolutely FALSE statement made through columns of davis co argus refuted by ex manager D L S co oakland gal cal editor clipper some time apu ago a friend in your city mailed me a copy of the davis county argus issue of oct 14 1907 in it which there appeared an ail article relative to the injustice the bountiful rei re i tail merchant association had done me and the deseret live stock companas Comp anys mercantile es as at woods cross tile the in ina gement of which was in my illy hands from jan 1st ast to sept I 1 1907 and having been quite fam aliar with the circumstances and origin of the bountiful retail I 1 merchants association I 1 desire to give my friends and the peo plo ol 01 1 l tho the baet arii dutli tit ill in tu mutter aint ter through alio columns of bolli our 1 paper a 1 er which I It egret tb t botu to the has hail not I 1 e iho editor or of 11 any 1 ohp ha 1 i 0 er is fo for r st statements therein and had mhd q ad J aitor of tile ar argus glis NV wished she 1 io to 1 bo full fair with both partia parti 1 ill in tills he ibi would I 1 ld fieve hin e in insisted 6 on it tile the alati or of that thai articie aidule I 1 I 1 at delling llis ills namo bianto to tho baille so sd hi 11 caiso mi lit ili justi should bo dono iny any persan or by pub lishin that vord not 1 falot 1 that flint the f I 1 for fol tit alio origin of 0 sta would rest mi choro it I 1 I 1 I 1 personally 1 ini bitterly bit opposed to air luring lit pott adv or r prod through all auy howg II 11 p ll 11 1 but tins article is 6 unjust in u ti j s In much itell as atiq it A slips f fellow in ill ifie alio fac e anh boosts i or tha the other IV when 11 dioro thoro lias boun the abo sa lile I 1 ii pou and by one mie and nil all dmd alic article 0 o w f n a af 11 llillie 1 ee that alin I 1 i feel ll 11 flad should tild isnow kl 0 11 16 nt facts I 1 c 8 SO far ns alio bountiful rot regnil III f assli aan is concerned I 1 f y aft fisli to fo s atay air that flint na 0 dit din r I 1 ing iny illy connection with the mif liva stock co f I 1 was honi tily in support u p of nil all measures measure adap hect b by y tile tho association as the found ers jolin john stoker Q IL II 11 Rain mid tho the writer I 1 was in attendance at each ine eting ind and know tile inte intention liti 1 of each member was for good and wish to state cm am ph thit that the claims ando bythe by alio argus anto 0 oct t nrc ire ta ais W ou and tho the person who that article for the argus lias has no kno knowledge wedge 0 of alie ex en act acl conditions Q pr lie donld not made such ridiculous redi culous statements for print and this tah fact fact is much macli more ili 6 re evident lihen a I 1 the at author I 1 has not tho the moral civra courage to is to sign hil hi 5 name to the alie articia article 4 the purpose and intent of 0 the bountiful retail merchants as aa i Is not it a secret and when ii the objects of the association are put before illy any realo reasonable man or i couill utility that flint are progressive I 1 believe they will find nothing ob in them but the lon v winded fellow who I 1 does docs not like ll 11 to pay his store bills and the fel low imir v who lio makes it a practiced practice of go I 1 ing from one etore tore to another get ting c credit until lie he has become in i debated to every store in town I 1 tile alien moves to another city where there is it a now new field for operations operation is will find fc erious objections to the retail merchants association as the organization zaelon is working in re of ins his business which is working the in merchant erchant for credit tile argus article states the people would like to be notified y wherein their benefit comes when spool cotton was advanced from 6 spools for to 3 for also flour that was sold for wag advanced to 2251 now any one familiar with the market conditions during th the c spring and summer of 1907 would kii know ow that a man making such a statement either cither did not know hi I 1 subject well or was falsely misrepresenting facts for no other 1 purpose than misleading the people first spool cotton was never sold 3 spools for by any alny store ili in bountiful bountis III or vicinity either in tune june or july I 1 the exact exact date I 1 cannot recall the who wholesale lesal 0 price of spool cotton standard brands advanced from p per a dozen to and without any notice tp the rei retailer niler the mann fae fac of that product made each retail merchant sell spool continued ed page 2 N f iff statements absolutely false I 1 continued front from page 1 1 cotton tit at ge t per spool or 4 for 25 can and to make ciure that nil all dealers were doing this their rep j regen tati 1 ves called on oil the retail meMi merchants ants ascertained their tolling lit pr price ice and if you did not ret get the price stipulated they would not sell you their product tin this statement can be substantiated by calling on oil any jobber or manufacturer fil fac of pool cotton the latter statement rc regarding garding tile unwarranted advance in nour ilour y and insinuating that it if was the dorkof work of the bountiful lieta iii aier arr clif chants ilits association is also fal tall P F d A of the records of tiny any 4 1 1141 1 ilour ilour mills mill oi or jobber where thon vances abid declines of tile the markt market t are kept will show that the whole aholo sale price i cc of lour flour advanced frolia 4 40 0 to goat per hundred aurit during lia all alie summer and the retail mer clients of bountiful an all vicinity I 1 lid did not advance their selling price ill hi proportion to the advanced co coit it lie ho was forced to pay these aye are facts that carl can be supported by 1 records and not printed for the purpose of 1111 misleading ding anyone the lille article in ill conclusion sayi there are arc fi few things which the bountiful retail merchants association lias done i one to dorco li manager of the live stock C co to r ragn sigal his i position as ajl the people would not trado trade at the store on account of the high prices lie he wils was forced by the alio bountiful retail merchants alsoc assoc association bation to io main mai tam tain and one olic of tile alc clerks r agi hi ij tile the D L S gos cos store reported that not a five cent piece w was s taken in J during one whole day I 1 do not care to air the affairs of the alie deseret live stock co through any paper I 1 wish to say ay that the above statements ahre both false and without foundation my yes resignation 1 was not brou glit about b because sales were mere not satisfactory is i iw its 1 I 1 know they were ivero so to tile mo and bc balico believe lico perfectly satisfactory is to the board of of eliat institution our sales althe at the store showed an all iner ino easo renso for july and august adust over corresponding months of proceeding years and our collections on accounts weib much better the records I 1 havo have in my possession showing hoj V ing our total e cost ost receipts for the month of august were in advance of the same month of the prec proceeding eed year I 1 give these fg figures ri co show that the deseret live stock cos business did not gifter defeat during my administration and eliat the ho argus statement have no foundation I 1 think the baird of directors of faiq live S tock stock co will bear mo ine out in this statement as they are familiar with tile tho xe re suits I 1 al also ajak oj take ak exceptions exception to ti the e argus statement ilant tit eliat at not liot it a five cent piece wai t hiken in during one olie whole day and want to brand that statement as false I 1 do not consider it necessary to to sic fit figurer on our daily sales gales h have eliav c thein ill m my possession j fur fuir thor moro I 1 do not believe foht tiny any clerk of if the live stock co ever gave any auy pirson pr son such a n statement as wo ave did pot not cifton toy tatt class oi of help their intz integrity I 1 rity lit in auy ay opinion WH war beyond reproach while iii statements in refutation of the alio article ean stroner stron pr I 1 have hae said notha i that records in n my mv poss possession will n not back ir so 0 o if i the ohp auth author 0 r of the artict TI in the areus areas date dat above il v ih s ty tv vo io far ther nf ni 0 tail I 1 w ula respect aly ir lait la it tit anat it lie attach ins his jl P to vant evev ever lie he may ma haaf ta V v Y 1111 trul fra FRID D S if |