| Show AUTOMATIC mltCIIAKrS In Denver They Attempt to Make Serrs of the Newspapers l K ar Hie Inllrr llntf Hot to AilliTtl Then nt KliluiiMl 1lBunillie Mu Paper llctnie to feuumlt I I Denver Colo Jan 10An extraordinary extraor-dinary contest has started In I Oils city wIth nil the dally papers on one Bide md fourteen of tho largest dry coods clothing and department store Oil the other No cdveitlscment of nny of these firms aPl > pared In today papers unit formal notice has been given 1ml none will appear until the puptis ueeed lu the demands er tile merchants mer-chants Last week the business rmnascr or tho dallies wero Informed mInftfOrs detriment de-triment Store combination had nrbl tlnrlly Ill bled thai advertising rates nusl be riducid about 20 i per cHt Tit firms declined to enter Into ills cu 5lin of the Justice of the demand simply slnllnB thaI they had giver their ulllmatuin They control about CO per cent of tile regular city ndcrlls nr and believe that the pipers must Submit to their dictation notwithstanding notwith-standing that advertising edicts In Denver Den-ver ore lower than In ally othir city of the same size In the coun try The newspapers replied that con cessloy to the nutocrntlo order was not only Impossible for business reasons mt would destroy the Independence of he Press If the department stores Coal I fix rates arbitrarily at their pleasure they could likewise dictate In all matters of policy nnd the papen MMild become mere liandbllH without Influence or elrrespect The fist result of tile contest Is I tho passage of a resolution by the tralleii isiembly calling on the city council to Impose a heavy license on department depart-ment stores nnd warning all members 01 labor union against them The mailer merchants are Inking ndvan loge of the opportunity lo Increase their ndvertlslng In Denver aa In othe cllleA department depart-ment stores have ben crushing the smaller stores and the latter nr ex opoollngly glad I of the chance to cut Into the hulns 01 their lager rivals There wa a noticeable decrtaoo In the I size of the usual Monday bargain hunting crowds In the department stores The firms which are trying the noel mail dangerous experiment or doing business without advertising are Schrndsky Clothing company Cordes Teldhnuser Carpel Company the Monnsh Fair comrnny JInv Shoe and Clothing company The Western ClothIng Cloth-Ing company the Skinner Brothers Wright company DinWs Ilsher the Colorado Dry noodi company th Denver Dry Ooods company Bradley Jt Illakely the Joslln Dry Goods rom pany U H Ouldman Appel Co A T Lewis fc Son Mr J N Bullion formerly treasurer of the United State under President Harrison In an Interview today says Ihnl h believes that great department stores In nil the cities or the country tire secretly joining forces to ConcertI into Concert-I their power In tile opinion that such a trust may h succe sfully or gnnlzed I to control the retail business of the country In every branch Hey savThr trut would not bo 0 Irnm were II to Ito mode n notional InlIth UII4111tn would Control the r fern of gs Indirectly I I the Interest vote On money pollllc and everything else |
