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Show u AGAINST A HARD GAME. ,It looks as If tho grocorymcn who have decided to abolish the trading stamp and all sorts of premiums given with articles sold, have a hard gamo against them. Truth is informed that Cudahy, who makes soap and has a premium coupon Inside the wrapper; that tho match companies which In close a coupon; that tho tobacco concerns con-cerns which also havo coupons and others have heard of this movement with a great deal of discontent. A well known dry goods merchant, who has been In the trading stamp business for a long time, states tnai ho will not ceaso Issuing these stamp3 and Intends enlarging upon It. Ho further fur-ther states that ho has opened a correspondence cor-respondence with large firms east and If 'a war Is made upon him ho will establish es-tablish a grocery store and meat market mar-ket In his placo of business, using an adjoining building, and will undersell every ono of his competitors, no matter mat-ter what prices they mako. "If they think they can undersoil tho tobacco trust, let them try It," ho said. "If they think that Cudahy, Fairbanks air' the balance who deal In soan will not oppose this movement to tho extent that they will lose some money hero, let them start something. If thoy do not thlnlc that tho 'oastorn millers would welcome a war In flour hero In order to get their brands on tho market, mar-ket, let them keep right on. If I do establish a grocery trado and a moat market In my placo and mako of It a department store thero will bo howling howl-ing In Rome. Other largo cities have department stores where rates are chopped Into bits, 'and I bollovo It would bo a good thing hero." Manager Faust of tho Faust creamery cream-ery said ho did not fear any troublo financially from any refusal of his to comply with domands. "If they don't like our way of doing business," he said, "thoy need not buy our buttor. Wo will send every pound 'of It east, becauso wo havo domands for all wo can ship. Thoy may do as thoy please." Truth learns that tho supply of butter but-ter Is not so much above tho demand that local dairies shipping abroad would not create a scarcity, and It Is for this reason tho dairymen aro so Independent. |