NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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While our columns are always open for the 
discussion of any relevant subject, we do not 
necessarily indorse the opinions of con- 
tributors. 
Correspondents will please give their names 
—not necessarily fur publication, but as a 
guarantee of good faith. 
Kditor North Shore Breeze: 
Dear Sir: We hear a great deal 
about high prices and graft on the 
North Shore. The following actual- 
ly took place at Beverly Farms: A 
few years ago one of our best known 
summer residents ordered from their 
butcher a hind quarter of native 
spring lamb. Now, by the way, this 
buteher had not been in the business 
very long and he was very anxious 
to please the customer, so he called 
up the wholesale house where he 
bought his lambs and asked for a 
hind quarter of native spring lamb. . 
They told him that it was a very 
hard thing to get at this time of the 
year and it would be very expen- 
sive, if, indeed, he could get it at all. 
Undaunted by this the young man 
took the train for Boston, went 
through the markets until he found 
what he was after. The check the 
young man gave for it shows he paid 
over ten dollars; he charged the 
customer a little over eleven dol- 
lars. The customer put up a great 
kick and claimed it was a high-hand- 
ed case of robbery and graft; and he 
no doubt thinks so to this day. He 
claimed he could send to Boston and 
eet, the same thing for six dollars. 
Now, many North Shore families 
have heard about this famous hind 
quarter of spring lamb. After going 
to Boston and looking up the facts 
in the case I thought it would be in- 
teresting reading, so I asked the ed- 
itor of the North Shore Breeze to 
publish it. 
If this young man had_ been 
schooled in the tricks of the trade he 
would have been alright, as you will 
see. ‘The wholesaler that sold the 
lamb showed me on his books where 
he charged twelve for native hind 
quarters of spring lamb at this par- 
ticular time. Now, mind you, they 
told me at the same time they had 
western spring lamb which the 
wholesalers sold for four dollars per 
hind quarter and the retailers sold 
for six dollars, getting on each a 
profit of fifty percent. If this young 
man had bought one of these west- 
ern lambs for four dollars and sold 
it for six he would have made a large 
profit and no one would have ques- 
tioned his honesty. He wanted to be 
honest and bought just what the cus- 
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tomer wanted. But circumstances 
were such that it worked against 
him. 
Under the circumstances the cus- 
tomer could not be blamed. The old 
saying that honesty is the best poli- 
cy is true to-day. This young man’s 
business has grown and grown and 
to-day he has the largest business on 
the North Shore. This true story 
shows how easy it is in many eases 
to judge others wrongly. No doubt 
similar cases often happen. But it 
pays to be honest. 
Yours truly, 
‘A BREEZE READER. 
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For Sale By 
Samuel Knight Sons’ Co. 
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broken—all past efforts will be eclipsed—seasonable 
rificed upon the alter of low prices—The one who fails to grasp the op- 
portunity offered in this sale will surely regret it. 
Sale starts Tuesday, July 16, and ends Saturday, July 20. 
for particulars in the Salem Evening News Monday, July 15th. 
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