Competition In Business

m Speaking of competition in business and the injury to business uien from a reputed "unfair" dealer, remitida us o the "unfair" competition the printing business is subjected to continually. MeD, non-residents, come n to thi city from Detroit, Chicago and othe eities without psyiug one cent of license or taxes or anythlng else with which to help build op tliis town, and rob the printing oiiices and binderies here of hun dreds and thousands of dollars worth o trade every year. A drummer will drop in to stil ii merchant a lot of wrapping papef or something else and at the same time he will take an order for a lot of piinting, such as bill-heads, letter heads bu.-ine.-s cards, blank books, order books, etc, charging prices as grent and most alwayi greater than would be asked by a home establishment, and lurnlsu a quality of material and work tbat would not be accepted from an Ann Aru.u uin,c. Kight here in Ann Arbor there are men who have $5,000, $10,U00, $25,000, 50,000 invested in printing offices, printing material and binderies, who pay heavy taxes to support this; city and its governmeut, and who are continually preyed upon by a class of shaiks that slide iuto the city, take orders from business men and others, but who are ncver asked to pay a cent for a license or in taxes before plying their trade in Aun Arbor. Is it just and right for these business men tobe treated this way ? Should not printers be protected the same as our merchaltts are? Should not a license law be framed that would uiake these outsiders pay $25 per year or $25 per day tor Interfering with the business of these printers who have so mucli money invested in their business in this city? "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." There should be no privileged classes. If one man's business is to be protected by a law prohiblting non-resident competition, another man's Im.-iiiess deserves the same protection. Civi' ns fair ply all around. Ann Arbor printers ixightnot tobe compelled to cumpetc with these "worthl esa trampa" any more than Ann Arbor merchants should.