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780 stories matching merchant
- Merchants Declare War on Trading Stamps
Local business owners organize to reject the popular, yet controversial, loyalty program system.
- Tacoma Merchants Declare War on 'Dead Beats'
Fed up with unpaid tabs, Tacoma retailers organize a boycott committee and a $20 fine system to discipline customers who buy on credit.
- Who Counts as a Merchant?
Judge Hanford rules that a Chinese restaurant owner is not a 'merchant' under the law, preventing his re-entry into the United States.
- Federal Crackdown on Chinese Merchants
The Treasury Department orders Pacific coast ports to tighten scrutiny of certificates allowing Chinese laborers to travel, labeling many merchant claims as fraudulent.
- Exclusion in Tacoma: Chinese Merchants Fear for Their Safety
Despite assurances from local business leaders and the Mayor, Chinese merchants hesitate to return to Tacoma following previous expulsion efforts.
- A Chinese Merchant Became a Cook—and the Treaty Still Protected Him
A federal judge in Seattle ruled that a Port Townsend merchant did not forfeit his right to remain in the United States when he sold his share in the firm and took work as a cook, a rare legal win amid the exclusion era.
- The Struggle for Walla Walla's Main Street
A local newspaper editor warns that the town's fragmented, 'cut-throat' merchant culture is paving the way for corporate monopolies to destroy local livelihoods.
- Habeas Corpus Intervention for Chinese Merchants
A local judge intervenes to stop the deportation of Chinese merchants aboard the SS Victoria in Tacoma harbor.
- The Quest for a Skagit Trail
A merchant from Ruby City visits Seattle to lobby merchants for a new wagon road, hoping to bypass the reliance on British Columbia for trade and supplies.
- A Chinese Merchant Lost His Store. The Judge Said He Still Had Rights.
When hard times turned Chin Chew Coy from shopkeeper to laborer, federal officials moved to deport him. Judge Hanford ruled that his treaty rights—and his Portland property—still protected him.
- Tacoma Prepares for Anti-Chinese Agitation
Hostility toward Chinese merchants and laborers persists in Tacoma as organizers call for a mass meeting at the foot of Tenth Street.
- Seattle’s First Battle for a Long Weekend
In 1889, Seattle’s hardware merchants pioneered a movement to close shops early on summer evenings to give workers time for leisure and self-improvement.
- The Fight for the Right to Trade
Chinese merchants detained upon returning to Seattle face a legal battle over what defines a 'merchant' versus a 'laborer' under federal law.
- The Tightening Grip of Exclusion
A new federal bill further complicates the lives of Chinese residents by redefining 'merchant' status and enforcing strict registration requirements.
- The Transient Merchant Problem
A group of clothing peddlers skips town, leaving local brick-and-mortar merchants to foot the tax bill.
- The Return of Chinese Merchants to Tacoma
Years after the 1885 expulsion, a cautious attempt is made to re-establish a Chinese merchant presence in the city.
- Tacoma’s Chinese Merchant Question Turns to Threats of Violence
A visiting Chinese businessman tests whether Tacoma will admit Chinese merchants, while the Trades Council calls them “a pestilential social element” and a crowd waits at the depot.
- The Boycott of the Tacoma Ledger
A committee of women organizers visits merchants to enforce a labor boycott against a non-union newspaper.
- A Merchant's Fight for Entry
A Chinese merchant detained on the steamship Mogul challenges his exclusion in Federal court.
- Chinese Merchants Return to Tacoma
A trading company opens in the Bostwick Block, sparking fears of renewed anti-Chinese violence.
- The Marriage and Landing of Chinese Merchants
A customs decision allows the wives of three Chinese merchants to enter Seattle, citing the legal status of marriage.
- The Merchant's Dilemma
A local merchant vents his frustration over wealthy patrons who expect him to function as their private banker.
- The Great Seattle Church Lottery Scandal
Local merchants clash with church committees over a raffle scheme that allegedly inflated prices and exploited their goodwill.
- The Great Hop Correction: A Merchant’s Penny and the Price of Truth
In a rare moment of journalistic humility, local merchants publicly corrected a previous error regarding hop prices, revealing the volatile nature of Seattle’s agricultural trade in February 1903.
- The Price War at the City Limits
Walla Walla merchants band together to fight outside competition allegedly undercutting local shops.
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- A Merchant's Defiance in Olympia
A Chinese merchant addresses accusations of smuggling, asserting his identity as a successful, law-abiding American pioneer.
- The End of the Merchant's Saloon
After months of defiance, a notorious gambling den is shuttered by the Sheriff.
- The Forced Exodus: Seattle’s Chinese Merchants Face Expulsion
Under immense community pressure and threats of violence in 1885, Chinese residents of Seattle report on their forced liquidation of property and preparations to leave the city.
- The Merchant, the Night Transfer and the Missing Man
Eighteen creditors accuse Simon Rumpf of hiding goods, diamonds and a Lake Washington ranch as his Richmond Palace business collapses.
- The River Merchant’s Gamble
A bold entrepreneur stakes his future on a new steam-powered shop boat, promising Seattle-level prices to the remote logging camps of the Snohomish River.
- The Wholesaler Tells the Growers the Truth: 'We Don't Love You'
Sixteen years in the Seattle commission trade and no patience left, R. Merchant tells a room of fruit growers that no middleman has ever cared about them — and that neat, uniform packing, not grievance, is the only thing that ever got a farmer paid.
- The Citizenship Fight
A Chinese merchant seeks naturalization despite federal exclusionary laws, putting the legal question before the courts.