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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Tom Jenkins
[mailto:tomjenkins@suddenlink.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:27
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Western Region of Ansteorra -
SCA, Inc.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Western] News Flash:
Merchants Up in Arms</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Oh, I love it... Once again it's the fault of the Scots and
their "thrifty reputation." Is there ANY problem that won't
eventually be laid at the doorsteps of me and my clansmen?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:rizardodartusio@yahoo.com" title="rizardodartusio@yahoo.com">rizardo
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:SCA-TRELAC@yahoogroups.com" title="SCA-TRELAC@yahoogroups.com">SCA-TRELAC@yahoogroups.com</a>
; <a href="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org"
title="western@lists.ansteorra.org">Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA</a> ; <a
href="mailto:bonwicke@lists.ansteorra.org" title="bonwicke@lists.ansteorra.org">bonwicke@lists.ansteorra.org</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Sunday, July 27,
2008 6:41 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Western] News Flash:
Merchants Up in Arms<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This news flash is brought to you by The Boar's Head Tavern
in Trelac. "Raining or shining, we're always pouring. Come in
tonight and let the friendliest barmaids in the Shire pour you a draft of
your favorite beer or ale. Our ale is good for what ails you."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Local merchants and artisans are up in arms. It seems
that quite a few foreign tradesmen and merchants have moved into the former
Western Region and set up shops along the Bonwicke wall, forming a market of
sorts. Area Scotsmen, true to their thrifty reputation, have
enthusiastically welcomed these new merchants because of their low
prices. But others, including local merchants and artisans,
claim that this "Wall Mart" is destroying the local economy and
flooding the area with cheap imported goods. Several local merchants have
already gone out of business since the opening of "The Wall
Mart," as it is being called, and more may follow. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Agnes Weaver of the local weavers guild, states
"we can't even buy the wool for what they are selling the completed
product for." Robert Wheeler who comes from a long line of
wheel wrights, has already laid off his two apprentices and may have to close
shop entirely if things don't improve. Wheeler claims his wheels
last longer than the foreign imports, but says that "now-a-days people are
just looking at price not quality, and the wheels at "The Wall
Mart" cost less." Wheeler adds, "It's a sad day when local
tradesman can't make an honest living, because of low cost foreign
goods." He thinks the Kingdom should do something to stop the import
of cheap foreign products before it's too late. "Before you
know it we won't have anyone in the region that even knows how to repair a wheel,
much less make one. Then where will we be? Without wheels, we won't
have carts, and without carts we won't be able to transport our goods except on
the back of a donkey. When that happens, we'll be just dragging our asses
around all over the place."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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