Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 19, 2 December 1919 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 1919.

PAGE NINE

JOBBERS MAKING fw tup nnnriTO m

inn rnunio in TEXTILE LINES

By WILLIAM R. SANBORN. Any man having the pleasure of interviewing a number of the best informed merchants and buyers in Rich

mond, with relation to the statements (

made in the sub joined article from The New York Times would conclude that the half had not been told. Manufacturers and jobbers of all descriptions of textiles seem utterly indifferent to the demands or needs of the trade. That many of these are profiteering like robber chieftains, poems almost self evident. Admitting every untoward phase of the labor troubles, past, present and promised, that textile men complain of, there remains a great gulf between promise

and performance to retail dealers, and a vast chasm between the price one eoffsidcrs would net manufacturers, or their distributors, a really good profit, and the price merchants are compelled to pay, months before delivery, their orders being subject to allotments and to all sorts of restrictions. Many of the facts brought out In local interviews may fittingly await later printing, in view of the meaty character and length of the article to now be reproduced. But let us cite one instance of a price which needs a whole lot of explanation. Within a week a New York "converter" visited Richmond to book orders for printed voiles, selected designs to be transferred to the plain "gray" foundation cotton cloth. After some figuring the merchant discovered that a certain number of yards would weisrh just one pound, and that this pound would cost the store $8.75. On asking the "converter" -Vhat the printing would actually cost

Jn this quantity he was informed, "at

least 50 cents " "Let us call it a dollar," said the merchant, "and then add CO cents for the pound of cotton in the cloth. Here we have $1.00 as the cost of the raw material, the dyes and work of printing. This lpaves a gross profit of $7.15 to be divided .between yourself and the ffpsvpr, from which the labor is to be paid for the weaving only, done bv a machine which will automatically weave hundreds of yards in n rtn'v." ' This is but one trample of whv cotton gooda- are so hijrh. It is much th same with woolens, and sfomingly even wor?p with silks, as to advances for fuure delivery. A Richmond clothier who visited New York a s-hort time nsro has just received a small lot of clothing which calls for a brief story by way of 11Isutrating conditions. On inai'iry h was told bv the manufacturer ...;t he had so far been unable to fill his order for "A-70".." let us say, but that h could nuicklv shin from "n-5f7" good? which wnld suit him just, as well, at an ndvanee of $S."ft ner suit. This higher priced lot is identical with the first, purchase, not n thing was chanced exempt the lot number and the pric. The h'eher-billed goods came along promptly, hut, the merchant mournfullv stntrfi, "i be poods bought, so much cheaper last spring, will never come."

scribed as Iho "highhanded methods of the sellers." Said he: "There were lines waiting to put in their orders for merchandise that won't be delivered for almost a year to come. When you consider the terms on which these goods are" sold and the manner of selling them :t makes you think that a vendor of nerve tonic could do a rush-order business in those selling offices. First of all, we have to pay our bills in January. That makes us take the risk if there should be any decline between now and next fall, which gives plenty of time for any shake-down that may happen. Rut the minds of the buyers are taken off this possibility by other

kinks in the purchasing problem. One of the most important of these is that the buyer gets no opportunity to specify what he actually wants. For instance, I had to buy twenty-four dozen union suits in order to get the kind I wanted. In another case, I wanted only part of a suit and had to take the entire suit, although these articles are put up and marketed sepa

rately. "Thi kind of regulation and. in fact, all the allotments and restricted assortments being enforced these days merely hide the fact that prices are unreasonably high and that many sellers want to blind their customers to the risks of buying such high-priced merchandise." Ready to Quit Business. The situation from the viewpoint of another merchant, whose store handles clothing and men's furnishings, has reached such a hopeless stage that he promises to "shut up shop and clear out," if conditions continue in their present state. "When prices began their advance," he said, "and it was indicated that the demand instead of dropping off was to be greatly increased the retail trade was overjoyed with the prospect. A rising market always satisfies the dealers because conditions must be good to warrant such a market. As time went on, however, the retailers began to grow anxious over the way prices kept rising and quality kept declining. The movement has reached a point where good responsible dealers are very dissatisfied. In

my own case l would rather close up

just as badly oft as we are. If ve were setting a better quality of clothing for the prices we have to pay, things would not be so bad, but every shipment coming In shows some artifice used to reduce the cost of manufacture. A recent shipment of trousers, for Instance, had the waist seam bound with cloth put on by a machine instead of the usual felling, which is done by hand and consequently costs more. The manufacturer told me that he was unable to get fellers. "From the information I am able to gather from the manufacturers the present trouble is largely due to two causes. One is the bidding for labor, which means a constant shifting of the workmen from one shop to another where the wages are better, and the other Is the bidding for merchandise." Little Hope of Change. "While the manufacturers continue to consider labor at a premium and give in to every demand. It seems to me there Is no hope that conditions will improve in the industry. And,

again, whole the clothing Jobbers are

allowed to operate In an unscrupulous manner, taking merchandise away from retailers who hare already contracted for It, there Is bound to be a disagreeable state of affairs. "But all these factors have created a false situation. Just because merchandise Is sold two or three times where it was sold once in former years is no reason for figuring that the demand Is Just that much larger. The eaBy way labor is able to get advances, the resale of merchandise that belongs to some one else, the allotments and open prices are all evils that should be wiped out by concerted action of the manufacturers and retailers in order to keep prices from soaring to points where the public will refuse to buy. I beliece that all of these things I 4tave mentioned are calculated to prevent retail buyers from considering whether the price levels already reached are not beyond those which the consumer will countenance."

Turtles lay from 150 to 200 eggs at a time.

Farm Sale Calendar

Wednesday, December 3. J. C. Huddleston & Son, on Andrew Zlegler farm, 2 miles north of Dublin; general sale, at 10 o'clock. Dan Orebaugh, 4 miles fouth of Boston, and mile east of Kltchell; general farm sale, at-10 o'clock. . Herman Eller and Frank Oler, 1 miles northwest of Williamsburg, on the Economy pike; general farm sale, at 10 o'clock. Thursday, Dee. 4 R. A. Watson, 2Vi miles northeast of Fountain City, 4 miles southeast of Lynn, on the Stephen farm, general sale at 10 o'clock. Floyd S. Cook, on the John Deal farm, 7 miles north of Richmond, 2 miles south of Fountain City and mile east of Pleasant Plain school house. Live stock, poultry, corn, general farm sale, at 10 o'clock. Friday, December 5. Charles T. Wise and Forest Kempton, on the Kempton farm, 1 miles

C. R. RICHARDSON GAINS 41 POUNDS TAKING TANLAC Was So Run-Down He Had to Quit Work and Go To Bed Tanlac Restored Him.

"Tanlac has made me feel like a new man, and while it may sound unreasonable, I have gained forty-one pounds since I began taking it," said C. R. Richardson, a street car motorman, living at 781 Ells street, Galesburg, 111. "I first knew about Tanlac when I lived down south in Alabama two or three years ago," he continued. "I

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Beauty is a Blessing to every woman, but good health is vitally important. Attention to liver, kidneys and bowels will improve beauty and health.

FROM NEW YORK TIMES. With the ocrpMon of the subheads, which are ours, the following Is an r-Tiot. reprint from The New York Times:

"If price were the -.nlv problem for uvcr'' onrrntina: in the prKCnt market

he buvine frrerritv would fonir!cr

i homc"'",l v " verv wrll off. Th" merchandise luntioTi. however, farrier o lrmnv corml-.ftio with it that nm of tho oldtimors think it is cau?o for wonder whv the S. Tt. O sicn is rot hung outsid" th" sanitariums of the country. Although the buyer's task has b-or lightened because the public seem'' willing to ti'te nlmost anything in the way of wearables, there nre flarl: bintc made tliat the many difficulties thrown in the way of pppiinni foods in mnnv cases serve as Inal moans of ohsouriner the priee isue. In other words, buvinar is made hard and harder than conditions warrant in order to put dn t in the eves of the purchaser and blind him to the fart that too much is being ehnrsrod or that be is nasHnT hevond the price levied the public will countenance." Cuyrs Stand in Line. A buyer who bad lust been present nt the onenine of underwear lines for pevt fill w; ctrnek h'" wT"t be fte-

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Phone 1632

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southwest of Greensfork; cattle, hogs, hay, etc.. at 10:30. Monday, December 8. Joseph Miller, one mile 6outh of New MadiBon, Ohio, on the road east and west of the New Paris and Eldorado Pike, general farm sale at 10 o'clock.

Thursday, December 11. Elijah and C. C. Hapner, 1J miles north of Eldorado, Ohio, south of Otterbein church on Greenville pike, at 10:30.

More than 4.000000 Dins are de

stroyed daily.

Hew He Ended Kidney Trouble "I had a severe attack of - kidney trouble and for three weeks could not get out of doors and scarcely oat of bed," writes C. E. Brewer, Village Springs, Ala, "Could not bend over . at all without the most excruciating pains. I purchased a bottle of Foley Kidney Pills. Was relieved after first few doses and continued - their use until completely cured. 1 consider Fo--: ley Kidney Pills the best kidney rem- " edy in the world. No reoccurenc of my trouble." For sale by A. G. Luken & Co.

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who had taken it and then praised it,

too. I bought two bottles and was on

my last half bottle when I came to

Galesburg, and those two bottles sure

ly did me a lot of good. You see. my

stomach was in such bad condition that after every bite I ate I would wish I was dead, because I would have

such terrible pains and was in such

misery. I was very weak and it was

all I could do to work. The motion of

the street car on which I was motorman would make me deathly sick, and I would just have to quit and go home. The rheumatism was so bad in my arms that I could hardly stand the pain when I put on the brakes on my

car, and I slept very little on account

of the pain. Well, when I had finished

those two bottles of Tanlac I felt bet

ter than I had in a good while, and I went in every drug store I could in Galesburg looking for it, but it had not ben put on sale here at that time, and after I stopped taking it, I was soon in worse condition than I was before. My stomach trouble returned, and the rheumatism became so bad that I could hardly get any ease. I

was almost a physical wreck, with no hope of ever being any better or ever having another day free from pain and suffering. I had to give up my job an was in bed when an old friend froii the south came to see me and remarked on my bad condition. " 'Yes. George.' I said, 'I am in bad shape. I can't live long at the best in my misery. You see, I can't even raise my arms for the awful pain hut there is one thing I want you ""do for me before you leave. I wish you would have some druggist order me some medicine called Tanlac' He said he would get me some if he had to go south and bring it to me, and in a few days I received a dozen bottles. I started taking it and found it was the same remarkable medicine that had done so much for me before. 1 soon began to have a good appetite and what I ate didn't hurt me. The rheumatism began to leave me, and I slept better than I had in years. I could feel new life and strength coming to me every day and in a short time I was able to be up and around, and by the time I had taken six bottles I was back at work, and today 1 am a well man. I am hungry all the time, now, and never have a particle of trouble with my stomach, and my rheumatism is all gone." Tanlac is sold In Richmond by Clem Thistlethwaite; in Greensfork by C. P. Corine; in Cambridge City by Mr. Dean House: in Pershing by Sourbeer & Rodenberg; in Centerville by Centerville Pharmacy, and in Milton W W. L. Parkins. Adv.

ELWOOD, Ind.. Dec. 2 Hundreds of Elwood residents know and like Mrs. Ella Williams, more popularly known as "Mother" William, and many were unusually interested in v. hat she has to say of Trutona, the perfect tonic. "For iuite a while I've suffered from ird'gestion and liver troubles," Mrs. Williams said. "Invariably after rating I would become bloa'ed and would belch annoyingly and experience a sour taste in my mouth. I often had severe pains in my sides, too. I didn't sleep well at night, either. "The formerly severe pains in my sides botlner me but very little, since I've taken Trutona and I've been relieved of the bloating, belching and sour taste in my mouth which used to follow my meals. And I can sleep soundly at night now, too. My appetite has improved, also, seems as though the food taste hotter now. Trutona has helped me and I'm satisfied it is the medicine for ailments such as mine." Hundredes of Indiana men and women who for years have been slaves o Indigestion have found relief in ik'rutona. The perfect tonic goes di4ct to the seat of this trouble, and seldom fails to give the desired results. Trutona is now being introduced and explained in Richmond at Clem Thistlethwaite's Drug Stores Adv.

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Among these ideal surroundings we will give such employment that will teach you a trade that will be valuable to you, and with which you can always get a good job. We are ready to begin teaching you now, and will pay you while learning. Apply In person at once, Manufacturing Department

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