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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE MEN
As has been the oustomn of the A. M
Robingon Company, their ecustomers
will be protocted so far as In their
power les on purchases for fature do-
Nvery,
Retall merchants at present are plac
g.my few orders for futare delivery,
we of the fear that prices will drop
and they will ind themselves In a pre
predicament.
order m(pn-tmt them. as the A.
Robinson Company has ever done,
afl. purchased for future delivery
be billed at the prices prevalling
ol the time of delivery instead of the
present, so lif (gxera Is & reduction, the
% dealer will be protected from loss
8 action of the A. M. Robingon
mmpcnl( is commendablé, In that it
will relleve the great anxiety of the
votall dealer in making his purchases,
and he can now place hig orders with
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To the Trade
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Orders placed with us for
future delivery where the market
warrants a revision downward
will be shipped at our prevailing
price the day the goods are billed.
You may depend on 4. M. Rob
inson Co. to take care of their
trade at all times.
A. M. Robinson Co.
Wholesale Dry Goods and Mirs.
59 N. Pryor St. . . . Atlanta, Ga.
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nbsolu\e' cortainty of being taken care
of.
Durihg the present month business
has been wvery good, hut practically all
orders were for immediats delivery,
showing that they were only buying
the goods that were In demand fa( the
present time. Herotofors at this sea
#son, the bulk of the business was for
future delivery.
Realizing the dimdmhr of the re
tall dealer, the A. M. l\n’m%on Com
pany have given great thought to the
matter and the proposition of billing
the goods at the prices {;revulllne when
delivered was the solution arrived at,
and it will ceftainly be & god-send to
the #mall dealer, as he can now give
hig orders with certainty, his future
being cared for by the A. M. Robinson
Comx'»‘any.
“The A. M. Robinson Company has
bullded its business on the confidence
of (hal,r cugtomers. and this Is onla,m
line with our policy,” sald C, J. il
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“We do not lflm?t to guarantee
{:floeu at any time. 1 l:rsaulbls that
ho{ may advance, ;M hardly probable,
If the price is ueced, we glve og
!-mma the benefit o&thu reduction,
hig w-I noucm? them on their pur
chases for future delivery.
“We are ever looktnd'aner th"m
terasts of our customers, and thls is
Sveh, Which ill Prove of vast seledl o
ever, which will prove of v ene 0
the mu}ht."
. 4. Hays, has been confined
io‘h roam wn:b:.n attaek of the flu,
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1919.
g out again and will hit the road for
orth Georgla early morning.
M. L. Crawford, who represents the
A M Robinson Company in South
Georgia, is in the house where he cams
to meet one of his largest customers,
Clande A. Smith went out early Mon
day morning, but was only in his ter
ritory three dayg when he was called
in to mnr some of his customers In the
house; His unlrs wore satisfactory to
all parties concerned.
Chris Irby was due at the store Sat.
urday morning, but had such a stack
of orders he wag late arriving, but the
orders were ruzy to be handed in
Foreign Trade Council
- To Convene on April 21
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The National For.
wigh Trade Mm will hold its sixth con
vention at the C. ress Hotel on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, April 24, 25 and 26,
according to the formal announcement
made yesterday by O. K. Davis, secretary,
The convention this year will deal with
foreign trade as a factor in stablizing
American industry, with its development
to provide employment for our soldiers,
sailors and war workers, and with the for
mation of a definite policy dealing with
the future of our new shipping.
James A. Farrell, president of the United
Btates Steel Corporation, Is chairman of
the ecouncil,
BURARY e ZAMeT 1Y
Annual Sales Convention
Elyea-Austell Company
Opens Monday in Atlanta
The entire sales force of the Hlyea-
Austell Co,, automotive equipment,
bicycles and victrola jobbers, wi
come into Atlanta today for their an
nual sales convention, which will con
tinue through Monday and Tuesday
of next week,
As previously stated in the columns
of the Firing Line, these annual con
ventions are held so that the sales- !
men can be brought into direct and
intimate contact with the largest andi
most important manufacturers of the
merchandise distributed by the House
of Elco.
The factory representatives who at- ‘
tend these oonvantfons are in many
ingtances heads of' their firms, who
bring with them mén technically
trained in thelr respective lines.
The seasions of this convention will
be held in the salon, third floor Capi
tal City Club, and will begin Monday
morning at 10 o'clock,
The first session will last two hotrs,
and will be devoted to the automotive
equipment department, at the close of
which the salesmen of the Elyea-
Austell Company will be entertained
at luncheon in a private dining room
of the club by one of the manutac
turers attending the convemtion. The
factory representatives will be enter
tained at luncheon in the grill room
of the club by the Elyea-Austell Com
pany.
The afternoon sessfon will be de
voted to the Victor talking machine
line and to salesmanship. An un
usually well posted representative of
Empire Furniture Co.
- Adds Wholesale Dept.
A great wholesale department has
been added by the Empire Furniture
Company, one of the most progressive
of Atlanta's big furniture dealers.
¢« M. Comins and Max Ney have re
turned from an extended trip to Chi
cago, Grand Rapids and ‘the big fur
niture manufacturing districts of the
West, where they made arrangements
to handle the wholesale line of the
famous Grand Rapids furniture,
They made heavy purchases of fur
niture, and the wholesale department
will be in pmportéon to their immense
retail stock now Carried in the stores
on Whitehall street,
The Emflre Furniture Company
was organized and began business in
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Business Is Satisfactory,
Says J. R. Little, of
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Dougherty-Little-Redwine
“We are having a very uatlnfactory‘
business,” sald J. R. Little, of m‘
Dougherty - Little - Redwine Company,
wholesalé dry goods, “and I expect a
splendid business as soon as the cotton
market is settled.
“Merchants are not placing orders for
future delivery as they have in the past,
the orders beln; principally for fmme
diate delivery. hey appear to be wait
ing for goods to get lower, and ths-¥ are
simply buying only the goods their trade
demands for the present, which is an
indication that their stocks are low and
will remain so for the present. ‘
“As soon as the cotton ma.r‘et. gets
on a strong basis, theay will ul‘} and
then businéss will boom as it did last
{enr. F%r the month 8«; Januarg. our
usiness has been as good as could have
been exx;‘ected. and I am convinced that
before the npr;‘nz season has orened in
earnest we will have a l‘?leu id busi
ness, as stocks are low and the demand
is increasing.” ‘
FINANCIAL NOTES. |
After a W&-wnn for n.nrp. the
American Can mpany Is operating its
New Castle plant at about 60 per cent of
capacity. Indications are that by the lat-
S 2 g et Ll o oil
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men u:f women. Outlook for business s
sald to be good. $ 4 ¢
Hamilton plant of the Olver Chilled
Plow Comrny of Hamilton, Ont., has been
t.b:orb»d I the }nteruuons l&r\mfinf
Company -of New Jersay.
P-v vb, .Wy W
acknowledges Billy Sunday as the Mhu
very preatest individual force N
in the relipious world today. *«“h\fi' u
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the Vietor Talking Machine Company
will make an hour’'s talk on their
lines, which will be followed by a 30-
minute addresses on salesmanship by
Samuel C. Dobbs, president of the
Coca-Cola Botitling Company, and
president of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce.
In the evening all of those attend
ing the convention and their wives
will be entertained by C. L. Elyea,
president of the Elyea-Austell Com
pany, at his home on Peachtree road.
Tuesday morning's session will be
devoted to the bicyele department,
after which the salesmen will again
be entertained at luncheon in private
dining room of the club by another
manufacturer, and all others attend
ing the convention will be entertained
at luncheon by Elyea-Austell Com
pany in the grill room of the Capital
City club.
Tuesday afternoon’s session will be
a closed one, only members of the
Elyea- Austell Company and their
salesmen attending.
The convention will be brought to
a close by a banquet given at the
Capital City Club by the Elyea-Aus
tell Company in honor of their sales
men. All those attending the conven
tion, their wives and several promi
nent business men of Atlanta will be
invited to this occasion.
After two days spent in getting the
very latest flrst-hand information
concerning their lines, the Elso sales
men will go out on their territories
much better equipped to take care of
their customers. ]
Atlanta just six years ago. - They
stazed in a very modest way in a
small store in Whitehall street, and
they have grown until today they oc
cupy three stores with nine floors
filled with furniture,
Ever progressive and giving values
that have made their growth remark
able, these young men hdve accom
plished in a few short years what has
required some a half century to at
tain.
This new wholesale department will
run on the same high plane as the re-.
tail. and the stock carried will be ad
equate for all demands. That . they
will make a success in the new line is
assured by their marvelous showing
in the retail business in Atlanta.
All-Star Mfg. Co. l
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Business in Excess
Same Month of 1918
“Our business is running well anead
of 1918,” said W. O. Steele, head of the
All-Star Manufacturing Company, “and
the outlook is just as good as we could
ask.
“The only difference in this year and
last is that the goods sold this year are
for immediate delivery, while in the past
the% were for spring delivery,
“Dan’t %et the idea that we are not
gelling and shipping spring goods, for
we are, but we are recelving ver{ few
ordérs for future shipment, the ide pre
valling among merchants that prices will
be lower later on. This is a 4 mistake, In
my mind, but the merchants seem to be
willing to take the chance.
“Of course, the present unsettled con
dition of the cotton market has upset
business somewhat, as merchants and
farmers alike are holdingh their cotton
for higher prices, while they are with
holdln?‘ theg orders for goods In the
hope that prices will be lower.
“If we can continue the business asg it
has started, and there Is no n&ruant
mmnw'emnot.tfi’t be a
better business year for us than 1918."
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. One independent iron and stéel producer
with large Ingot capacity ro({:)m It was
“difficult to scrape together orders to maine
tain reduced operations current week. Dee
spite this situation this manufacturer does
}noz fotecast any recession in prices to
stimulate buying, Steel manufacturers are
reporting labor is becoming more efficient,
Understanding in some quu“s is total
rallroad tormage i& now about per cent
of what it was at high tide.
"WHO MAKE AND SELL ATLANTA PRODUCTS
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Spring millinery, in a]l its splendor
and beauty, will be shown formally
February 3.
The McClure Ten-Cent Company
extends an invitation to all visiting
milliners to visit them in their new
store, corner. Whitehall and Hunter
streets (High corner),
The wholesale department has been
moved into the new building, it ocecu
pying the second floor and additional
space in the anmex; that is, the dis
play room is on the second floor, but
the wholesale department takes up a
great deal more space than one floor.
Mrs. N. B. Stevens, hedd of the
millinery department, is in New York,
wkere she has been for several days
looking over the styles and the mvar!
ket, and the display she will hawe for
the benefit of the visitors will show
all the latest designs and models,
modes and fancies, She will be here
to meet vlaltlng milliners at the open
ing, February 3.
A higher grade millinery has been
added for this season, giving to out
of-town and city milliners as well a
greater range and variety than here
tofore shown, and many surprises are
promised on opening day.
In addition to this fm‘ea.t millinery
display, the services of an expert mil
liner, who knows every angle of the
business and every phase of fashion,
is at the disposal of customers with
out extra charge. She will advise and
assist anyone who desires to make
purchbases, and the large workroom
on the second floor, which is light
and airy, will mold her ideas into hats
for the benefit of those who are in
doubt.
In fact, every modern idea in milli
nery will be in effect and customers
will profit by this wide experience.
. This spring brings to the front
many new creations and ideas—all
beautiful and attractive—the most of
them being distinctive and new. It is
'not the intention nor desire to go into
detalils as to style and trimmings, but
it can be said with perfect certainty
that the styles offered for the spring
of 1919 are as beautiful and bewitch
\ing as can be, and the showing Mon
day, February 3, will be an agreeable
surprise to many.
J. K. Orr Fishing
At Homassa, But
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Business Still Booming
J. K. Orr, head of the J. K. Orr Com
pany, makers of Red Seal shoes, is in
Florida with the Homossassa Fishing
Club, taking a much-needed vacation.
He is expected to return the early part |
of February. }
In the meanttme business has beeni
going on with a rush, A. C. Barnes,
Bastern North Carolina, landlnfi in first
lace in sales, while C, C. Johnson,
§outhweat Georgia, was second, and R.
. B{utes, West Georgia, third.
“H. E. Choate, secretary and treas
urer, has just returned gom Chicago
where he attended the National Shoe
Maguraclurers' Assoclation convention,”
said J. K. Orr, Jr., “and he states that
the consensus of opinion expressed at
the convention was that there would
be no decrease in the price of shoes for
the present year. On the other hand, it
was predicted that prices on some
grades would be increased.
“Taken as a whole, our business has
been good, indeed,” concluded Mr. Orr, |
“and the outlook is very bright.”
Moncrief Furnace Co.
Breaks Business Record
| ““We are busy as can be taking
stock,” sald W. T. Jameson, of ne!
Moncrief Furnace Company, “and our
business during the past year was far
beyond any previous year.
~ “The present year, however, will go
beyond last year unless all signs fail,
for we have in sight sufficient to jus.
tify this prediction.
~ “Another feature is the fact that
evea part of the Moncrief furnace will
‘be manufactured right here in Atlanta.
Our equipment is such as to enable us
to not onl{ build all the furnaces nee
essary, but will eanable us to take care
of orders more rapidly than we have
in_the yflfl."
__Mr. Jameson leaves for a road trip
Monday, and he is ar happy as a child
at Christmas over the opportunity of
‘;mkln‘ up his old line of salesman. |
SO T DORSR TR RS Bel
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Protect Your Business
You have in our organization an opportunity
to protect your established business against chain
store competition. Avail yourself of this oppor
tunity now. -
M. W. G. CO.
22 Central Avenue
Phone M. 2943. Atlanta 977.
WE GIVE YOU Swwrie SERVICE
Our busipess is organized to use its brains, its art and its equipment for
the promotion of your business, C all us, M. 3920. We thank you }
HUBBARD BROS.
Mitchell and Forsyth Stg. Service Printers.
<TED: Automotive Equipment
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3’™ 7g% Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies
FEAL
w? & Build your business on established
g ITLY»” brands. ELCO has proven its merit.
Our business is builded on system and service—
quality being uppermost.
Elyea-Austell Co. [ Exclusively
ATLANTA, GA. Wholesale
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McClures Wholesale Millinery
Fine line of Spring and Summer
Milinery now on display.
Second Floor of Large New Building (Formerly
J. M. High Co.
FORMAL OPENING FEB. 3rd
You are most cordially invited to inspect our line
McClutre Ten Cent Co.
| ESTABLISHED 1895
J.SAUL & CO.
WHOLESALE ONLY
48 WALL ST., ATLANTA, GA.
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Men’s Clothing
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Children’s Clothing
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Women's Ready-to-Wear
Merchants who have bought goods from us- ome of
" them for 25 years—have made money by doing so. You
have the same opportunity.
We can, and do, sell goods as low as they ean be had
anywhere.
Call, write or wire us.
J.SAUL & CO.
l Opposite Union Station
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