Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-26
MAS NOT A WHALE
Furniture Season Mas Net 20
Big af.sr ali.
IT'S PRACTICALLY ENDED NOW
A Prominent L0>-i Seller Says Sales
WI &c N9s Far Esen 81 5000
Hotel News ard IEtervie~s-

.-rae furniture season. has practically
-iOsa,i untsl nextJl = sal pEomiis-
snt Graad Rapids tar allure maa ia ths
obby OF the Morton house. yesterday.
.Aboat ali tno neasy buyers are ia.
Sot more than six h savy buyers A. the
asost are yet 10 CONE. What else We
get vii re piexaps. and pleSups don't
count"
WHAT kind OF a season has this been
ia comparison win previous years"
asked the news gataerer.
well. IA my opsusou lt hasn't been
20 good a. last year. aat Way osnind
20. l know some OF the sellers claim
Is has osen better. and IA some cases |
ore&ims lG has; but think We nave
had Ger share OF the trade. and know
our sales won't he more than two
thirds what they were last year. Some
OF the agents and commiss on men
nav have had larger trade this year
than last. | know one concern on Ionia
street that has sold twice as M uch AS u
did last year. but the tirm didn't carry
very good line last year aud this year
they did. The sales Of ss.e comm ssion
nIea are governed almost entirely by
the popularity OF the lines they carry,
while ths manufacturers have men
come to them for certa in lines year AT
ter year.
at IS practically impossible even to
estimate the sales OF any one season.
The only way TO do Il would be TO get
each firm TO tell you just how much
they sold. They probably wouldn't
tell you, and II they did. their state
men.s wouldn't be true. / believe the
sales for one season were compiled by
the board Of trade once While the
amount wasn't exact, yet It was prob
ably within sight of the real amount.
Estimating on the basis of that amount,
| should say the sales for this season
would amount TO 81 500 900. They
may vary 500 900 one way or another,
but that Is about IS closely as II can be
guessed.
1.-The reason the sales haven't been
heavier ISN'T due to outside compet-
ton, or to lack of effort on our part.
Too much old stock is icing carried
over. Times are good now, howe yer,
and the retail dealers will probably be-
able TO unload this old stock be fore the
July exhibition. Ii they do, l predict
that more furniture will BE- cold then
than ever before in Grand Rapids. IL
t1ey don't get their. old stocks un-
loaded. the July sales will b. much
heavier than this months sales, al
though they are generally much
heavier"
Worth . Commission to See His stock.
Don't think you are doing Us any
favor IN looking a. our stock" said o
we'll known selling agent 20 an eastern
furniture buyer yesterday IN the read
ing room OF the Morton. "Of course
4 you come down We shall be glad to
pe you: but we consider that We are
irving you . rare treat IN permitting
you TO look over our stock. Why, We
have come of the most magnificent de-
ngns ever gotten up. Do you know
what we are going TO do next Year,
continued the bedroom suite broker
impressiyely. "Don't? Well, I'll tell
you. Next year we are going TO make
the buyer pay us COMMISSION for the
privilege of buying those lines. Yes,
air, five per cent. commission, or he
cart have u dollars worth. Why. l
eonsider [ am paying n man high
compliment IN taking TO him about
Dur lines, xnd 10 sell him any OF tina
furniture seems like grovel,ng IN tn g
dust before him. Why. man alive. II
ought 10 be considered the event of a
lifetime to sleep on one of our folding
beds, and TO die IN one would be an
exquisite privilege and fitting close to
any existence. IL you desire an arts
TIC, an intellectual, historical and n
general all 'ronnd treat. come down to
our rooms tomorrow and, If we have
time, we may show you some OF the
designs. As you have been a steady
Gus .omer OF ours, we won't charge you
any admission IN the forenoon.