The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
HOW TO BUY CARRIAGES.
One of the largest Manufacturing Firms in
the Country Sells Direct From Factory.

One of the largest Manufacturing Firms in
the Country Sells Direct From Factory.
The retail profits on carriages
range from thirty to seventy per
cent. on manufacturers prices, &C
cOrding to circumstances. The cost
of a carriage when it comes from
the hands of the makers is an en-
tirely different thing to the am CUNT
asked by the local dealer.
The Columbus Carriage and Har-
ness Co, realizing this condition,
have adopted the plan of dealing di-
reotly with carriage buyers and elm
mating the middleman altogether.
They sell to the customer at the same
rate they formerly sold to dealers,
thereby saving him the intermediate
profits, and in addition give him
q wider range of selection.
Since the adoption of this policy
by the Columbus Carriage Company,
the business has increased rapidly
and they are now the undOubted
leaders of their class in the country.
Buggies, phetons, Surveys, etc.,
bearing their name r known from
one end of the United States to the
other, and have a reputation for
quality surpassed by no other house
in the world.
The remarkable increase in their
trade in the West has made neces-
sary the starting of a western reposi-
tory at st. Louis, from which wes-
tern shipments are made. This re
pository is one of the most complete
of it's kind west of Chicago.
One of the distinguishing features
of the relations between the Colum
bus Carriage Co, is the liberal man
ner in which the company deals
with their customers. Each car
riage is sent to the customer with
the definite understanding that if it
is not in every way satisfactory, it
can be returned to the factory and
the purchase money will be returned
and no freight charges made either
way.
Nothing could be fairer than this,
and it has proved one Of the most
valuable advertisements of the bust
ness, inasmuch as it is evidence of
the absolute confidence the Colum.
bus Carriage Company have in their
customers.
This Company also supplies har.
ness, robes, and the horse oes
ries at Wholesale prices, and On the
same terms as the carriage sales are
made-they can be returned at the
makers expense if not entirely sat.
isfactory.
The high quality of the Columbus
Carriage goods has been secured
through the care in which the raw
materials are selected. Every piece
of hickory and other wood that goes
into a Columbus Carriage Company
vehicle is thoroughly tested before
it is used. Every bolt and bar must
stand the most severe strains before
it becomes a part of the finished pro-
duct. Great care is taken with the
hides, each piece of leather being
cured by skilled workmen and fin
ished by the best modern processes.
The dangers of broken harness and
runaway teams are reduced to a min
imum when the harness comes from
the Columbus Carriage Company
factory.
ANY one interested in the carriage
question will ind it to his advantage
to write for a catalogue and study it's
prices. The money that can be
saved in this way is considerable,
and should not be overlooked when
a purchase of this kind is contem-
dated Address The Columbus Car,
rage Co, Columbus, 0.