Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-29
Facts

q Fer the past three years we
!. have in connection with our own
{: custom department taken orders
:: fer two Of the largest and best
!. .y,hoIesaie taiors" in the United
: States. They have agents iniati}
:: Of the principal cities, and their
!. sales are so enormous that they
:: are obliged to buy their goods in
!. Immense Quantities thus enabling
!. Them to secure them at the low
j. est possible prices. In their large
i: workrooms employing hundreds
;: Of skilled worknen the organiza-
: zion IS 50 perfect that the cost of
: production is reduced to the low
!. est possible point.
!. or necessity they employ none
:: but the most skiilful cutters to
:: draft and cut the garments. They
!. have done everything at their end
:. Ct the business that long expe-
!: renee and immense capital can
!. do. The weak point in the sys-
!. TEN has often been the lack Of
:: knowledge OF the tailoring bust
J. ness on the part Of the LEGAL
!. AGENTS. 1t requires a skilled cut
:. ter 20 take the measure5 properly
!. and give the description OF the
:. customers fern to the cutter at
:: headquarters, Who has TO see the
!. customer through the eye of the
!. NOR vino taxes the measure.
= The skilled cutter from his ex-
!. perience in the business, notices
!. pecuiiarittes in mans form that
! the ordinary agent would not see
I. and that no measure, however ac-
!. curatc would indicate. The rea-
:: son why we have been SO sue
:: ccssful With This work IS that we
J. have added to the immense re-
J. sources Of these large establish
!. mems az The skill and Knowledge
J. of our own custom department..
!. We act as "tne man behind the
:. gun We know how to aim it
j. and make a center shot every
!. time.
! Our cutter takes the customers
]. measure as accurately and makes
!. note of all pecu!iarities Of his
:: form as carefully as though we
:. were going to make the suit.
!. This measure and description is
!. sent to headquarters. There is
!. no gucssWork CIR experiment
!. about It. When the suit is fin
= ished ard sent to us the customer
!. comes to The store and tries it on.
!. Our cutter examines it critically.
= The Wcrk and fit in this suit has
!. been guaranteed to US, that is
). what we have paid for and we
= want our moneys worth. We
!. have guaranteed the work and fit
J. to our customer and put our name
!. on The suit and backed it up
!. With our reputation, established
J. for years, CT sending out firstclass
!. garments. 1t must be right. It
must not only suit our customer
!. out il must suit US. Oftentin1es
:. we are harder to suit than our
I: customer. What if we find some-
:. thing wrong? If it is a radical
!. fault the suit is returned with ex-
= plantations why it does not fit and
!. 4 new suit is made, if the fault is
!. slight the suit goes into our Gus
: tom work rooms and is made
!. right.
= Now we come to the economi-
I cal part of the business, the part
!. that hits the pocket book, and in
:. this case hits it light. These
!. large establishments because of
: their immense output can afford
). AND DO make the clothing for
!. us at very small margin Of
: proSit. IS we have no capital IN
!. vested. take no risks. have no
!. goods left on our hands we can
!. AND DO sell cur customers at a
!. very small margin of profit. 1t
:. does not add one cent to our ex-
:: renses to do this business, ex-
:. ceptinJ what advertising we do
:. and the postage on our orders.
: The result is we furnish a suit
!. IS we'll made as the average Gus
!. tom tailor and it will be a better
: It aud better style. The price
J. viii be such that no tailor can
= possibly meet It.
I. We show hundreds of styles of
:. goods to select from, Cheviots,
). cassImeres... Scotchcs, unfinished
/ worsteds. serges. &C., at
:: S13,0u. $1,000 G $1,000
:. per suit.
!. In cur cYn custom department
:. our prices range from $500 to
). $500 PEI suit and we show an
= unusual line OF choice goods. and
!: cur facilities for making hig III
!. grade work are not exceIed bv
:. any tailoring house in the State.
i Consider that tailoring is our
:. business. we have made it study
= tor years. we have expended
:. n'cro time. thought. and money
). on 1t than any o:her tailor in this
:. Nsrt Of The State, the experience
: thus gained IS Of value to you If
!. ycu ar2i! yourself OF it. and is at
:. Your service at no additional
= cost. II Will afford US much
:. pleasure to show you our goods
= Il any time that is convenient to
!. you.
J.