Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-10-10
There Are No Piano FAC
tories in Albuquerque
NOT YET

Much newspaper space has been filled during thc
past few weeks about guaranteed saving, from No'V3
10 $4,000 on each piano sold To- the people hN s'-cH
cd factory salc,meu. and more recently about " No''
dcrfu iactoy-o-homc-sac where purchasers were
only required o. pay factory cost 1d eeIIhE tNp'ls'
and only Yesterday evening there appeared h hc
evening paper the still more rcmhAb'c oiig 'I
pianos TO be sold at FACTORY COST
Therefore 1t is mot strange tN. l"e impression
may 20 forth that Albuquerque !, long on piano lac
tories Having been iu the hu,uc,, ior nineteen yells
and BEING POSTED rs TO FACTS q may he
oar duty 10 give people who have read these advertise
mcuts the information that there are uU piaua tac-
tories I'm Nlhuqucruu,- tngi even thc ,1-cIIc5 Whole
sale prices ai some piano ,Jr-Wcu a'c regularly Nsl-
cr than our retail prices A the present ume 10 ths
CITY thcrc drU Representatives "a tA4 eastern hoNscs
advertising to .cl pianos. and the Lcunid.LHdt-
mann Cumpau, BE IT KNOWN that albuquerque
owners OF business property do not show amy iaorn-
ism 10 nm, dealer, in the matter Of rents, house, and
room rcus-arc on the same basis, the same rule ape
Pile, lo all piano statesmen who pauoHHc the butcher
the baker and others, THEREFOR there being mo-
piano iacorc- in Albuquerque, and all pianos being
shipped one thousand miles more TO thls city, II Is
not quite clear to many people. including the Learn
arl-Iirdcmauu Company WHY or HOW pianos are
being s1ld ~ factory cost.
THAT THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW NOT
WHY But WHO HAS BEEN FAVORED
TuUSLN LENRNARD-LINDEAIAN COM
PANY WILL DONATE 5000 TO ANY HOS
PIrM. ~ ALBUQUERQUE Nf SUCH TIME
rs ANY PRIV NrE CITIZEN WHO HAS PUR-
CHASED 4 NEW PIANO At FACTORY OR
WHOLESALE COST FROM ANY SALESMEN
IN THIS CITY AND WILL PUBLISH HIS
NAME AND ADDRESS. THE MAKE OF THE
PIANO PURCHASED, INCLUDING PRICE,
TERMS. ETC in the space reserved and paid for op-
p,se this ad
Agaa should ro citizen feel confident that he or
Size has purchased piano at factory or wholesale cos,
our donation ol S5Ul0O viii still be made good il
any statesmen or company Who has advertised to sell at
cost viii publish in the space reserved and paid for op
positc this advertisement the regular or factory cost
price, of the pianos sold by them and having been nd
ycrtiscd by them as being sold at factory cost
OUR ONLY RESERVATION BEING ONE
WHICH YOU. MIR. READER, WILL AGREE Is
FAIR AND THAT IS THAT 40 FICTITIOUS
PRICES OR WATERED BILLS co WITH US
We have sold these pianos and have friends sell
Ing them today We know factory price, when we see
them. and we are simply curious ID know how few
statesmen eau drop IN town and have the same over
head expenses that We have ami can sell pianos at
cost Their method, may be So modern that the mer-
chant, Oh New MCNico IN general may be benefited ii
given this knowledge and they n turn may assist The
people Of this city. ID reducing hc present high cost
Of living by APPLYING their methods
II CONCLUSION. WE RESPECTFULLY
SOLICIT THE PATRONAGE OF THE PIANO
BUYING PUBLIC We can not ,c palY- at whole
sale or factor, cost which j, generally supposed to bc
still les, than wholesale cost
HOWEVER, THERE Is ONE LITTLE
THING THAT WE CAN 30, AND ARIt DOING
THAT IS GIVING As GOOD VALUES or BET
TER THAN CAN BE OFFERED BY ANY