Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-26

Titan ccniers thaI hsVs un bmiteo
resources are going 10 accept tina
decision Of the supreme court At III
face value. and viii be- In q position
10 carry on suit 10 lind out jus
how much longer the retailers mr.
10 be- held under tho ayaricious hcc
~ tho monopoIica that put ont pat
outod articles"
Prices IiNed hy paieniec.
Another business man called a.
trniiou 10 the fact that talking ma
| chimes. sewing machines. safety RAJ
|or % couple Of lines of pianos. etc.
] Here among tho patented articles
| that arc retailed IN Topeka IN which
/ the selling price b. fixed by the pat
rutno or the manufacturer who hold,
the patents. which Is one and th'
Same thing.
Talking Machines.
lIo discussed the talking machin,
.iiuaiion IN an interesting manner
a. machines on The market Of stan
IdsrI makes are pul ont by three bis
concerns They may be- In com.
hino aud they may not But then
methods Of doing business are the
Same They sell q talking machine
10 q retailer under contract that
permits him ~ sell h only at price
thoy name Tho sane nolds true "
talking machine records And the
price fixed for the retailing Of these
machine ls generally AZ 100 per
cent profit a $500 machine. say
cost the retailer 500. but under his
contract with the manufacturer. hc
cannot sell II for q penny less than
5000
Sow don care for q profit OF
flUu on such q machine" said the
merchant would BE- glad 10 take
% profit Of te5 or $50 Bat the
company says no must sell 10
f1r t2oU or must not sell II at an.
Nov if I could scll b. for tl25 I
would be- able Ia srll ten machines
where ! now sell one Everybody
BE- beginning to want talking ml-
chimes these days They are becom-
inr necessity Tor home entertain
menf and amusement And there
are many people who would not feel
like putting 5000 in a machine that
would be- willing 10 pay Sl25 for
one. And the same situation pre-
wallis in respect 10 the cheaper ma
chimes Nor am ! allowed To sell old
and out of date machines that I may
have In stock al penny less than
the price fixed for their sale, when
bought them. no matter how many
years ago that may have been inless
got the specific permission ~ tho
company from which pun hascd
them Bat the company does not
flN prices In advance ON such ma.
chimes II only makes them in spc-
Cific casct where there II prospoc-
tive customer for particular ma.
chine of antique vintage So I can Z
even advertise my old machines iu
stock for sale ut reduced prices. !
can only boost the new machines. n
a man comes In my store looking Tor
a talking machine and spots an Old
one. OF show him one. and he shows
au inclination 10 buy No.. then can
got price from the company for
which I can sell that machine.
Aud the Records. Too.
And boz the matter of records.
have $500 worth of old ones In stock
that n b. next 90 impossible for me
To sell Many of them are out pf
date Others are slightly damaged
but SIN scr,iccablc might be- able
To sell them for lO cents piece.
They would bc worth that much.
hut ! can sell them Tor cent less
than the selling price the compau,
placed ON them 20 the time they we're
prchased Neither will The rompau,
take them back So under present
conditions ! have $500 dead horses
ON my hands
But tho talking machines are not
the only patented articles whore The
conditions OF sale are similar There
are many others. aud the people araI
helm robbed right and lctt. not hy
the Retailers as many of them are
accustomed 90 think. but by the
manufacturers OF these patented ar
Iclcs Who have been able up To the
present time 10 dictate the prices
M which these articles may be sold.
How much longer they viii be- able
to DO business M this arbitrary fash
ion iu view cot the recent decision II
m" suprem, court remains to be seen
Ana ] Know that many other mor-
chants boz Topeka and all over the
country as we'll as myself will vel
com" iho day when that decision lc-
iutIlF comics into effect. and can be-
applied generally To the rctailIn- OF
patented articles.
% was pointed out by another mer-
haut that nowadays there d. as
seen competition In the sale Of
pianos. except as Ia possibly two
lines. as there Is In the retailing
OF ordinary merchandise Good pi-
amos are cheaper TO the publ. nov
than they ever had. this was Dol .ntcd
ont Aud he said that this W. due
To the fact that practically an Of tn
patents covering the various parts Of
pianos had run out Aud H, ey
pre- sod the firm conviction thu
similar conditions would so.r M.