The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-08

iago. Collections are a little slower,
but at that collections are good
Advertising Pays.
Last year was banner year the
| biggest business year since we start
ed" said Gus Schwarzschi1d, OF
Schwarzschild Brothers, jewelers.
but this year has been better. We
have bought larger stocks and finer
goods, The quality is better and
prices somewhat higher, but we are
doing a bigger business than we did
year ago. We have advertised more
extensively and we have found the re-
suits from the advertising more salts
factory than ever"
The people who think the world
Is going to pot are mistaken. In Oc-
tober our business was 20 per cent
better: in November, 40 per cent bet
| ter" declared ]. c. Pattee, manager
of the Reinach Company. Incorpo-
rated. than a year ago. And the
first six days Of December-well We
could close the doors now dt was
| 1850 p. M and our sales so far for
the month would be 1920 ahead OF
the same six days year ago"
II see no reason for worry: no rea
son why / should go jump off the
DOCK sadie Ike Cohen. of the Cohen
Co. when he was asked How is
business?'
/ Crowd Fills store.
| Look around you. The store is full
Of people. The people are buying. The
/ sales force is busy. Does this look
! like hard times?" he asked. I'VE
bought larger stock this year for the
holiday trade than we ever bought
before. and we are selling 1t. See the
/ people buying" and he waved his arm,
howard the crowd. This Was on the
! AAe
all floors above the first three were
similar crowds of buyers. Business
looked good.
There is absolutely no cause for
Richmond business men to have cold
feet. business is good" he concluded
Mr.. Ryan, president OF Ryan. Smith
& Company. furniture dealers Joined
with others in SAYING business is sat
isfactory. He declared he has taken
/ into consideration the fact that the
European war played nav with trans
Atlantic commerce and with the cotton
markets. But" he added. business Is
better than we had expected 1t would
be. In 1919 we did a better business
than ever before in our his'nry. This
year there has been falling oft, but
the year so far har been much better
than was 1912. Just before the record
year
demand FOR WUNbIty.
At the establishment of the Stieff
Piano Company, F.. @. Rike. manager.
appeared to be on good terms with
business. ut Is fact" he said, that
we have somewhat cut our sales force.
But this was due to q change In policy
rather than to war or other conditions.
We are handling nothing but pianos,
and we are not pushing the inferior
makes. At that our business Is as
good as 1t was before the unprece-
dented year 1913"
John q. Corley. head OF the Corley
Company. the house that made Rich
mond musical was perhaps more OPP
timistic than all the rest. I'VE are
employing ten per cent more clerks"
he declared. than ever before. We
have not felt the so-called depression.
FOR a time the cotton situation was
a bother, but the selfreliant spirit pre-
dominant in Americans made good.
Cotton was cared for and depression
ended Collections are excellent. Bus
mess is good now. and I see an I'M
iprecedented year Of business ahead
These are some Of the expressions
heard on day when there prevailed
y nasty, cold drixzling mist--a weather
condition not calculated to be inviting
to shoppers or conducive to good bus
mess showing,
Business Is good In Richmond.