Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12


Our profit .......................,...S SO. 67lh
You can see for yourself that when
| was making such profits it was but
natural that / should deem It proper
to spend the money on trips to Europe
and up the Nile. etc. OF course, /
had plenty of money to spend. Even
way back when the concern was in
its infancy always made big money.
And 1t made no difference what the
financial barometer said about the
money market. was not bothered by
bank failures nor by financial stringen-
cies. did not have to borrow any
money. or course not You fur
nished It.
Good gracious, II you had fur
nished your local merchants with the
cash you sent to me, in advance, they
would all be millionaires, now, in
stead Of plodding along trying to make
both ends meet.
Take it, for instance, that you, sent
me an order for a lot Of things includ.
ing hardware. Did you ever wonder
why the hatchets and hammers and
other tools broke SO easily or would
not keep an edge? Did you wonder
why the locks became broken and out
Of order? Did you wonder why moth.
ing would work Just as 1t should?
Your dealer in your own town buys
goods that he feels sure will give
service and be satisfactory. If NOT
you can make him give you a dupli
cate that will I'LL the bill. But he
is q different proposition. He has to
be right there In his store to meet you
face to face while my concern is q
long ways of.
In groceries, too. It was my Gus
tom to buy up what we call lob lots
of any merchandise whatever. II 6
merchant went broke and went int
bankruptcy used to bid on his stock
would buy It, for cash, for all tbs
way from fifteen cents to forty or fifty
cents on the dollar. He always want
ed cash and was willing to sacrific,
his goods at any price. Then / would
take this stun and parcel it out. Al
was fish that came to my net. would
offer some old junk that he had KEEP
on his shelves for many years, as spe
cial bargains, and would quote descrip
lions as though the stun were new
and yet make a price that soundet
low. would call an article valued
at" say IS, and price it at $3.50.
would have cost us about half dolla
or perhaps less.
Cases OF tomatoes, corn, fruit an
other canned goods were my speciality
Many and many a time have dug u
from the cellar or from the back @
the shelves Of some old merchan
whom ! bought out for cash at a yer
small price, lot of old cans, bulge
out, and rusted and looking as If the
had been there for years. And the
had. probably. I would set q boy {
work cleaning and polishing thes
cans and then would paste new /,
bells on them. Sometimes there wer
no labels and then could have d lc
OF fun deciding what labels 10 put o
J them. There were many surprises |
store for those who bought such stu
at a bargain" would paste ne
labels on such cans as could not te
! the contents of. and ship them out
our customers.
Sugar, that had become wet. an
which / had to break up with an a
salt the same. pTunes full OF worm
corn meal alive with reaches, sa
fish strong enough to float q shi
-four and crackers filled with yermin-
yes. I bought all sorts of stun an
, sold It at great profit
And clothing-there's where ! maC
some OF my greatest profits. for q
clothing / sold, In q majority OF 1
stances, was made by halfgrown Je,
ish girls and boys in what are know
to the trade as "sweatshops."
The vest / sold as q part of 20,
: suit was probably cut by a sweatil
] young Jew from Russia, who cam
] speak more than half dozen wor
; of our language. He cuts them out
3 lots, pile OF cloth foot deep and
3 cuts them with a big knife that loo
. more like a straw or hay knife-tl
kind you use to cut hay out of sta,
: with. It's the same way with L
/ coats and trousers.
> Then these pieces of cloth are sew
= together by perspiring young Je
r esses. They get few cents for Sc
t ing a vest. Another gets few pc
t MES for putting in the pockets. A
a other gets a similar amount for Sc
d ing on collar, etc. All this work
g done by the dozen. So many Ger
/. per dozen.
d The coatmakers are generally ms
] but some shops have women becau
j they are cheaper Most of the work
. done right there in the shop SO
inspector can watch the poor swe
ing men and girls at work and Ike
d them speeded up. The poor slay
/ who sew the garments sold ha
never placed hand on well-dress
man nor worn a well-fitting garmt
+ themselves.
It's the same with the cloaks q