New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-08

beginning to write. ,...- ...r,,to.d in black and
white"
zp The sheet of paper torn in half Sparks snapped
ladys lively There was also nappy qua"y !" "e
subsequent remarks.
Say man make much fuss over this as II you were
buying real estate"
well YOU see I want to known what I'm buy
business dyou think we do mere! "A" 'nS ~ w
coupleo dollar pair o shoes!
1.-TWO dollars? Why he charged me i95 and said they were worm
So" said Tribune nnocently
Wel, What's that about? Gvvum back his money
In just such tone certain did the White Queen storm oh WIN
head!'
The shoes were taken back regeuy the was returned
still more regretfuy lady continued talk with considerable
freedom and fervor She talking when retired from the
Mace still have feeling the back of my neck from e
f Of bor conversation It came for anything but short
hand so quote it accurately b EN- 10 an INC
repaed claim in another that she was lady, fa De
% MO 70 dry it am ready to 90 record if that she
Iadv am almost prepared that she sample lady,
On another visit demanding investigator bought at Young
$40 pair of sample the best material (accodg 10
tons) manufactured Worcester Mass branch OF heah
London England paying $685. for them Inc oS h de thew
shoes they are the best material but OF cheap
were not made by Co. branch they did not come from
Mass they are not $40 grade or awning e hng to
not worth paid for them Otherwise there Is 0""S
critcise in them or the methods employed in selling them
Investigations ike charity should begin at home On when p
~ one of the first sample shops to be favored with e
ronage Tribune shoppers was the one IN the tribune
] ~ ts and subsequently presented Berler gnf-
cant parallel his selling representations and the nara la
Mr. Berer promptly emulated Davy Crocketts coon anu
bringing with him interesting facts there is no necessity Tor de-
crng in detail transactions his store the general lac W
ted by him being important They that all the SHOES IN Ms
| h h factory rejects cancellations goods seconds
This the sort of stock generally found sample shoe
n testimony which convncngy out The Tbune findings
incidentally the Berer inquiry developed the fact that certain factories
find regular damaged goods IN the various sample "
[ selling their genuine samples their trade How this
likely the long run upon 'le soou i'p'' VI WV
question for decide
Berler now agreement with The Tribune to quit the fake
sample only regular lines OF STOCK ana give ~
guarantee to any dissatisfied customer
Tdr the name of the Novelty Sample Shoe Company Levnon
Bros conduct paror fourth floor the Mabrdge Building at
Thryourth Street and Broadway ihey Co"uUTr w. % ;i
elsewhere At the Marbrdg Building they sold to The tribune invest
gator pair of alleged sample stetson SHOES as osp W % 81
shoes samples but od ceanups made several years g u
moor leather They they not Stetsons they are
rot sgd, but and 81 would be an amply uHen p ~ l
for According the union label they were maze by W
Shoe Company Whitman Mass If there ever was such concern
has vanished from the map OF Whitman leaving 10 trace "
T dollar sample shoes for $25 offer made to
the passerbv in the the Mcdonald Sample Shoe Company at
the northeast of Sixth Avenue and I|eny-rSt street
Withstand such golden opportunity The Tribune investigator bought
from table rewn damaged articles pair OF hanna Snue'
slammed $500 on the clerk guaranteeing them perfect Inc
10 , daaod and cracked In Hanna" the manu-
factuer who has painfully and supouy like Hanan an
rd renutae dealer it said that the soes which
he puts into his good of their KIND her Kh w
instance doesn't happen leather but paper and muslin our ap
pae declines value upon this rennarKaO specimen o ~
gear He observes, cynically' maU NneS ie "oi'" VINO" ~
get for them -, , ,.
No chronicle of shoe trade would be complete without
mention of the Slater Broadway and street
This is not the cid reliable j. & with stores at Broadway
nd Twentyfh and Ais Fifth Avenue but very de
concern, resemblance beginning ana ehuIg wiz" INC
fortunately there until few months ago. nonhs !" ~
from into the shoe business
and nrofng by the negborhod of the Slater hrm which has been
Twentyh Street location since 1871 But whn
short blocks distant from
the old Slater theory coincidence suffers pretty severe strain
Slater not sample shoe store Out Is run OH ABOUT
the plans of reliability and fair practice
interesting method testing the Slater Shoe Co. type Of trade
attempt advertising claims in writing tried
e experiment recently display advertisement
Rubber Sole Oxford English last white buck
skin Unfortunately the out of the article which
didn't discourage trying with OF shoes
price calling attention the fact that the
species and that preferred leatherbeang
the salesman husky and surprisingly
could
buckskn with leather at the The
undoubtedly white whether they buck
skim But strongly that they
not which will presently The saeman assurance
however positive
Genuwine buckskn said he You're getting bargain when
you get those shoes at the price
1T does cheap" admitted You're they're bucksn?"
absolutely"
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