The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03

in the History Of
This is the most wonderful silk sale have ever SEEM
That the cryptic statement of nearly score OF the
biggest in Americas silk industry yesterday after they
had through merchandise carefully and experty
w pay you cold per cent profit for your entire lot
and take every yard of silk you left tonight added
New York merchant prince who controls three OF the
country's largest department stores.
He had travelled all the way from New York to the
goods He is great merchant His judgment in matters
pertaining to merchandise is listened to with respect
This is a wonderful lot of silks" he said 81 don't
how where you got them. And the most astonishing
thing you have the best coors and best patterns the
most fashionabe-the silks women want
His offer to pay us ten per profit for goods
made with sincerity. We declined it with thanks
Greatest Sale P0e Seen in Fifty Years"
So said haired silk expert nearly 80 years of
who has been dealing in silks since boyhood
member of the advertising staff found him wander
ing among the silks enjoying of the greatest treats OF
his fe The fayand around him held far deeper meaning
for that man than for the average visitor He knew the
wonder of 1.-THE miracle of bringing about sale Of $4,000
yards of finest desirable silks in the face of adverse market
conditions.
'Tts great SALE isn't tt" the writer suggested.
He gazed through his glasses earnestly, almost con-
temptuousy.
had been selling for so years. if you had travelled from
coast to coast if you had sold big silk store in the
country you KNEW silks and the silk trade do, then
you would know that it is MOST WONDERFUL SALE.
rSucl Clean Lot Of Merchandise"
these silks aren't like those in sales cleaned up
in lob lots dealers who can't get rid of them at regular
prices. They like the silks of opening than
those of sale with prices slashed.
'The colors are fashionable They what the women
RIGHT fOf Tho
are all standard The merchandise is brilliantly displayed
1t is new, fresh, desirable.
81 know enough about silks to know that 75s of those
goods actually could not be purchased AT THE MILLS
at the prices you selling them That sounds unbelievable
and wasn't right here and the goods and the prices
on the silks I'd hardly believe it myself"
Experts From Many Cities Are Here
The gentleman whom we have just quoted stayed away
from important business to be at the sale.
"A silk show important in business national
automobile show to the motor business he called it.
There were men from New York besides the big mer-
chant we have mentioned Men from Buffalo, Cleveland
Chicago and of the larger cities in Michigan That
they amazed at this sae-amazed at the merchandise
and amazed the prces-they admitted They knew that
the had very seriously affected the silk manufacture and
they knew that it almost mpossibity to get such
goods price, to nothing Of the prices at which
offering them.
They had been attracted to Detroit by the of
the November silk SALE They wanted to something
better. They said they saw it.
"You know nobody could put a sale like this unless
he had unlimited opportunity to buy and buy bg) and
cash for everything got had thorough acquaintance
in the silk industry visiting buyer told Nobody
that any better than those who have tried to follow
example.)