The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-09
rom makes a profit on the transac-

from makes profit on the transac-
tion?" Zapp asked.
makes a profit" .Birsl1y said. Il
| should say they do"
''Then that is the first time that /
hear such thing" Zapp cried. "Be-
cause when someone tells me down
at the store that there is collector
outside wants to see me, it don't make
no difference if the collector is collect
ing for bank, hospital, the cloth
sponger home or the landlord I give
my bookkeeper instructions she should
say | just went over to Newark"
"Well, pictures is different" Birsky
continued. ga Teller which collects
pictures like B. Altman sometimes
pays enormous prices. Take for ex-
ample Mr.. Widener Selig, the Philadel-
phia millionaire, and he is paying for
picture of mill one half million
dollars
"What kind OF mill?" Zapp asked
whats the difference what kind of
mill?" Birsky said. II believe it
was flour MILL"
"a flour mill he pays half a million
for it's picture Zapp said. "Why for
a quarter of the money plenty people
would have been glad to sell him a
rolling mill, and throw in a dozen pic
lures free"
"And yet you say Max Maikafer
should make from his boy button
hole maker" Birsky continued. "Take
that picture painter which turned out
the mill, understand, and if he gets
only one order when he's q new begin |
ner, understand me, business could be |
bad with him for the rest of his life"
''You may be right, Birsky," Zapp |
said, 'but / don't believe a picture |
painter gets anywheres near the retail |
price of his goods, because the profit
to the retailer must got to be enor-
nous, otherwise he couldn't live at all.
A retailer which handles them Mill
pictures runs an awful risk, Birsky.
It's the same like he would be carry
ing a line of steam yachts. If he's
only got two on hand he's overstocked
bad already"
totiC L hhON, oil Shy Sdlu, UuL
such a retailer also stocks a line of
medium priced pictures too. For every
Mill picture he sells, bet yer he gets
rid of a dozen Horse Shows or An
yeluses"
"Of course, if the Teller carries An
selus pictures as a side line that's
else again, Birsky," Zapp
said. "There's big money in player
pianos, Birsky, because while IN form
II times people wouldn't take piano
is gift on account of giving their
hildren music lessons to get the use
nut of it, nowadays they could pay
arge price for player piano and I
end their girls to business college, ]
nd still save money on it. Conse {
uently the demand for player pianos &
enormous, particularly as here just g
ately they've got 'em working by cleo L
richly which could run for ten cents V
ne kilowatt hour some of the heaviest t
lings that Paderewski gets off at S.
90 q concert"
Birsky shrugged his shoulders again. t
"What you understand from art,
app!" he exclaimed. ga Schwarzer a
ON the CannibaI Islands which
ont even wear athaletic underwear,
nows more about fur overcoats than
ou do of pictures, Zapp.' g
listen, Birsky," Zapp retorted, "if je
lem millionaires which is buying b
ese here high priced pictures knows d.
fnuch about their art Investments
!; the public does about fur over P
ats, you could take it from me, D.
risky, when them millionaires' heirs sy
mes to settle up the estate, Birsky, al
ey'll find that instead of five hun m
ed thousand-dollar Mill, the old man ! 81