New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
Buy on Time and
Repent in Haste
Cheap and MiSrepresented Clothes Sold at
Exorbitant Prices on the Dollar
a-Week System
Bv SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

sound value for these
are bargain of and for this class that the
crooked dealer the essentials of life bats his with sPecous
lies One of successful forms devised tor selling IN
merchandise superior the nstament purchase
system and Of the nament trade crookedcr than that
which represented the special columns of the Evening World
and the Evening Journal given to the
a-week credit cothiers.
Inrinscay there nothing dishonest tricky about the IN
stament method when properly carried valuable
accommodation classes OF Gamers Further IS
perfectly proper make charge goods sold IN tins
way of doing business involved in risk book
keeping and the There reputable houses
example which sell furniture reasonable rates on the weekly
or monthly payment basis There also others not so reputable
and with these The Tribune will deal presently theoretically
there why apparel should not be dealt IN to
unable cash for according to standard business
principles Of honest advertising truthful representation and small
extra charge for the accommodation ten to fifteen per cent
Il doesn't work that way real life The Tribune inve'
cations this branch OF the clothing trade bring TO sh' nese
prevailing conditions:
The garments of inferior quality either in material style
workmanship all three clothing procurabe at reputable re-
tail for equal or less prices.
The general claims of value and often the SPECIFIC claims as
to material or style. are false and absurd
The service is almost invariably nep ectu and dscour
teous, often to the point OF rudeness
In the majority of instances of the clothing when
cash discount claimed and allowed exOrbtant Without the
discount sixty seveny-hve and even one hunoo pei
cent above standard retail prices
In short, it is a fools market
Up rckety flight of stairs just of the busy corner
Of 18th Street and Sixth Avenue the Standard Quitting Com
pany does an insament trade in and womens clothes
According business card represented by Levy On
the occasion of The bune investigators CALL appeared to be
represented chiefly by rdent voice proceeding from Gagged
desk which challenged like sentry with the formula:
'Whatcha want9'
Il like to see coat said the of the Investigators
Innocent though the request appeared to the
Gagged voice
Where dye live - it almost yelled which suggested
that the wrong might involve the visitors going coate's
through life
Does that make any diference?
Wanta buy doncha9
Before can tell want the coats,
Go into the other ROOM directed the which presently
took upon itself the personality Of Mr. Levy Mr. Levy ought to
be Professor of HowNotoDo- in school of craftsmanship
Less determined purchasers than the visitors would certainly have
been away by his bored indifference and neglect but after
putting the trouble of getting the from the racks
themselves finally condescended hand down what he de-
scribed as an all wool Bolivia cloth lined with silk brocad
with genuine collar. It's regular $50 garment he
said The collar alone is worth $40 Price $45
ANY allowance for cash9 inquired the would be purchaser
producing roll of bills.
AT the magic sight of that money Mr. Levys personality
underwent sort of earthquake He gasped gaped conorted his
features species of smile and abruptly became all courtesy
Also he allowed Purrng tones ten per cent
for cash The coat purchased for $4,000.
the dssecng OF the expert appraisers fur
nishes significant information nsamen clothing values The
material wool hevot The lining pure silk bro
cade than fifty dollar greenbaks; it's just Popn mecerzed
cotton with some silk in The collar genuine taken
from sene decrpt animal which had lost most OF its under
hair from age The skin itself worth about j. cents and the
labor on represents CO. making total of S Is for this
$1,000 collar.
As to the claim that the Standard Quitting Bolivia
cloth that is simply imaginative effort Bolivia being
graphical be copyrighted for merchan
disc Therefore Standard people could legally their cloth
Bolivia Just they could call Kamschatka Patagonia But it
is no like the genuine Bolivia the trade understands the
term than voodpecker is like Jack rabbit Ii far inferior
Good Bolivia 81 so yard the fuzzy hevot of which the
coat is made should have about us yard.
the opinion of the expert appraisers So would be alb
normal price the Standard When they learned that it
was sold at $40 So reduced $50 co. they used violent and
ceduous language of which outrageous the mldes term
At Arnold Constable & Co.'S of the general type
fur-edged collar of far better material and workmanship
lined with silk and interined $3.50 superior in all
spects as to make the Standard bargain look absurd
Prices equal cash is the claim OF the Prudential OUTFIT
ting Company which FIVE nsamen establishments