New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

We get goods from them and they get from us on CALL ne
explained Here you seel 1oding up singular looking r''e
Of appareD Atwood broadcoth lined with silk In Altman
you'll find this coat marked SoZoo III sell 10 20" 'o ~
h How much for CASH
To show you I'm goodlosng sport Ill make II e-''oo
cash, and paid $3.50 for the coat
What kind of fur is this rimmngP
Skin fur Regular skin fur. Mebbe fox Yes ITS toH'
So it was bought for $500 cash.
In the advertisements of the Prudential Quitting Company
appears this statement:
Or clothing of every description will surprise work
manshp and style.
This specimen of certainly surprised appraisers hey
looked at it much biologist might regard winged frog
What kind Of freak is ths?" Worst looking thing We
seen this season. of the less formal comments on It,
Personally wouldn't give five cents for it. It's too queer
Technically appraised it declared be of fair avool
material the velour type of CLOTH lined not with pure s a' inc
large and persuasive Potash claimed but with cotton Veneuan
The fur trimming skin fur right enough but hardly fox beng
ktconey any with the hypnotic ability to sell that KIND
garment retail price of $200 would be high and profitable
Thus nament asked exactly ID per cent over gen
erous market valuation No similar artorial curiosity was dscov
cradle Kochs did the representatives OF that store take
kindly TO the suggestion that any such type had been displayed
their windows AS for Alnans well satisfied that Nr'
Potash mistaken and suggested that search Tor such
might prohtaby be made not in their store but some
where cast of Suezhe Bocry being the Suez Of the women
clothing trade By way Of comparison coat was purchased al
Macys for $2474 The Macy Of the finest wool velour
style superior workmanship lined with good peau de
cygne (lk and incned trimmed with Hudson Seal and IN
the expert opinion of the appraisers worth more than 1ce the
instalment coats value
Mems clothing also staple line of the Prudential which
however terms itself the Prudential Credit Clothing Co., at its
establishment 400 East 10th St 10 The Tribune men who
called there the manager tried at first to sell suit so old and
faded that it looked like relic of bygone When it was
carried to the light however his failed and he with
drew it Of a suit which he declared to be the latest thing
You couldn't get better nowhere should $24 for this suit
but I'll sell it for ST..
1T doesn't look $22-worth to me said the How
much for cash2
The salesman turned upon him eye of suspicion. Asking
the price and then trying beat down the nsament price
to the same figure perncous practice only familiar the
instalment salesman.
We don't do no cash business, he said
But like the suit and want pay cash
Only by the actual sight of money the salesman moved
from his reluctance He finally rcencd and the following dis
logue took place.
You can have it for twenty, cash
Fifteen
Twenty
Come on, nowl Fifteen. Is it a sae2'
While this going another salesman efus
ing sell garment a customer for 81 down, demand
ing ST. although the advertising specifies the lesser price
The Prudential suit represented such excellent value, is
worth at top retail price $3.50 The goods of 5u quail
y but according the appraiser they thrown together
All the workmanship machine the buonhoes ter
ribly made suit is the experts verdict
Upon entering of the Fly Grade Credit Co., of III
West 25h Street The Tribune shoppers met by the
ger who delay pause fired voey of questions point
blank
Live uptown How dye happen to come here2 Ever do
business til beore3 Wanna buy cash credit Mister
The done by Mr.. Saul who produced suit which
he declared to be fine value at $3.50
What would that be, cash down.
We don't do much cash trade. When do, it's per
off It'll you $40 cash. concluded Mr. Saul who OBJ
viously doesn much about arithmetic.
Nor did his much about the that price
Now you CO. he babe Mr. Saul and find the best money
down price for that suit
lhereupon the nerrogatory consulted and said
that money being tight and he himself being easy and ob
ing disposition, he'd call it $500.
He got $1,000 and wholly unreasonable profit even
that reduction Compared by with regular SIS
Monroe suit makes poor showing. should be, properly
so suit retail The nsament price represents the usual
insament systems extravagant exactions
Under the title Of the NJ n. T. Tailoring Co., Manuel H.
Titebsum does business 45 Nassau Street and promises
Clothing Consumers Wholesale Prices Mr. Tlebaum
persuasive letter writer He special circular Of