The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-07-03
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High Point Up
HIGH POINT BOOSTED
AS BIG FURNITURE MARKET
Furniture Exposition Attracts Univer-
sal Attention.-Reader Are Told
of Great Things Going On
in This City.

sal Observation-Disclosures Are Told
of Great Things Going On
in This City.
The Merchants Trade Journal, pub
Gshed in the west, has an interesting
orticle IN the last issue relating to
High Point There we're also two
pages Of illustrations of High Point
furniture The article follows:
Southern furniture markets have
sboomed' too, during the war period,
and a general expansion of the furni-
t1re industry has followed the war.
The High Point, North Carolina, mar
ket is good Illustration of this
growth A new furniture exposition
building is to go up there in the very
near future-an exhibition building
designed for the showing of furniture
rot from High Point alone, but from
ether Southern factories as we'll. This
Will center the showing, for the con-
venience Of visiting furniture buyers
The new building is to contain no
less than 100000 square feet of floor
$500 600. Present exhibitions in High
Point market are shown in three
large. centrally located buildings; in
addition. one or two of the largest fac
tories, have private show rooms, but
these also, are close in.
High Point, as a furniture manu-
featuring center, offers a greater va
rietv so far as quality of furniture is
concerned, especially, that it did prior
10 the war. The decreased output of
furniture factories making high grade
furniture, threw a part of the burden
cf producing sufficient amount of such
Grade furniture upon factories hither-
to specializing in the medium grade
stock.
The reader, who has not visited
this particular market, may have
more limited idea of it's scope than is
accurate In High Point are made
eleven bedroom lines. twelve dining
room lines, ten living room lines,
twelve parlor and library, seven kit
chen, two nursery, four office and
school room supply lines, in addition
to glass factories, some +4mannfacfur4
ing in musical instruments, and cabi-
ret fling systems.
ITO give an idea of the range in
rrice, dressers, the basic article of
bed room furniture, range in price as
manufactured in High Point, from
So to SIS; buffets from $3.50 to 500;
ving room suits from $35 to $500;
chairs. kitchen cabinets, safes and
ether articles in the same proportion.
The average increase in the pro-
ductiOn cost Of furniture from this
market has been about 100 per cent
N the past few seasons. Another ad-
22nce will take place soon, it is said
due to the rapid advance in lumber,
end the fact that manufacturers re-
alize that with the present high cost
CT living going even higher, that their
employees must have more money in
order to dive comfortably. Factories
are running to the limit now in order
to keep up with the increasing de-
m@nd for furniture; prompt ship
ments are made at present, although
with this market as with others, it is
7oss BILE that some of the most popu-
lar ines will be withdrawn from the
market by fall, due to the unusually
heavy demand.
"One OF the big advantages of this
market from the buyers standpoint,
Is that it serves both the big buyer
md the small one TO advantage, in
that the small buying merchant who
cannot dispose Of solid cars of one or
two articles of furniture fast enough
~ give him a profitable stock turn,
can buv to the greatest advantage in
the mixed car loading proposition.
This gives him the car discount, car
freight reduces chances of damage in
transit, and gives a variety OF goods
III all grades"