Evening journal., 1920-05-10
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SNELLENBURGN
MARKET AND SEVENTH SIS:
EDITORIAL

NJ Snelenburg q Co. believes 1t can afforu 10 pc
frank with the people of Wilmington For twenty-five
years done business here and have been sue
cessfuI We frank believe entitled to
be when has been due to endeavors
and ability give the better values than our
competitors.
Our business policy has been always orward-look-
ing policy.
We believed as we believe now that not
merely doing business establishing an institution
which would be distinctive part of Wimingtons lfe
We had every believe that succeeding
We are convinced that ours is success
1t is Source of Profound Satisfaction to us to
knouO that Wilmington folk appreciated and approved
of us.
1t was our weII-thought-out policy of business to
make our personal interests subservent to the common
welfare of the community This believe has been the
real foundation which our success was created.
We write thus frankly because remarkable condi-
ton is operating this Need tell you that
commercial conditions and have been abnormal.
devastating war DESTROYED values and mankind has
been morgaged for generations to provide against this
destruction.
In the greater part of the world it has been necessary
to issue floods of paper money in order to facilitate the
doing the exchange of values In all parts OF
the world has been to iberaize and extend
and expand credits and these all working together have
necessarily found what called initiation and the result has
been b;ob prces Would it not have been miracle if the
clothing trade had been touched by the world storm
The pIentitude of money, Notwithstanding it was
most often money that deprecated in value made for
bigger wages bigger prices, bigger profits if you please
AT the end of this abnormal condition the merchant
IN the clothing line was caught with unusual weather
season There was dissatisfaction with prices how could
there be else when material decreasing and wages
advancing in all lines? cold spring reduced sales to the
minimum and merchants found immense stocks unsoio
and the selling season nearly over.
A great merchant found himself stocked up were
his smaller competitors 1t shrewd conception when
he thought reduce his prices and sell out and while
doubling his sales he might still make proht where
under normal conditions he would by selling have had
to write off disastrous loss.
That is all there is to the present cut price noDe-
n1ent. We ask Wilmington people to be loyal to WI
n1ington merchants
We are not pleading particularly for N. Snelenbwg
&Co We have the utmost confidence that can take OF
ourselves.
N SneIenburg & Co. has always made its business
here subserven the prosperity and the growth OF WI
mington. We want to make Wilmington what 1t should
be- and point your Market street and say the
merchant is doing his share
N Snelenburg & Co. has advantages which no other
Wilmington firm has. We the only mlddieman
between the cloth manufacturer and the wearer OF the
clothes We makers and we can divide the maker
profit with the wesrer We have been doing so tor forty
seven years
A. eor nc orr o;,n business is concerned Loe ask the
b,ver to con,pore our Dolues with these cut price
uoIueS Do not buv until you compare sur l0ith SUR