Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-16
|EEN COMPETITION HERE
IS FACTOR IN LOW PRICES
icrchnnts Tell Willy Richmond ].
Less Hard Hit Than Other
Cities by IL. C. l..
'vERHEAD Expenses SMALL
'ctailcrs Apply Sound Business
Principles and DO Lot OF Actual
Work Themselves, Eliminating
Many Hi2h-Priccd Statesmen.

'"S h-iTiccu SuicSmcn.
Merchants here were. highly
ea"rd yesterday with tho report or
.u"r. showing Richmond u be the
" WITH the smallest Increase In the
t "i Twin: in It's class in the past
years.
+" N"r ,.,,,, Gi1inprc,i'ion, hard work. and
incIrtcs by the retail merchants.
upioh with natural advantages or
ihc arc some OF III" reasons given
Ei"!mond's high standing. ~
ne OF the most representatives bust
rs men lore. Heading the lis, are
Fleet KIRK. W. II. Schwarzschiid.
aus {. Levitt, Sam L.. Heller and
- ,lsrk". Jr.. who represent
rcs, In III. city. besides a large
oportion OF the State.
Here is Whit they sny about the
eccnsfn way IN which i:iehm"nh
: in tho past two yenrs:
Give Rrs.on> for Low Prices.
There arc several reasons why
chmoiid ciothi-rs can sell their gar
nts cheaper here than c'pih.-rs in
nnr cities OF thr same h!zc can dis
Sc Of their wares" W. Fleet kirk.
csidcnt of III" Nirginin Association
Retain t!Othi"rA. stated yesterday
Ter rcsdln. tho report of the De.
rtmcnt Of Labor on prices IN
edmond.
ono OF them ~ that the Richmond
rchants are not accustomed 10 sit
= in their offices and employing
III priced statesmen 10 do their
rk for them. They are not n dead
light on their bus incsscs. They
noor statesmen and save gDod
&C Of the overhead cost OF selling
obs by being down on the floor
IN their men.
'C)v,rh.,d ,,npnscu L., pi,.h,,orb
not AK great as In many other
los. Mr Kirk stated AZ another
ison why Richmond can Success
~ compete with cities OF i,s class.
c:chan'% here also on! their goods
cucT and SIEVE by turning over
~ capital more times year than
rchints do elsewhere. rh"n we
clos" 10 III" primary markets.
y bi'iS arc lighter
TELLER Sa.n rs Competition.
~ cOnr"tiiion." declares Samuel
it"ll.r. orcSidrni of III, Eic imon,.
'"rrs inc. Mr H"ilcr ii.o NJ.
~ VAS Working o. ne n'or o.
nrflrS - ",Nt on 'r.r customers 80
SHntr ;!nlc vh'1 a,.yrr."i,r yes
Ht". us hurlsH ...,urc for
~ ono 10 '+mi 80 :, ! '.,s
comrrt.tloH noe M = 4 -"
80 2wu h0cos. a. :,srr- nta
=" 800 .eh = 'hn
3 an: 80 ,,h I'D ,.h
Soc T,.-r't Noon 49, to-.
! ''..,2n" '.1 h'r
~. rsnsr li,@ .. - :. pcr = ..t
"T,"' :, tnry'' ave - 60 ut -
t'rcu,'' ",r "a =" rs-r
vlr-i,iia neiaU Me,' hor's !sr5-
Non. dtrcr'"i customer !"nc
,, p.'c.s Mere iowrr horc ,han
ewh"rs beans" rr,a.lor. haye
In thcIr Gcalinsr This po.icy.
declared. bar been in vogue here
on. nicrchants simcc the begin
Of tho world war. and did not
'"i 9th the siv in5 ~ she sym,
CO. i:gl contained. AMI his aided
cpai;nnnIty greatly. "1h. spirit
ln'," he said hps made |; i'm
sio:, .or the Fedora! government
md y si2gic case of pTo:t,cerin:
ri iln,NHd. In"rstiEIt!ons q. ~.
'incEN rs tl;c mcrchyr's hero hIyo
y c"rr:"d out. IN; without "'hci
~ .h~m 10 shcw ,hat Richmond
'r., rom r0Itccr'1. H. re.
= rcd IN" nrHNc 10 in.ic,i states
tric, ,N,,or..y Hiram ". Smi.h 20
= out Ni- statements.
>prrI- .nr Who!~ stair.
IL scantr;:S hi!i sp"k. not only
Eir.Imp Il hut for Virginia, He
d ,h"t ho aa9 jas. completed a "trip
ouchoii; IN" state. On Wat'h j.
tied Diacttcuiiy all ot tn" organ
lions Included In the Virginia Re-
- Merchants Association. and found
spirit OF The statesmen and MGR
nts -. same everywhere
~. a Clarke. Jr.. secretary OF both
state and the Richmond Retail
rCnantS' Associations, gave as his
MON Of the matter that merchants
are selling goods At n smaller
r:ln o: profit tnan elsewhere. lie
4 ;hui This was nothing new, a,
ias occn recognized by merchant:
10 nave the Federal govern
n, recosn.ze the fact.
'ro5a5iy the man best acquainted
n the local situation here is
ius o. Levitt, president OF the
hmcnL Retail! Merchants .tssoc!a-
observation OF conditions and Of
slant contact with retail mer-
nts here.
Merchants here tentatively agreed
ago that they would not change
Ir prices on goods to be cor
n tho market price Al which they
@ purchas ed." he declares.
For this reason. merchants here
e .old goods time and time again
less ihan the merchandise could
sialy bc replaced on their shelves
u they could he purchased al the
ON the Wholesale market The
son merchandise here Is cheaper,
II anywhere else ina city of Rich
IDS class Is because the Richmond
chants have dealt fpom a stand
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