The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-14
zpSet tied Markets
ring Heavy Losses
To Local Merchants

IL Merchants
our part. A. far as the n. 4 X.
store Il concerned. We believe that
1921 has every promise OF q good
business year. Our business poll
cies are based entirely upon the
confident expectations Of general
prosperity throughout the nation
in 1884," said MIR. Mosenfelder.
Following IL . letter received ~
| him from one Of the largest mills
| in the east which tends to show
! Just what conditions confront that
| industry and its plans for meeting
them in future:
Inperisnt Notice to CustonerA
Fort Wayne, Ind. Dec. 8.
The Wayne Knitting Mills il con-
fronted with . most unusual stu
alton, which, because Of its vital
nature, we feel must be brought to
F., the attention Of our good friends
and customers. As you know. .
steadily declining market has pre-
vailed during recent months. which
we have made every effort to meet
by proper price reductions. These
! price reductions have Of necessity
compelled certain readjustments In
wages to employees. such as with
drawal OF special war bonuses. with
the result that for the first time
in 10 years we now have strike
| in some OF our manufacturing de-
partments-this in spite of the fact
that during all these years only
] the heartiest cooperation has ex-
listed between employees and man
agement.
II is with much regret, there
fore, that we have come to the de-
cisi0n that until the factory is
| again operating at full capacity, we
deem it advisable not to solicit or
accept any orders for future deliv-
! cry. Under this arrangement we
will confine our sales to mail or
ders for immediate delivery, and
ask our customers to limit such
orders to a 30-day supply. This
applies to all customers, includ-
+! ing those merchants who favored
us with memorandum orders for
spring delivery. We are pleased
to say that good stocks OF leading
numbers are on hand, ana with
such goods as we can continue 10
finish. we believe we can keep our
customers suppied. =,
Our chiel concern IS 70 Keep on
our customers suppiieu WIN "Syn ne
hhit nosiefy, Anu We nope W = =
ny" .ui ,uop. NJ. ~ un
W, aais ss r,,n. oa pd manv of
s o.. e,...a.aor. viii nrohah,v nrefer
ou' 1850 t,a;r hos;arv denart :
MAMIE tomnorar;lv m this basis
W. axtapd onr rtv good wishes
,o- sat;sfactorv holiday business
ona on early stahilizinp Of nresent
, market conditions in the new wear,
Yours verv trnlv
| WAYNE KNITTING MILLS.
Doubtless you remember the
kind of suspenders your dealer
formerly threw in when you
bought a SIS suit of clothing" re-
marked Mr.. Mosenfelder. Then
glance at this price per dozen on
suspenders from the largest maker
of that commodity in the world"
said he. Here you have it. $40 a
dozen. and no better in any respect
than the ones we used to throw in
with every purchase. l wonder if
the public will believe that" he
ruminated.
Nobody is attempting to do any
propbesying to any great extent at
| this time on what turns the market
is going to take" said H, E. Sud-
low of l.. s. McCabe & Co. ut is
uuouestionably a fact that the
press and the government have in
many WAYS helped create the pres
eut chaotic state of mind which
now evidences itself on every hand.
with particular reference to mer-
/: chandising.
| Like all of our business con-
temporaries, we are striving with
all the force we can muster to give
the public the best the market al
fords at as near a reasonable price
as conditions will warrant. The