The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-26
POLITICAL SITUATION
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(SOn tInued from Page One) by the Lord Mayor of that city and by both the National Committee headed by MT. F R. Cook, and the London Committee, headed by Sir Goodman Burbrfdge
 The hospitality in London was un . bounded, and included many unusual experiences, among them, a dinner given by the Government at Lancaster House, the former home of the Duke of Devonshire- It being a history making event as it was the first time the British government had officially entertained a commercial delegation We were again honored on our first Sunday in London by having a spec ia1 service held for us in Westminster Abbey
 we were not only royalty enter tained by the retail and wholesale merchants, the manufacturers and the press, but the civil and church authorities also took part in our en- tertainment Among the many nota ble events being dinner by Lord Northcliffe, owner of the London Times and The Daily Mail Lord Burnham, owner of the Daily Tele- graph, entertained at his country home, also, gave a reception in Lon don.
 Ut certainly is hard to recall the many courtesieS shown us, but one of the most delightful was a weekend spent at High Cliff Castle, the coun- try home of MT Gordon Selfridge, the American owner of one of London's largest department stores
 'FMr- Selfridge was formerly one of the partners of Marshall Field, Chica- go, ILL, and opened his London store in 1909 It has been a most suc- cessful venture, in spite of the fact that few, if any, of MT. Selfridge's friends predicted success.
 ''This splendid hospitality contin- ued throughout England and Scotland and included entertaining by many of the nobility in their own homes.
 IDa1r1 ,-ra1 they found that King George had given special orders for it's recep- tion.
 Our visit was marked throughout by many evidences of the desire of the people of Great Britain to under stand our problems and to have us understand theirs and to further aug ment the feeling of friendship now existing.
 While we were in Britain, they were struggling with the largest strike in history and I was particularly inn pressed with the calmneSS with which they met the situation and the many inconvenience caused by it. One of them being the train service which was cut from 75 to 90 per cent, also, the lack of heat and light
 %The British merchants seemed alive to the development of their business and to profit by the experience of others both at home and abroad They showed great progresslveness in their establishments, having develop ed a smart, willing and able person. nel The salespeople, as a whole, showing intimate knowledge of mer- chandise they had to sell and keen desire to satisfy the customer
 'HThe merchandise displays impress ed me, if anything, as much better on the whole than those of the United States merchants.
 'SThe difference in cost of doing Nbusfness I feel, is due largely to eli of cprtain ra- Quired by Americans rather than to a lower cost for that service given.
 ''In most places the handling of the cash receipts not only In Great Brit ain, but in Continental Europe is an- tiQuated- The SaleSperson makes out the sales check: gives it to the GUS toner, who must go to the cashier and pay for the merchandise pur- chased Sometimes the merchandise is delivered to the customer by the casher and at other times the GUS former must return to the sa1esperson with sales check marked paid, before the merchandise is delivered. Compared with pre-war prices, merchandise is not only high in Great Britain but in all the other countries visited Even taking into considera- ton the rate of exchange, prices were as a rule as high or higher than ours: with the exception of Germany where the mark is only 1-ac to 1 1-2e, in money made their merchandise look cheap to us.
 'sThe Dry Goods Merchants found their visit to Great Britain most prof Citable and I hope many other crafts will be able to pay a similar visit for am certain all of those having the good fortune to make the trip and a collective study of conditions of the other side will feel amply repaid for the effort"
 Chicago, July 2s-search for War ren C. Spurgin, missing president of the Michigan Avenue Trust company, was continued today. Mrs. Spurgin