The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-07

care for the trade in the new branch
Of the industry. This brings the total
number of statesmen to 220 and all of
these have met with unusual success
this year selling the products made by
the Simmons company at its various
plants throughout the country.
Largest Year Ahead.
with the building program of the
country the largest it has been in many
years, and the subsequent need for the
furnishing of new buildings, the Sim
mons company is facing possibilities
for the largest year in its history"
said the announcement given out to-
day "In one month alone in the lat
ter part of 1923 in 156 cities over $780,,
100000 worth of contracts were signed
for new buildings of all kinds. In
Chicago in November of 1928, permits
for 1886 houses were issued, an in
crease over 1922 of 1887.
"The general business situation"
the head of the biggest bank in the
United States says, sis the most favor
able the country has known since our
entry into the World War. There is
z per cent more money in circulation
now than a year ago or $43.27 per cap
tia. Commercial funds are plentiful
and cheap. Where the reserve ratio
of the federal reserve banks was down
to the legal minimum in 1920, forcing
restriction of loans, their reserves the
first of this year were double the legal
requirement. All of these facts may
be taken as an indication that 1924
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history Simmons company is pre-
pared for this situation and expects
to take lions share of the business
in the field in which it is entered"
Many Orders Been Placed.
Already this year, according to state
ments given out by officials of the Sim
mons company, orders have been plac-
ed for Is hotels and large institutions
to be furnished with the new all-steel
furniture which was placed on the
market less than year ago and which
has met with most unusual reception
and has proven most satisfactory. The
response with which it has been greet
ed has been most gratifying to the.
officials of the Simmons company. Its
beauty of lines together with many
other advantages over wood furniture
has made it much in demand and has
already established it's popularity in
the furniture mart for all lines of fur
nishings.
This fact means much to Kenosha as
it has been announced that the develop
ment of the all-steel furniture bust
ness of the company will center in this
city. The increased sales of the prod
uct will no doubt be reflected in larg-
err expansion of the plant here al
though no definite announcements re-
garding this have yet been made. The
growth of the industry will also be
reflected in increased workers for Ke-
nosha with a stimulation of all lines
of business in Kenosha.
Several Kenoshans on Road.
Among the Al new statesmen who have
been added to the Simmons staff and
who are busy directing sales of the
products of the company throughout
the country are the following Keno
shans:
Ben Dyer, formerly third baseman on
the Simmons baseball team, who has
given up baseball for business and has
been located as a Simmons salesman
at Columbus, Ohio; Benjamin D. De-
Diemer, former clerk of the circuit
cous-t of Kenosha county and Thomas
Holton, formerly wdl-known automo-
bile salesman here, are both located
at Kansas City as members of the Sim
mons sales force liner Turkelsen has
gone to Cincinnati to work in south
ern Ohio and in Kentucky; Ledger
Reed, we'll known as an aviator is in
Nashville; DR.. W. A. Nelson, former
health officer of Racine and prior to
that a city official Of Kenosha, is locat-
ed at Des Moines; Edward Nicoll is at
High Point, North Carolina; Merle
Fogarty at Richmond, Virginia; Char
les Gordon is working Colorado out at
Denver; William Muhlick is travelling
Minnesota out of St. Paul and F. c..
Taylor, better known as Bud" is
working at Denver.
Reports from statesmen throughout
the entire country show that the new
line has given the same satisfaction as
did the famous Simmons beds and that
the company has before it the posi-
bilities for most wonderful year.