The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
Another Necktie
Party at Tucson

Tucson is not the only city that has
resented the flood of cheap necktles
that has flowed west from st. Louis
400 packages of them. Ell Centric,
California, received its dose and the
Imperial Valley Press voiced its dis
gust, and barred some of the methods
used by the eastern firm. The best
method Of handling the necktie sit
uation comes from a small New York
state weekly paper We quote from
the Addison Advertiser IN. y.):
"Heres a really good one. 1t
comes from Elmer E. Conrath of the
Cuba, N Y. Patriot. If you have
similar trouble you might try the
same method.
"In common with several score, per-
haps hundreds, of other Cuba people,
the editor of The Patriot has received
package of four ties, alleged to be
from 'Necktie Tyler, the Blind Tie
Salesman at st. Louis. Accompany
ing them is a very touching letter
telling how this blind man is trying
to make a living selling neckties.
The letter doesn't say he knits the
ties, but evidently it is intended the
reader shall get that impression.
"We understand that quite a num-
Der Of Cuba people have gone to the
trouble of packing up and returning
the ties sent them, paying the postage
thereon. Some other people kept
the ties. The Editor of the Patriot
hasn't done either, and doesn't expect
to. He has known for some time
about 'Nectie Tyler'-that he does a
flourishing business, employing some
80 people to help him haul in the
suckers, and occupies all of the tenth
floor of a prominent building in St.
Louis.
"But whether we had known any
thing about 'Necktie Tyler or not,
we purpose to buy our neckties in
Cuba, from the merchants who live
here and help keep up the community,
who pay taxes for the support Of our
schools, highways and other improve
ments.
$50 the editor has placed his con-
signment of ties in storage, and has SO
advised the sender in the following
communication:
Dear Sir:-I have in storage four
neckties received from you, which |
never ordered. You can have them
anytime you call or send some one
for them. In the meantime our
charges for storing the same are 10
cents per week, and as soon as the
said charges approach the value Of
the ties we will sell the latter in order
to protect ourselves
"Watch the advertising columns of
The Patriot for announcement of a
sale Of ties"
AS one of the 400 who received
ties from "Paunee Bill'' and who
turned the consignment over to the
better business committee Of the
chamber of commerce for correspond
ence and disposal, we have now re-
ceiyed a letter from the versatile Bill
asking for the return of his ties.
We're tempted to tell him they're in
cold storage. But this isn't the point.
it's this:
Paunee Bill, the blind man, sells
ties in Arizona and California, Neck
tie Tyler, the blind man, sells them
in upper New York state. Is st.
Louis, whence these ties come, city
of blind statesmen, and have they
divided the selling territory Of the
country among themselves? We
doubt it, we doubt lot of things as
regards to the ties. But we dc know
that they can be purchased, or ones Of
equal quality, for rs cents dozen.
Are you sucker at the necktie
party? Or the ties you received in
cold storage ?-Tucson Star