The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-23

Young America Just has gone ba
Roosevelts National Industrial Rec
furnishing 2 little house. lust a lit
II looks as though he'll have a
steauy Job. too His boss has plenty
Of orders and things look much
brighter than they did year ago.
or two years ago, OF even three
years ago
Rugs Cost More
Sure" said the rug man. nodding
his head "A lot Of men have gone
back 10 work in the rug business.
too. There's cotton IN this rug you're
looking az. and wool and thread and
a lot of other materials you never
even think about.
Back in 1929. I was selling this
rug for 500 Last month l sold one
like it for SEA Today. it cost S27.
Next month. I think 1t may cost
about s35.
Normal price? Oh. Id say around
$50 II will reach that again Per-
haps soon. Here's another rug It's
a good one. was selling it once for
Sl95 Now 1t costs Sl30. Last
month I was charging Sl20
The manufacturer is charging no
more for it. When the President s
blanket code went into effect the
manufacturers had to raise pay all
along the line. The textile industry
stepped up pay and the cost of cot
ton the manufacturer was buying
went up accordingly.
Manufacturer Asks More
What with the cotton price rise
and his price rises for his other raw
materials. and with the increased
money he was paying his own en-
ployes. he has to ask me for more
money.
Now. I've got several employees.
For instance. the stock boy l was
paying him SO a week I've raised
him to SIS under my pledge to the
NRA. That increases my costs. l
have to add a little more to the
price OF the rug. Up goes the price.
You're going to buy rug. You
buy this one, perhaps. I've got to
order replacement. If l sell ten
or twenty runs this week, I've got to
order thai many requirements.
Other dealers over the country
are doing the same thing. The man.
ufacturer has orders. He orders
more cotton. more wool. more thread
and perhaps he hires fifty or sixty
up in the cotton factories and per-
haps more will go to work there.
That's the cycle of the thing.
No Unfair Practices
The only thing I haven't men,
toned Is that If others make money.
they'll buy, too, and both my bust
iness and your business will be good.
Wen both make more money.
The Presidents code is a Won
derful thing. and our rug code is.
too. There are no more unfair prac-
tees in the rug business. The
wholesaler can't give discounts and
rebates and all the little tricks he
once had to resort to.
Those things We used to call UNI
necessary evils are all wiped out.
It's a whole lot fairer The whole
saler now doesn't have to worry
about some other wholesaler coming
behind his back and cutting his
throat
Things are equalized a whole
1~s
him and for me I've spent a whole
lot of money latery buying rugs
from the wholesaler He tells me
prices are going way up. He didn't
have 10 tell me. I've got some rugs
that l can sell at fairly reasonable
prices.
Business Gets Better
when l order again, prices will
be way up. But business really has
been better and things look a whole
sight more cheerful Why. do you
know. I've sold more rugs in the
lyast two months than l did in the
whole five preceding them.
Sure. now's the time 10 buy It's
not propaganda. What good would
1t do me to buy whole lot of stuff
and hold il, praying that nobody will
buy and that when prices go up I'll
make a real cleanup?
If no one buys, prices aren't 60
ing up. My business DOESN'T depend
on price. II depends on volume
The little fellow is buying now
That's what counts.
He's buying That makes me
buy That means the manufacturer
has 10 buy Listen. they're calling
this thing artificial Artificial or
not, there's business in the air and
the wheels are turning
If you ask me. it's Just what we
needed. We're going places now
But listen. friend, buy now"
Next-A department store man
spills the beans"