New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 9

NOT ~gulate prices. HOLD OUR ANNUAL Demand and supply ¢ UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS IN THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY | CAUSE US TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR WE WILL | AUGUST MARK-DOWN SALE Tt has proven to be rather a slow process for the furniture manufacturers to change back from ) IFor vears to come, the supply of good furniture cannot equal the demand, which means that a wartime basis of production to the normal. Expansion of factories to take care of the tremen- prices will not drop below their present level but will probably be higher as the shortage becomes dous demand will take a long time. more acute. = 5 - S S : N | I I ast the al 3 There is a big shortage of skilled workmen in the furniture industry. n the pa 1e scale At the present time, we have a NORMAL STOCK ON HAND, PRICED ON THE BASIS of wages in the furniture factories had been low in comparison to other lines of manufacture A (OFy’ Tgs (el ) W SCRLEEIENE RIS LENE (L i e “C»P"r‘h"‘\(‘d the lageestipatt Many of the workmen in the furniture factories have been atiracted to the automo of our present stock, so that it is priced on a cost basis much lower than its present value bile and other industries which have offered higher wages. This condition has been righted and e the scale of wages how paid compares favorably with that in other lines of manufacturing, but it Why No Sale This Year e e Many of the furniture manufacturing centers have recently had labor difficulties which have A In deciding to omit our annual August Sale this year, we had to choose between two alter caused complete shut-downs-lasting for several months. This has aggravated the already acute natives: To re-mark our stock on the basis of replacement value and hold our sale as usual or shortage of furniture. to maintain our present low prices and not make any special sale reductions., It would have been legitimate business procedure to have marked up our present stock, but we have decided that the - most straightforward method was to give our friends and patrons a frank statement of conditions, Sp l D t rred Payment Accounts | A omit our usual sale and maintain our present below-the-market prices. After all, it is values ecla e e M which count, not prices or discounts., - It is now quite generally known that there will be a shortage of good furniture this fall. Durlng Month August As Usual There are several different factors which have brought about this condition. Tt has been our policy to allow Sale or Cash Prices on Special Dleferred Payment Accounts Where I he Demand Comes From during our August Sales. We will repeat this popular feature of our sales during the entire month f of August. With the ending of the war has come a huge accumulated demand for furniture. During the % - war, it was everybody's plain duty to invest their surplus earnings in Liberty Bonds, Thrift Th I Th P l Stamps, etc., and to expend their money only for the essentials of life: to conserve in every way ls s e ro Osl lon possible. This caused many people to postpone the purchase of really needed furniture b _ i . . e y v o < : » that the conditions have changed, these people are ready to make the needed improvements or You can make yvour selections from out low-priced stock, with the ‘( ash [)l.’(.'l])\'fl!{ (x!_‘ 10% replacements in their home [uinishings. ‘ by paying one-third of the amount of your purchase as a cash pay 17\5011(’ (111:’«'11”(110 alance in - six Then the return to civilian life of our millions of young men who have been in tlic service of monthly payments, so determined as to close your account by March 1, 1920. Uncle Sam. Many were soon to be married, but postponed it when the call came. Many more For example, on a purchase amounting to $100.00, there would be a cash discount of $10.00, were married before going but did not start housckeeping. All of these are now ready to start making the net amount $90.00. This would call for a cash payment of $30.00 and six monthly { in housekeeping and require furniture. payments of $10.00 each. So much for demand; now as to supply. i . NN il B During the war, the production of furniture was very limited, a large percentage of the out- If you are Cnnlvvmphmn: the purchase of furniture, you really owe it to yours: S put of the factories being on Government work. Just enough furniture was produced to meet the values which p'rm;ul throughout every department of this M(pr , ]\\ e can assure you a dollar decreased demand duripg the war, so no surplus stocks were accumulated. worth of real furniture satisfaction for every dollar you spend with us. : We Advise Earliest Possible Selections : ‘ i i Price” 0 ing Capito! Ground 40-56 FORD ST., HARTFORD Where Quality Is Higher Than Price verlooking Capito! Grounds " M. Johnson, 1If . FAFNIRS DOWNED ¢. Johnson, 1b kil gl ol Merrick, cf Sheehan, 3b .. Stanley Rule and Level Co., With | Hinchliffe, Hefele, p Young Heficle on Mound, Hand League Leaders a Severe Jolt. The Stanley Rule and Level com- pany team, with young Mr. Heftele of Newark, N. on the mound, sprung | ¢he surprise of the season in the In- dustrial league saturday afternoon by downing the Fafnir Bearing com- | Lipetz 1b pany aggregation, score 5 to 2. The | [avlick, rf Jersey boy had the Dragons eating | Burnotte, rf from (his paw, and the best that the | Budnick, 3b latter eould get was three hits. Oakes who has been going along at a fast Oakes, Halloran, “Ilton, Gibney, n cf 2n 0 0 1 0 0 0 012 0 0 18 DREORNO T O G 0! 2 2 0 0 s A S I 5 1 L o R S 0 1 3 0 0 00 2 0 1 o 1 0 5 0 0 0.5 0 0 TREORETRN0 0 0 010 0 0 010NN 0 W0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 ORI N2 0! clip all season, stumbled, and besides belng touched up lively at times, was ay wild as a March hare, permitting nine men to amble to the first sta- tion on free transportation. The field- ing feature was contributed by Jack Sheehan who took a high fly back of third base barehanded. As usual | the Tafnir rooters were at work, but the Newarkite only laughed at their waak effort to get his “goat.” The New Britain Machine company team, downed the Stanley Works team n a one-siced contest Saturday afternoon, score 11 to 2. Bill Dudack was on the maound for the victors and the Buttmakers had considerable diffi- culty solving his twisters. The Landers, Frary & Clark Uni- versals had no trouble beating the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing team, score 13 to 4. Hardy and Lynch did the flinging for the winne nd Hy- | land occupied the same task for the vanquished. The game of int between the Lande and the New Britain Machine teams. Each team is in the running for the pennant, and this contest may be the ond to decide who's who in the Indus- trial league The score est next week is 5, Frary & Clark 8. R. & L. ab. . A. Johnson, 50 Walsh, ss 0 Schad uew, at a reasonable price. TED. 612 Why Our Sliccess? BECAUSE--- THE R TRAINING / Typewriters and Adding Machines Rented and Repaired. New Britain Typewriter Exchange The High Quality of Our PHOTOGRAPHS ARE JUT OF YEARS OF D EXPERIENCE, + The Arcade Studio TYPEWRITERS ALL MAKES Now is the time to have your Typewriter or Adding Machine + thoroughly overhauled, we will loan you a machine while the work is being done, we will make your machiuve look and work as good as 72 W. MAIN ST. SAAUTHG) oo poooon 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 O r- h S. R. & L. 030002000 5 Palnip iote 000020000— 3 *Elton ran for Havlick in 5th and | Two sacrifice Gibney; Johnson to C. S. R. & L. 9, Fafnir 5; clash in a the Lenox A. day evening, Augu **Batted for Burnette in 9th: base hit, double play, Johnson; hits, Havlick, O'Brien; Sheehan; stolen base, Hefele to A. left on base, by Oakes 9, by Hefelc 3; first base on error, fnir 3; struck out by Oakes 2; by Hefele passed ball, Firth. fi R T i REDDY VS§. BRANDT Show At Hanover Park Aug. 11— Johnny Shugrue on Card. Connecticut boxing fans will he of- fered one of the best fistic treats pre- sented in this state in several months when Battling HDuteh'! Reddy New York Brandt Brooklyn round star bout before C. of Meriden on Mon- st 11. The bout will of of SAVE ICE! A limited amount of Maine ice has made its way to this state via barges for distribu- tion—to help relieve the ice deficiency. True—this Maine ice will presen! ice scarcity for a day or so—but the relief will only be temporary. saving ice. ICE PUBLICITY base on balls, | Help to make what ice there is last out the next few weeks. ORDER ONLY WHAT ICE REALLY NEED. be held in the open air at Hanover park and the club will install seats cnough to accommodate a crowd larger than has ever attended bouts in Meriden. As a semi-final 1o the Brandt fight Iddie Trembley of Bridgeport will take on K. O. Jasse of New York in an eight round sgo. Trembey 15 regarded as championship timber and Jasse isc one New York's promising middleweights. He has boxed such good boys as Lartley Madden and Marty Cross and if near as good his reputation should make the Connecticut boy step. Trem- bley scored a knockout over Neil Mc- Cabe in the third round at a bout held in Meriden recently Johnny Shugrue of Waterbury, who stopped Sapper Cohen of Bridgeport in the fourth round of a bout in Tur- ner hall Jast week is scheduled to box of as Reddy- | up 29 rounds of boxing, looks like the INDL TRADE PHILLIPS fastest one seen in the state in some Cleveland, Aug. 4.—The Cleveland time. The winner of the Brandt- | American league announced today the Reddy bout has heen offered another | {rade of Piteher Philiips of the local fight with Waltz in Meriden in the | team to Milwaukeo for Pitcher | near future. As a bout with Waltz | 1eth, means considerable money both of B — | them will try hard to win TIAYES OUT OF GAAE | Dave Fitzgerald of New Haven 5 | will referee the bouts and Hugh Ror- Johnny Hayes of New York, who ! ty of Hartford will do the announc- | Save Sammy Waltz two lessons in ing. boxing in this city several years ago, STEAMSH INTERNATIONAL I NERCANTILE NARINE LINES | CUNARD Kid Delucca of Hartford in the open- | ANCHOR ing bout at the Lenox show. Shu- | AMERICAN grue has improved wonderfully dur- | 5 K—LIVERPOOL [AstnEs e e f el IO EWENORIC TIVER EOOT .| Passenger and Freight Sewwices. featherweizhts, Delucea is the Hart- | J":“:"‘.’“:I, e :‘"A‘f“"‘l o ')‘; NEW YORK to LIVERPOOD ford boy who crated such a wondep- | 1NCIANAPOlis Ag. 7{Saucon ... . Aug. 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