Indiana daily times. [volume], November 04, 1920, Last Home Edition, Page 9, Image 9

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New Prices on Kahn “Ready-to- Wear * ’ Suits and Overcoats
Group I—All Group 2— All Group a— All Group 4— All Group 6—- All Group &— All Group 7—All
Suits and Over- Suits and Over- Suits and Over- Suits and Over- Suits and Over- Suits and Over- * Suits and Over
coats made orig- • coats made orig- coats made orlg- coats made orig- coats made orig- coats made orig- coats made orig
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SSO, "now— $55 and S6O, now — $65 and S7O, now— $75, now — SBO, now— SBS and S9O, now — SIOO, now—
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What These Reductions Mean
to Indianapolis Men
A saving of about 40% on ready-to-wear clothes and 30%
on made-to-measure clothes of the finest materials—tai
lored in the best style by the most expert craftsmen.
An unlimited selection from our regular stock of new
fall and winter fabrics —not lightweight fabrics bought
for sale purposes, but full weight fall woolens, regularly
bought.
Plenty of cloth —plenty of labor—plenty of. time—no ne
cessity to rush in for fear of having to take clothes that
have been picked over. Not a three-day sale—a contin
uous sale, giving ou.r customers our regular standard (
service.
Freshly tailored garments sent hourly from our shops to
our retail store.
Both the wholesale and retail profits are eliminated, be
cause both shops and store, where these clothes are made
and sold, are owned by the same company.
New Prices on Kahn “ Made-to-Measure” Suitings and Overcoatings
Group I—All Group 2—All Group 3—All Group 4—All Group 6—All Group 6—All Group 7—All
made - to-measure made - to-measure made - to-measure made - to-measure made - to-measure made-to - measure made - to-measure
Suitings and Over- Suitings and Over- Suitings and Over- Suitings and Over- Suitings and Over- Suitings and Over- Suitings and Over-.*
coatings originally coatings originally coatings originally coatings originally coatings originally coatings originally coatings originally
priced at SSO, priced at S6O, priced at $65, priced at S7O and priced at SBO, priced at SBS, priced at S9O,
now — now— now — $75, now— now— now— now —
5 .0° *SQ °°
While underwriting in every respect every statement made in the
above announcement, I want to amplify somewhat. At all times
in the thirty-four years of the existence of this business, the out
standing problem has been to find means by which our workers
could be given constant employment.
The tailoring business is a seasonal business and at its peak, wc
have on our pay roll many in excess of a thousand employes. Our
tailors could not live from only the income they earn in the busy
periods. Accordingly, we were obliged always to find means by
which the dull seasons could be bridged. There exists in Indian
apolis no kindred line to ours, which would dovetail with our busy
and dull seasons. Therefore, our workers would be compelled to
*sek employment in other cities if we did ot find constant work
for them here.
KAHN TAILORING COMPANY
Second Floor
lahn building
%
Two influences have tended to shut off the retail sale
of men’s fall and winter clothes—the expectation on
the part of the public that the price of clothes is coming
down farther and farther and, secondly, the warmest,
most unseasonable autumn we have had for many years
For these reasons the prices of Kahn Quality Clothes from now on are
reduced to the lowest possible level—eliminating all wholesale and retail
profits and enabling Indianapolis men to purchase their Fall and Winter
Clothes {whether made-to-measure, or ready-to-wear) with the assurance
that on Clothes of our Quality still lower prices can not be made.
A PERSONAL STATEMENT BY MR. HENRY KAHN
Kahn dealers throughout the United States have been placed in position
whereby they , too, can offer tailoring at rock-bottom
i prices in their respective communities .
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1920.
Our business is to make custom clothes to measure. We make
ready-to-wear clothes only as an expedient during our dull sea
sons, and we have always sold these with the scantiest profit or
none at all.
V\ r e have an unusual relation to our employes. Many of them have
never held other positions than with us. A considerable number
have been with us more than twenty-five years and a very high
percentage—possibly the majority—have been with us longer
than ten years. Naturally, we feel a personal interest in them,
which feeling, we have had many evidences is fully reciprocated.
Therefore, we have never spared cost or effort to provide them
with steady work.
Usually the fall season’s activity continues to nearly the end of
the year. Now, because of weather and trade conditions and the
How These Reductions Will
Help Our Employes
Consistent with good business practice, we desire to avoid
unemployment.
We have distributed $1,500,000 in pay roll in Indianapolis
annually.
We want to continue this pay roll and the responsibility
of finding work for more than 1,000 people rests with us.
Many of our skilled employes have been with us upwards
of twenty years or more. These people could not be
easily replaced.
It is far more important to us to keep our big organiza
tion intact than to avoid a temporary loss which, in con
sideration of our great normal volume of business, is in
consequential.
Why These Reductions Are
Made at This Time
BECAUSE we feel it is our duty to do what is possible
to stabilize the present situation.
BECAUSE the disposal of present stocks, based on re
placement prices, enables us to go back into the market
and make purchases at lower levels.
BECAUSE we are sure this sale will build up our retail
clientele by winning the good will of thousands of In
dianapolis men who will become acquainted with our
worthy product and continue as steady customers.
BECAUSE Indianapolis men will save thousands of dol
lars on their fall and winter clothes purchases and addi
tional employment will be given to Indianapolis labor.
public dissatisfaction with prevailing prices, we are obliged to
find means for steady employment at an earlier period than usual,
and in an increased way. This is our principal reason for this sale.
In addition to these very low prices, the purchaser also gets
longer wear and constant satisfaction from our clothing. If our
offer should bring an immediate, overwhelming response which
would fail to be continuous, then the purpose of the sale would
not have been accomplished.
The matter of loss of profits /
does not at this time concern JA + y
us at all. We are quite recon- /jpl * j\ /IJ <
tiled to doing business without / i I Vlft / * J
any profit until the general J * *1
business situation is stabilized. ' *
Washington and
Meridian Streets
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