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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1928)
M'FDFOTC'D 'KTXTTj" TTiTnTTNT!, MTCDFOItD. OTJEftOX, SUJ7DY, mfiCTT 25, 1923. A Glimpse of Penney's Ready-To-Wear Department BUYING METHODS 'i Rapid turnover anil centrali sation of operation are the reasons cited by the J. C, Penney company fov Its ability to maintain a policy it selling high-quality merchan dise at low cost to the consumer. VjAt the present time, there are ' &6 store operating in forty-six 'different states under the J. C Penney company name. ;vThe entire buying for then . Mores Is done by one buying staff. Footwear, luggage, leather goodii end hardware are bought from the Ht. Louis office and all other types Vf merchandise, purchased from the Kew York home office. Thys each 'Ktore is saved the expense of main taining a buyer who mut every ji6nson bo sent to the diHtant mar ket centers In order to secure a KAtisfactory selection. ' i; ' Merchandise purchased by the , .Kew York and ISt. Louis staff is .ejchiblted at twice-yearly conven tions attended by the store mana gers. These conventions are held in April and .September In New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Tulsa, Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Paul, Halt Lake City, Kansas City, Portland s,nd Los Angeles. Managers from tiich of the forty-six states in which J. C. Penney company : stores are operating attend the convention nearest to his store. :; Merchandise subject to a con stant and stable demand is shown nt this time. Kach manager orders -according to his anticipated re-, quirements. Prom these requisl- .tions, the buyers are able to gauge the demand and to place volume cirders with the manufacturers I several months uliead of the i e tiired date of delivery. This por- inlts the manufacturer to spread the manufacturing over periods t which are normally low in produc . tton. In return for keeping Iih .factory running vduiing the slow Reason, tho manufacturer makes the' volume buyer u special price , which In passed on to the customer In low retail price. ! Goods "subject to style changeH, such as ready-to-wear,- are also ' exhibited at the conventions but j the buying In these Items is done nt frequent Intervals undJhc man agers notified of new Items by j means of Illustrated bulletins on which they bone their requisitions. ; .Each manager is responsible- fr . "(he disposal of all stock which he lias ordered, lie is encouraged to J order In small quantities and nl frequent intervals in order to In sure a constant supply of fresh pew stoeK with no leftovers at the end of the reason. It is tho policy of the company t to avoid special "sales" and mark (towns. In consequence the mark Up necessary to cover depreciation . is. much less than Jn stoers where less careful buying is practiced. .' Similarly ot her departments of i the organization are operated on nil efficiency basis which reduces f overhead expenses to minimum. mm i si mmt..friu h - svirimifi mm. mm mmm . i-p --V - -J- -.rrw-w-. i I IT , i , 'r . & ,1 i 4i M POLICIES AND liany In the tule of (Uciiuii in ;is;'6 fie iil.ouo.ou. Thl fiB- ur Includes pUivhaKfji ut nier 'chundUe manufaelured in the 'ktate. salnrieii to Iwal emiiloyees, judvertitfiuK in local newpapera, rent, taxes, and similar items. 1 The merchandising policies of cash-and-carry, no charge ac counts, and no "sale." make it ; posMlble to put all the value into the purchase Itself. tta'nt aim to keep, prices us low us is eonxistenl with a fuir profit and hi order to uttaln this, efficient operation Is necesrary la every step on the movement of the mer chandise f.om manufacturer to consumer. The company does not indulge in price .slashinK activities, nor does It wih to Injure the business of any one else. On the contrary. It In the con- it brings new trnde Into the town which will be of benefit to neigh, burini; merchants as well. Koine VlteT MlM MEMPHIS, Tenn. Any girl who wishes to be considered the best ut throwing a basketball must cage more than CO straialu. The new record holder for free throws Is Miss Kllen Balrd of West ' Tennessee titate Teachers' college. The entire second floor of the beautiful new Penney store is devoted to ready-to-wear This department is a model of its kind, with excellent light, rich carpets on the floor and plenty of mirrors. This last-minute photograph shows a few of the new coats and dresses which have arrived for the opening tomorrow. Flashes of Life i Average of Triplets Sir lolm to Wed NEW YOItK. Kir John Dunn, actor, whose father was once brd mayor of London, Is to wed Minn Mignonnc Manger, net r ess, whose father is a member ot bin New Zen land parliament. The cere mony will lie at the Little Church Around tho Corner. Hlr John has been on the stage 12 years. Met Willie It In(t-1 NEW YOltlC. Anybody now can have Ice cream with choco late and sell l, but the man who fir.st thought of it, C. K. Nelson, son of a village ennfee ! loner' In Iowa, is credited with having jnadn more than $25,000 a wtek at first. The patent lun been declared Invalid by -Federal Judge Campbell of Ihooklyn, A lino Likes Hollywood Vr.MU vnill.' Th ..iiilh... f Abie's. Irish Hose Is enthusiastic about Hollywood,. Pack from movlelnnd, M ins Anne Nicholas df scribed .it as follows: "The most maligned city In the world. A community of tho hardest working folk to bo found nnjv where. lp in the early morning, working till late nt night, happy, earnest, lovable, child -like ' iffovlo, people. I wonder where nil the wild Hollywood stories erigl nated ?" Triplets ;ur only once in GL'OO cases, according to reports submit ted lo the I'lilted Hospital Fund by some of the , larger maternity hospitals among Its member Insti tutions. Twins, on tho other hand are relatively enhunon, occurring about once in every lot) hlrths. j inn in a uiiiii ui i d.dju rur ins in toe .New i) orK Jniirmarr for i Women and children, the Nursery laud Child's hospital, the Woman's hospital and the l,ylng-In hospital 1 there were only forty-four triplets, j whereas among fi(t,!Mt births in the same hospitals there were llliSii j twins. . The d'lslincllon of having the largest iium1xr of triplets and twins belongtt to tin Lylng-ln hos- , pital. There have been thtrty-six cases of triplets and .2 1 L'O twins, out of 1 6 1 ,Mf confinements si pee IX!(0. Last year the hospital" had only one" case of triplets and fitty two cases of twins. .. - - - . t TJe XurScry and Child's hospi tal, w h ich existed for a century wlrh only one sift of triplets, re ported four within tho last five ; years. At the Woimi n's. hospital, out of 14 .ft no confinements, there have been no caste of triplets. However, sixteen, pairs of twins ; were born-last year alone, out of a total of .uk buhii-s. Among 12.545 births at the NYw York Infirmary fur Women and Children there have been only three instances of i triplets. The nmther of one t St-t 'if triplets had had twins the year before, i it is uuuKini! (or all three trip lets to survive. aceoidiDK It) John jit. Howard, Jr.. superintendent of the Nursery and Child's hospital. ( There are-no Instances of iiiail ruplets given In the Cnited Huspl jla) rund's statement, but there was one such ease this year in I'arahiago, Italy, where HiKnora Cimlici gave birth to four sons. : Another unusual case mentioned in 1 the rilp'orl was that rtf Hignora j I'atila Brunettl of Trinitupolo, Italy j who .gave birth .to her twenty ; fourth child in February of this year. Thirteen of "her children .jstill are living. (New , York Times.)! ; i Don't Illume Them NEW. VOUK. John Hull will not stand for (he American brand of ' Scotch. (luthrle McCIInlic, j producer nnd husband of Kath- j : ei lno Cornell, actress, Is back ; from England after being forced , to pay $1$ at the Southampton dock. When lie left New -York he .took n few buttles of, Staten , Island ' Scotch given him by; friends. There was no need of ! them aboard a Hrltlsh shi)), but , ; llriiislr, customs officials) found I tlrein In li'ls bag- and fined him. .How to Saves Money. CHICAC.O. Hoard and room of reasonably godtt quality Is ob tainable here ' for $3150 a week. It's In Jail. The revelation came when some folks imprisoned for failure to pay judgments were freed because thei. creditors hod not. paid for the debtors' mainte nance in prison, as"1 required by Taw. . Twenty-six years ago, at the age of 26, J, C. l'enney opened' a gen eral dry-goods store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, with savings of $500 earned as a clerk. It was a small store on a side street in un obscure mining town. Everybody predicted failure but I that little store sold $29,000 worth jof merchandise the first year. Mr. Penney did not own the store, but I he was manager and had a third i interest. s j "The owners gave me their con I fidence nnd a share in the profits, land tho store prospered," fce thought, "why wouldn't tho same l plan work with other men?" I He was given an opportunity to buy aut his partners, and later .opened two new stores. He put in las managers men who had worked (with him as clerks. He gave them ian Interest, and, under his guid ance, he let them fight their own I battles and work out their own : salvation, just as he had done. One after another, young men went out to new stores, proved their mettle 'and rose to prosperity. Today the J. C. Penney organiza tion of department stores is the largest In tho wotld. That first store h.is grown to 1 000 stores. jThe $29,000 Hates' of the first year have grown to $150,000,000, at the jtlnse of 1927. j The fundamental principle on ; which the J. C. Penney company is based Is the "Golden Hule as ! applied to the personnel of tho ; company and to the public which 'It serves. . The J. C. Penney company only hires salesmen whom It belley.es 'to have a real future In the du jpartment store world. Every man .Is a potential partner. The man (Just ahead of him is held respon IsiblH for t'"iulng him nijil prepar ! ing him for the advancement ! which takes placo as rnpldly as he shows himself prepared to handle 1 lai Ker responsibilities. Promotion Mn the company is from Die ranks, i The constant expansion of the company is a guarantee that the I door of opportunity will always bo ! held open to capable men. ! St o re ma nagers sa la ri es n re i based on" their sales volume and percentage of profit. Managers are entitled to a share In tho net j profits of their store nnd a par ' ticipathm in the common stock of the entire company. I Every J. C, Penney company J store is a part of the community ; It serves. Tho manager is inter I ested, not only in selling merchan ' dise. but In helping to build up nnd i develop that community. He is I frequently a property holder and usually active in one or more or ganizations such as tho Chamber of Commerce, notary or Klwanls clubs. The expenditures of the com- Medford Electric Co. EXTENDS Congratulations -AND- 4 . Best Wishes for Success To J.CPenney Company It has been our pleasure to handle the Complete Electrical Work In the remodeling of this beautiful new store, and We add our word of tribute to it as a monument of Med ford' s progress. Estimates-on Any Job Cheerfully Furnished 3C J. G PENN EY & COMPANY'S Beautiful New Medford Store Reflects Credit On the Progressiveness of The Great Penney Organization and Also On the Ability of T7 m lio STUART SONS GENERAL CONTRACTORS o . THIS FIRM HANDLES CONTRACTING WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIALIZES IN PARTICULAR JOBS LIKE THE NEW PENNEY STORE 217 Apple Street 0 TJephone 643
