Show BUSINESS IN THE NEWS S 8 By DAWSON SPURRIER Copyright McClure Newspaper Syndicate The old question of where do the flies flics go In in winter isn't nearly so interesting in interesting in- in to most people as what happens happens hap pens to high salaried executives when let out by bythe the big companies Take for examples the tire Indus s- s try During the past ye year r or so three of the big four producers have had bad serious shakeups in executive and branch personnel Without exception each of these prominent executives now works for small tire and rubber producers and are already beginning to make their presence felt a aMen Men in the thc industry say that knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of competitive conditions and ability to interpret quick changes or trends trends' will make these men a potent source of trouble and expense to their then former employers One man man is re reported reported reported re- re ported to th have directlY cost his former former for for- mer company more in iii profits from lost sales thus far this year than his salary would have been for ford five years S Housewives have for years wondered wondered wondered won won- dered how to keep their glassware shiny In Inthe the old days that Al Smith loves to tot tell about bartenders polished their glassware lre by the hour to dazzle those who were on the receiving end o Now have found out after spending several hundred thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars how to put a perpetual shine on glassware They simply add a n new item to their furnace formula called dolomite lime which is very high in magnesia Retailers soon will be observing that glass containers on their shelves will not become dulled in appearance as is true now All because glass producers took a aUp tip Up from steel mills which have been using dolomite for years in making a n particular type of hard steel There is only one dolomite deposit known In this country and it comes from an area arca 20 miles mUes square on on the shores of ot Lake Erie 0 a a Three large department store operators operators oper oper- in Ira widely separated cities report more intensive sales training of clerks as one major reason for their apparently having turned the corner corner Early this year they suddenly awakened awakened awakened awak awak- ened to the fact tact that their clerk meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings if il any were short and perfunctory perfunctory perfunctory tory gatherings held usually in the store aisles after atter closing time Experiments Experiments Experiments Ex Ex- Ex- Ex were started by holding serious sales meetings well organ organ- Lectures by experts were followed by examination papers containing questions on points covered in each lecture Each examination paper had hac to be signed by the and turned in for grading Most of the es bucked a few began to cooperate Those who seemed to favor the idea were all allowed o wee to join special classes held once a week In th the evening were singled ou out for special duties that often brought brough increased earnings at least tempo tempo- a I a. a When will another Sinclair Lewis rise to inquire at cynical length on the general subject of Why Are Chambers Chambers Chambers Cham Cham- bers of Commerce One sec tary of a mIdwest cham cham- ber of commerce declares that today business men wont won't think in terms o ot of community interests the way they used to H He suggested a questionnaire for all al business men inca of the city and its suburbs asking what the chamber of commerce commerce should do for tor them today From rom the tabulation of those questionnaires ques- ques he proposed to work out a varied program But he ruefully added that he would have had to offer a box of cigars to everyone sending in a reply based on n his board of directors' directors attitude alone lone a a a Wholesale drug and grocery executives executives tives have found a new form of amusement amusement these days by which to Ug lighten ten the daily dally grind They whisper that fiat salesmen now solicit them for orders for tor light wines and beer to be delivered In 1933 But just as booze Issues on the I New Tew York stock exchange have never been een popular so future contracts for this his new kind o of inventory have yet yeto yetto yetto to o come into vogue 0 o a a aOne One wholesale druggists druggist's curiosity overcame him when a salesman in invited invited invited in- in him over to a hotel to view a complete display o of his line of brews and brands JAs t J tAs As the prospect entered the hotel room h he silently removed his hat in tribute to such an impressive echo of former scenes in history That hat was vas promptly returned to its proper place however when the salesman casually remarked that all items on display were dummies The visitor charged the walk up to exercise Copyright McClure Newspaper Syndicate |