Show Pawn awn Brokers Brokers' Brok rs' rs On Big Decline In Kansas City BY GEORGE D. D CRISSEY United Press Staff Correspondent t I KANSAS CITY Mo Mo Press For soma somo cau cause j City has grown brown less kind to pawn pawn pawnbrokers brol brokers ers Heart There are dIstricts in this of oC America middle western city which now support but one place where a may may- maybe be left lott as e- e on a loan and hi only rOo supported seven times ago years th that t number Just what this cause of should decline from frog oo as as durin the war to 40 the tho number numb here herc at t present isa sub of debate Some say t tta at pr prosperity while others othel's contend It is the result re of the presence of those twins t woo Voe antI and Want 1 L of I The widely schools v. v thought regarding regarding- tl e decline in loan Joan parlors runs about life this People 1 ar are prosperous prosperous' land and dont don't need to sell their their- belongings to obtain food The Blan blanket Miff stays put on a good job instead otI ot of rambling about the country brol brolin broke I in one place and pawning his his' goods flush in another r and buyIng the unredeemed articles l ft Ct by sonic some fellow wanderer 2 Tire prosperity argument Is all hooey Adversity IS is the cause Selling is the biggest biggest- end or of the pawn broker business and if people are not they cant can't buy the unredeemed pledges s and therefore there there- fore forc pa pawnshops fall fail i iSo So there it is clear is-clear lear as can be beThe The decline both proves and nd dIs- dIs the proves prevalence of prosperity Pawnshops reached the peals ot of their r existence i Kansas City during durIng dur- dur Ing the war when both buying and selling In general as a free and an Pastime It IC may bs that many or of thc brokers brokers- became comparatively p wealthy e. e thy 1 au 1 into Info the clothing business or some some- other commercial which permits permits per per- mits front windows with classy displays In an any event pawnshops have d' d de here since e 1820 from to 40 and most 40 are controlled by bythe bythe the family Ben Hurst of this pawn brol broker er family c contends that many men were in the Justness Justness' during tho prosperous war time who should have ha been clerks or ditch diggers and that th the return to to normalcy brought failure lIe sees the future pa pawnshop In inthe th the class of f big business bustness with chain store tore control tremendous us turnover r So that buying and nd selling many times a ear will bring In plenty of revenue nue even though profits ar are comparatively sm small on on individual sales |