TITO OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 1, 1915. What Newspaper Advertising property, rnd even decent homa, hew can we expect to bnlM business by using such publication? We regard the newspaper as having the greatest influence In advertiitlng, as we believe) It hss In various other fields ted ay. We believe that Its influence can be tnoiessed, aa I suggested before. We believe thst advertising Is the up-to-date modern method of selling goods Just the wonderful, modern machinery beats the old made-by-hand methods, snd with the big future ahead for news paper advertising, wa hope to see every Improvement possible, to the end thst we and other manufacturers may receive the greatest possible aid In having the qualities of our products better known, snd In having the consumer, who needs such products and can use them to bet ter advantage than anything else, know all about thorn. We seek to develop the business to the point of the greatest efficiency In selling. The cost of ad vertising Is large. In fact It Is tremen dous, but the work that It can do more than offsets this cost when It Is working at Its best. We expect to be bigger and bigger users cf tha newspapers In fuwro sdvertlslng, as a mstter of good business for us, and In order to lower selling costs by building volumes, so that the consumer will continually get more for his money. We think the manager In every big business should understand the big value cf advertising, and then If h he tha courage and tha finance to play tha game, the final development of business will be along the lines of educational, truthful advertising In each line of business-high standards will have to be met snd It will all work for our beet futura progress and help vs to lead In tha world's business. Has Done for My Business By GEORGE M. BROWN, President General Roofing Manufacturing Company. 0 12-B i i Speech delivered befire the Associated .Advertising Clubs of the 'World at Chl- One of the best proofs that advertis ing haa helped our business and has made ui known. Ilea In the fact that I am Invited to talk to thla big advertis ing organtxotlon. We were so little known when we began advertising, and have become so well known everywhere, that there la no doubt in the minds if any of our organisation that advertising la doing all for us that we couJd expect It to d. As further proof that this Is true, 1911 was the most successful year In the history of our company. In spite of the general business depression, and so far this year we are ahead of the like period for 1814 In every way. In some ways we are very much ahead. In order that you man fully under stand our position In some of these mat ters. It will be advisable to give a short outline of our early experiences before, we began to advertise. We began by piling goods with salesmen to dealer. There wss a real demand for some such product, and It was wanted at a reason able price. Plmllar products had been slightly introduced but always at very firm prices; and by building mills which could turn out a substantial volume and do ail the work of manufacturing', from tart to finish, we were able to offer goods of good quality at lower prlcea The demand kept growing and the Job bing trade began to sit up and take notice, and we soon got to selling the great bulk of our business through Job bing channels. Ws looked upon the Jobber as a necessary part of modern, up-to-date, economical business. We thought he could give aervloe, distribution and a credit whioh were necessary for the most up-to-date result. In the be- , ginning we were successful in this, be cause of the better bargain which was offered, but competitors in our Unas found that by sending clever talkers men who were better Informed In our socialttea, direct to the dealer, or large consuming trado. they could outsell our Jobbers' salesmen who had hundreds of thousands of articles to sail, who were ' generally not well Informed on our spe cialties, etc We realised that wa must give some further aid to the selling plans, and that goods ahen shipped from our mills to tho Jobber Or dealer were not really sold. Wa learned that people want to know, or feel that they know, something about what they are buying, and In caso they do not have this feeling a very clevor . talker will 5et the order, with a lest favorable proposition than an ordinary presentation would get with the very bout proposition. Wa had tha mill facilities and the organisation to carry on muoo larger business, so wa took up tha plan of general advertising. Wa adopted a coined word "Certain-teed." as our trade mark and began to toll tha story of what it meant when placed upon a roll of roofing, or roll of building paper or In sulating paper. Wa wanted tha buying public to know that It meant respon sibility and guaranteed satisfaction when goods carried this label. Wa have al ways clojrood that tha man Is not living who can tell tha life of a piece of roofing by looking at It or making chemical tests, but tne manufacturer who knows what ha puts In It and who than stands behind the goods that ha puts out as his beat, and alt hacked by ample respon sibility', U offering something which the public oaa afford to buy. The public cannot afford to guess. Such baa been our general condition and general plan for Improvement. We began by advertising In tana paper principally, but later extended to various publications, and finally entered into tha general newspaper field for u big campaign. In travsllng this road we, of course, met with many bumps and many Unex pected experiences. Wa found, for in stance, that wa spent over MO, 000 in one year for spare and booklets, etc, to an swer direct Inquiries, although after we got them wa found that direct Inquiries vera Che thing wa least wanted. While such Inquiries may ba a guide as to tha pulling power or effectiveness of adver tising, they do not suit our goods. Then wa began to learn that what was good for one line ot business might ba bad i for another, and because one eonoera had made a big success along cna Una of procedure did not at all signify that uoh methods would ba good for Certain teed roofing. In short, wa began to atudy tha altuatkm properly and to lit every man, from those In tha most advanced posts of the firing Una to those In the mill, making observation, of fering suggestions and ideas, etc, Wa found that out ot 100,000,000 people, or 3.0u0,oo0 heads of families, there are a great many who never buy roofing. Wa found that among those who buy the 'purchasing is more infrequent, outside of some contractor or builder, and among the actual buyers tha average Is probably nX mora than three or four purchases during a lifetime. We realised that we jrould not have salesmen, and neither could cur Jobbers have salesmen at these few points at remote periods at ths proper time to get the order, and rea soned exactly the opposite way from what wa did before Investigation, at which early time wa ooncluded that ad vertlsing would not be good for our line, because advertising was good only for something that could ba sold every day, like chewing gum, tor Instance, Wa found also that many publications have wonderfully clever representatives who could coma in and make us believe that wa should have tls publication and use tremendously large space In cases here U tha publications were all spread out before use wa would have probably averlooked his and left It among those not used. This only called attention to tha fact that salesmen are Just as neces sary as advertising, and that advertising alona would not sell the goods at all la the way tltat men, organisation and ad vertising together could do It. Wa began to be less influenced by what clever, well paid talkers came to our ofr.ca to tell us. Ws sent out special investiga tion men of our own wa talked wlU men on trains and In street cars. If a man owned property and was a roofing buyer he was a live subject for us what did he read? What carried the strongest Influ ence ? Would he be Influenced more by seeing our adverUsnment in the Idle hours In the evening at home or on vacations or at soma other time? As a matter of fact, we tried in learn when he really could remember having read some thing and when and where he formed his early Impressions. The most of this Investigation was dona after we had commenced using more than a hundred big newspapers, and While wa believe there are many forms ot good advertising and that advertising Is seldom entirely thrown away, and while we might advertise soma other lines In some different way, Chei newspaper has been the satisfactory publication for our purpose for the principal part of our campaign. Wa find that business men, or the suhstantlal thoughtful person, al most without exoeptlon. Is a very con stant reader of tha newspapers. We find that even tha small Items of interest are read In newtp&pers; that the advertising Is generally closely associated with read ing matter, and If put In the proper way, will be read, when they are Interested In the subject being advertised. The adver tisements are not burled in a big lot of advertising. These Ideas have kept us from using the Sunday papers, which aro so loaded down with department store and automobile advertising that sn ordinary si led advertisement on other products becomes lost In the shuffls. I do not under-rate the values of Sunday papers they are good for many lines, but not the best for ours. In mentioning these facta. I would nut be at all complete In my statements If I did not point out clearly that we see a bin distinction between various classes of newspapers for our use. Wa have found those with tha best standing In the communlty-those that are known for truthfulness and reliability in every way, are the ones for us to use. Wt find th.i our business grows when we use a clean. inriuentlal paper one that points out the good In a community; one that seeks to build and tell the truth. We cannot trace gains where we use tha disturbing mediums-those that cater to the red flag crowd, and wio seek to maka every body believe that the world Is folng to the bad. In short, wa believe that this country has more brlirht. iunhin km.. days than any other country on earth. ana wo nave no use for tha paper seek ing to build circulation bv trvlnir H. atroy, Just as wa have no use for tha politician who seeks to gain the vote of tha lioodlum element by seeking to de al roy business, Hy using tha dally paper Instead of the medium of national circulation, we can tell a special story In any community. If wa desire to talk of agriculture In an agricultural community wa can do so. If we desire to talk to tha munr.Ai,.. of New England wa can do so. If wa aesire to work any field very strongly and not exert as much pressure In oth ers, because at any varying conditions. It la In our power to adopt suoh a plan Advertising in a medium of national cir culation does not permit this flexibility. Tha newspaper does permit a perfect ad justment as may ba required by varying circumstances. However, tha medium of national circulation haa other advanta ges, even for us. and we are using a lot of them. Were wa to use tha local paporg axctusrvely. tha people of that vutnraurmy mignt assume that Cartaln taed roofing was sold only in that com munity and that tha manufacturer was ' -man oonoern doing business; a a limited field. When those peopla . Certain-teed roofing advertised in na tional weeklies and monthlies, aa well as In their local paper, they begin to alt up and take no tins, realising that tha manu facturer cf thla roofing is large enough to over the entire country. Telling tha ,tory quickly I. sometimes of Importance to us, and wa can decide upon a new story and get It to tha readers cf newspapers within ten days In fact, to tha bulk of them within leas than five dsya Tha national medium be ing printed further in advance and copy being required muoh earlier, thla quick action la Impossible We flnd that many newspapers are without influence n their communities, at least among tha olsss of people who would own buildings and buy roofing. Advertising in such papers doaa not seem to aid our business at all. In fact, we have had cases where Is earned to bring discredit Wa have had peopla tell us that If wa used such and suoh papers they did not want to buv out srwwfa Tha number of clrooiation In a com munity la no guide to tha paper's in fluence or advertising value. When the circulation Is among people who never did and never will own a roof moni who ara seeking to tear down and destroy everyiiung mat might require a roof people who want to tear down business fir Tou can ret the finest aual- k, the best) Mock, tva Ity wor moat prompt sinus or ervioe In all PRINTING by mailing your orders to ua Our prices will please you and our guarantee la good. f 0a Time" Print Shop Cambridge, Ntbraska -.J wap ftomethingr for something' else more useful to you? Use the Swapper' column of The Dee. -MUM MMI) IHItYH VXA il A -"""-T-i I 4 a Tj a.-- A Veritable Harvest of Extraordinary Values offered buyers here all week all month in our Annual August Sales. revising of prices downward on summer stocks that will insure many thousands of dollars in savings to Omaha buyers. Our summer is over, yours only just begun. While you want the merchandise we want all available room for fall stocks. These pricings. will make it. 25c Embroideries 12VaO A splendid line of pretty 18-inch Skirt Flouncinga and Corset Cover Em broideries; regular 25o to 3.rc values; go on sale Monday, yard 12V 20c Loom Strips 70 The last pieces from the looms, and run from 4V& to 6-yd. lengths, in ,5 to 8 in. Edges and Inserting, 15c and 20c qualities, pev yard 71 I ft f I . fir. ; ' 35c Ribbons 9c Yard taffeta .. 9c Fancy HEbhons, moire, and silk Klbbons, 25c and 35c values, yard 15c to 25c Embroideries In fine quality edges and inpertings, big assortment for selection, all from reg ular stock; on sale Mon day at, per yard 7V to 39 Special Lace Sale Laces of all descriptions Vals, Torchons, Orientals, shadow, cluny, plauens, etc., including 18-in. to 27-in. Flouncings, at a sav ing of Easily Half. t An August Sale of Home Needs and Hot Weather Necessities, With Special Low Prices TOWELS, BED SPREADS, SHEETS, CASES, WASH FABRICS ON SALE IN DOMESTIC ROOM MONDAY Large, hemmed Huck Towels, fast color, T. R. border, per dori 85 Pillow Canes, bleached and hemmed, standard 42 and 4 ox 36 size, each 7Mi White Piques, flat welt for skirting and suitings, yd., 15 Amoskeag Apron Check Ging hams, plain or broken checks, yard 5 Bleached Muslin; this quality Is superior to usual 8 Ho grade, yrd 54 Mosquito or Fly Netting, white. pink, green, 8 yard bolt for, bolt 30 Bed Sheets, 2x2 tt yard site, bleached and hemmed, for each Bath Towels, red border, double thread, extra weight, at, each, ISO Wash Cloths, knitted, 6c kind, 2 for go lied Spreads, 87 spreads in the lot. former prices 6, $1.86 and 11.98, all full sice, heavy crochet weave, your choice for, each $1.29 Table Darnaak, American manu facture, Inches wide, beautiful designs, dainty color border, blue, pink and a-old, for, yard 60o Baby Blankets, pink or blue bor der, full slse, soft and fleecy, shell stitched edses, each ....10o Huok Towel lnr, by the yard, full bleached, 17 Inches wide, actual value, aOo yard, while the lot lasts, yard ioo In Need of Curtains? Here's Some Specials That Should Interest: Large assortment of Brusselette Curtains, very neat patterns, worth $1 pr., Monday, pr., 50 Brusselette Curtains In white and cream, all full size, worth to $3 New line of cream Madras, all pair, Monday, pair 81.08 new designs for curtains, Monday, yard. 25t. 30 and 35 Plain mercerized Marquisette in white, cream and ecru, 40 Inches wide, at, yard, Monday, 15, 18 and 25 New materials for overdrapery, in green, rose, blue and browns; Monday at, yard, 35 and 60 Plain Scrim with dainty colored borders, in all colors Monday, yd., 12 Ha. 15 and 20 fish Net for curtains, 4 5 inches wide, slightly soiled, worth to 65c yard, Monday at, yard ....25 August Sales Offer Phenomenal Values Fine Black Dress Silks Yard wide Black Chiffon Taffetas and Satin Mescalines, f o Just 10 pieces, to close Monday, yard OOC 91.00 and $1.23 Black Teati de Sole, 36 in. wide, soft glove finish, choice values, yard, 78 and 98c $1.18 Black Silk Poplins and Crepe de Chines. 11.25 and $1.50 yard values, 40 in. wide at 88 and Swiss Chiffon Radium Taffeta, $2.50 quality, 40 in. wide, rich, lustrous black, t 4 CQ at, yard J 1 eOa Over 5,000 Yds. of Plain and Fancy SUks, to $1 yd. values, short lengths from our regular stock, Messallnes, Poplins, Chiffons, Taffetas, Tub Silks, and many other on -a?Q popular weaves, yard OOC and vOC Black Chiffon Dress Taffeta, 86 in. wide, Hayden's gold edge special, guar anteed, yard 98c These New Fall (Terrific! Seems to be about the only word strong enough to ex- WIS Rugi aro as good as we or any one can buy to sell at the reg ular price. You can't miss it in choosing from suoh values. 9x12 Bagdad and Shutttleworth Wiltons, $50 values; at 8-8x10-6 same aa above, at $40 $35 9x12 Body Brussels Rugs, tfQ7 $36 values; Monday at.. PaC 8-3x10-6, same as above, 24 9x11 Beamless, 9 -wire Tapestry Brussels Rugs. $16.60 t1 Qf)8 values; Monday at. . . O 1m 9x12 Seamless Velvet Rugs, $30 value; sal price $14 86x72 Axmlnster or Velvet Rugs, $4.60 value; sale price Q08 only Water Color Window Shades, 7- rt., ciotn, 30-inches wide, at 30c Drugs ana Toilet Goods for Monday IBo bottle Hire's Root Beer, 18Ue Jl bottle Horllok's Malted Milk for , . ... . . . aso too bottle Bal Hepatloa ao tta Tooth Brushes loo 60o BUllman or Berry Freckle Cream gas l1er Klsa race Powder and Puff for . , &SQ 4711 White Hose Olyoerlne Boap for xoa !5o bar 8hah of Persia Boap . . lo 10c Jap Hum or falmollva Soap- bars Ivory Boap 1 t5o Bloan'a Liniment lo tOn bottle Phenolaa Tablets, BSo 1 doaen R-sr. Aspirin Tablets, BSO I 10c rolls Crepe Toilet Paper, S6e Ho Jad Kalfta aoa TSo jar Pompelan'Maasaare Cream tor . Boo press the way we've slashed prices on our immense stock of beautiful new Summer Dresses. In many cases prices do not cover cost of materials, and no allowance has been made for the expense of the conscientious making. Beautiful Evening . Gowns, Party and Afternoon Dresses 100 of them that sold at $25.00 $33.00 and $39.75; charming designs in the season's most desirable fabrics and colorings. Values seldom if. ever equaled in Omaha at our clearance sale prices $12.50 and $19.50 Ouer, 200 Pretty Wash Dresses in assortment of charming de signs almost unlimited, and in all the season's most desirable fabrics, weaves and colorings; choice of dresses that sold at $7.50 to $25.00 $2.95, $4.95, $6.95 200 Klosfit Petticoats, qual ity that sells regularly tho world over at $5.00, all col ors; your choice SI PA Monday at VttaDU Manufacturers' Surplus of Silk KimonosTo $6.50 val ues, beautiful new styles and colorings, choice of the en tire lot for $2.39 new wnite stripe upon coats The very latest novelties, made to sell at $15.00; spe cial at $8.05 New Fall Suits, Shirts and Waists -Shown in broad assortment. See them. HP Nobby Wash Dress Skirts Over 1,000 of them; unusual variety for your selection AT JUST HALF Regular Retail Prices. Children's Fine Summer Dresses in real linens and fancy fabrics, up to $10.00 values, sizes 6 to 14 years at .si.ns Two Other Splendid Lots of Children's Dresses on sale at. ... .$2.50 and $2.08 Any of them worth fully double clearance sale price. All sizes G to 14 years included. August Sale Linens and White Goods Heavy Satin Damask, 70 ins. wide, "vraran ted pure flax good values at $1.25 yd., $1 Heavy weight Dinner Nap kins to match, full 22 inches square, regular $4.00 values, dozen $3.00 Extra large, extra heavy Turkish Bath Towels, twist ed thread, well worth 39o each 25 Dinner apkins, all puro linen, 22x22 inches, assorted designs, values to $3.50 per dozen, fi for $1.00 WHITE GOODS SECTIOX Clearance of embroidered voiles, seeded or rlced voiles and organ dies, sold up to $1.25 a yard; Mondy -59 Splendid assortment checked dim ities, shadowed voiles and crepes, usually sold up to 39c a yard; Monday 25 Men's Palm Beach Trousers That sold to $2. SO, M 63 choice P Men's Wool Trousers $2 and $2.60 values, tl35 all kinds, choice P Odd Go-Carts and Baby Bustles, several patterns from a&sa up to T.t0 Special Prices on Furniture Cleaa T7p Bala for Two Bays. Ws have odd plecea of new furni ture, parts of suites, for example, odd dressers, balance of -' haa been sold; chiffoniers, buffets, china cloaets. library tables, dresalna- tables, wood beda, rock ers and davenports, etc . Wa could not enumerate and price each article In the different woods or rive description here. We have priced every article at much lass than cost to make a clean up. ISO Kitchen Cabinets, over twelve patterns, aluminum, nickel, Por celain and sine topa, your choice for lT.fiOi othere $10.00 Five thousand Pillows on ssle, each 4so Slse i0xl. art tick. 1-pound, new, clean, curled chicken feather s-pound site 3 How About It? Are you interested enough to be willing to spend ONE HOUR OF TIME in looking over the very best bargains in fully Guaranteed Pianos offered in many seasons in Omaha? We've priced them to insure a clearance of fifty Pianos during the next five days and nobody at all Interested in new or used pianos can afford to overlook this Great Bargain Opportunity Boys' Wash Suits of all descriptions at Vs Under Regular Prices ) Boys' Wash Suits Good values r at $1.00, choice OtIC Boys' Wash Suits that sold at n r $1.50, Monday tJDC Boys' $2.00 and $2.50 Quality 4 QC Wash Suits Monday at. vleOv Boys' $1.50 Base Ball Suits 05 Boys' Short Sleeve Rompers 30 Boys' Separate Trousers in khaki, madras or QQa gingham; snaps at. . . OwL Boys' Separate Trousers in linen, crash or white 7Qj duck, $1.00 values . . . I v L Some Kitchen Hardware Reduced Vor filonday's Special Sale A Sreosa of rood quality for ....ISO lars wtilta enamel Mixing Bowl for I Hvavy aluminum BklUet, else I . .Ma Laxfe ats oast aluminum Tsa KsU tlss, worth till, for It-quart capacity apua aJsmiouxn Preaervlna Kettles, only ae Any also Drip Pans, worth to lie, lOo lOo sstra heavy charcoal tin "Kpo" aanltary Bread Pans To Any alas Pie or Cake Pan. I for ..to Chopping Howls lie !0o Imported Men grade wood Roll ing Pins 1-aa sua CUiaaa 3"ood Choppers, sag 41a slse "A-l" Liquid Metal Polish for 1M OaUaOl OajTS. Medium also Japanned Garbage Cans ' s sa Larga alsa Japanned Oarbage Cans for ea Kxtra large Japanned Oarbage Cans for ve Read the Big Special August Grocery Opening Monday will ps- yoa to lay la your month's sappjles. tf-lb. sacks beat hlrh grade Dia mond H Vlour, made from No. 1 se lected old wheat: nothing finer tor bread, pica or cakea, per aaok . .91.70 1 lbs. best pure Cane Uranuiated Sugar ai.OO loo-lb. sack beat pure Cane Granu lated Butrar Sa.is Tha only kind to preserve your fruit with. 10 bars beat "Km All, Diamond C or laundry Queen While Lundry Soap aOo 10 lbs. beat White or Tallow Corn meal S3 i Its. fancy JapaA Rice or Tapioca for a So 4 lbs. fancy Japan Rice tfte The beat Dotnesila Macaroni, Vsrtni- rellt or Spaghetti, pa TVo Tail cans Alaska Salmon lOo I cans Oil or Mustard Bardlnea. II oa lars pure Fruit Preserves, BSo Yeast i'oam, pkg. ...t 30 C. Corn Kiakea, pkg bo W. O. C. or Krumblea, pkg So l-lb. cana fancy aweet Sugar Corn. Wax. String, Green or Lima Beana tor vo 4 14 -os. cans Condensed Milk ...S5 Fancy Queen ("lives, quart 3 be I-ars bottles Worcester 8auce, Fine Tomato Catsup. Pickles, assorted kinds, or Prepared Muatard, bol . SVo ror ice tea try our Diamond Jt Blend. Monday for buahel basket .IIM pound The best Tea 81 f tings, lb. Oolden Sunlos Coffee, lb. . .ISHe . . . . aao ut Us Tea AJarta Veaoa- Wow. Monday we will ha- "tl car of extra fancy fruit packed In 4 bas ket crates and bushels. Monday, per 4 baaket crate f Be UsfOsTB. I.EKOKI. LXMOsTS. Bstra faaoy, large, juicy Lsmons, doses. ioo IS lbs. Vsw Fotatoes to ths peek, SOo The last of the Ayrloots for eaaalag Monday, 4 basket crates faaoy Call. forsua A prices 11.35 11 los. Cooking Apples to peck, aoo u or Green He us, lb. IVo bunches fresh laf Lettuce ....60 bunches fiesli Hadislies ..to bunches fresh Onions 6e 4 bunches fresh Heets, Carrots or Turnlrs 54 Rips Tomatoes, lb a Home-grown Cauliflower, lb. ...!ao Fresh Peas, quart Ua I .talk. , fresl, teterv .".nTlo I large Green Teppers ....e I bunches fresh Parsley ........ i U Pays TRY HAYDEN'S FIRST It Pays 1