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devise new and improved Shuttle parts. All of these styles


are furnished in either persimmon or dogwood, as may be


preferred.


SHUTTLES ARE CUSTOM MADE


NOT READY MADE


This large number of styles of Shuttles and the varying


demand for them has made it practically impossible in the


past to anticipate the needs of our customers by stocking


up in advance of their orders. Different Overseers have


had their favorite Shuttle. A mill after ordering one kind


of Shuttle for some time would suddenly call for another.


Later we would learn that there had been a change of


overseers.


A change in the spinning or a change of weave has


often called for a change of Shuttle, and other causes


beyond our ability to anticipate have made it impracticable


to carry a stock of ready- made Shuttles. So it has been


the rule that Shuttles were built on order, not supplied


from a ready- made stock when orders were received.


This has called for more time in f1Iling orders than


sometimes appeared necessary to the customer who was - in


a hurry for his Shuttles and who thought all we had to do


was to take the Shuttles from our stock, box them and


forward by the next freight or express.


Furthermore, Shuttle orders have the very aggravating


habit of periodical variation. When business is dull, idle -


looms are robbed of their Shuttles and no one is interested


in keeping up the stock. Business starts up and every mill


wants Shuttles. Orders pile in and, if filled in the order of


receipt, soon there are appeals from some of the mills that


they have looms stopped waiting for shuttles.


MONTHLY ORDERS


Some years ago, in an attempt to improve our service


to the mills, we took up with many large users of our


Shuttles a plan for regular periodical shipments- usually


monthly; and to those who' accepted the plan the result


has been very gratifying.


The monthly order, with the quantity properly worked


out to fit the needs of the mill, means a steady supply of


Shuttles for the mill and no looms waiting. Both


Overseers and Purchasing Agents are free from Shuttle


worries.


It means no handicap to the mill to offset the


advantages, because the arrangement may be terminated or


the style of Shuttle changed on a brief notice, the mill


being required only to take those Shuttles on which work


has been started.


During the war this plan was the salvation of some


mills. To them experience was a kind teacher. They and


some whose experience during those trying days was far


less pleasant under the old haphazard way of ordering


Shuttles now make up a constantly growing number who


insist upon monthly deliveries.


STANDARD SHUTTLES


AT REDUCED PRICES


The gradual improvement and wider use of the


Northrop Loom and Draper Shuttle has gradually eliminated


some of the styles of Shuttles called for in the past and


proved certain kinds to be of very general utility and


advantage.


A study of our orders for the past few years has


disclosed the fact that a few ty" pes of Shuttles are used on

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