Methods Used In Selling Fire-Hose.—I.
BY A FIRE-HOSE SALESMAN.
IS fire-hose always sold on its merits? Most always; or rather it is bought on its merits. There is no purchaser of fire-hose but will say that he picked out the hose he thought was the best. When handpumps and engines were the only power for throwing water, and leather the most available article to use in the manufacture of hose, there was very little expected of either, and the expectations were fully realized. As improvements were made in pumping power, so the need of stronger hose was met, first by the so-called rubber hose, and later by the “ fabric hose,” made of woven and knit cotton and linen. As success was achieved in weaving and knitting circular fabric, the fabrics were successfully lined with rubber.
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