Mr, Rene we cannot the Laloux ra} satiate. result (they ge now), or that get y gend in either lose confidence our angry the orders difficulties and is x * _ppening), “What's August Dealers they understand th actually Saying, 2 or use?". vow not they simply push do Advertis ing, This of morale put che on a sales Way things Most cannot fi11 our ability to after the in right to bad feeling which many dealers actually toward us on account of our sad falling he which we our not 24, guns war 1949 with supply but again (this orders not send in any therefore, can accentuate have down or on the are beginning to have deliveries this year. lack of a supply of guns the members of our sales also has an adverse effect upon organiza tion whe would like to offensive, are. probably of the but 1t would foregoing is repition of do more harm stateme [ than have good mad to you before, and I know that you are making every rly to increase production. iI mention these things again for 61 ind also will mention again the problem of merchandising when anaes pe ions as to 12 and 16 gauge and also as to Standards and Sweets and Specifications are not alternated more frequently in the process, The ideal situation would be to produce 12 and concurrently, and I would like to request that you agein appropriate department producing 12 more rounded and out Lightweights, plain from gory our Orders Sales From Our 16 — head gauge seriously and ventilated Trade investigate guns at the same time of other specifications nt ne on ribs, this Against etc. subject; Shipments; the manufacturing 16 gauge guns have your possibility or and also to provide a such as Standards aed I am also barred enclosing Schedule Schedule No. No. 2 a memo 1 «= = Recapitulation of Rate at Which Dealer Orders Have Come in By Months; schedule 3 = Summary of Recorded FNB Orders for First Six months of 19493; Sche@ule No. 4 «= 16 Gauge Shipments From FU; 2 Schedule No, 5 « Factory Order normaliy the Superposed production be adequate, Here again, of "10 to 12 however, the guns per day" ould problem of specific: 1 serious, 30 guns bin | tions S and Delivery We are Dates, short on inch trap nelosed excerpts from a report on the present sta tus sales, which I have requested our Sales Department to ndicate, To be by the fact thet but any possible 12 gauge as the of the Supe: make, wi true, this shertage of 30 inch barrels vas ager avatec many of them were returned by us for re-proof tes ing; steps to nilevtake the situation now should be taken. You will notice from the accompanying reports that all Supers are being unpacked and worked over at our shop in St. Louis. This is an expensive procedure, but the price at which this gun must be seld takes it out of “exigeances reduites" class and puts it in the price ot of the very discriminating buyer. John Val is informed on the arious mechanical defects encountered so far and suggestions for inseavenanc,