1949 10, August ~2— Delivery ‘NB pe | 4,500 were placed by the end of February. 7200 orders, Of these of the Spring as the result Competition has been steadily increasing the gauge been able as to feel supply to first to received Times generally and the demand, the 16 gauge 11-48. state of diminishing introduction of drifting into a from FN How many since be confirmed many orders must how words, we Although delivery in 1949, 16's and 18,600 12's, we have up to the 16's to about 10,000, 12 gauge. px ‘esent 16's order to (approximately) 11,400 1,600 received specifically can figures These 16's; ship good? still for can we before are ordered FNB FNB 16's 1,500, about (retail dealers) How many dealers nays not even bothered ecause of the inability to supply 3, have February. orders other in trade the be We demand. this’ declining of results the have been 16 might well be The 12 gauge run, we listed according to the attached schedule. There was then to be a 16 was to terminate about May 1. understood, As of the present date including the gauge run from Mey 1 to Juiy 15. get in around the 22nd of August will which 12's 200, 2, of acct civesg, wonder if the delivery of 16's will We 10's no receiving still we are occur Per during the hunting other words, shall we when seas probably be an d the hard pressed deep in 12's, In we are between the devil and djirect requests to out the present rying to straighten lo not wish to. advocate a delivery program which will the factory. We do not shipment against 16 gauge dealer orders. still longer during and conversely no 12's of 16's > a big flood Like to encou) the hunting as an example. There Hy)@ U situation As indicated, the 16 gauge problems specific many other of peer tice tious delivery probl is cited all of them In general, the single fact that we are placed in a poor orders reasonably soon after orders come in. this is likely to mean that one of is likely to be disproportionately are dependent upon the unbalanced they are all dependent upon position to satisfy On a declining market, our models or badly hurt. specifications etc. standpoint from the manufacturing that may be practicable Any mechanism of inventory an us giving of effect if it has the is acceptable has above mentioned e correspondenc The earlier better balance. discussed proposal during a this rather was along It year. thoroughly. Will that FN the lines each would during only point 3 might have one of these out that one cycles delivery to attempt cycles