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AN OPEN LETTER
To Harold Knapp and Lumber Dealers of the \fest from FLINTKOTE
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How Dealers Can Profit Tremendously by This ldea:
What Mr. Knipp has said applies with double fotce to Flintkote dol"r*" because they havc twic€ the incentive to leave their desks and get out into the field and scll.
With Flintkotc Asphalt Emulsion, the dealcr has an exdusive product that he can sell AT A PROFIT. How much easier it is to sell goods today when you havc lEturtroil GorlarY
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3'l::::f .l:-'ii something difierent from your competitors, something of outstanding merit with exclusive talking poinb.
Flintkote has such a product in Asphalt Emulsion. It has tnemcndous selling advantages, and it dways shows the dealer a PROFIT on every sale. Invectigate the sclling advantages of the Flintkote line of roofings and roofing products. It will pay yout