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Printed letter Signed on his business stationery, headed “Conventional Designs in Stero Rugs”, with a fine color illustration of a  Chinese rug, being carried by two Coolies San Francisco, October 20, 1924. 1 page.

"Our Mr. Meyer has recently returned from China with a beautiful selection of BROCADED and SCULPTURED rugs...While we have advanced our prices of Chinese rugs very little we wish to call your attention to the fact that exchange is falling very rapidly and that we can make no promises as to what prices will be in the future. At present we have arranged to have regular shipments but as the War progresses, shipments might become intermittent..." A young socialite from a wealthy New York Polish-Jewish family, Meyer left his father’s business, importing ladies underwear made in the Philippines, to go off on his own, moving to San Francisco to pursue his business interest as a dealer in fine oriental rugs. His 1924 visit to China was during the Warlord era of civil conflict which preceded unification of the country under Chiang Kai-shek.