Market changes reduced the customer-base but Dennis Brothers, always an important customer, took much of their output and purchased the company in 1919.
mˈɑːɹkɪt tʃˈeɪndʒᵻz ɹᵻdˈuːst ðə kˈʌstəmɚbˈeɪs bˌʌt dˈɛnɪs bɹˈʌðɚz, ˈɔːlweɪz ɐn ɪmpˈoːɹtənt kˈʌstəmɚ, tˈʊk mˈʌtʃ ʌv ðɛɹ ˈaʊtpʊt ænd pˈɜːtʃɪst ðə kˈʌmpəni ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn.