Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-09-28

UTsSome time since published short artl-
Gle on the shoe trade of cur city. We tind' upon
INQUIRY, that the business is much more extensive
than we then anticipated, and supplies sections OF
country that we had supposed dealt entirely with
the East. The advance in leather and labor has
caused an advance in the price of the manutac-
tured article, which has added somewhat to the
difficulty of making sales in the Western cities to
dealers who were dwell posted in everythingre-
aug to the trades but still avery steady, safe and
increased business has been done in our CITY,
while the activity of the fall trade is just begin
ming 10 be felt, The amount of business for last
year was very heavy, and it is gratifying to note'
that it will be increased fully for the pre-
sent year. The business is comparatively new
one in our city, and the indications are very en-
couraging, and particularly when we consider that
a large proportion of the goods sold have been Tor
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, with sales to Mis-
souri, and Iowa; and it was seeing about 20 cases
of boots and shoes being shipped from the house
of McCIallens & Knox, marked for Beverly, llli-
uois which directed our attention to this subject,
and caused US to make inquiry into the extent OF
this business. The opening of the Central Ohio
and the Cincinnati & Marietta Roads, will open
new avenues of trade, not heretofore enjoyed by
our city, and we do not presume too much when
we say that the shoe interest will not be the last
10 take advantage of their opening. and reap that
harvest merited only by enterprise.
The central position we occupy, and the easy
access, natural aud artificial, 10 our city, is at
tracing the attention of localities heretofore con-
sidered remote, and consequently we daily see
strangers in our streets, examining the stocks of
tod Huitb 0Fi-
ces and our manner of transacting business; all of
which finally terminates in the purchase of goods
better opinion of Wheeling as she is, and an in
creased confidence in our future prosperity. This
being the position we now occupy, we want good
houses in all The different branches of trade TO
supply the demand that IS now crcating--and in
raostaH cases our houses are unexcelled. Our
Iron, Dry Goods, Grocery and Shoe houses, are as
good as can be desired, but there other branch
rs yet to be built up before we can possess that
variety of trade and manufacture necessary 10 sat-
isiy all the calls that may be made upon US.
The Shoe house of Messrs. McClellans & Knox
is, probab bly, the most satisfactory evidence of the
general increase oftrnde in our city, than can be
selected tom any other business. A building,
including four floors, and embracing the I'd and
Sd floors of the dwelling adjoining well filled with
bouts and shoes, and other things PERTAINING there
TO- not only shows what trade can be concentra-
ted by liberal business policy, but strongly evn-
ces their confidence in the stability and general
prosperity ofthe trade of Wheeling, and it is from
this confidence entertained by our far-seeing bu-
siness men, that we are to gather indications of
the coming future, and the rich harvest of com
mercial prosperity it has in store for US. We are
truly glad TO see, not only our present business
activity, but this confidence in the general in
crease of trade, and liberal preparation to meetit
Let the policy ofour business men be always lib
ernl one. and they need fear no competition.