The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-09-07
THE CHICAGO DRY oooDs TRACE.

1t is great mistake male by s":!c f ;'f Fr"''a
country merchants that they ,H's h", i.''' '''"f
advantage in New York tta1t in C''s' '''. .''''"t
that in New York there IS greater clli'r II p -
lop chat srces enough lower - make "a ii'a"e'cp
.srsfs n cent, that tho opportunity procure the
atess ~ yies is fr better in New York thAn at any
ether point West these the principal reasons in
favor Of New York
Both observation and experience hare satisfied us
that tho first is unsound The Chicago dcy 'i> mar
ket is as good rs that Of New York an rNa,t ration
of tho various stocks in country st"I"* >l'e "f
which are from New York and some from CIcaEn. will
prove The farmers wife, who looks through these va
rioua stocks before buying viii tell you that rho can
get as good styles Of the dealer Ao Lnys at Chicago
as OF him who bays in New York. As to the feconi
reason VIC venture to remark that the five per cent.
more or less is than up in the expenses ola
trip Of 1900 miles loss Of from TO four weeks time
and additional freight ia ict feel safe in saying
that the difference in price Of goods is used up twice
over by these expenses. may be said thai inc freight
from New York to Chicago must DO pad; why lot as
well pay it to the transportation companies Is to the
Chicago jobberi We happen to know that the Chicago
iobbeI, shipping millons Of dollals worth OF goods
every season. has advantages over the country DEALER
who ships but thousands, that leave margin OF from
per cent to ~ per cent in favor of the jobber Tho
third is unsound tho former ones The job
ber as every sensible man can understand will allow
opportunity to slip Of keeping Lis stock well in
the latest styles Of goods The Chicago obber repre-
sented from january u january in New York, Paris
Rnd London by buyers, who understand the markets
country retailer can Those representatives
ready to take advantage Of every iuetuation in the
market change in the etye aud the like to ship goods
West and long before country merchant could get
through looking the ground and deciding what
buy the better styles Of goods in the
of tho Chicago firm, ready for the country trade. If
these things DO true, and we know they cannot be
refuted, no merchant west of Chicago can afford to
go further east to lay in his stock Of goods His own
| interest Rli send him TO Chicago.
Among the leading who sale houses il Chicago, none
stand higher than the OLD established house OF BOWEN
BROTHERS Lake street At recent visit took time
20 look over their establishment and examine their
stock of dry goods 1t wodld DO difficult to find even
In New York as complete jobbing house this. With
untirng energy these three brothers have labored to
build wholesale trade that should rival that of the
heaviest eastern drms 30 well have they succeeded
that to-day they unsurpassed by any firm in the
country In ability TO meet the wants OF the North
western trade their sales for 1864 having reached the
enormous sum Of 100000. With capital sufficient TO
keep mp their stock under the most depressing sate Of
srade, they prepared to bill goods beth in quality
ana price to tho country dealers conditions that
will insure better trade and farer profit than be
secured by any dealer, who spends month TO visit
New York Their facilities for transportation such
that they afford to sell Oh the margin made,
thus saying their customers the money aud time
expended in trip East. Ia the city OF Chicago they
are unsurpassed in any respect equalled in few. In
this particular section they especially gaining in
favor and ii is noted that the shrewdest country dea-
Iera arc giSing Bowen BROTHERS the preference. To
those Of readers engaged in the dry goods trade
We would recommend careful examination Of tie
stock and prices ct this bogse before laying In the
| fail stocks,