Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-07
The Fall Trade.
From, The Charleston Mercury.

The things to which country merchant
first looks when he contempiates heavy pur-
chase are: The facilities of reaching his mar
ket and of shipping the goods he may buy to
their destination the extent and variety OF
the stocks from which he may make his &c
lections ;-the price of the goods that he re-
quires ;-the credit or time that will De given
him for payment the assurancehe will have
that he will be fairly and honou-ably dealt
WITH In every one of these particulars
Charleston cen challenge comparison with
any other market, and in several particulars
she has, and can give, decided advantage.
Charleston, as is we'll known, is readily ac-
cessible. The railroads of which this city is
The terminus do all that they can to consult
the convenience of their patrons. Freight
trains are arranged so that freights can be
sent on expeditiouSly and conveniently; and
the feet of steamers which carry outward
freishts from this port have q high reputation
for safety, economy, and quick passage. In
the matter Of stocks from which their buyers
may select, our merchants are preparing to
meet every competitor. They will have stocks
Of goods in Charleston which will embrace
every article of consumption, and these stocks
will have been selected with great care, by
gentlemen of long experience, especially for
this market And what as to price and terms,
those two most important considerations? ? The
answer is contained in a few words.
Our merchants will be prepared to sell
goods as cheap as they are sold in the North
ern markets, and they will sell upon similar
terms of payment. Many of the Northern
firms are Withdrawing from the interior South
ern trade into which they rushed in 1860 66,
They find that they can deal better with the
large city merchant or factor, aud prefer to
have tteir transactions with them. great
part, indeed the greater part, of the goods
boug bit in the North have been bought at
" thirty days" and where there has been
any great extension OF time, the difference
has been added in some way 10 the price OF
the goods. Every reasonable facility will be
siyen here and buyer eau purchase as we'll
as he can do in the North, while he saves
both time and travelling expenses. Then
u rain he is removed from all danger of trick
cry and fraud Heknows with whom he has
10 deal and that, in any event, there is firm
Of high respectability and old standing to
which he can appeal for explanation ard re-
dress. AS far as VIC know, not orc OF these
benefits has been made TOO much OF, and here
they may be rccapitulated "A market easy
Of access ;-large and extensive stocks OF
goods, especially adapted to the market =
the same credit thatis given at the North;--
goods and produce at the same rates at which
they are sold in the North ;-honcurable and
responsible merchants, whose words may be
implicitly relied on, and who will make no
promise that they will not strictly keep.
These are the grounds upon which Charles.
ton rests her claims to business patronage,
and they must be kept constantly before the
public. IL will be necessary to give as much
publicity as possible to the advantages which
this city offers, and this must be done in tie
country districts As we'll as in the towns. Per-
haps it may be said that Charleston should
command trade inasmuch as she deserves it.
but in these days nothingis gained without
work If our merchants and factors let their
friends know what is the true condition Of
Charleston trade, aud what benefits they may
obtain by Coming to this market, they will
most certainly do their business here; but, il
our business men depend on their own merits
and good name alone, they will find that their
business will be taken away by those who etH
talk loudly, and write constantly, in favour
of their own wares This is inevitable; and,
as it is not necessary for any one in this city
to use one word of exaggeratiou in its be-
half, i; may be taken for granted that, by per
severing work for few weeks, there may be
laid the foundation of such Fall trade as
Charleston in her palmiest days scarcely ever