The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-01
Correspondence.
rmICAGn CORRESPONDENCr.

"A Merchanta--W Wholesale House OF VI,
". ERrwen A. Co.
Since my last lotter business has increased
in activity, and the large Wholesale houses
swarm with customers, like gigantic bee
hives. am more than ever impressed with
the fact that 1t is the true policy Of the west
ern merchant to buy his goods here instead
of in New York. Tho large dealers here buy
goods just as cheap as the New York dealers.
They buy all domestic goods of the manu-
lecturers, and either import their foreign
goods or buy them of the manufacturers
agents. Rents arc far less here, aud goods
can DO handled cheaper here than IN Now
York. And II Is an actual fact that the
Wholesale jobbers here sell just as cheap as
the wholesale iobbers in New York. They
know the wants Of the trade IN the northwest
better than the New York merchant, and
adapt their purchaaos To supply That want.
The merchant who buys hero saves the time
and expense Of a visit to New York, the oXtra
freight, and weeks OF delay IN the receipt oil
his goods. There IL no necessity for hia 60
ing to New York, for just as good stocks can
be found here as there. Take the house OF
JOHN v. 4 CO.,
40, Al and 46 Wabash Ayenue--tho largest
and strongest wholesale dry goods house in
the Northwest, selling ten millions q year
in illustration Of my positions. Their adj
vantagcs are:
business. Their store is five iloors above the
sidewalk, Is 60 feet wide by 100 deep. The
basement is 80 feet wide by las feet deep
-Four floors arc used for salCeroOms, the two
upper uuos tor packing and storing goods
They are also obliged to use outside store
room for a large amount OF goods. The in
side arrangements Of the store are perfect
The goods, when sUld, are. carried by ma
chinery from each iloOr'tO the floor next To
the upper story to be packed, and are brought
down IA the same way to be shipped by rail
80 .N,. "a Qppna tlaa. of tho nmnunl pf work
done la the packing room may be formed from
the fact that 1910, 900 worth-so a clerk in
forms me-wcrc boxed and shipped from that
room the first week in September.
2. They own their store and have abundant
capital to buy in the best markets Of the
world.
9. Their sales are so large that they can
sell at a small profit.
A.. They are the Oldest house Of the kind
here, having taken tho lead of the wholesale
trade I'm the Northwest for years, and are
everywhere known as responsible and nOnor-
able dealers. The age and character of a bu-
siness house, like the age and character OF n
newspaper, are n part of its capital, and a
very important part, II its years have been
prosperous aud honorable. The name Of j..
V. Farwell & Co. Is a synonym Tor %uprightness
and business integrity wherever nOwn. This
house III prepared to do a larger business
than ever. We talk aippantly Of millions, but
II IL not easy to comprehend how much In rep
resented by such numbers, One needs to go
through such a house as this--as we have
and see the long rows of staple and domcs-
tic goods, and the endless piles, packages
and boxes Of dress and fancy goods, notions,
&c, to realize IL. Think OF icdikdHg a mile by
the eide of rows Of such goods, and you can
form sJmo idea of tho amount OF goods dis
PLAYED, and for sale here Ia oughout the year.
And there Is nothing needed the dry goods
line that cannot be bought here. The house
is a credit to Chicago, aud illustrates the
wonderful growth Of the Great West under
the expansive influence Of free institutions,
HOUSES MI HOUSE, BUILDING.
There has been almost fabulous amount
of building dono here this season, and still
rents do not come down. Wherever a placard
il stuck uut-"Housc,' or "llOums TO Rent.
there is a swarm OF house hunters, m
search of a home. There needs yet 10 be de-
vised some plan by which those In moderate
circumstances can provide themselves cheap
Is with a comfortable home. Twelve hundred
houses in addition to the multitude OF stores
have been built here in six months, and
towns or villages laid out and partially built
ON the lines OF the various railroads, to aC-
commodato the tecming populations that
throng here to do business, and yet the de-
mand Is still for more. To provide a gooi
home ia the first thought Of every head Of Q
homeless family.
NEW HOUSE COVERING.
Passing along the streets the other day,
my curiosity was excited by seeing a small
house on the sidewalk. Was 1t a model o
som famous mans domicil, or had 1t beer
used in II political procession, or figured at
county OF state fair Z Or was Il put there OF
a sample OF how houses should be built
On examination I found the roof, sides ant
floor were covered with compacted paper ul
pasteboard, saturated with tar, and imper
yioxs to air and water, and n n-on-conductol
Of heat and cold, making 1t cool in summer
and warm in winter, and protecting the
house against yermin. II Is putOn the stud,
without shcathing boards, OF on the sheath
ing boards before clapbo1rding, or ON the iu'
sid of the studs before lathing, on ON the
lath and papored, instead OF plastering,
like any wall, on the joists under the floors L
keep out cold and noise, and on roofs, either
as shcathing, on instead Of felt for a grave
roof. And II Is so cheap that a house % feet
by so aud 20 feet high can DO covered with II
and made ali andwatcr tight, and as warm n,
a brick house, for nom fifteen TO twenty dol
lars. The paper can be used before satura.
ton for the insides OF rooms, instead G
plaster, aud DO papered or whitowashed
learned that this materialie being extensive,
ly used, the Rock River Paper Company, al
10 La. Sale street, manufacturing 1t In large
quantities. Full particulars Dy circular are
sent free on application TO the company, We
have had paper boats for scull races, ant
now we are to have paper houses We live
in a day of wonders. n.