Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-15
Il JoeBING TRADE
Vast and Rapid Increase in the City Of
Memphis.

It is but a few years since the retail
merchants of u city, and of the sur
rounding country, complained with jus
tice of the meagre Inducements offered
them to purchase or repIenish their stocks
of dry goods, ETC., in Memphis. The job
bers, az a class, were men OF Illiperal
views, never advertised, and kept
such slim assortments, that even
the keeper of a cross-road country
store, was compelled either to send
to Louisville or st. Louis, or to purchase
their goods at retail prices, from city mer-
chants who, themselves, had purchased
there.
But, as Napoleon said, nous avoas
change tout ceLG-the whole thing is
changed now, and a country OF city re-
tail merchant can purchase here as COM
plete an assortment at as cheap rates, as
IN any city north or west of us.
This great change is due to the indus
try, energy and enterprise of a few of our
merchantmen exclusive jobbers, either
who have put their shoulders to the
wheel, determined to make Memphis the
great commercial center for which nature
intended her.
without disparagement to others we
can say with truth that no house in this
city has contributed more toward this end
than B. LOwENsTEIN & Bros, men
who, despite the p~rejudices of
retailers (incited by the arguments Of the
exclusive jobbersl have built up a trade
in this line that no house in this region
can compare with. The hackneyed argu-
ments of the exclusives" that a house
should not be ~patronized by retailers,
because it carried on with its
trade, Instead of being a drawback or a
detriment to them, was converted by them
into a weapon of offense and defense.
Their own vast retail trade, greater byfa
than that of any other house in the city,
taught them the necessities of others and
compelled them to keep always on hand
a complete and perfect stock in all
branches of the dry goods trade. This
fact they made known by extensive ad-
vertising, and not one retail merchant
that aver called Upon them, has failed in
getting what he wanted-and that, too, at
prices that made it to his Advantage to
trade with them altogether. This argu
ment of the exclusive jobbers is a
shrewd dodge intended to take in the IN
wary, and appeal to the prejudices of the
ignorant. II was seen through, however,
as the success of B. LOwenstein & Bros.
proves. How many of these same eXclu-
sives purchase from A. Il. Stewart & Co.,
of New York, who are running the
biggest retail trade in the United States.
1t is on account of this very retail trade
that A. 7. Stewart & Co. are able to carry
CONSTANTLY a AhA dHoOA bAADhN IA ONNAJ AAAO
of their stock. We might say the
same of John Shilletto Il Co., of
Cincinnati, Field, Leiton ~ Co, of
Chicago, Barr, Duncan d Co., of st. Louis,
all of whom are doing the largest retail
business and at the same time they are
considered the very head and front of the
iobbing trade of the United States.
We yesterday paid a visit TO the house
of Messrs. L~owenstein & Bros, and
walked through the wholesale and job
bling departments. We found not only
as complete an assortment of staple
goods, but as full lines of dress goods,
Furnishing goods, hosiery, ribbons and
notions as could be found In
any house in New York. Dress
goods alone occupied ten vast tablesl
The stock of solid and figured lawns and
linen lawns is the largest that we have
ever seen this side of New York, while in
grenadines, percales, Japanese poplins,
fancy ginghams, etc, there were enough
to stock almost every country store IN
West Tennessee. In mozambiques the
stock Is also very fine, and we saw some
handsome pieces as low as 12H cents per
yard.
In short, Messrs. B. Lowenstein & Bros.
propose TO do the heaviest jobbing trade
of any house in the West or Southwest,
andtO sell as low as any jobbing house
out of New York. They have now twelve
large cases OF one klnO OF lawn TO arrive,
in a few days, to be offered to the trade
at 1877 cents, which we, in common with
all who are at all posted, ia consider
the cheapest goods in the market. They
also received, a day or two ago, seventy
five cases of cotton plaids, bought ten per
cent. below the regular price, in which
they will offer great inducements to the
trade. 4
We were surprised somewhat, neveFj
ha-fpv ratFaafn1 pnrrah on tho hinnf afN
the systematic manner i'll which every
branch of their vast business is carried
on. There is no clash, no conflict in the
different departments. Each is separate,
and neither interferes with the other, yet
all form one harmonious whole. We most
cordially and heartily recommend the
house to our country and city retailers,
and hope they will not fail to call on
Messrs. 1owenstein & Bros, before pur-
chasing elsewhere.