Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

straw goods, ladies' furnishing, fancy goods, and
trimmings, whose store is represented by the
above engraving. 1t is the pioneer wholesale mil
Gnery house Of the Northwest, established
in the spring of 1853, on Wells street, between
Lake and South Water, and was regarded at the
time as hazardous experiment. The city then
numbered about 40, 900 people, the surrounding
country and sparsely settled, railroads
were not, money scarce, and the people poor.
In S54 they moved to 1874 Lake street. From 1855
to 1857 they at 165 and l67 Lake street. up
stairs. In the spring Of 1857 their business having
steadily increased they removed tr the splendid
iron building, where they are, occupying the
second and third floors Two years ago their bust
, had so outgrown their accommodations that
they took the whole buildng-the two floors
above them for manufacturing and packing
rooms, and converted the two stores below into
one, for a saesroom and counting room-and fit
ted it throughout in the most substantial and ele
CANT style, with toilet rooms the first floor for
their lady Customers
AN ACRE AND QUARTER OF MILLINERY
GOODS.
So that including the basement, they now have
six floors 50 by l65 feet-l93h square rods, or
nearly an acre and quarter of floor room for the
display and sale of millinery goods-it being the
largest store devoted exclusively to the millinery
trade in the United States
EXTENT OF THEIR TRADE
Their trade extends from tie Wabash to the
Pacific, and from the Red River country of Brit
ish America to Texas. Beginning with annual
sales of few thousand dollars they have swelled
into the millions, their sales last year exceeding
by 30 per cent. the sales of the year previous
Western people are more liberal in their expendi-
lures than Eastern people, and the ladies, espe-
cally in our thriving Western cities and villages,
require fashionable and costly STYLES
of dress and millinery goods than their Taste IN
sisters.
SYSTEM AND PRoMpTNEss.
Everything in this house is systematized, and
their arrangements with the telegraph and ex-
press companies are perfect that they can send
orders to their buyers in New York on Friday
night, and have the goods ordered delivered at
their store in Chicago at 8 o'clock on Monday
morning, in season for their morning customers.
LARGEST AND FRESHEST STOCK.
They always have the largest, freshest and most
complete stock of cooks in their line TO be found
under one roof in this country, thus saving their
customers the time and expense of coming East
and the extra freight their goods, and reducing
the time between purchasing and ordering their
goods from days to hours.
REASONS OF THEIR SUCCESS.
Their great success has been achieved by their
enterprise, sagacity afabilitv, integrity, indus
try, good taste in the selection of their stock,
proyuptness In securing the latest and best styles
pie means and rare facilities making the manufac
turers of their goods both in the Old World and in
New, tributary to their wishes; thorough acquaintance
with the wants OF the trade, and constant attention
the interests of their customers and by keeping only
those in their poy who efficient and trustwor
thy assistants and who take personal interest in the
business of the firm.
WHAT SUCH MEN HAVE DONE.
II is such they VINO have transformed Chicago
within few years, from mud village. struggling for
existence between waste Of waters and pathless will
derness into gigantic city. whose houses
and iron make them; whose temples of scenc art
and religion rival those OF cities hundred years old
spheres, and whose has gone abroad into all the
earth.