The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-08
KNOXVILLE WHOLESALE MAR
HET
A Sensible word TO Country Mcreh-
ants.

A Sensible word TO Country Mcreh-
ants.
The following article which We take
from the Morristown Gazette, is we'll con-
sidered and merits tho speciLl attention Of
our East Tennessee Merchants, who un-
necessarily spend vast sums Of money, an
n%ually in going or sending North aud East
for their stocks Of goods:
From the most reliable and trustworthy
sources, we have ascertaiued the fact that
most, if not all, articles of merchandise
which are usually kept By our retail deal
ers throughout the country, can be bought
Of Wholesale dealers in Knoxville, at Just
as low figures, and just as fair terms, as
the same goods can be bought in New
York city, or any other market; and it is
to urge upon our country merchants the
advantages Of buying their stocks near
home that we write this article, The
readiness of Knoxville merchants to du-
p~lica;e eastern bills, the greater proximi-
ty Of the market, the consequent lighter
freights on merchandise, its accessibility
and the shortness of time required to go
there to make purchases and the compare.
lively small expense incurred, all CONF
bine, in our opinion, to make the m%etropo-
lis of East Tennessee as advantageous a
market for country retail dealers as eau
be found in the United States. Then, if
this be truo; it would seem that a feeling
Of pride should spring up among cur cOuu-
try merchants that would incline them to
give the preference to a city in our own
State, and make their purchases where the
money spent BY them would be invested
in improving the growth and prosperity
of our own immediate section, instead Of
patronizing cities of other States, to which
we are under no obligations whatever, and
thus aid in building up and enriching them
at the expense of own people. We think
it is a mere habit with a great many of
our country merchants to run to New
York, Philadelphia and elsewhere North,
to purchase their stocks, and not the result
Of any correct or close calculation of pro-
fit and advantage. The Knoxville whole
sale merchants buy directly from impor-
ters, and it is supposed to be reasonable
to presume that they buy at just as close
figures as other wholesale merchants; and
Of course, cas- sell to the retailer OH just
as good terms as others can, and do. II
is clearly demonstrated, that Knoxville
can do just as we'll for our country mer
chants as any other wholesale market, i
they will only give it a fair trial. Let oul
merchants of East Tennessee, Western
Moth Carolina, and Southwest Virginia
instead of going to New York and otho.
Eastern cities, to be absent from theij
homes and families for several weeks, ant
at considerable expense, 90 to Knoxville
and we venture to say that they will al
feel just as Lee county, Virginia, merchan
felt, With whom we travelled from Balti
more, last Spring. He remarked to u
> repeatedly, that he regretted having mad
the trip so far to purchase his stock, as h
had not done one particle better, either i
variety or prices, than he had frequent
, done in Knoxville; and that his expense
$ had been three or four times greater tina
they would have been had he gone bac
to Knoxville for his stock. This, we b.
: lieyc, is about the feeling of all who hay
G made the experiment. We are power
fully in favor of building up our own hon
folks, especially when it don't cost an
II more than to help people away off in di
= tant States.