The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-10-06
western Enterprise.

The notice in the Chicago Daily
Times of the 18th, merited tribute to
the business importance OF what is
practically a Kansas metropolis, KAN
sas City, for its business is mostly
based upon its Kansas trade, and an
important part of the city is already
in Kansas. Il has long been predicted
that the political scepter is to pass
from the control of the east to the
more brawny and energetic hand OF
the giant young west, but the business
seepter has already done SO to surpris-
ing extent. AS a specimen of what
western business honses have already
developed into, we clip from the
Times article az follows:
BULLENE. MOORE & EAIERYs.
The pioneer dry goods house of Kansas
City may be not inaptly compared with
the great Chicago house Of Fields, Letter
& Co. in its general plan and relative po-
sitlon In the southwestern trade, and GER
tainly so with respect to the extent ana
magnitieence Of its retail department. In
their spacious wholesale rooms, Nos. 7OI,
1O3, and 1O5 Delaware street, they carry
one OF the heaviest, most varied, and
complete general stocks to be found west
of st. Louis. They here occupy portions
of TWO handsome buildings OF interior
dimensions 2SxI42, and 56x136 feet res
| pectiVely, with corresponding basement
floors. In these jobbing departments the
value OF the stocks is nearly quarter of
| million dollars. and their annual sales
/ rank them among the heaviest firms in
the southwest.
The retail department of this house
has attained an extraordinary and pro-
digious development for a city of such
recent origin as this young metropolis of
western Missouri. Not many similar es.
| Cabi1Fhments in the great cities of the
| Union surpass it. West of the MissIssip-
pl but one house in st. Louis matches It.
The ordinary value of the goods in this
department is from $3.50, 600 to SI75. 600.
and It's yearly sales foot up 1925, coo.
| These store-rOoms are superb in all their
| appointments, and in amplitude of space
| and general convenience uneXcelled. In
the more costly articles of the bazaar,
silks, Jaces, nne hosiery, etc., they ex-
mott an assortment full enough for the
widest selection, and as rich as the most
Tastidlous and expensive taste could de-
| mand. In prices they hold themselves
ready to duplicate the bills of Stewart,
Field, Letter u Co., or any of the far-re-
Puted eastern houses. The manufactur-
ing department of this section of the
house are of a scale of equal extent and
variety. They include, OF goods exclu-
slVe to order, ladies' dresses and suits,
ladies' custom work. solely hand made,
and gentlemens' shirts and fine clothing.
These, and the general manufacture Of
goods for the retail department, require
from 100 to 125 employees. This depart
ment ships goods on private orders from
parties throughout a range of country
nearly co-eXtensive with the jobbing
trade of the house, inclusive of Kansas,
western Missouri, Nebraska, northern
Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Mon.
tana. The firm are the distributing
| agents for the southwets of Butterick's
| patterns. The house are now adding q
wholesale and retail millinery depart
ment to their general business. and will
occupy for this purpose third adjacent
| building on the south, The organization
of Messrs. Bullene, Moore g Emelys'
large establishment was in 1853. Its
present membership is T. B. BuIlene, L.
L. Moore, and j. s. and w. E. Emery.