The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-28

<Yka Wholesale tr>Ac u tNS-'
watering Prospects Tor Fall Busi-
ness,
Richmond already ranks hlgh ameng sos
manusss,Utiug cities Of the country, sou =
aestinsd 10 become 81 no distant day 90 sx'
,r..ive manufacturing centre. shs pss,
3 h,s.ever. Great advantages az commences
...s ana has sostered them until there y
na;hlzg thai country merchant needs 'n.'
BE- cannot procure here At toe lowest posi-
h,s market 6gure. New York striklngi'
shows ,sas there is no !ncompasibiIlty What
sx.r between commerce and manufactures
for that great American metropolis Is 60"
engaged in both on mammoth sSs's'
o,.s who visits our wholesale establishments
Tor ,he s.rst time 10 several years Is aston
ished al their wonderful growth apo US
learna that The demand has esused our mef'
chats TO procure full supplies 10 every ''"'
~ ,rsde. Tie idea used to DC Inas oouo -
re merchant bsd to 20 30 New fork 70 pu'
,,c,.J,s IN order 70 maintain The reputation
- ma establishment. This vas an ah's-
oar aelosIop. But having become IKE
everybody else 10 The South, more prset'ca''
The country merchant now comes 10 ms Guy
,,seause he can buy what be needs cheaper
,haa In cities north OF the Poiomse. Ana
whv can ne DO this! Simply because rents
marketing, &C., are cheaper. and business
can consequently be done here st less ex-
nense. Therefore, as Richmond wholesale
INGREDIENTS can buy IS chesply as they VINO
hnv tie cheapest, they can under-
sell those who are ct greater expense.
country merchants, 100, have found tbat
chr business men have proceeded In a bes'tn-
sull, progressive way 10 extending their
business. and can be relied on. There was
time when only certain articles could be
gotten here, and buyer was compelled 70
90 further north for the remainder OF bis
slo,s; but this Is not the case now, Tor, as
already intimMed, full line OF oil gooos
necessary to make complete mercantile
stock can be bought at Richmond.
We also remember the tune when We
found in travelling over Virginia only mere
and there representative OF Rlchmono
wholesale houses, while drummers from
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New lofk
could be met at every cross-rosd. This is
not now 40, as every leading house IN the
civ has out every spring and fall enter
prisiue Young men who have both The VIM
and intelligence 10 represent properly h'cn'
monds claim to the trade Of country That
ought naturally to encourage her.
Not alone in Virginia do we md them,
but North CaroIins, West Virginia, ana
other adjacent States are regularly visited
nv RicbmonG's commercial travellers, ana
our steadily growing trade with the mer-
chants of these States show that their EFFORTS
are not without substantial results. Every
vell.wisher Of our city should 90 all 10 DIS
mower. &c II much or little, to aid our mer'
chants IN extending their trade to points
beyond ifs present confines, as every Gus
toner obtained adds to the general pros
perIty Of the city. Reme@ber, as we nave
already said, that Richmond can be a
prosperous commercial city 50 well as d
fiourishlng manufacturing centre.
The completion OF the great railroad lines
TO the south and west Of US will OF course
greatly enlarge the territory from which the
Wholesale merchants Of Richmond may ex-
pect to draw customers.
This article would be incomplete u we
dld not pay a meriied tribute to the integrl'
IS, energy, and enterprise OF our merchants
who have made our wholesale trade the i'm
portant factor It is in the general prosperity
OF Richmond. We are grslifed to learn
that the prospects for big fall trsde could
not be better. Let the merchants OF VIZ
einla, North Carolina. West Virgins, &C.
come on, and we promise them an old'issh'
toned, hospitablc mercantile greeting. They
win find the Commercial Club the attractive
headquarters OF as generous body OF mer
chants as they will find anywhere on the
continent, and having come once they viii
be sure to visit US again.