Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-29
SIMON BAER & SONS.

Irregular Hive or Industry-How the
Wholesale Grocery Trade Is Doomed
Here.
I have never been in Simon Baer &
SONS wholesale grocery house-and 1t Is
almost needless to remark that my
visits thither in quest Of adds have not
been few nor far between-but that 1
saw rush anu hurry which made an
incessant hum of business that was as
iuSpiriling as it was contagious. The
amount of traffic controlled by this firm
= simply prOdigious. Its methods OF
dealing are freque ntly damned by the
rrsde, so to speak, and yet, ali the same,
,hey Will rush there for goods. don't
know of an establishment in the couu-
irv which has met with the success that
this house has. In conservative Wheel
ing il made a sensational but substau-
Esl debut number of years ago, and
la> kept up the excitement right along
IN the most progressive and enthusiasts
IL spirit.
In writing up the trade interests of
his city with a view to q truthful and
cheerful presentment ofthe same l am
inclined To make the notices of leSpec-
tive houses sOmewh hat personal, and to
incorporate any deserved tribute to that
which savors of push and enterp rise,
feeling that il subServes the quality of
interest without rendering the notices
les valuable Is an index of the condi-
ton of trade here. l venture to say,
therefore, in this connection, that a
descriptive photograph of any days
work in the wholesale grocery house of
simon RaCr x Sons would present a
lie and vitality which would be vivid
- anything, which could be imagined.
Wlih all the hustle and rush entailed in
their extensive receipts and shipments
al goods; with the hurry and excite
urIt 0i the entire force of principals
AID employees from dawn To dusk, there
J. vet a method in the madness of the
ru,h oi business which is cause for sim
Ctrt admiration.
The missionary character of my labor
v:.> made known 10 Mr.. Ben Baer of
Tie .irm in a secondary lull of Nhich |
tuok advantage, and having corralled
the gentleman where neither buyer or
seller could get at him for a while /
rroG Ouuded the StereOtyped question
About the condition of business.
Never better since We commenced"
ua> the SeutentIOUS answer. I'VE are
selling more gOOCS every day and We
ale selling them theEp.
We'll, are you making any special
drives now? | member l used TO
advertise some spt Ilties for YOU"
Il should say tina We WERE" respond
"a l.r. Baer. Let ne tell you some
llirg. Take LeverIug's coffee, for in-
Stance. IL is leading everything in the
market. The trade is supplied by uS,and
,,,sh;pfr h,,f ay-nri,,uf, nnFaa
from all hands. 1t is having q boom,
and don't you forget it, and the merit
ui the goods warrant the lavish praise
which are shOwered on them. Then,
Lut hardly secondary to it, is the Cardoba
coffee which We handle. These are
cu,,lS that need no talking up, and al
most -rll themselves. We are pushing
the lIOrsehead tobacco and Briggs
tnem. Take -four, coffee and tobacco,
and YOU find three manufactured sta
rl,- which pretty nearly rule the grocery
trade outside Of the other few staples.
Nuw in these We profess to handle
the most popular goods and We can sell
them To the trade away down. But this
j. the secret OF our big trade. We know
how, when and where to buy. There
our customers some special and decided
bargains, and yet outside of these in
Cur rr.Ular trade rulings, We give III
duccments which are a matter of con-
slant surprise TO all the merchants on
the street.
you evidently carry very heavy
socks
no; there yeu are mistaken. We
really carry nothing in one sense. The
goods which come in our back door one
day go out the front one the next. l
VI. tel YOU that il Is q constant change
almost every day in almOstall our lines,
and this is where we are enabled TO give
small profit and low prices to the trade.
II was to tell YOU of the system of our
,.a-gr~ for goods and the slight differ
tl,r between our selling rates and the
Iri,,S at which we bought, you would
hardly credit the statement. We believe
in activity. but what is better still, We
,ur- pleasure in ii. We don't allow a
dollar, worth of business to slip through
our fingers if we can handle it, and our
resources for handling are not sur
Ias-,d 10y many wholesale groceries
anywhere. Now come through aud L
viii show you the establishment"
Itouk pleasure in a trip through this
,xtcI.sive building from the mammoth
CELLARS packed full of goods to every
successive floor to the top, and found
everywhere an amount OF merchanulse
Of various lines which was absolutely
astounding to contemplate. voiced my
surprise To Mr.. Baer, and he replied.
We'll while we have very large as
sOrtment and quantity OF goods, what
YOU see is only really part OF regular
moving panorama Of merchandise. To-
day they ill these floors and tomorrow
they are on steamboats, and cars going
10 all sections of the trade. We are
p1rticularly fortunate, however, in the
selection of our employees, but | don't
want YOU to say anything about this If
you write up what l am telling you.
we DON'T compliment them, but we do
appreciate their work IN our interests.
They share in the general enthusiasm
of business, and take almost a. much
interest in the progress OF the
house a though they were principals"
'Now YOU ask me the secret Of the
big business we Go. There is no secret
about It. IL is a plain above board
affair which every customer
knows as well as we do. We buy right
and we sell cheap. We get the best
specialties going and we share evenly
with our patrons in every single ad-
vantage We get. This is our rule, and to
this liberal common sense course We
ascribe our big trade. We are under
selling Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Gin
cinnati, and the trade knows it. We
may seem independent and sometimes
Pronounced in our method Of doing
business, but we mean no offense what
ever and seek only the welfare of our
customers while we look after eur
own"
YES, the prospects of splendid trade
all the year are as bright as could be
imagined, and we are going to do all In
our power to give it additional lusEre."
oon,u.trNr rpaINK uNgIsE