The Butte daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-01

The improvement in business and the
general progress in business, in the Ter
ritory within the past few years, cannot
short sketch Of the history Of this Well
known firm, whose name has become q
word throughout the Terri
tory.
In the year 1865, the above named
gentlemen started small merchandise
store in Helena, the amount Of whose
business at the beginning and for some
years thereafter, was in keeping with
the undeveloped condition Of the Ter
ritory and the modest wants of its GUS
toners, who at that time needed only
pirate in mining camp far removed
from the cente rs of COM
merce; compelled at first to rely upon
the slow and tedious ''prairie schooners'
to have their goods freighted across the
plains, and afterwards availine them
selves of the somewhat improved, but
still uncertain and unsatisfactory method
Of having their goods shipped up the
muddy Missouri" to Fort Benton, and
thence across the mountains to Helena
and Butte, until now their arrangements
are 90 perfected that they can have an
invoice of good shipped from Chicago
or New York within ten days time.
Contending with the imperfect facilities
Transportation i'll those early days, they
were burdened with the misfortune Of
having their stock in addition, entirely
destroyed by fire ut Helena, upon two
occasions; notwithstanding which, with
unbounded confidence in the permanent
value of the mining and other industries,
they have steadfastly kept their faith
mistaken in Montana.
These gentlemen represent in their in
domitable energy, business probity, and
far-seeing sagacity, the qualities which
have placed the merchants of Montana,
merce that commands credit abroad and
confidence and patronage at home.
From small and modest beginning,
they now transact business annually,
second to none on the Pacific Coast.
In conducting business upon such a
scale as do Cans & Klein, it is necessary
to have each branch and department Of
their business presided over and con-
Quoted by a master hand, whose business
qualifications fit him especially for the
osnizne this iadispensibIe business p mie
ciple, and acting also in accordance with
the trite but true business precept "that
goods we'll bought are half sold,," Mr..
Louis Cans is the resident buyer living
in New York City, devoting his entire
time to making purchases to meet the
wants of the customers of their several
houses. By being constantly among the
leading manufacturers of clothing, he is
informed of the constant changes going
ON in the character of clothing manu-
featured, and the different styles which
are constantly being brought into market,
and also reaping the advantage often
presented to large cash buyers, Of taking
large lines Of goods at reduced rates for
spot cash. This is NO little desideratum
to the customers of the firm, for this ad-
vantage rebounds to them; they buy
from firm whose unexcelled facilities
and unsurpassed resources enable
them to offer their various goods at
prices which defy competition.
To give such description of the vari-
GUS lines of goods to be found in the
several houses of Cans 4 Klein so as to
understand perfectly the immense re-
quirements Of their trade would require
more space than could be granted in this
edition Of The MINER, hence we must be
restricted to giving in a general way the
articles which they make specially of.
The most prominent feature Of their bus
iness is clothing suitable for men, boys
and children, the stock Of which is
simply immense and represents every