San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-04
TOO BUSY TO TALK.

Indications for good business in San
Antonio this fall multiply like
Thomas cats in dark nights, or like
bowling hounds on moonlight nights,
or like stars in early night, or like
ANYTHING else that conveys the idea OF
marvellous increase. Go. where you
will, interview what class of business
you may, and you find the same re-
suit. Stand on any corner command
ing a view of business and make your
own observations, and the conclusion
comes irresistibly: San Antonio Is
opening out for good business ana the
first-fruits of it are already apparent.
Providing round at an early hour this
morning through Houston, Commerce
and SOledad streets, and the plazass,
the LIGHT representative was struck
with this business aspect OF Things
and began to take notes. Standing III
the doorway of Story's stable, just out
of Main plaza, attention was dlrected
to the block of cotton floats crowdlng
Acequia street, and the furniture vans
of Wolfson's all heavily loaded COM
ing and going, indicating that some
body was doing business. Crossing
the street to the big dry goods house,
the weary news-seeker was ABOUT
to drop his tired bones upon superb
ly upholstered sofa when he was po-
litely requested to seat himself else
where, as the porters were ABOUT 10
load that and the surrounding score
of articles on van for delivery.
Watching half dozen men rolling
out packages and loading up delivery
wagons, until convinced that some
thing unusual was on foot, the scribe
hunted up the proprietor and enquired
whats up?" Nothing but bust
ness,n was the reply, and that was
about all the satisfaction that could
be got out of Wolfson. "Too busy
to talk OH anything but strict bust
ness" was his reply to all queries,
and this was his sole reason for re-
fusing to talk for a write-up, as
stroll through the departments soon
demonstrated. Every thing is full.
Every department thoroughly
stocked up, and everybody as fully
occupied as the head center of the
concern, who was here, there and
everywhere. Every face looked pleas
ant; every movement of the whole
force showed an alertness and an
eve to business that indicated con-
slant activity; everything was in order
and every counter had its customers.
Three times an abortive attempt
was made to corner WOlfson. You
might as well attempt to put your
finger on flea, and yet his eye was
everywhere, and his presence just
where it seemed to be most needed,
but he talked nothing but business,
and red hot business at that. Gus
toners are waited upon with the ut
most patience and politeness, clerks
are as suave and as accommodating
as though politeness was the one vlr-
tue, goods are there for the millions,
and the millions come there to buy,
taught by experience that they can
do no better on top of ground, thou
sands come and thousands go, the
general current of an immense busl-
ness glides on as smoothly as glass,
but you can get nothing out of the
man at the wheel, except what re-
lates specifically to his dry goods
craft. If you do not believe this, go
and see. You can buy anything you
want in the hundred and one depart
ments that make up the sum total OF
his establishment, but you can't talk
with Wolfson worth a cent on any
thing but business, six days out of
the week. WOlfsOn makes it his bus
mess to do business, and this is why
he does business. He has always bus
iDaSS and lots of it,