Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-05-23
no WOOL GROWERS.

Addressing the wool growers Of north
ern Montana we would say:
When you bring your clip to marke
md sell it at, we hope, a good price yor
will, in accordance with old custom, buy
your supplies for household and farm use
We are aware that it is important to pc
,ble to get good value for your money. II
you receive good price for your wool
but had to lose time and money in going
elsewhere to buy hardware. groceries and
other commodities. the net gain, il any,
would be small. We hope, however, to
show you that, in addition to selling your
WOOL on good terms, you will be able to
my whatever you need as cheaplY as you
ould in Helena Or Benton.
In the grocery trade you will find here
active competition among several houses,
each of which does Il large business.
These houses sell we'll, because they buy
well. They procure sugar and tea in car
load lots from San Francisco, where sugar
is refined extensively and tea is imported
direct from China. They buy canned
goods, kerosene coffee and all the many
articles sold in general store direct from
the large houses in New York, Chicago or
st. Paul on as good terms as any stores in
this territory. They know where to buy
each kind Of goods cheapest and they Go
enough business to warrant them in buy
ing commodities, such as flour, direct
from the millers here or elsewhere. The
low freight rates established by the Mani
toba railroad, enable our grocers to bring
these goods here at slight cost. Our
freight rates from Chicago and st. Paul
are less than those to Helena, because we
are nearer these cities. The freight trains
moreover come right into the city, rend-
ering the cost for drayage very triflng.
These simple facts will show that our gro
Gerry establishments can supply you cheap
ly with all the goods in their line, which
you may require. You will new
'r hear them say cit is the
reight." as an excuse for high
'rices, for the time has gone by when
reight could increase the cost OF goods
cry much.
If you wish to put what we say to a
PRACTICAL test you may send list of the
'oods you need to any grocer here and =
'sk him to give you his prices for same.
Then seud a similar list to any other
own and compora tho two r,uo+o+;o,,,
We are confident that Great Falls will be :
over on the average.
Ii you have not ready money because
you have decided to hold over your clip,
or consign it to an eastern house. you will
ind our houses able and willing to give
you credit. They are all owned by west a
arn men who are accustomed to Montana
5rade and to that neighborly way in which
business is transacted.
What we have said regarding the gro
Gerry trade applies likewise to hardware,
Try goods, clothing, drugs, lumber and
arm implements. In each line the bust :
less done is SO large that our merchants =
ire able to buy at first hand. The com >
petition is also so keen that they must
ell at low margins in order to keep their :,
customers. If you choose, write to them
or prices and compare them with those
current elsewhere. In that way you will
'e convinced that what we say is correct.
Further proof may be found in the :
growth Of trade here. In 1884 the CITY
vas planned, but no stores were built I'M =
il 1885. Since that year the stores have =
'one on increasing in number and extent.
here has been no failure of any account
lnce the city was founded. On the coun-
~ our merchants are plucky, enterpris-
ng men, who enjoy good credit and con :,
uct their establishments on sound bust
ess principles. Such success could only :,
e obtained by fair dealing and fair VI
rlces. Come and judge for yourselves. -
4 VOOT WAPTET