Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
THE JOBBING CENTER.
OF THE SOUTHWEST is WICHITA.
NEARLY EVERY LINE FULLY
REPRESENTED.
One Hundred and Fitty-Six Travel
ing Salesmen--The Business
Increasing Nicely and in a
Healthy Condition.

Wichita has quietly but rapidly and
steadily grown as wholesale and jobbing
point until aow she rivals Kansas City,
and copes with her successfully, for the
trade not only Of the territory to her south
and west but she even sells certain kinds
of goods as far east as the state line and as
far to the northeast as Emporia, more than
half way to Kansas City.
The railroads have begun to realize with
in the past two years that Wichita Is des-
tined to become city of great commercial
importance and have accorded her whole
salers better rates, better billing and gen
orally better shipping facilities than be-
fore. On many things, especially those
that come from the Gulf and from Cali
fornia, their rate is precisely as good as the
Kansas City rate Tropical fruits from
New Orleans are laid down in Wichita for
the same money that they are IN the other
city.
An EAGLE representative a few days
since called upon the leading wholesale
dealers in all lines of trade and obtained
from them fair, unbiased expressions Of the
actual condition of trade in their respec-
tive lines Lack of space alone prevents
publishing their own words. They nearly
all reported that business was much better
than thirty days ago. Collections are bet
ter, their customers are sending more lib
eral orders than when they thought the
corn crop might prove an entire failure,
but the rains Of the past four weeks have
filled out the ears on many short and pun
ny looking stalks. With perhaps the pos
sible exception of paper, paints, harness,
trunks and maybe one other line, each one
reported better business than during the
corresponding month Of 1887. This IS &C
counted for in part by reason of the
fact that during the last twelve months,
merchants through the south and south
west Kansas, Indian Territory, part OF
Colorado portion of New Mexico, North
ern Texas and the Pan Handle, have learn
ed that they can buy just as well and get
the goods much sooner at Wichita than
farther east.
Three different lines, fruits, etc, dry
goods, spices, ETC., say they have since the
first of September had the heaviest trade
the houses ever knew.
The lines represented are as follows and
have on the road one hundred and fifty
six men,
G.. A Blinn & Co., manufacturers ex-
tracts, perfumes, etc; L. Hays, leather,
saddlery and wool; Marble Works, man
ties, ETC.; Johnston & Larimer, dry goods
company: Wichita Wholesale Grocer Co;
Wichita Carriage Works; New York Car
riage Works; Globe Iron Works; Wichita
Sash and Door Co.: X nsas Sash and Door
Co: Wichita Vinegar Works; Robert Car
son Planning Mill: Crystal Ice Co.; Queen
City Cigar Factory; City Roller Mills
Wichita Cracker Co.; Hutchings, Cox &
Co, candies and confectionery; Kansas
Furniture Co, furniture, carpets, ETC.; NJ,
Shields. fruits, etc; Wichita Mercantile
Co.; Rock Island Lumber Co.; Southwest
ern Pump Co; Archer Electric Manufact-
uring Co; Dunbar & Kelley, carriages;
+. II. Hills & Sons, produce and comms-
sion: Wichita Plumbing, Pump and Sup
ply Co; Wichita Fish and Oyster Co.
Wichita Pump company; Kendall & Nor
rison, manufacturers parlOr furniture
Bissants & Matthews. hardware, stoves,
etc.: O. d. Peck. lumber dealers; Oberne,
Hosick & Co, hides, wool, tallow, etc:
J. T. Campbell g. Co., cigars and tobacco;
Biting Bros, jobbers of clothing, etc. :;
Alexander & Rain, southwestern carriage
repository; McComb Bros, harness and
saddlery; B. Cohn, cigars; Wlcita trunk
factory; Hartmann & Gerteis, bottllng
works: Kansas meat market; A. Bracken,
hides, ETC.; Wichita spice mills; Wichita
bottling works; Henry Schad, saddlery;
Eagle Printing House; Hyde Il Humble,
stationery, wall paper, etc; .. b. Stocker-
mantles, CRATES, ETC.; Finlay Ross, furni-
ture, carpets, etb.; Lille & Brueggeman
merchant tailors, ETC.; London Iallors,
merchant tailors and supplies.