Wichita eagle., 1889-10-13
WHOLESALE MEN.
Three Important Firms Have Representative
in the City During the Week Figuring
on Locating-Drugs, Groceries
and Dry Goods,

"Chas E. Potts, wife and child, Cincin-
natl, Ohio" appears on the Carey hotel
register of Thursday. Mr.. Potts is well
acquainted with number Of business men
in the city, some of them from Cincinnati,
and his visit here is by no means among
strangers. He comes here to look over the
city with the view of relocating in bust
ness Chas. Z. Potts & Co. is the style of
bis firm engaged in wholesale drug bust
ness. He has been in that business in
Cincinnati for fourteen years, and fif-
teen years before going to Cincin-
natl was In the retail drug business
at Richmond, Ind. He has spent his time
in the business and is the leading stock
holder of the leading house of the kind in
Cincinnati. He is free to confess that the
field for wholesaling in Cincinnati has of
recent years been cut down by other COM
tnercial centers growing up and dividing
The trade. This entities his city to more
prominence as manufacturing center
than wholesaling. AS result of the
change of surroundings he comes to Wich-
tia to look for a more promising field for
future business. Has been contemplating
a change for year or two and has had an
eye out with that in view. Last year he
looked over Kansas City and after giving
it careful examination concluded that he
was not favorably impressed. He also
took in Lincoln and Omaha and arrived at
the same conclusion.
On Friday and yesterday he spent most
of the time looking over the city and talk
ing to the leading business men. Con-
corning the city he said last evening that
he must confess that he was more favor
ably impressed with Wichita than with
any city he had visited. He had called on
some of the leading wholesale establish
ments and was much surprised to see the
volume of business being done. He had
made inquiry about the country and sur
rounding towns and understood that it
was but natural that Wichita should COM
mand the business for /. vast country sur
rounding. He said he was fully impressed
with the fact that country with a soil as
rich and deep as is found for many miles
around Wichita and at an agricultural
altitude would keep many people.
1t was necessary to have peo-
pie in order to do business. and being
at the supply point of many thousand
people one could logically calculate on
business. He also added that he could not
see why there are not more wholesale
houses in the city, and answers that 1T IS
probably due to the newness of the city
and it takes time to establish big concerns
and before they are established men must
have time to give the city and locality
careful study.
Mr.. Potts will be in the city a few days
yet and will meet more of the business
men and get some facts upon which to base
his very important calculations.
1t may be of interest to note
also that during the week
representative OF one of the
leading wholesale dry goods establishments
Of Cincinnati spent most of the week in
the city looking around with the view of
locating here in a similar business. He
took things rather quiet and after giving
the city Il careful study was very favorably
impressed. He returned to make report
and consider the question carefully.
Also a leading stakeholder of whole
sale grocery company of city not many
thousand miles from Wichita spent most
of the week in the city on similar bust
ness. The new freight rates for Wichita
had been called to his attention in very
eloquent manner and he commenced to fig
ure how to get nearer to the point OF de-
mand,