Wichita eagle., 1889-04-21
SEVENTY EsALE FIRMS.
A Circular From the Associated Jobbers
and Manufacturers Of Wichita

| The associated manufactures and job
bers of Wichita issued day before yester-
day a circular to the trade, signed by w.
S. Corbett, president, and T. Il. Robin
son, secretary, which gives in tabulated
/ form the names of seventy Wichita firms
| doing wholesale business exclusively
or carrying wholesale lines, or which are
manufacturing for the jobbing trade. In
glancing over this instructive circular
we find much of interest. There Is not a
| doubtful firm or line IN the entire list
which gives the names and character OF
the stocks carried or manufactured. To
give our outside readers an idea of the
lines carried and the purposes of the cir
cular we reproduce in full the address or
introduction of the document whichis as
follows:
/ To the Trade
| The recent decision Of the Kansas rail
road commissioners, which Will be found
on subsequent page, giving Missouri
river rates TO Wichita JoObers and manu-
facturers, marks a new era IN the CONNER
cial. life of the southwest.
TO all the merchants within a radius OF
one hundred miles north and east or W len
| ita, and westward and southwark for
double that distance, it has brought
| market that now competes successfully IN
all the leading lines of staple goods with
| the larger cities of the east.
This decision OF the commissioners, made
after the most thorough and patient in
vestigation, based as it was upon our
| jobbing and manufacturing inter
ests, coupled with the enor-
! nous tonnage We were able 10
4 of
OF the entire tonnage OF the state of Kansas
is the keystone of that triumphal arch
erected by the indomitable pluck and en-
| terprse of our citizens through years OF
vigilance and toil-an arch through
which shall pour for coming ages the tide
| of commerce that supplies this mighty EN-
pire of the southwest.
Justly proud of our phenomenal growth
| -leaping almost with single bound from
prairie town to a city of 10000 people
our railroad system reaching its iron arms
IN ten directions, our jobbing houses IN all
| the leading lines pushing their ways into
half dozen surrounding states, our man
ufacturers and packers, employing their
| millions of capital, shipping their products
| all over the west, we would not fail TO give
due credit Tor our prosperity III large
measure TO the generous patronage ana
support hitherto rendered us by the mer-
chants of Kansas, And now that we are
enabled TO serve you better than
ever before because of our in
creased facilities, we askssbut continu-
ance OF the same mutually pleasant and
profitable relations. Upon the pages sue
ceeding will be found Il partial list of our
most extensive and reliable jobbers and
manufacturers. New enterprises in both
lines are being established almost daily. y
visit to our city will surprise and convince
| the most skeptlcal.
In the way of jobbing houses we have
groceries, fruits, produce commission, dry
goods, clothing, hats and caps, boots and
shoes, hardware, implements, wagons and
carriages, furniture and carpets, drugs,
! cigars and tobacco, books and stationery,
saddlery saddlery hardware leather, find
ings. photographers supplies, wall paper,
china. glass and queensware, and score
| of lesser lines. In manufactures we have
| the car works, packing houses that have
slaughtered more hogs in the last SIX
months than Kansas City and Chicago
combined did in the entire first year of
their packing experience; plow works. boot
and shoe factory, overalls and shirts,
spice mills, soap works, cracker and con-
! fectionery, mattress and woven wire
| springs, blank books and lthograph-
! ing Touring mills, hominy mills. vinegar
works, bottling works, iron foundries, en-
! gine and boiler works, iron fence WORKS,
crystal ice factory, paint works, f1avoring
extracts, galvanized cornice, planning mills,
sash and doors, pressed brick, granite
roofing, trunks and valises, pumps, guns,
| chewing gum, face powders and toilet ar
ticles, baking powder, jewelry, and thou
sand smaller industries.
! Now that we have established vast
wholesale market at your very doors, we
invite you cordially and in IA neighborly
spirit to come and see us personally, and
| let us cultivate that intimate mutual ac-
Quaintance always so pleasant and salts
| factory both To buyer and seller.
| Further Information, estimates, prices
or samples will be cheerfully furnished by
addressing any of the firms whose names
occur on third page, or the undersigned.
W. S. CORBETT, President.
| T. II. ROBINSON. Secretary.