The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-04
Strawbridge & Clothier,
PHILADELPHIA.
WORDS TO THE PUBLIC.

Whatever we may say in our advertisements cn''rhhg superb advantages
we NAV possess in the transaction IF the Dry Goods business, Is 10 meant at any
time to he in m sense a depreciation of Others This great community requires
and possesses all classes of Mercantile Houses. from te hWe iocai sore dealing
in small wares Or notions to the great house with ITS many parumen Ind its
millions of business. The large houses of the country have d Rbe years mostly
drined into general merchandise. keeping good stocks of dry goods, but adding
thereto hats. Shoes furniture. china. books stationery, ETC.. Ims is especially
true of the large houses Of Boston and New York, mt ais" pphes 10 our own
city. We regret this tendency. hut we have to deal only with our own affairs.
While we are very DESTROYS to serve our patrons and cater 10 thr conven-
fence, as well as wants, it has been our judgement that the gHat Dry Goods usi-
ness is great enough and comprehensive enough. if transacted N thu broadcast
possible scale. to absorb the attention. the efforts and the ability Of any single in
divfdual. or association of individuals. We have alsbteheVed maj better service
could he rendered by a concentration of attention OIL the special business and the
consequent aquirement of special facilities for its transaction; N That the one
business was susceptible of almost indefinite Development hthe service rendered
grew to be all that we meant to make it, and all that waSl"ssape under he most
favoring circumstances. Believing this, we have sought to perfect r business
in every possible way. to serve our patrons well b. seeking ueh INTEREST, not so
much in appearance as in reality, and TO do o in the one hu alone mtha ag-
er field was imperuyely demanded by events. The result has Justified our judg-
ment in the fact that the business has steadily grown with ah enlargement of
the house. rendering it impossible to spare room to add new departments, event
we had desired to do sc.
7o-1ry with more floor space devoted to the sale of Dry Goods at retail, than
any house of which We have knowledge anywhere. there Is, nevertheless, a con-
slant demand for more room from or various Department Heads; and this not
wifIntapliup it has been only two year since " e nMdeo urg greatest enlargement;
at which time it was feared by some that we would have too much room unless
we added other lines of business. This apprehension Which we never shared-
scarcely has an existence we believe, in any mind at the present time.
We speak thus prominently of these nEtteTslecauSew e can atdre$a million
of readers in this way. TO their and our advantage. we ave 10 remind any OF
them who rerelauce may not know what we are doing, that we ne striving still
we have reason to lpleye-to fulfill our early ambition to render
the best seryice that is rendered in our special business, and only by the fact of
rendering such service have we hoped for the continued and enlarged patronage
of the public. That patronage has come to us in ever increasing volume, and
we invite the people everywhere to examine what We arr doing and to share in
advantages. which. it is no depreciation of others to claim, aret the best that are
rendered in the American Dry Goods Business in the year of 1889.
sT2AWBRIDGE & CLcTHIER,