Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-17

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PII1LADIcIJpliIh.
WE ARE DISTRIBUTORS
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DRY GOODS

On such eesle ~ affords undoub.ed nd.
vsutaEes &c consumers on the one haui,
and 70 the largest producers on tho
other.
/, IL, o. course, impossible for tho
manufacturer and the consumer to come
into contact aud deal directly with one
another. Iu times CONS by, three ss.s Of
merchants stood brtSeen the buyer
and the maker. Eiist-tLe importer on
commission merchant, who sold to SEQ.
ond-the jobber or wholesale dealer,
who in turn, sold to ;hird-.he retail
merchant. This system of business
caused three pioi.s TO be placed on the
goods before they reached the consumer.
Now all this is changed. 0ne prof, takes
the place Of thrss, hnd consumer and
maker come as nearly together as eco
nomic laws permit and meet at our coun.
tiers. This grea: mart, with its system
perfected BY yesrs OF experience, trial
and growth, ia not only necessity and
convenience to the people, but it is IN.
doabteily q money-saving organization
on Al extensive scale. In no other way
can the vast and varied products OF the
times bs properly and &c nomicAlly dis.
tributed, except through such an agency.
The makers themselves each producing
but one class Of goods, and without any
organization for distribution, would be
utterly unable to distribute their prod
ucts, except ct great dissd antaRe, ana al
high prices to buyers, while the latter,
compelled to go to hundred sellers in.
stead OF one, would be under even
greater disadvantage, both as to labor
and in the payment Of the higher prices.
A great retail store then is the outsrowth
OF legitimate demand, a necessity of the
times, and striking instance OF the
economic power CT systematic orgariza.
ton. Under no other system would it be
4 possible 70 distr !blte the products OF a
thaussnd makers so economically aud
well 10 the millions waiting to receive
THIN; which millions secure said prod
ucts at prices msde inevitably moderate
By the competition of the makers at cur
counters, and the cost Of handling the
goods from producer 70 consumer is
scarcely appreciablo to each buyer, so
vast IS the vc.ume Of business transacted
BY this great economical organ zation.
But to attsin the highest degree of es-
tciercv, and to secure the best results to
tbs public, the organization must be on 10
scale tufSeient TO command the markets
Of the world in its lines of business; to
watch all markets and to buy largely
when prices are low enough TO pay the
cash promptly tor the entire product Of
mill, il necessary, which product will be
rapidly distributed among thousands of
BUYERS each securing just the quantity
deairsd.-say one yard or twenty--at the
advantage obtained by the great orsani-
z4iion, Plus the one smell profit which
is small indeed TO each individual buyer.
We venture to claim that, in the vast
and varied field OF Dry Goods we have
established and built mp Just such an or
esrization as 10 here described; and II ia
our aim, not alone TO make money, but
to transact business on such broad
basis aud on such q scale in our chosen
line that the greatest good to the greatest
number may result.