Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-24


One of the Leading Importing Firms in the
Country Is Jos. Horne q Co., OF Pitts
burg-Their Business Described.
The retail merchants within a radius OF
100 miles of P%ittsburg are awakening to the
| fact that not alone in domestic drygoods DO
our merchants lead the country in variety
and low prices for quality in drygoods, but
that within the past few years the dress
goods trade, largely controlled by Eastern
firms, is being transferred to our center. A
walk through the dress goods department OF
Joseph Horne & Co.'s wholesale stores Is
sufficient to demonstrate the fact. On their
counters and in an endless array of boxes
covering their floors is displayed dress
fabrics of every description, from the modest
priced to the finest shown in the country,
amounting in dollars and cents to a greater
sum than the entire annual output OF this
class of goods of the combined wholesale
stores of this city some few years ago. step
by step this trade has been growing until 1t
has assumed gigantic proportions.
No house could possibly obtain this en-
viable position among critical buyers with
out developingthr points absolutely neces-
sary in the conducts of business, viz: Variety,
quality and price. In all these three Messrs.
Joseph Horne & Co., have been leaders; their
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Paris, Germany, Saxony, Bradford and our
own country place them on the same footing
as the largest importers of this country. The
variety OF their stock can be partially esti-
mated when we say that We were shown over
40 styles of choice effects and colorings in
wool bourettes, cheviots, plaids and stripes,
in Sc TO 43 inches widths, in goods that can
be retailed at the one price, Doc per yard.
Over 80 distinct shades and colorings in both
80 and 46 inch cashmeres and henriettas,
manufactured from the finest Australian
wool, and dyed by best Paris dyers, in
shades especially adapted to this market,
which can be retailed at SOC to 81 per yard.
They also control the sale in this market
of the celebrated Turner worsteds, OF which
they show "a styles in ~fancies, blacks and
whites, and shepherds plaids; the very best
values to retail at 25c. An endless variety
of black and colored serges, golden stag
cashmeres, mohairs, tamises, silk warp
henriettas, wool-faced cashmeres and henri
ettas. Also large lines OF plaid, stripe, bro
cade and fancy weave ga and ga dress
goods, from which to make selections to re-
tail at SIC to 25c.
In connection with the large lines of dress
goods may be seen some OF the choicest pro-
ductions in silk fabrics, such as crepe de
chene, crepe Stanley, peau de sole, benga-
line de sole, India, and tonkong silks,
luxors, swivel surahs, black grounds with
high-colored figures and plain surahs in
every quality.
In grenadines, which promise to be very
popular this season, the most complete lines
are to be seen, comprising plain mesh, bro
caded, surah stripes, satin stripes, armure
and brocade stripes, and ball spots.
A visit to this establishment will demon
strate the fact that in no house west of New
York can be found a stock meeting the wants
of buyers so well as that shown by Joseph
Horne & Co., Wood street, Pittsburg.
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