The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1892-04-21
COMMERCIAL GRANDEUR!
THERE'S THE GRANDEUR OF
THE MOUNTAINS; THERE'S
THE GRANDEUR OF
THE SEA;
!UT GRAND COMMERCIAL EN-
TERPRISE CHEATS SLOTH
OF VICTORY.

If you have been interested in the
eading of the two former articles that
'ppeared in this paper in the early
art of March, or if you did as the
writer suggested, CUT OUT THE ARrI
LES and keep them for future refer
snccs. we would ask you to do the
Iame by this article, as it contains
what we cannot repeat, but it contains
tacts and suggestions that will be o:
lse to you, if you visit Des Moines tc
10 your shopping for yourself or others
We promised you in our last article tt
explain some of the difficulties that tEt
CONSUMER HAS TO CONTEND WITH II
DEALING DIRECT with the manufac
urer aud importer, and it lies mainly
n this: The consumer must of neces
sity buy in small quantities; usually
broken packages-parts of pieces-sin
gle pairs, single articles, ETC., etc.
You will see at once that there mus
be middleman-butt the trouble is no
In the ONE MIDDLEMAN; it's the man!
middlemen-the multiplied one to two
three or more-for each one must hav,
his profit-therefore you will see tn
force of our legend or motto: "DIREC
FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO THE CON
sUMER," and that is the object, purpos
and intent of this GREAT COMBINATION
TON OF INTERESTS AND CAPITAL to b
known to the people of Iowa as tn
HARRIS EMERY Co.'s Department
HoUsE-one head, one management
one responsibility for all the busines
to be done under this one roof.
Further-The showing of our FACILl
TIES TO HANDLE A LARGE BUSINESS, TIL
ADVANTAGES, THE COMFORT, and abov
all the SAFETY OR SAFEGUARDS we ca
and will throw around each individual
patron, customer or visitor is one c
the purposes of this article.
First-Our business mottO-"ON
PRICE-ALL GOODS MARKED GIN PLAI
FIGURES, EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL" w
desire above all things to merit tn
reputation for fair and equitable dea.
ing, and your confidence we must hav
to make this great enterprise success
No one appreciates this more than tn
managers of this corporation, and W
would and will appreciate every sus
gestion that looks to tnat end. Not
our guarantee: IF AT ANY TIME Yo
BUY GOODS OF US, AND FOR ANY REAso
YOU BECOME DISSATISFIED WITH THos
| GOODS, EITHER AS TO STYLE, PRICE G
| QUALITY, RETURN THEM TO US AND W
WILL REFUND THE MONEY WITHOUT
WORD. For our business and aim is
| satisfy every customer of the hous
although we may suffer pee
mary loss. We are organize
on such a uniform low basis
profit that if we make clea
above and over all expenses five {
per cent on the gross sales OF the hou'
we will be abundantly satisfied. II
fact is, if the Harris Emery Co. CO
save the CASH DISCOUNTS of the enti
business it is all the profits we want
/ expect. You can then see that will
very safe middlemen for you to hav
SECoND-As to our facilities and Il
comforts we propose to give all Il
| patrons of the house, we say, First, e
| Gov. B. E. Sherman has been elects
to the position of assistant gener
manager and is stockholder In T.
corporation. His duties will be, al
to which he will devote a large porte
of his time, to meet his hosts of frien
and acquaintances when they visit t.
| store and to look after their eve
comfort and pleasure while here.
the fourth floor of our building the
will be large reception room or op
court AZ feet by 20, for the exclusive u
of our patrons, which will be furnish
with easy chairs, lounges, I
vans and tete-atetes On t
same floor will be our custc
ers' toilet and dressing rooms, whe
a lady can have the comforts and &C
veniences of a room at a hotel, whe
she can tidy, dust and clean up after
long and tedious journey IN the cars
probably after night spent in t
cars, for we expect many from the 20
nosts'' from the farther corners of t
state-for bear IN mind this is to be
| STATE INSTITUTION and one in whi
every citizen of the grand state OF lol
will take a personal pride. On Il
same floor will be a package roo
check room and bundle desk, whe
packages, wearing apparel, or a
articles of value can be left for wh1cl
check will be given and no char
made On the same floor will be
dining room and kitchens, wht
lunches will be served, and If pal
wants to get up basket picnic, brl
your lunches and we Will furnish
tea or coffee.
We will have system OF checking
= bundles and packages you wish to ia
with You on the cars so that after y
make your purchases you simply ia
q check for each package. The che
will be the size of trunk check q
Won need have no further bother
trouble. When you go to the del
your package viii be there at the che
stand which will be delivered on P
eentation OF the check without char
Gov. sherman win give hls time 9
attention TO the OUT OF THE CITY
TRoNs OF THE HOUSE and his servi
viii be at your command, to see Z
YOU are properly waited on at
counters, your bills properly, careful
and correctly made nut, that y
goods are carefully packed, checl
. and sent to the depot and yoursel
placed in the Harris Emery Co.'S, Fl
sBus which win be always at the
vice of the patrons of the house,
will meet all trains and viii run to
from all trains and depots, direct "a
HARREs- Esh1EnY Co.'S.