The Helena independent., 1893-06-30
ANDREW ADAMS, OPINION.

n Advocates COaasrtsa Effort 90 IJrlng
Jsbbsng Aosscs to Hslsns.
To THK INDEPENDENT: II 10 safe 10 Gay that
not only ths general public. but slso the
moes active and Influential business men.
With ha'dly IN exception. after they have
read Oil ths spseIal editions Of nswspaps,s
and oil the letters from correspondents ag-
isatina and discussing the question Of
bringing into growing town new indus
s!te: and business houses. express some
n% s,nd .. patent disguss for oil :noh t.s
This being shs case, 4 il probabis that
nothing can shake this opinion; and this
opinion ID ths root Of tho iu6ction and
elumbsf that falls over nil the boards Of
trade snd commercial clubs.
6on.e agent or 'tsehsmer" will como
:.lcne .,ooe and ssk for ten ao.es OF ground and
certain factory or Wholesale house TO To-
cate here. Thsrs Was time whom no
would have been listsdsd to with discreet
aud active attention, but now hs would be
lot alone ~ either . crank or 4 plotting
ss.cal. ss;, nut all n: same. those srs tho
tain very important fact dawn upon me. ]
say dawn" because At first ! oouldn't
grasp II 1t all. ! Thought the managers Of
certain wholesale houses were trying to
impose on my cssdultty. A frien3 Of mine
e.a era .s.s.sa v:Iy :asss11s. sssa =, ana ,sy
City during the boom. Il Vas complstsd
% just the tims this boom had collapsed
and he had tho building on his hands un-
rented. He employed me TO md him
tenant. ! consulted every whole
sale est"b!ishment In tho CITY. and all
rounding towns. The building had been
specially ADAPTED to Wholesale dry goods
or clothing business. ! found thas whole
sale clothing and vholesaoe dry goods
houses would not locate in Kansas City boz
cause the was no market there for them.
Ihis sounded very strange and foolish to
CITY of 81. Joe. only sixty miles away from
Kansas city. should be bsttor location
than Kansas City for such establishments.
But It is, and for this reason: When q
country merchnnt goes 10 market to buy
goods be Roes to that city which offers good
assortlnents of the different kinds OF goods
no wants TO buy. For instance. q general
store IN Dillon will 70 to Denver. or Salt
Lake. or even % far away as 81. Paul. SIM
ply because Helena has not got for sale sew
ernl of the different lines Of goods he wants.
Helena may have good Wholesale station
cry store and a good Wholesale hardware
store. but he wants msny other kinds Of
goods. and Heienn hast ! Rot them.
70 II not plainly true. then, that every
accession to the wholesale market here il !
very great gain and Advancement to the
city? Suppose q concerted and persistent
effort were made. according to systematic
plan. to establish. or bring to Helena one
large establishment in each different branch
OF the Wholesale or jobbing business; would
u not Immediately attract all the retailers
In this large section, who now make long
and expensive trips instead OF coming to
this city which would be convenient to
thsm9
II fs plain to me that Helena can never
be anything else than a distributing. or
jobbing point. And to bo this. she must
20 sbout il systematically to establish .
market. A market; that 10 tho particular
word to remember. Not market for only
ono or two things. but a good general mar
ket And Just about 800 out Of thousand
men who talk about doing that have NO
conception Of what they are talking about.
discussed the subject for days with the
secretary Of . fourishinR commercial club.
and he had never been able to grasp this
idea; an idea 80 simple that it is hard to
discover. in Its practical application.
ANDREW ADAMS.
Helena. Mont, June %, 1893.