The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-31
4 3 GOODS HOUSE
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dry goods house in Seattle has been felt,
especially BY the jobbers IN other lines Of
goods. Not . week passes bus they 80
buyers Who wish TO purchase goods in
this city going to Portland or San Fran
cisco TO make their purchases simply be-
81 dry goods canno be bought here ct
jobbing rates. These buyers fOr country
stores do not like to trade in more than
one city. but wish TO go to . market where
they have. perhaps. established their
credit and obtain whatever goods are
necessary to stock their stores. Ths job
bern Of Seattle are unanimous in the opin-
ion that the establishment Of such . busi-
ness here would b . great help 70 the
city's trade. a. il shown by the following
replies by some Of the leading merchants
to the question whether the establishment
OF . wholesale dry goods house here worid
neip their business:
4 c. Neufeidcr-Anything that tends 10 Gen.
tfaliss tfade helps the city. II there were but
one Wholesale grocery house In the city custom
efs would rever be satisfied. for they would
have no opportunity 70 compare prices. have
seen this illustrated in my y expsfience. The
trouble In establishing . wholesale Dry goods
house here lies In the fact Of competition from
Eastern houses which have travelling men ous
here oil the time. Iwould like 20 see one estab-
lished here. but Il must be . strong one to suc-
esed. Such . house would have to ssii q the
same ps.ces ~ Eastern houses, but would have
the advantage Of having the stock ct haul for
immediate delivery.
C.. l. webb-Noee assursdly I think q whole
sale dry goods house here would help other
Wholesale houoesI Il would make Seattle .
market foe country customess who come here
Tor other goods. Nov they cannot stock up
with . full line for . country store. They Ga
elsew Tor dry goods, and where they GO
they may pick mp goods in some other lines
Every other line 10 well represented hero.
7. W. F~isher-Thefe 10 no doubt that q whols-
sale dry goods house in Seattle would heip other
lines Of business. When We hare inquiries from
customers for dry goods they say they can't buy
them except in Portland, Tacoma or San Fran
cisco good strong house hero would help ~
ana help the town. The question 10 whether It
would pay the house itself.
}. L Simpson-You don't need 70 aak II .
Wholesale dry goods house would help u
Only the other day . man cam down from
Alaska 70 stock up . general store We could sell
everything else here, but nc dry guodA
The result was that he vent to San Frapctsco
for the whole order. Last week we sold . bill Of
&6)o or 300 TO . merchant who went to Portland
10 buy bis dry goods You get : dry goods
house hero and IL will do the town moro good
than anything that has happened in ten years.
James Cash--I have always contended that q
wholesale dry goods house here would help
other wholesaler. and Mr.. Wttter and l have
c~osresponded with big houses in the East with
q view OF getting them to put an establishment
in here. Il would be the biggest thing We could
do for the city to get Q Wholesale dry goods
house here.
Clarence Hanford-Outside dealers, from
Alaska for instance, who come here want to
buy ill their goods in one place. They won't
buy ono line hero and another line In some
other place. We are losing trade by no. having
. wholesale dry goods house. Portland has sew
eral representative right In this field excln.
sivelv. and we ought to be able to handle the
trade that Portland 10 getting.
J. A. Spencer-A wholesale dry goods house
would very materially help other lines OF busi-
ness. A man who does any kind Of Q business
In dry goods likes TO 80 to market after his
goods, aud he naturally takes . iist Of what he
wants In other Inca II he gocs 70 Portland or
San Francisco TO buy his goods he viii very
likely buy other lines there. In all tire cities
big Wholesale houses have men employed to
watch the hotels for outside merchants, and of
course sell him goods II they can. Then when
. MAJ goes to = city for dry goods, opens an &C.
count and establishes his credit, consequently
he can buy there easier than elsewhere. On all
Eastern goods Seattle can compete with SAN
Francisco. I cannot see Why . DRY goods house
would not DO right In line here. but Q smali
concern would not do; we want Z strong house.