The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-14

Farmers Mercantile company col
umn and a b llf. Tinnes Bros. two
columns-that is what Adridn's mer-
chants show. The merchants Of
Worthington carry about two col-a
ulmns Of advertising. VIVA, do. y.
this prove if not that the m4rchaLt}
Of Adrian are more progressive: and
liberal, do much larger business
and have better values to offer than
themerchants of Worthington? Where
would the judicious buyer look for
bargains after such comparison as
thisi Oftentimes have we heard the
wish expressed by the citizens Of
Worthington that they had such
stores and such business msn a, Ad-#
rian. They haven't got them,
though, and there is scant sense of
the papers of that town working
themselves into frenzy trying to de-,
lude themselves into the notion that
they have.
To the people Of Worthinyton The
Guardian extends cordial invita-
ton to come over and do their trad
ing when they wish to save money
and if they do not care to he roasted
by their home papers for such a sem.
sible proceeding we will promise
never to say word about their being.
here. Adrian-she's all right" b ISL
OF course all Of this sounds very
/ nice in the ears Of the Adrian ner-.
chants and citizens-some of them
believe what the Guardian says but
anyone who has been in both towns.
know that the whole is manufactured
and probably paid for at the rate of
five cents line.
Now. the writer is acquainted with
the stores of Adrian and Worthing-
ton and we propose to go over the
Guardians article and show that
every statement made in regard to
the matter is false and manufactured
out of the whole cloth (bought in
Adrian.)
The Guardian says that Mr.. Glib
son could not purchase an ove'coat
in Worthington that would fit him
for SI6.5O or three times $3.50. We
let this go without comment. -
Further down in the GUARDIAN s
article we find: There is no mel
chant in Worthington who carries as
large a stock Of clothing as either 4.
NJ. Becker or E. &. Thom pson: there
is not drygoods store in Worthiny-
ton that can equal the dry goods line
carried by Abrams three drygood5
Householder, Times Bros. and
the Farmers Mercantile Co.; there is
not 2 store in Worthington that does
the volume of business that any Of
these stores does"
Is that so? We admit that Mr..
Becker has fine store for SO small d
place as Adrian, but when it comes to
compare with the metropolitan store
of H. E. Torrance of this place, it is
a minus quantity. The clothing
firms of H. E. Torrance, Bob & Ne!s,
A. Anderson, 4. l.. Burnell, r. F.
Baker and S. v Wyckoff each do an
immense business and sell at prices
which Adrian markets dare not meet.
Or drygoods stores, Fl. E. Torrance,
E. j. Daniels, Union Mercantile Co.,
Swedish Mercantile Co., \. L. Bur
nell, S. " Wyckoff and G. l.. Peter
son all do larger business than the
Adrian firms. Competition is brisk
in Worthington and thu people have
large number Of stores to select
from and are not limited to three as
in Adrian where they may keep prices
up where they want to.
"Merchant Becker has more clerks
in his employ than any three mer-
chants in Worthington,' says the
Guardian Such talk is foolish.
Further on the Guardian says that
after careful perusal of the Worth
ington papers, it finds that the Wor-
Ellington merchant sc carry two columns
of advertising. Sorry you didn't get
the ADVANCE last week, for we know
you wouldn't say there were only
two columns of advertising in the
Worthington papers if you had seen
the ADVANCE. The upper half of the
first page g columns) is occupied by
the standing advertisement of H. E.
Torrance, who advertises in accor-
dance with the big business he is
doing and all of the leading business
houses are represented in our col