Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-03


amined.
The wholesale produce business of
wheeling, although largely built up
within the last fifteen years, occupies
and has attained a very prominent po-
sition as distinct department of the
wholesale and consignlng interests Of
The city.
As the business Is now carried omit is a
creature Of the modern Industrial world,
witch a history OF to-day, not yesterday,
and having for its greatest guarantee of
continuing success in this CITY a part Of
the swift coursing energetic blood of the
new and present generation in CONNER
cal affairs of Wheeling-Jhe young
men, As a business il has but
| little in the past for It's guide, no GUS
toms and Usages Of trade hard to over
] come in the march OF progress, and all
4 OF the benefits, problems and Opportun--
J.es Of the presen. and future TO hold
and profit by in ,le carrying on OF such
/ business
The wholesale produce business of
D Wheeling to-day in all Its Zines was Or
gained and Instituted 10 NEE, che de-
mands Of few years ago, OF the farm
ers and producers in the country
and the retail merchant in the village
and city, the latter class finding that
the sales Of domestic and iOre.gn produce
/ lad reached such an extent tnat il could
not be successfully carried on in con-
| junction with other lines of goods, but
was a business OF itself, and as a con-
sequence the farmer and producer in
/ this vicinity and throughout the country
gladly sought his market in due time
from The wholesale produce commission
/ firms, they az that time and since being
the best direct markets for him, and
the most satisfactory places Of sale TO
the retail merchant
The wholesale produce business Of
/ Wheeling to-day is represented more or
/ less extensively by about 20 firms, hav-
ing capital in the aggregate
of 100000, and yearly business OF over
a million dollars These figures were
! computed and given the Register by
/ leading wholesale produce men of the
/ city. From 125 10 $50 men are en-
| plOyed yearly, and at the present time
in this line Of business in Wheeling
these figures including the members Of
the firms and their employees at home,
and those on the road As travelling rep
+ resentat.ves of the firms The territory
for the Wheeling produce firms extends
q distance of 100 miles in all
directions from the city, bu- for the last
year many of the firms ID certain lines
sell goods % the s0uth and west at q
+ greater distance. The whole of this one
hundred mile territory, barring two or
/ three localities, IS supplied almost en-
I cirely and directly in produce lines from
| Wheeling, and a large part Of foreign
produce is also supplied this territory
from this point. The produce firms Of
the city make their purchases of goods
from all over the country direct and for
/ each season and year in such localities
as the same IS raised. All of the trOp-
ical or foreign products are pur-
chased by the firms in New York,
/ and the surplus of domestic produce in
this vicinity always finds a ready mar
ket at their hands The staples of pro-
duce, fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs,
poultry and the higher class products,
are all handled by the Wheeling firms
Butter, eggs and poultry are, perhaps,
more largely supplied them by the local
F producers chan other lnes carried. The
fact Of these wholesale produce firms
being unable to purchase but a very
small quantity Of what they sell from
the local or surrounding producers, even.
in the matter Of celery and small fruits
and products presents, the Register be-
lieves, some features for study and reflec-
ton by the agricultural classes in this
county and those adjoining, for as
stated by a leading produce merchant
of the city yesterday to a Register rep
resent3t.ve, they do not and have not
for years produced enough for the con-
sumption of the city of Wheeling alone,
TO say nothing Of the outside territory
which We supply, and this is true when
crops are good. There is no better mar
ket in the world for the products of the
farm and garden than IS found in Wheel
ing to-day, Of the quality demanded and
We Will take all which can
Z NC HlUuAltAs DU ~ tdu NC
seen from the figures given of capital
invested and business transacted yearly.
the territory covered as markets Of sales
and purchases, the extensively ar
ranged stones land places Of business
of the leading firms of the city and The
market established for the sale and pur-
chase Of produce in Wheeling, that the
wholesale produce interests of the city
are to-day of no small eXtsnt and con-
sheraton.
Some Of the leading firms in the city
of produce merchants are P. Bachman
& Sons. Booth & Digby, S. Il. Bell.
S,olze Bros. Counihan Bros, J. S.
Kncheloe, Wncher, Taylor & Co..
Parker & Co., VIM. r. Dudley and Geo.
A. Wells. Besides these firms men
toned there are others, and also some
firms who are engaged in special lines
Of wholesale produce in connection with
other lines Of trade.
1t is represented by those In the bus
mess that much more attention is paid
nowadays by them TO the quality of
produce, means to keep it fresh and
manner of packing the same for ship
ment to points from Wheeling. and
these matters carried out and eontinu-
ously studied, together with push and
business methods of the day have enabled
the produce merchants Of Wheeling to
hold their territory against other COM
patitors. and in particular the home
trade. No outside produce concerns in
any instance supply the local city retail