The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

store, and its extension 10 include dry
goods women's wear, books. carpets, fur
niture. upholstery, household furnishings.
aud. Indeed. everything that IL wanted by
men, women or children for use, for com
Tort or for adornment In public life or in
the home, is surely one Of the wonders OF
modern commerce In this last establish
ment Is now carried on the largest and
most comprehensive retail business in this
country, II not in the world
Hero Mr.. Wanamaker has not only built
mp an enormous business, amounting to
many millions annually, but he has rcvo-
lutionized the methods Of retailing
throughout the country To consult the
convenience and comfort Of customers, 60
return the purchase money where the pur-
chase fails ~ prove satisfactory, to fix uni
form prices, TO preserve uniform excel
lence OF quality, TO make public by advcr-
Using correct information respecting the
business, TO offer the buyer by mail the
same facilities and tho same safety as for
the shopper In the store-these are somo
ui the advantages that the American pub
lie owes To the system OF retailing devised
and perfected by John Wananakcr, II
system which is now extending TO all
great cities Of the United states. His firm
recently purchased the entire business
and stock Of the New York house Of Hi.
ton, Hughes a. Co, tho successors To the
famous Alexander 4. Stewart That eS-
tablishment has been reorganizcd on the
same basis as the Grand Depot in Phila-
dclphia. and In II business Is conducted on
the same plan and scale as In the Philndrl.
phia house. The purchase OF the New York
concern was the largest operation of the
Kind IN the history of this country, II no
I'm the world
Mr. Wanamakcr employs in his Phll'.
delphia business between 5000 and i,Och
persons; sometimes, during holiday sca-
sons, nearly 300 The relations bctwc, %
the head of the great house and his esq.
ployes have beon Of tho most intimate 900
cordial character. While enforcing an ,..
lutte discipline in the conduct Of hi, nU~i.
ness he has ever considered the material
welfare Of those employed by him As
early rs 1855 hG presented To 40 Of his cn..
ployes ono year policy Of life insuraurn
According To tho plan instituted 10y h.m
some years ago such of his employees ~
served continuously for seven years re-.
ccivcd n percentage of the profits, and in
the first year after this arrangement was
effected the amount thus divided among
his statesmen, etc, WINS slOa. iS6 6S. includ.
ing 3iOO 900 set aside ~ nm addition to the
pension fund for thoir benefit, which /,
regularly sustained
His Political Experience.
Mr.. Wanamakor's business career has
been supplemented by an equally useful
and successful participation In politics
He has long taken an nctive pnrt in locnl
political movements. In the presidential
.s, - 49,. a n
committee appointed to promote the Re-
publican cause, which aided materially / n
the successful outcome Of that canvass.
When General Harrison entered the Pres-
Dental Office In March, 1859. he rendered
Mr.. WanAmaker soat In tho cabinet as
postmaster general, n position for which
he was prominently qualified by his long
business training. Ho introduced into
tho department the business methods
which had been so successful In his prl- |
vate life, and under his management tho
postal service OF the country acquired an
unprecedented degree OF efficiency. Mr. |
Wanamaker entered, with his accus stoned
activity, upon the presidential campaign |
OF 1893. He made tour OF Pennsylvania |
extending through twonty-four counties, |
and ut every one OF the many meetings
which he addressed he brought home to |
his hearers the vital issues Of the hour, |
especially as seen from the business mans
standpoint. Great numbers of people |
Hooked TO the meetings at which no was
announced to speak, and his face became |
familiar 10 ten OF thousands OF our OH |
IONS To whom his name and reputation |
had alone beon previously known.
Should Nr. Wanamaker be chosen TO |
the Unitod States senate, tho Keystone |
state would have brilliant representa-
tive in the highest legislative body of the |
nation one In whom the citizens Of the |
commonwealth might justly take prdo.