The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-12
PUSH lind CAPITAL.
They Bull 4 Up a Big Bust
hess Here.
RAp,o GRo{ WITH IN FOUR YEARS.
pamarlah,e 1ccess of Cooper & Levy,
,ba WI olesale and Retail
GrW Gerry Dealers.
WITH IN FOUR YEARS.

p,s, a,s-S and aggressive methods,
hac,a5 nv al n and judicious advertis-
iru viii accorE olish wonders in this age.
E>I-arv city ia Al some mercantile establish
r,ar. vvhosa - xth and success has been
rnat.er % - prise TO all Seattle has
nrohablv r,oraV than the ordinary share
OF such houses
ona erno in Il -ticular has 10 an unusual
aagra.a forces ii the front within a few
years time.
IN The snri, OF 1851 Mr.. Isaac Cooper
ard NJ pnis .evy came 70 Seattle look
ine for an 80 ling. A number of years
nr9o- +ba1- bo5 III cen in the mercantile bus
insss in E,asfA n Washington. and find
ing tbat sald % small, sought a larger
city They broV ght with them ample cap
,tai backa5 h,, ears of active experience.
The 6rs+ sfsJ of this firm in Seattle
vas aarlv- IN d 81. on Marion street. be-
+ursa, yyastar,& and First avenues. Four
ne,nIa v,ere on ugh to attend TO the trade
which has s.nV assumed such proper
tions that ajeh4 en- employees are required.
Thara is bar3lX a town or hamlet in the
Northwest VIII e Cooper & Levy do not
shin o-rocersss II They extend their ship
ments into AlT ska as well, and every
where Cooner II Levys monthly price lists
are found.
AZ the outsAS Cooper & Levy reached
o,lt FIR tho =, Intry trade. making this
the nrincinaI fe .ture of their business, and
n Increased in l. such volume that in 1894
they were fnrc,I l to seek larger quarters,
and moved in their present spacious
store at 1a4-1O6I First avenue south, one
door sOufb ofE Nesler way. Meanwhile
their cftv trsdM has grown, forcing the
firm TO give n ~ more and more attention.
until today IN delivery wagons of the
firm ara seen all portions of the city.
Nessrs CoonaE & Levy are heavy buy
ers. pl,rchasine IL goods direct from the
manufacturers 4 nd paying spot cash for
them These IN In turn sell 20 the con-
sumers for cashl only, which enables them
10 do business II a very close margin.
Each rnapha, Of the firm is a strong
believer in the fhcacy of printers ink in
creating busneA
In answer n 4 inquiry regarding adver-
Using AR CInor0 = recently said: "Adver-
Using is as ess ntial to business success
as canitaI ana 81 nergy. In fact. il is in
disnerSabla n he firm carries out this
belief bv rhera1IW patrOniZing the best me-
dfums ana nv N uing monthly complete
revised prica Ii 3, circulating from TO- 900
Ia % 600 of tbe1V each issue. These price
1iets no cent 4 all parts OF the state.
Their theory, - advertising is the one
which every ID ertiser Will recognize as
being sound.
"S1ccessfuI - ertising," said Mr. Coop
or go for aS ~ can say. consists in Of
fering the rigbtJ quality of goods at the
riebt nricas ard telling the public what
you have to of "a So +" i', 10
they will see ii. 10 40 uIIs We seIecI the
nast ,oadinros a N hand and use such space
a. u-ilt oor,ra,H notice. We endeavor to
be scrupulously iU'hiul III our duNeI Hse
ments and back up every statchlent WIN
goods exactly auNei.iseu. We Hi,u
MONEY, snept advertising a profitable
investment as a usudi thihs.
The s+ocl of n oceries carried by Cooper
g. ~, &c ,,nus% ally large. Every avail
ahla bit If sraE in their store is filled
with Goods the III quantities giving the i'm
preston of excl 'siVe "hoiesaiers lnstedi
OF being both VI loleSaiei9 anu IeCa-ieiS'
s,,oh 49, +be,- III We patrons in all portions
80 ~ NortbwaI who have been constant
,,,stor,ars tbro,x n the mails and yet have
never been in S'oie - PeI s7.'
Both Messrs. oopeI anu t-eFy nav eA
tensive realty h luihss III th.e Ci'S an" VI
cinity, beside o ioi A4'eie