The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
WILL BRANCH OUT
STANDARD SHOE COMPANY WILL
OPEN A HOUSE IN WICHITA.

Ia Two Weeks the Peerless Princess VII
Have the Biggest Wholesale sho'
House in the Central West-Five Travel
ing Men VIII Represent it in the Trad
Territory-Gu.. V Well be the Manager
of the New Enterprise What He say
of the Prospects-wichita has Futur'
and the Standard People See 1t.
Wichita is to have the largest shoe
house in the state Of Kansas.
It's doors will be thrown open within
two weeks to the trade of Kansas, OK
lahoma, Texas and Colorado.
The manager of the house will be Gus
V. Wells, so well and favorably known
for a long time as a citizen of Wichra
having charge heretofore of the inter
ests in this territory for the manufac-
turing firm with which ne has now
more closely associated himself.
The firm WIFI be known as the Stand
ard Shoe company and will do whole
sale business exclusively. The facto-
~ is at jefferson City. Mo, where 1t
has done an extensive business for over
twenty years. Its president is F.
knapp, its secretary Fred PrestmeyeT
and its treasurer, A. Zuenat.
The business house selected TO do BUS
mess in is located at 135 North Market
street and has been secured for a. term
OF years The business will be perma-
iFent.
When reporter for the Eagle saw
Mr.. Wells yesterday that gentleman
treated him very courteously and was
willing to answer all questions put TO
him touching the new enterprise.
Eyes, sir" he said 1.-The Standard
Shoe company is putting in a whole
sale house here and while do not wish
TO be considered as blowing about our
enterprise it wifi be the biggest shoe
house in the central west. The firm
makes over 900 pairs of shoes a day
and has the capital and capacity to
double that amount If the demand is
equal to what they can supply. It has
eighteen travelling men on the road
continually. Its business has steadily
grown until the work of the Standard
Shoe company is found in every store
from the lakes to the gulf and westward
10 the Pacific coast. / viii be the res
ident manager in Wichita and viii en-
ploy five travelling men. We have in
Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Nor
thern Texas a fine field and we propose
20 cover it thoroughly. Every man L
shall employ must be hustler. We
have the territory and the goods and
we propose TO sell them. Not a man,
woman or child in 400 miles square
shall go barefooted as long as the Stan
dard Shoe company has a pair of shoes
20 sell them. Our stock will be very
complete. We viii keep everything but
shall make a speciality of goods suita-
bic to the best trade. l have covered
the territory for years, / know what
the trade wants and l shall supply it,
We will do business at 135 North Mar
ket street, the goods are now enroute
and we will open for business before
the first Of the month.
You are not afraid then Of the cry of
hard times?'
mo, / am not. My company has
faith in Wichita as the coming business
center Of the west. They have faith
in their own business. They do bust
ness according to business principles
and are not afraid of gold. silver or pa
per money so long as Uncle Sam is be-
hind it. I have confidence in the west
and so has my company. We are not
afraid OF the alleged reputation talked
about. The credit of our customers
viii be based not only on the faith of
the best people in America but upon 400
miles square of the best corn and wheat
and cotton growing land in the world
We are not afraid of the future of
Wichita nor Of its tributary trade ta~ri-
tory. 1t will be in the band wagon
some day and the Standard Shoe COM
pany proposes to be with it,
Mr.. Wells. who is A conservative bus
fness man is very enthusiastic over the
prospects.
To show that the Standard Shoe
company has faith in Wichita and it's
surroundings they are coming here
without any inducements save those
which the trade territory offers as a
market for their goods.