The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-18
INTERVIEW WITH {. A. BEk-
NETT,
President and Manager o
Bennett Wheeler Nero. Co.

Otliitelt WIieeieI WioIC.CU.
''How Is trade op-nlug up with |
YOU since the first Of ih- year. Mr.. |
Beru-tt
Our trade since the first of Janu
better iu fact than W. had expected,
as the road. were so bad III ,st Of thr
time that taruers could Mt come t"
town. ~ soou a. he roa Is get IN a
c.,udltion t. uavel we expect
largely Increased trade ov-r Ia~t
year, WINCH by the way was al aver
age year With. Notwithstanding the
general oppression aud close mouey
market
"Hos is your city traie2 Oar
city trad has Increased NJ least 81
per cent since the first of the YEA, :;
w are now using tive d-l'v-rN
wagons where we used one before
| why d" you expect much
larger country t'ad- this year tina,
last aud how doy account for suci
an increase i'll your city trad! =
.'Iu this way, We are selling every
thug Ia our liue much cheaper thai
:, ever before and are giving our trad
the very best goods the market at
fords for tue least mcn-y
"How eau you sell goods so niue
cheaper this year thau last. l notsc
Il great m.uy ARTICLES you are seiiin
J, at from rs u SO per cent less thA
O heretofore, and you seem to BE- sci
Il ,ug everything cheaper?
q eve are buyiag in very niue
b larger quantities this year than eve
before, in fact buying the most (
~ our goods in Car load lots, for sp'
! Cash, thereby saving largely
freight, cash discount and a Iare
!. discount fer quantity which wou
Otherwise go to some lpbber or mi
.o dlemau Then the great variety
goods we handle enables US to s.
on much closer margin as we
x uot have to depend on any ono
10 two llues. you know We hand
D. almost everything you can call ft
u We believe that the time has CO,
% when all kiuds of merchandise mu
D. be sold GU the very closest marg
aud that We must depend on t
th volume of sales for our profit"
10 ''In carrying so many lines
1T goods, how do you keep track
90 everything and keep things movi
of along smoothly, MIR. Benuett?
all II keep only first class help Il
nd I can depend upon. Mr.. He,nl'
er, assists me iu the management OF
nd business; Dixie Haggard, assisted
b;a Fred Lsiker and Dan LaFollett,
charge of the Implement, Buggy 6
Harness Department.; Mr.. Black,
sisted by julius Wear and 10
" Hsggard, has charge of the Groc
o' ~ Department; John Powell has chal
of the Hardware, Queensware I
-. STOVES; Johu Ray, assisted by
80 :. brother, Lon, has charge of the
',,s shop; Miss Fannie Showalter is
Bookkeeper and Cashier. You
" IN this way we are we'll orgaui
to and each Que OF US has his reg,
run work to do"
# Il understand you have just
ceived two Car loads of Farm
ins chlnery, what lines do you hand
The I'VE are handling the celebra
, to John Deere aud Bradley Surl
war Plows, Cul.ivators, Corn Plan
aud Harrows; we also handle
New Departure Tongueless Cult
'cAs tor and Pattees High Grade Rit
Cultivator.
ror "How long have you han
these goods
per I'VE have handled these &C
'ers. for the last Is years. They are
flee standard goods and have ai'
The gwen the very best satisfac'
- ~ There is nothing better on the
~ ket. In fact we will not handle
o'ii thing but the best"
"What farm wagons and bug
,b;a do you handlef
!. "In farm wagons We handle
Peter Schuttler, Weber Moline
"a, Clinton. In buggies. carriages
- road wagons we handle the K
- 80 and Bradley. In binders and mo
~ the celebrated light draft {
10 E drive Milwaukee, the hghtest
atronrest on the market