The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-25

NtRYnd8t "tt welcoming ~
IVI , their guests s.,,. this
hundred OF the retail merchants OF
West Virginia, eastern Ohio and vest
ern Pennsylvania-th solid, substan-
tlal business men who are important
factors in the life of their communl-
ties-and the Intelligencer, on behalf
OF the Wheeling public, takes UNI
bounded pleasure In making that well
come Just as unanimous and hearty
as 1t Is possible for the $4,000 souls
from Jonathnn's gut to Boggs' run to
express it. Wheeling never had aught
but n reputation for the far famed
hospitality of the virginIas, and on
this occasion 1t is the general desire
that the visitors may make themselves
entirely at home. II you don't get all
you want, just ask for 1t.
Many of the visitors to tho city to-day
are men who have dealt with the whole
salers of Wheeling for many years.
They know OF the substantial character
Of the cliy's jobbing interests and tho
wide territory covered; they know
Wheeling ranks away up In the CONNER
clal world as a city of the second class
doing the business Of community of
the first class: they know us as one Of
three most important shipping points on
the great Baltimore & Ohio system of
railways, distinction made possible by
the generous patronage OF the retail
merchants who are here to-day; they
know this city for It's high reputation in
the manufacturing world. for Its I'M
rlvalled stogie. its excellent glassware,
Its unsurpassed pottery, and for many
other thlngs-alsb. like many other poo
pie. some of them have come to believe
that old Wheeling Is just little tinged
with the conservatism that character
lies communities that are without the
push and energy, vim and vtgor and all
around goaheadativeness that combine
to make cities important factors In the
commercial worlds
Gentlemen, the Inte1llgenccr can can
dldly assure you that such an impress
sion Is for from the truth.
Would a city without Of plenty of go
in her business men, provide such an
elaborate and pleasing entertainment as
that which you are to participate in to-
day.
The answer, of course, is an emphatic
mo"
In the past Wheeling may have been
just a little behind the times in some
things, but when her jobbing lnteresta
are In question there Is not n retail mcr.
chant in the city to-day who will decline
TO testify 10 the fact that the wholesale
merchants Of this city are men who arr
up TO date from New Years to Christ,
mas; men Of astute business qualities;
men who are alive AT all times and ready
to grasp every commercial advantage
that will enable them to put goods on
the shelves Of the retail stores OF West
Virginia, eastern Ohio and western
Pennsylvania at n price as low as the
lowest, with quality Just little better
than other cities best, and--above all
else-witf honest measure and ds honest
weight These are some Of the thingl
that have made 1t possible for Wheeling
TO cut such an important figure In the
commercial world. Close competition
has been the rule OF rccen. years; mar
chants buy closer than they did not very
pushing. wide-awakc fellows who steep
with one eye open, fearing some compel.
itor will swoop down and get an "ordcr'l
that he already has in antlcipation--arc
constantly on the move, covering more
territory, making more sales and dolnS
more business than ever before. In thin
race for commercial supremacy Wheel,
ing wholesalers are In the vah-ln this
lead most OF the timc.-and never more
than nose TO the bad-and the first
Merchants Day" Wheeling has figured
In as host Is a promise that her lead
commercially In the tri-state radius will
he held at any cost The retail men Of
this rich and promising sectiOn-a Jewel
IN Uncle SANS crown-are not blind to
these facts, and the In,cligcnccr he
lieves they Will sec that the few thou
sands required 10 entertain them today
viii be returned over and over again
In Increased buslness In the year that
Will olapse before another Merchants
Day attracts an even larger reprosen-
tatlon OF the customers and prngpect-
I've customers Of Wheeling Iobbera.
Gentlemen" says Commercial
Wheeling, I'VE arc yours to-day: your
desires are ours; whatever you ask Ia
granted In advancc-chorus girls OK
copied"