Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
jim THE RETAIL TRADE
THE YEAR Has BEEN ONE OF
HEALTHY GROWTH.
The Public Has Bought With Marked
LiberaIity and the Business Has
Grown In Volume and
Value.

Kansas City retail establishments in the
very large and varied lines represented in
the city do an annual business at
10000 90. and it has possibly surpassed
that figure this year. as the business from
month 10 month has been increasing. and
the years record is one fully satisfactory
To the people who have their cash invested
in the many excellent establishments in
the city. There is possibly no other West
ern city that has So many strictly first
class retail houses in the leading lines OF
trade as are found here. This is true Of
the dry goods business, of boots and shoes,
clothing, queensware. drugs, gents fur
nishinS goods. jewelry. groceries. butcher
shops and. in fact, practically all of the
lines in which the public has special in
terest. There is not Il single line of retail
trade that does not have houses that rep
resent the Very best phase OF the business.
The stocks OF goods carried in the vari-
Gus establishments include all that is
standard and all that is new and attraC-
tive. The markets of the world are search
ed for The very latest articles. The houses
are managed on Il basis that draws trade
and the interests of the public are care
tulIy attended to in every instance. Po-
lite statesmen are employed. the prices are
IN keeping with the quality of the articles
and no endeavor possible that would add TO
the pleasure of the shopper is missing.
The trade has been OF great volume, es-
peCially in the dry goods. clothing and mil
linery lines. and the houses of the city that
cater for that trade have received from the
public Il support that was such as fully
warranted their endeavOrs 10 please. The
retail stores nave never before carried such
splendid stocks of goods as are on their
shelves. and the way the public has been
investing in them has been Il source of con-
slant pleasure to the managers.
While the trade in the department houses
has grown Very much. there has been d
splendid advance made in the trade given
the other business houses where only the
usual lines are grouped
Asked about the trade for the year. one
of the most enterprising dry GODS mer-
chants of the city spoke of il as follows:
THE past year has been very satisfac>o-
ry. the past six months showing the great
est increase in the many Years ct our en-
istenCe in the dry goods business. We be-
lieve this is due to the rapid growth of
Kansas City and the enterprise merchants
as well as 20 the outside world. Without
doubt Kansas City has come wonderfully
to the front in the past year and stands
to-day on the most prosperous road of any
city in the United States. Every depart
ment shows that the people are buying
a better grade of goods and buying easier
than in the past. This one earmark Of it
best proofs that the people are feeling bet
ter and realize that Kansas City is Il Good
Place to Live In The Instructions to
every buyer connected with this company
are 10 buy finer goods and pay strict at
tention to quality and price. and TO make
every department speak for itself for
brightness ard newness of goods equal to
any Eastern store.
TT is our aim to make Kansas City so