Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
GREATEST TRADE l. IMPLEMENTS
EVER SEEN IN THE CITY.
Prosperity Among the Farmer Makes
q Big for Imple-
ments and All Other Farm
Necessities.

The business done here for the past three
years in the handling of agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS makes Kansas City the greatest
distributing point in the country for that
line of trade. There are siXty-ive firms
that are engaged in the business here, and
they handle the trade of the entire West
and cover the territory in a fine way.
There have been varying estimates made
OF the value of the implements and supplies
handled through Kansas City annually.
and they have ranged from So. 900, 900 to
$40 600. 900. As they have all been made by
men engaged l.. the trade it is difficult TO
stimate the exact figures warranted as
the true estimate. There has been great
difficulty encountered In the compilation
OF figures in that business because the
firms will not make known their sales. II
Is safe, however, to say that the past year
has been The best the trade has ever seen
in the city. OId-timers are are prone to point
back 10 80 as the year when trade reached
the highest figure known, but the past
year ii is certain the figures of that year
have been equaIed. If not passed, and that
there has been actually handled through
the Kansas City agencies more than a mill
lion dollars worth of implements each
month, while there have been sold by the
men connected with these houses for de-
livery in other portions of the land fully
100000. so that the sales ought to be
fully sl6.0oo,eoo. There are at least three
houses that sell annually a million each.
while there are many other active houses
that handle enough trade to make a hand
some business and yield a satisfactory re-
turn for their labors.
Located SO closely to the great grain
fields and corn fields of the West wher
there is SO much done in the use OF i'm
plements the firms here have a constant
demand in all lines of implements. Dur
ing the east year there has been an es-
pecially strong trade in plows, sulky and
gang. and wheat drills. The demand for
that line of goods WAS very much stronger
than any one had foreseen. and no firm
was more than able to ill the orders that
continued to pour in from all portions of
the big territory covered from this point.
The vehicle trade that is handled also by
since the farmers of the West have been
realizing satisfactory prices for their prod
ucts. There are no people in the world
who are more willing TO partake of the
comforts of life. when they have the means
10 DO ii, than the farmers VINO live in the
country tributary TO Kansas City. When
vehicles and implements and other con-
venienees that make their surrounding
comfortable. and when hard luck and
share of The scomforts with the same
good grace. Three years now they have
had prosperity for their portion and the
the same goodly portion The implement
dealers here study to please and have on
hand everything that IS required on any
well regulated farm. and they push their
trade with c~ommendable zeal.
During the past year two of the larger
concerns manufacturing implements have
located in Kansas City as their Western
point for distribution. and have purchased
sites for their buildings. Three large build
ings will be added to the important ones
now in the West bottoms devoted to i'm
plement trade and the importance of the
city will be CORRESPONDENCE increased in
that line.