Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-18
tpq, Correspondence of The Dra Neus BY Frank G. copo

that John Wanamaker, Slegel & Cooper
and others are thinking Of establishing
them In London, but they would pay al
most equally well in all the European
capitals Paris Is the only one that
has any to speak Of. 1t has the Bon
Marche, the Louvre ana Au Printemps
together with some smaller establish
meuts, all Of which are making money,
have written Of the two Berlin de-
parlment stores Werthelm's and
Tict2s both of which are doing an en-
ormous business, but there Is room for
more
Russia is peculiarly well fitted for
such stores. It's people are rather ORR
entail than occidental They are used
TO the great bazars, and a department
store is only a bazaar under one head.
They are also accustomed to do business
by bargaining and they would jump at
marked goods and fixed prices, As It Is
here you decker for everything from a
suit Of clothes to a liver Pill. II Is how
much viii you gite2 and how much
VIII yuu take? not only In the great
establishments but also in the petty
markets found am over the city,
This bazar was llied with shoppers
when J visited Il, Crowds of men In
caps oyercoats ana top boots Of poorly
dressed peasant women In gowns and
head shaWls and Of the Well-clad, sub
stantiul merchant class moved TO ana
fro. There were many Well-dressed
gentlemen, ladies' AMI children coins
from store 90 score and also many peO-
ple resting ana chatting on the seats
which line the streets Of the bazaar
AMERICAN GOODS IN MOSCOW.
This bazaar Is only one Of half dozen
or more Ia Moscow. The others are
smaller but some Of them would be con-
sIdered large anywhere Moscow is the
/ commercial capital Of Russia, Its bust
ness is scattcred,and have walked my
self tired m COINS from one commercial
quarter to another Many new stores
are going upund IN some, American ele-
yators and others OF our inventions are
being introduced.
There is one store here which sells
nothing but American goods, and,
strange to say It belongs to an English
man, who has made a fortune In dealing
in our speciatics His name Is Block,
and he has been doing business in Rus
STA for the past 20 years. lie started
as an agent Of the Fairbank scales, and
pushed them SO that the government
adopted them and made them the stand
ard scales of Russia. Block then took
the agency for other American goods,
and continued increasing his business,
until now he handles American type
writer's furniture from Cincinnati and
Grand Rapids, office desks and files, unit
bookcases, cameras, bicycles stoves.
| and, indeed, everything American. He
has big establishments in ST. Petersburg
and In others of the larger Russian
| cities. His sales amount TO tens OF mill
! lions OF dollars a year, and the profits
are so great that he has, am told be-
come millionaire, It is pity he is on
| Englshman.
MILLIONS IN ELECTRIC RAIL
WAYS.
Some OF the biggest openings here are
IN the electrical field. ST. Petersburg
has about a million and a half people
and It Is stll run by horse cars Mos
COW has 100000 and has gained almost
100000 within the last 10 years 1t like
| wise has horse cars, and poor ones at
| that Warsaw and other cities are little
| better OF, 50 that electric railway con-
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