The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-04
COME TO TOPEKA MERCHANTS WEEK
IT IS A WINNER.
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NoH1nueo IrOm preceding Page.)
i If Topeka can score the same pro-
portion OF success achieved by Grand
! Rapids in the Merchants Week enter
tainment. that is to double the at
tendance every year. the jobbing bust
ness OF the city is sure to be largely
/ increased as a result. A movement like
this denotes live town and always
meets with response. Nothing sue
ceeds like success. AS result of get
ting together our jobbers and manu-
facturers get new ideas and an in
/ SEPARATION to do bigger things. When
business men get together and work
together for the good Of their city along
any line that city generally is benefit
ed. Topeka has made fine progress all
| of this year in the face of a depression
| in many sections of the country and
this hanging out of the flag of progress
during the dull summer season will at
| tract the attention of the state to the
| fact that Topeka never had a better
year than the present one. The bank
| statements, the record of building per-
| mits and the reports of real estate
| men all indicate prosperity, and now
| come the jobbers and manufacturers
| and begin to pull their weight in the
| boat of progress. and their stroke is
| the strongest and most vigorous in
the craft.
Watch Topeka grow.
Byron WiIlcuts.
One of the new wholesale institutions
| of Topeka, that has caught on and ex-
| perienced a remarkable success so far
| is Byron Willcuts, dealer in wholesale
] fruit, produce and vegetables at 12c
| Kansas avenue. After working several
years for Topeka commission houses,
Mr.. Willcuts started in business for
| himself about two years ago, occupy
| ing only part of a building and employ
| Ing one person, an Office girl. By hard
| work and careful management he has
now grown to be one of the factors
| in the local commission trade. He now
| employs several office people, city sales
| men and assistants in the house. and
| operates four delivery wagons for his
| Topeka business. Mr.. Willcuts is a di-
! rector and member of the Topeka Fruit
| and Brokerage company. which enables
| him to be on an equal footing with the
| larger houses. and allows him to offer
| his goods as cheap as any commission
| house in the west. He handles all
| classes of fruits, vegetables and pro- |
duce and does wholesale business ex- |
clusively.
r. T. Kreipe Cigar Company.
Out of town merchants who visit To- |
peka merchants and manufacturers i
week are cordially invited to visit the !
cigar factory of the r. T. Kreipe Cigar |
company, 80 East Fourth street, the |
home of the celebrated 80 cent cigar. |
The wonderful success this cigar has |
had since being placed on the market !
each month shows a substantial in |
crease in it's sale. There is not a store
in Topeka selling cigars that does not |
handle the 80. and it ranks among |
the very best sellers. Its success is |
due solely to the excellent quality of
tobacco used, and the superior work. i
men employed.
The Chas. Wolff Packing Co.
Merchants and others who come to /,
Topeka during Merchants week. |
should take the advantage offered of
visiting the plant of the Chas Wolff |
| Packing company at the foot or
| Quincy street There is not a more |
modern packing plant in the United |
| States. and though small compared /
| with some other packers. has made /
! reputation for their products that is
| the envy of some OF their larger |
competitors.
From a retail butcher shop Mr..
Charles Wolff, president of the Wolff
Packing company, branched into the !
packing business in 1886, and since
that time the concern has f1ourished,
increasing the volume Of business
every year, and always striving to i'm
prove the quality of their products.
The plant has a killing capacity of
over $4,000 hogs, cattle and sheep
per year for which they pay the far
mers in this vicinity 2 " million dol
lars per annum. They employ two
hundred men and their yearly pay roll
aggregates about $4,000. The Wolff
plant is the principal market for Kan
sas. Oklahoma and Colorado. and each
year new territory is added.
A claim made, and which costs the
company several thousand dollars a
year to back up. is that theirs is the
cleanest packing house in America,
and visit to this model plant will
convince you Of the truth of the
assertion.
Whlteker Bros, Wholesale Fruits.
There is probably no wholesale con-
Germ doing business in Topeka today
that has had such success as the firm
of Whiteker Bros. wholesale dealers
in fruits, vegetables and produce. This
concern started in business in 1885,
selling their goods from house to
house. from baskets, but soon pur-
chased a horse and wagon and rented
wagon room where the First Baptist
church now stands. across from the
Santa Fee general office building. They
then moved to 927 Kansas avenue
where they conducted a wholesale and
retail store, continuing in that loca-
ton till they moved into their present
building, 100-102 North Kansas avenue
They now do a wholesale business ex-
clusively, and also operate branch
house at Norton, Kansas. They OPP