The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
A new WHOLESALE BUSINESS
BATTLE BROS. WILL WHOLESALE
LIVE STOCK AT ALBANY, GA.
viii Carry an Enormous Variety of
Mules and Horses. Cheap Cash
Prices Will Prevail.

EH1ceS VIII Prevail
Albany's rapid development as a
wholesale center has been watched
with qualification, not only by peo-
pie of Albany but by those who live
in what has become generally known
as the Albany district" 1t is not
strange that the people living in this
section should view with pleasure
Albany's enlarging wholesale opera
tions, for the marked advantages
which this city enjoys makes it pos
sible for the wholesale houses to sup
ply the wants of the retailers of this
section more advantageously than
those located at any other point.
1t is for these reasons largely that
the announcement that Battle Bros,
the big stock men, will go extensively
into the wholesale mule and horse
business this fall will be received
with interest by those who deal in
and those who buy stock. Battle
Bros. have on Pine street, in Albany,
one of the largest and most up-to-
date barns in this section. 1t is built
OF brick, and has accommodations
for 400 or 500 head of horses and
mules.
Battle Bros. opened business in
Albany last August. They pushed
their business aggressively and en-
joyed a success that surprised people
who were not familiar with their up
to-date methods and splendid con-
nections. While they embarked in
the retail business Mr.. G. r. Battle,
the Albany manager of the firm, had
not been in that city long before he
saw the big advantages which the
city enjoyed as a wholesale distrib-
uting point for mules and horses
Albany's low freight rates and SPLEEN
did distributing facilities increased
as advantages as they were more
closely studied.
why should people go to the
trouble and expense of going to At
lanta or other distant points to buy
their mules and horses if they could
buy them right here at the same
prices, plus the freight differential
from Atlanta to Albany" This was
the question that Mr. Battle asked
himself over and over again, and the
more he asked it the more clear the
answer seemed.
During the latter part of last sea-
sen Battle Bros. went into the whole
sale end of the business slightly, sim
ply to test out the theories which
seemed so sound. Their success was
even more than they had hoped for
$50 they at once began preparations
for more extensive wholesale bust
ness this year.
One of the first steps taken to
make their wholesale business a sure
success was the opening of an Office
at the Union Stock Yards in ST. Lou
is. This office is in charge of expert
.enced buyers who trade on the Stock
Exchange giving Battle Bros. the
same advantages that are enjoyed by
the largest dealers in the South. Bat
tie Bros. can buy mules just as cheap
as any dealer, and they will be able
to sell them cheaper than they are
offered in Atlanta or other distribu-
ting points in this section.
In comparing the price conditions
in Albany with those of Atlanta Mr..
Battle says that it costs about $3.50
more to bring a horse or mule from
st. Louis to Albany than it does to
Atlanta. The dealers at the stock
yards in Atlanta have to pay 60 cents
day board on every mule, while
the cost of keeping mules at the Bat
tie stables is only 20 cents a day, a
difference which will soon eat up the
difference in freight. BY the time a
buyer pays his expenses to Atlanta
and the freight on the stock he buys
he has spent anywhere from $50 to
$3.50 which he could have saved by
coming to Albany.
One feature of the wholesale bust
ness which Battle Bros. will conduct
is their plan to deliver all stock
bought from them to any purchasers
in the Albany district" saving any
freight charges from Albany to the
final point of delivery.
These are but few of the advant-
ages which Battle Bros. will offer in
their wholesale mule and horse bust
ness. They will operate the business
on a most extensive scale, keeping
their big barn full all the time, so
that dealer can go there and buy
ten mules or a carload of any kind
of mules he wants. The business
will be conducted on a cash basis,
and the lowest cash prices will APP
ply.
All who are interested in South
west Georgia will join in wishing
Battle Bros, the wholesale mule
men, will experience an even larger
success than they hope to enjoy.