The Greeley tribune., 1911-03-02
GREELEY LOGICAL CENTER
FOR WHOLESALE BUSINESS
To the Editor:

but rather because II was SO slow In
being started In Greeley. Cities OF
any size or with any anxiety to grow
and prosper have always considered
this method as one OF the best for
encouraging the producing of things
locally. and 1t is high time we began
to realize the importance OF small
and large industries here In Greeley.
Growth In town comes largely
with familiarity of people with the
name OF the town or locality. New
industries come first from the ad-
vertising which a town gets; sec
ondly from its situation. For In
stance. factory would hardly To-
cate in town which was isolated
or which has poor distributing facii-
tiles How much the direct advertis-
Ing Of the town would help Greeley
is a question but we have here an
industry. and it should be called an
OF possibilities for indirect adver-
tfsing Of Greeley and its vicinity. A
wholesale establishment will bring
more good fame to a town than al
most anything else.
II people knew that Greeley Is
good distributing point. and that var
ious wholesale houses are located
here. they will gradually remember
the name and 1t will be synonymous
with hustle and push. Who does not
know Of the Simmons Hardware Co.,
and who does not know that St
Louis has received a. much advertis.
ing from this alone AZ many cities
will get from pages of newspaper
and magazine advertising at the ex-
pense of its local Commercial club.
Wholesaling is a peculiar indus
try. 1t takes special type Of men,
men who have the best of business
Judgment. who are far-sighted in the
energy which is necessary to make
any business, large or small. prosper.
Ordinarily men of this type do not
pick small town. because 1t is sup
posed to lack certain advantages OF
town like Denver and 1t usually
lacks. first of all. freight rates which
larger cities have.
Some few years ago Greeley was
fortunate enough to be selected as
the location of wholesale grocery.
1t did not make much of an i'm
preston on me at the time. thought
they were foolish to pick Greeley
when they might as well have gone
to Denver. knew that the freight
rate was in favor OF Denver and I
did not believe that q wholesale
house would ever be able to compete
with Denver on that account.
But their methods were new. In
stead OF buying their goods at whole
sale and cutting enough of their
profits to compete with Denver they
went after the railroads and after a
long and expensive fight they made
the railroads give Greeley the same
rates as Denver. One who is not
familiar with the railroad situation
will not appreciate what this means.
to compel the railroads to give rate
they do not want to give. This
meant a great deal to Greeley. for
where everything which we had for
merly bought outside cost us freight
to Denver and then to Greeley. after
this we saved the freight from Den
yer up here and this is, a big item to
a community OF 5000 people. This
Is one of the things which has helped
Greeley directly and which We owe
to Mr.. Hickman. But We owe an
other thing to him. Intsead OF
Greeley being one of the Towns
around the Horn" 1t is now dis
tributing point. Now when a grocer
needs groceries he does not think
Denver, he thinks Greeley, and II
means that the Greeley freight Office
has a larger force at work to take
care OF the increased business, and
1t means that the railroads have put
in new side tracks which were not
needed before, and It means an office
force and travelling men who go all
around this district with Greeley as
their home.
The local grocers have been. most
of them. appreciative of this saving
OF time in getting stocks and OF saw
ing Of freight which has come since
the rate was made the same to
Greeley as the rate to Denver and
have supported our wholesale groc-
cry but some OF them think groceries
are not as good II they have been
shipped to Greeley and distributed
from here as II they had been dis
tributed from Denver. But that is
always the case. The main thing to
do is for people to ask their grocers
did you buy this from our Greeley
wholesale house?" The spirit OF
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