The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-13

Corley. head Of the Coriey Company.
who was At one time q director OF the
fair, and now an active member OF the
Retail Merchants Association. In my
observation there is comparatively lit
tie direct trading due to fair week.
This fair has been far the best that
has been held. and has brought Rich
mond many more visitors than any
previous fair. The greatest result 10
not in the direct sales. though all OF
the merchants have had some trade.
but in the fact that such a large num-
Der Of visitors leave money In the
community. The people came to see
the fair and found much there to see.
! hey did not come on a trade excus-
sion. The whoieEcie people did re-
markedly large business. as many
buyers took advantage Of this oppor-
tunity to como to town. Ny own whole
sale department did a large business,
one merchant whom met on the
Boosters Tour giving me an order Tor
more than $1,000 of goods.
Local Trade Not Lost.
Every b., Of the local trade that has
been interrupted by the holiday wiz
come back tenfold. and will come with
pientifully enriched with ready money.
The fair was not eNabiished to get
people into our stores and sell them
goods-that is a small idea
The larger view 10 that We have
made the acquaintance Of many thous-
ands OF prosperous country people. and
the trade. both from the country and In
Richmond, will follow. The fair has
been . splendid success from every
standpoint and I hope the associa-
ton will put back every cent In I'm
provements before next year. I no.
ticsd both at the fair and In my store
the increased number Of people At
tending the fair from the section visit,
ed by the Booster train The sdver-
tisement we save the fair on that trip.
1 believe. largely accounts for the in
creaed attendance"
Made Large Sales.
Jerome H. Jonessoff. proprietor OF
the Home Furnishing Company. said
he had made some excellent sales to
fair visitors. in several instances peo-
pie coming in and buying large ship
ments Of furniture to redt their homes.
Nearly all tho fair people," he said.
who came into my place knew ex-
actly what they wanted. and when they
found 1t. the sale was promptly made
They had come to town with the inten-
ton OF buying, knew what they want
ed and In most Cases had THE ready
money with them 1 do not believe
that we have lost any trade because OF
the holiday. II any Of our Richmond
customers delayed buying because OF
the holidays. they win come in with
renewed ability to purchase and with
larger Ideas OF Richmond's trade and
progress a. . result Of the fair"
All of the hotels did practically q
capacity business throughout the WEEK.
the Jefferson having entered $50 sep
arate registrations on Wednesday.
Restaurants likewise had all they could
do. the street car companies were tax
ed to their utmost. the railroads ran
excursions from every direction. car
ring large crowds. % that 1t was not
necessary to ask the managers In any
OF these lines last night whether fair
week had been q success
Gooh CSanfEy Trade.
In the dry goods stores It vas no.
ticeable that customers were usually
country people. who bought consider
able bills Of goods and had them
shipped home. The stores were not
crowded With Q crush Of people look
ing about for tsinkets. Purchaser
knew what they wanted, Wnere 20 Uus
Il and proved most satisfactory Gus
tomers-
&. .Fsir week always brings ~ good
business" said ". q Rhodes. OF MI
Ter 4 Rhoades. 1T brings In good
ran NJ out-of-eovn trade that We
value very highly.
TT n true that during the week
Richmond people are busy entertain
ing visitors and seeing the fair. ana
there 10 some ION In local trade. but
that OF the visitors more than OFFSETS
n. We do not consider the 1ull as
lost trade by any means. - We ser
q the week bsfcse the fsif. when the
people ere getting sesdy 20 enter
tain. and the week amer The Sen
e-al stimulation Of bussness BY bring
ing q large numbSr q people TO the
CITY 10 felt In al ures % trade. s~f