Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-05
GREAT GROCERY
JObb|NG POINT
Local JObbers DO Annual
Business of Three and
Half Millions
(M. c. NotIes.)

Ip 10 l'NV tnere we're Se''ldl
semi-jobbing houses in Amarillo,
the largest being that of Smith-Nal-
ker & Company. The next larges;
was Wooten & Mobiles. and in 49,
Smith-Walker Company and Wooten
e. Mobiles consolidated, ard did 4 re-
tail and wholesale grocery business
for several years. but II was not con-
sidered that there was sufficient bus
mess in the entire territory TO Justify
exclusive wholesale houses rs A. that
time there was only one railroad
through this territory. same beins
the f.. Worth G. Denver CITY railway
Ranchmen hauled goods from the
community Of Roswell. New Mexico
and IT. Sumner, New Mexico, and on
the South Plains as far as Lubbock
But in the year 1909 this countrT BE-
gan to settle up considerably. AMI
Mobiles Bros. having established a
business TO themselves at Amarillo
and Canyon City, which was a semi
jobbing business up cntil that time
They incorporated under the name OF
Mobiles Brothers Grocery Company.
and since that time have enjoyed n
splendid business and have establish
ed branch houses at Plalnv:ew, Dali
hart and Farwell.
The next jobting house was Cole
mnn-IsysaSht & Blair Co., who ir
1908 bought out ]. A. Kemp Grocery
COMPANY, who had branch house In
Amarillo at that time. A few years
and the Coleman. Lysaght & blair
Co. was absorbed by blair-Hughes
Co, who also have branch house
In Plainvlew under the direction OF
the Amarillo house. Blair-Hughes
Company represents large concern
covering the entire Panhandle coun-
try.
Brady-Naely Grocery company or
xani7ed four years ago In Amarillo.
since which time they have also estab-
lished branch houses at Plainvfew and
Quanah.
The Brady Nicely grocery company
OF Amarillo has filed an amendment
increasing its capital stock from $751;
600 to 100000.
The Waples-Platter Grocery CON-
pany also established a branch house
IN Amarillo some three years ago,
making now four exclusive wholesale
grocery houses all OF which are good
and strong firms, and each doing a
large and commodlous Wholesale gro
ceTy business.
At a conservative basis we would
estimate that the Amarillo johbers
do something over IS 0o0 900 worth
OF business yearly. When one takes
into consideration that Amarillo is
the geographical center OF large
territory extending zoo miles In every
direction. We cannot help but realize
that Amarillo IL destined TO be a great
jcbbing center.
From this trivial beginning little
moro than decade ago, comparisons
may be made tending to give a fore
cast that tells OF the enormous posi-
oilliios OF the almost immediate fn'
ture. Formerly groceries we're haul
cd for great distances in wagons be-
hind mule teams throughout this sec
lion, wher the merchants at outly
ing points came 10 the railroad Il
trade" but this g all changed. Artoi
laden with statesmen. the latter equip
ped with facilities for meeting ever
demand OF the trade. are driven to the
doors OF the prospective buyers In
stead OF the slow and tedious Jour
neys by mule team, the moderI
the foods and wares bourht 10 sup
ply the trade. Instead OF a reas m
ably big business for the Amarillo
iobbor or seml-iobher, there ar
transactions IN the grocery line. y
has ALREADY been indicated that reacl
tho eizzy heights OF millions o. do.
lars.
As splendid as are the presen
achievements in the grocery :obbln
business. II NAV be said with an ey
act degree OF truth "the end has M
vet been reached" There are noss'
bilities 10 the almost immediate =
ture we'll calculated 10 mako m
present look like the proverbs
thirty cents" We are all workin
for and looking 20 the dawn % be-
tsr ard bigger things. With the con