The Washington times., 1913-09-29
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I Merchants Association
Of Washington Plans to Get
Nearby Trade.
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viduals in the towns nearby Washing.
ton. as well as to storekeepers In ,Ihf
city. - ,.s,- -
The newspapers Of Washington hays
co-operated in the Trade Week, move.
ment to the fullest extent, especially II
the way Of reaching out-ofrtown points
VIII F. Thomas. the lecturer. was the
instrument of another means of adver.
tising Trade Week" in Washington
During the past month and half Nj
Thomas has lectured in thirty dfmeent
towns OF Maryland and Virginia, mol
only exploiting Washington as The city
Beautiful" but emphasizing the splendid
shopping facilities the city affords.
The merchants of Washington are
thoroughly well prepared to greet the
coming visitors. At no season of the
year are stocks at such high tide. as In
the fall, and particularly this fall With
Trade Week as the magnet to draw
the wise shopper to the marts of trade.
This is the accepted buying season; u
marks one Of the great changes OF the
year-the time when nature takes on q
coat and mankind dons one. There are
multifarious things to be purchased at
this time for both the person and the
home, and since everyone Is familiar
with that old saw about the early bird
and the worm, it Is expected that the
volume of business in Washington dur
ing Trade Week will reach very high
figures.
Offers Special Advantages.
This is quite in the nature Of things,
in view Of the very special preparations
both in displays and prices that the nler-
chants of Washington are Offering for
custom during the week. Such induce
ments have been sent out in many
forms to residenters in nearby points
that they may come and share in the
splendid advantages that Trade Week
in Washington offers.
Trade Week" deserves and Is receiv.
ing the hearty cooperation of every
body in Washington. It is not a selfish
enterprise on the part of the Retail
Merchants Association. but rather a big
step forward in tie way of bettering
nome activities. Each and every citizen
of Washington has an intimate personal
interest in every additional dollar that
is attracted to Washington, and keep
ing this in mind the citizens generally
Washington trade.
City pride is a powerful factor in the
Development of any community, and
here in Washington pride has a twofold
purpose-local pride and national pride.
Suffused with this public spirit the
members Of the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION generally are each in turn
contributing to the forwarding of this
trade boosting movement
Must Satisfy Demands.
1t is not case of going after trade
that belongs to other localities. but
rather a movement intended to obtain
that which naturally belongs to the Ma
tional Capital It is a weIl-knowp fact
that small stores in small places can
not AFFORD to carry line of goods suf-
ficient to meet the needs of its commu-
nifty, therefore the larger purchasers
In the small towns must seek a mar
ket elsewhere to satisfy their demands
1t is to attract this class of trade, and
the now-and-then buyer as well that
the Trade Week" propaganda has
been set forth. II its success is meas
ured by the amount of time, effort and
energy that has been expended 1t will
be a brilliant success. That 1t will be
a success was confidently anticipated.
The Retail Merchants Association
stands for cooperation and helpfuiness
in all lines of retail trade. It has as
its co-workers and coliaborators the
nobility Of the retail trade In the Capt.
tai City, and has accomplished much
directly for the benefit of the retail
dealer, and indirectly for the profit and
enhancement of the interest of en-
ployes and the buying public. Under
Its ministratons trade conditions have
beDa improved and fortified, and a
greater bond of interest engendered
between the customer and the mer-
chant.
Cooperation Is Helpful.
: The public is fast growing to learn
that cooperation is a mighty helpful
asset all around, and SO everybody in
Washington and in the territory con-
tiguous thereto is on the tiptoe of ex-
pectancy with regard to Trade Week
in Washington.
Railroads entering Washington are Of
fering special Inducements to visitors.
and there is every assurance that Trade
Week. Of 1913 will be the most auspicious
occasion in the business life of the Ma
uonal Capital
Trade Week" is one of the features in
the HE OF business that has been
Drought about by the Retail Merchants
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This association IL composed exclusive
!y Of firms engaged In the retail trade
In washington. Its motives are philan-
to serve not alone the interest of retail
merchantmen,-buet those with whom they
deal. 1t has carried this campaign. Into
the neighboEang ferritory--that is, within
a radius of 100 miles OF washinEton. to
points which by: right. Of gravity and