The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-08
More Buying Now Than a
Year Ago, and 1913 Was.
Banner Year
"World Not Going
10 Pot Consensus
Broad Street Business Men See
Stores Packed With Shop
pers on Cold, Drilling Day,
Despite Calamity Howlers

/, Business Is sood In Richmond
This is true with tho merchants
in tire shopping district along BROAD
Street, Il, spite OF the hard times and
out Of work wailings Of tho calaIn-
It's aoHler% who have their enas TO
serve.
While there prevailed nasty. cold
dr.1Ziing nitss--a weather condition
not calculated 10 be inviting To good
business showing yesterday after
aoon visits were made 10 several Ot
the BROAD street stores. When the
ear could he reached, proprietors ana
managers of those places of business
weFe asked Tor expressions on bust
ncss conditions al this time,
Expressions ~ satisfaction were
heard ON every side. Some of the
business ynets pointed IL the crowds
that filled their stores and the ac-
handled the rash. declaring il could
&c seen easily enough how business
Ii, Nearly every one declared that
business rs better this year than Il
scar ago, and further remarked that
last year was the business year n
many.
There was so complaining of dull
times Isl aty ~ these stores ia
nearly eSary instance the merchant
%&A.t EfFs flH-sf Bst9i-iRt fhtf3G 5HfNF YES hfF3s
year than ever before and Expressed
the belief that the larger purchases
had been warranted, THE goods arc
possessed ~ an appeal ard the peo-
ate are appearing in larger numbers,
earlier, ara 8Fe buying la larger
quantities shau they ever have.
More reopie Employed
A, the star" ~ Miller & Rhoadr
every Department wsA filed With
Axf3 lao
tied ahout Fsoefmen were kept e.sy
guiding shoppers fc the several de-
tartrsessts ana counters There wssS
net the slightest Indication Of dull-
uesz except on the street outside,
where the cold Grearys dri1xlc held Its
own Miller Il R,iosds bought more
heavily FOR the holiday trade this fall
They been compelled TO employ
more help thaa their roof has At any
previoes time sheltered There are
now sSs employees Ia the Miller &
Rhoads establishment This, it was
stated Yesterday afternoon. lis at least
Twenty-Five more than was employed
a year ago III are Kept hsisy.
I. III. Kaufman. Of Kaufman a. Co.
declared thu: business la entirely sat
isfactcry While last year was the
best in our history. this year has bear
better. business having been larger
month for month than year ago.
We have absolutely no reason for
complaining
AT WeisbesSer's, one Of tho newer
department stores Of Richmond, Mr.
WelsherEer expressed satisfaction. Es
la hiishea within the last three years
the Weisherger store hiss made rapid
strides and has come ipto The share
If business done ia Richmond that
might rroperls SO, even 10 the wrong
sida of Broad Street. MIR. Wefs-
berger said he was perfectly satis-
fied with TIC business Of year ago
ana declared that business this year
il better we create new business
on the wrong side of the street was
the optimistic statement Of Mr. Wels.
berger and we keep II because We
gise the people what they want. You
can say our business Is better than
ever before
On the other side of the street. the
right side, SIR Scott. manager of r.
w nabney a. So, shoes. said:
The weather has been hard on the
shoe business. but we have done as
much business as We did year ago.
and u year ago business was better
Than ever before. In fact. we have
sold mere shoes than we did a year