Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22
WEBSTER CITY'S TRADE
WEEK AND june FESTIVAL

week a detriment to his business. H
would be willing, however, to co-oI
crate with other merchants in
monthly sale. His idea is that if al
merchants would use their oppor
tunity to get hold of an assortment
each in his individual line, whicl
might be sold at an unusual figure
each could make the day wortl
while to the purchaser in offering
not some old shopworn stuff, bu
something up-tO-date and as NJ
termed it, ga good stout bargain.
Any merchant can procure at time:
a shipment of some certain article
which may be sold to advantage
both to himself and the purchaser.
Isham & Rasmussen, shoe dealers
received no benefit whatever from
the week. The weather might have
had something to do with it,but they
do not think the people need an at
traction other than a good bargain
to come to this city to shop. They
are very favorable to a sales day
not a dollar day-but day in
which special inducements may be
made to the purchaser, who may be
offered so good a value that he will
be made a permanent customer.
F. L. Miller, Of the Miller Under
taking company, considers the week
with it's accompaniment of enter
tainment positive detriment to the
town and a detriment to the collec-
tions of various business firms, for
people who could least afford it took
their whole families there and neg
lected to pay their bills outstanding.
Mr.. Miller is not in favor of making
one day in the month sales day.
He feels that insomuch as all merch-
ants have daily to compete with the
Chicago mail order houses, they
must make daily prices which will
successfully compete with them.
G. S. Dunlap, of the Dunlap jew
elry store, feels that his statement
might not look good in print. In
other words, he is neutral.
c. w. Black, of the firm of Ship
ley & Black, had fine business on
Wednesday and fair on the two pre-
cedings days, but as business get
ter found the week failure. He
thinks one day in the month adver-
tised as a sales day would be a good
proposition.
Ed McFarlane, of McFarlane's
Notion Store, thinks the entertain
ment provided killed the business
for the week. His idea is that when
there is excitement in the city peo-
pie do not buy. From his stand
point it was an utter failure. He
would, however, favor sales day.
A. F. Mueller feels that, taking
the weather and the backward sea-
son into consideration, he was bene-
fitted by the week. He is satisfied
with the business obtained from ad-
vertising and is in for the idea of a
sales day every month. He has al
ways been heartily in favor of the
plan, although he would favor it |
with the understanding that all
dealing in the same lines
should meet and agree on different
articles to be leaders upon that day.
This would do away with the pos
sible "jewing down" of articles, or
The loss of sales by two merchants
the same inducements.
r. E. Channer, Of the Channer |
drug store, considers that trade
week helped his business interests
not at all and that the weather had
little to do with it. He is hardly in
favor of a sales day once a month,
,or his line, as there are few things
he could offer as a bargain to his
own advantage. He feels that the
bargain business is being overdone
and that the public has had a sur
'eit of bargains.
John Hanrahan, of the firm of
Hanrahan & O'Connor, had a good
business during the week and would
'avor a sales day once a month, the
merchant to use his own Judgment
IS to the articles offered.
A H. Rice, of the Rice drug store,
lad a fair week and would favor a
sales day, each merchant to use his
own judgment as to the article to be
Ised as a leader or leaders.
H. E. Oleson, proprietor of Ole
sons jewelry store, thinks trade
week as a business getter was very
Dad. That the carnival was a det-
riment to the town, both socially
and in business way He is heart
ly in favor of a sales day in which