Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-23

home that Will meet its needs for the
first year and by the end of that time
it is the plan of the company to have
completed building of its own in which
it will conduct its business. The negotia-
tons are already being conducted where
by it is planned to acquire a site suitable
for the erection of a modern building ade-
quate for the need and with proper ship
ping facilities to handle the business of
the territory.
Foley Brothers Grocery company was
established in st. Paul in 1865 and is
probably better known as Foley Broth
ers & Kelly, as it operated under the lat
ter firm name until a couple of years
ago when the Kelly interests were ac-
quired by the Foley interests and the
name shortened to Foley Brothers COM
pany. It is a manufacturing wholesale
grocers concern and some of its proprie-
tary brands are we'll known all thru the
northwest Among the brands that carry
the Foley Brothers stamp guaranteeing
quality are the Fort Smelling brand, and
the Gopher brand of pure food products.
1t has been an active and aggressive bid
der for the trade of the territory IN
which it has operated during the "a
years it has been in the field and the
reputation it has established is the best
answer as to its success
The coming of the Foley Brothers
company gives to the city Of Great Falls
five wholesale grocery concerns, each
of which is an active bidder for business
here. and the total business brot thru
the banks as the result of the wholesale
grocery business is a very substantial
item Collections for this business brings
the Great Falls banking institutions into
close touch with every town in the ad-
\ of hn hull
the entire business. it may be suggested
that none of the firms will carry short
of 100000 in stock which. by the very
nature of the business, is constantly be-
ing turned into new stocks, so that the
turnover in cash handled by the banks
each year will mean very attractive
item.
1t will be the plan of the new entrant
into this city as local wholesale house
to assemble the stock here as rapidly as
possible and it expects to be operating
from this house into the territory which
it will serve on a complete basis within
60 days. 1t will necessarily depend on
the facility with which the stock can be
gotten into the city to equip the new
branch. but it appears reasonably GER
tain that there will be no unusual delay
in this feature and that before May !
The territory to be served will be the
farthest mile from Great Falls that can
be handled to advantage from this house
as compared with the st. Paul house
and all west of this city that has ever
been handled from the st. Paul house.
with probably some extensions that can
now be reached to advantage on the
basis Of the Great Falls branch. 1t will
mean complete wholesale branch or
ganlzation including travelling statesmen
and house force, for it is the state
ment of the company that it is coming
into the city with branch house to be
a real factor in the business in which
it has long been an active factor from its
main office.
Speaking of the decision Of his COM
pany to open house here, Mr.. Reed
said: I'VE haven't been discussing the
probabilities of our coming, because we
prefer to relate decisions rather than
to forecast probabilities. Now that we
have rented quarters and have every
thing determined and know what will
happen, We are glad to say to the people
of Great Falls and this section of the
northwest that we are coming to do
our share in making this city a trade
center in our line and to give the people
who need our goods the best service
that it is possible TO render 1t might
appear vain if / discussed the history