Evening journal., 1921-08-23
WILMINGTON AS A WHOLESALE MARKET.


rnDER the auspices OF the Wholesale Section OF the
Il Wilmington Chamber Of Commerce, an important
commenting was held in the Hotel dupont tnis
afternoon
The fundamental purpose Of this trade function was to
foster the wholesale trade OF Wilmington the Delmar-
Via Peninsula and in other territory which is properly
Tributary to city trade center
It has been known years that entirely too much OF
the wholesale trade which normally belongs TO this
metropolitan district has been going to Philadelphia New
York Baltimore and other places.
The purpose OF the Wholesale Section OF the Chamber
Of Commerce is to nausurate campaign urging every
one within trade who buys by the wholesale to
make his purchases Wilmington in all instances in
which the prices and the qualities OF the goods right
1t is asserted by the Wholesale Section that wide-awake
merchants have realized that city good wholesale
market
We have here more than one hundred wholesale dis
lrbuors in thirty distinct lines OF trade. Contention is
made by the local wholesalers that their prices the
>fry lowest for dependable merchandise
II is the announced purpose Of the Wholesale Section
do The following things stimulate public interest
lmingon wholesale market
Compile and print in small booklet form complete re-
ori OF wholesale interests and products in detail to be
aced In the hands OF each house and salesman and
e,erS merchant on the Peninsula.
This booklet win include the names and addresses OF
all travelling statesmen and house representatives that
reached directly from the advertising headquar
SO that may be sure Of their cooperation from
city viewpoint
TO exchange ideas with the United Commercial Travel
ers Association by inviting their representative speak
before the section frequently and they to invite whole
saiers to speak to them from their viewpoint at their
meeting This for the purpose OF showing that our inter-
ests largely mutual The section already has spoken
to several members OF the u c. T. A. who are favorably
impressed with this idea.
To have the various hotels in the city notify this
uon Of the Chamber Of Commerce OF guests stopping at
these hotties form letter inviting inquiries and other
Wilmington information could be sent TO these guests at
once
monthly bulletin to be sent to each merchant on the
Peninsula containing list OF all the wholesalers and
their products with reasons why such merchants should
purchase in Wilmington
lo have twelve suffers for outgoing mail OF the whole
sale members, one for every MONTH
The project Of arranging for a Wilmington Week twice
year. in cooperation with the Mercantile Section. anc
1he proposition OF installing maintaining en-foo
Signs between Wilmington and Dover have been unde
consideration but no action has taken upon either
these projects
in addition TO tie above Get-Together dinner with M
merchants viii give idea OF the size OF the field 70
vholesaling which the section proposes to develop
In addition TO the above ge-Togeiher dinner with IN
United Commercial Travellers Association in September
and down-Stae and Peninsula trip for the wholesaler
and manufacturers also have been agreed upon.
II viii be seen from the above that the Wholesale Sec
tion has mapped out an ambitious program which ha
much life breaihed into It by the exchange Of views
she luncheon held in the Hotel dupont this afternoon