Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-25
VISITORS FROM
UPSTATE GIVEN
WARM GREETING
Retailers Brought to Goods Of
Wholesaler, Reversing
Old Order.
C. OF C. ENTERTAINS

The conventional way to do business
is TO send statesmen with samples to the
retailers and sell them goods. 1t re-
NAMED for group of progressive In
>Sianapolis wholesalers to bring the re-
n Her to the goods. AS a result, today
Is open house day IN a large number of
Indianapolis business houses.
Retailers from northern Indiana, at
traeted by the special inducements Of
fered by the Indianapolis wholesalers
with the cooperation of the Indianapolis
Chamber Of Commerce, flocked to Indian
apolis yesterday afternoon and have
spent today getting acquainted with the
excellencles Of this city as place to
buy.
Attend DINNER
AND THEATER PARTY.
The merchants were brought to Indian
apolis by the WinOna Interurban Railway
Company late yesterday afternoon and
taken directly from the Traction Termi-
nal Station to the Hotel Lincoln where
they were received. They then went to
a dinner at the Chamber of Commerce
and afterward attended performance at
B. +. Keith's theater.
At the dinner last night they were re-
ceived by a reception committee COM
posed of representatives of the whole
type Of business, both Wholesale and re-
TAIL were grouped at separate tables and
there was a general get-together party.
The visitors were welcomed by Charles
q. Coffin, president of the Chamber Of
Commerce, who impressed on them the
fact that Indianapolis is not merely the
property of the people Of indianapolis,
but as the capital city of the State, Is
the property of all the State.
CITIZENS OF STATE
INTERESTED IN CAPITAL CITY.
"There is not a citizen Of Indiana who
HAAS not a property interest in Indianap-
is,' he said at is the duty of Indiana
~citizens to spend their money in their
home State"
In this Mr.. Coffin voiced one Of the
purposes of bringing the retail mer-
chants to Indianapolis, that Of inducing
them to buy in Indianapolis rather than
go outside the State for their merchan-
disc.
The welcome was responded to briefly
by J. c. Schade of the Winona Inter
urban Railway Company and Julian
Wetzel of the Keystone Press, spoke
briefly. The visitors were delayed in
arriving and for this reason all Of the
speaking program could not lie carried
out. Johns B. Reynolds, general sec
rotary Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
acted as postmaster.
During all Of their visit the retail mer-
chants were impressed with the facts
that Indianapolis Is a great distributing
center, has more than $50 wholesale
houses, entertains nearly 10000 visitors
daily, has Il population now Of 326,762,
that it's jobbers have statesmen over half
of the United States that it is the eco
nomic center Of America for distribution,
K,,Tr oT, abbot = i'm
portance, that it has seventeen railroads
and thirteen interurbans, that 1t strives
to be the worlds most courteous city,
that 1t has forty-tw banking tnstitu-
lions, that it is known for truth in ad
vereising, and that it is a good town.
Here is the list Of wholesale hOuseA
that cooperated in the entertainment Of
the visitors: Central Rubber and Sup
ply Company, w. J. Holiday & Co., Van
Camp Hardware and Iron Company,
~Bessire & Co., Schnuu & Co., Fletcher
& q merican National Bank, Indiana Ma
FSonal Bank, Peoples State Bank, Mutual
China Company, Keller Stewart Com
pany, Mooney Mueller Ward Company.
Ravens & Geddes Company, Hibben,
Hollweg & Co., c. NJ c. Electric Sales
Company, Hatfield Electric Company, In
dianapoIis Electric Supply Company,
HaT-NeaI Furnace Company, Stewart.
Carey Glass Company, Indianapolis Belt
ing and Supply Company, Beckman'
O'Brien Leather Company, Shoe store
Supply and Leather Company, A. A. Will
kinson Lumber Company, Indiana News
Company, Central Rubber and Supply
Company, William B. Burford, A. Burd-
sal & Co., Central Wall Paper and Paint
Company, Indianapolis Paint and Color
Company, Crescent Paper Company,
Central Supply Company, Standard
Metal Company, Tanner & Co, Crowder-
Cooper Shoe Company, Central Veneer
Company, Lewis Meier & Co, Portland
Cement Company, H Lauter Company,
Kingan & Co., and the National Casket
Company.