Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-10
REMARKABLE GROWTH
OF MILLER BROS. CO.
Nathan Miller Has Just Secured
Sole Control OF Big Bust
ness House.

Trade circles in Wilmington and on
the Delmarvia Peninsula will be inter
ested in the announcement that was
made this morning that Nathan Miller,
head Of the big furniture house of the
Miller Brothers Company at Ninth and
King streets, this city, has purchased the
interest Of his brother, Samuel Miller,
and through that purchase has become,
to all intents and purposes, the sole
owner Of that constantly growing bust
ness.
Friends of Mr.. Miller, when informed
of this latest development inlhis..remark-
able business career, FASTENED to con-
graduate him heartily that g big trade
enterprise which was started in an
humble way many years ago by himself
and his brothers, Charles and Samuel,
at last has passed completely into his
possession for its further upbuilding and
conservation.
Charles Miller relinquished his inter
est in the company several years ago and
now is in business in Chester. There
will be in the Miller Brothers Company
no revolutionary changes az a result of
his retirement although there will be,
necessarily, certain rcadlustments IN
the working force Of the big business.
The three Miller Brothers, who made
such good use Of tho golden business
opportunities supplied by Wilmington
/ and the surrounding country were born
and reared on small farm in Russian
| Poland. where their father also was a
! miller When Charles was twenty-four
years old he came to America, landing
/ in Philadelphia in the fall Of 1896. Two
wears later Samuel, at that time, twenty
years old, followed him. Both expert
| enced much difficulty in getting out OF
Russia. Charles engaged in making
buttonholes in garments, while Samuel
became basket peddler in Philadel-
phia.
Their letters home fred the magma
ton of Nathan Miller, then only ttteer
years old, and he, too, decided to come
to America, and make his fortune. lr
1900 this plucky boy struggled himself
across the Russian border, thereby
escaping consumption in the Russian
army. He worked his way across the
continent TO Antwerp where he boarded
a ship and joined his brothers in Phila
delphia Heating of Wilmington he came
here. bought basket and n small stool
of notions and peddled his wares from
door to door. Being possessed OF pleasing
personality and accurate commercial
instinct, he succeeded to such a degree
that his brother Samuel, also came dow
from Philadelphia. But Nathan Mile
used his basket peddling merely as
means to an end He wanted store an'
finally saw a one-story vacant building a
COZ West Second street. After conferrinl
with Samuel, they sent to Philadelphia
for Charles and invited him TO join then
in the venture, which he did. A pool o
their capital showed that they had $500
Of which Charles owned onc-half. Wit
that small amount of money, the,
started their store. 1t succeeded ant
four years later, Nathan, always tn
leading spirit, decided that the tim
had comeIfor the business to be moves
into Market street. He rented tn
threc-story brick dwelling at 2l3 Marke
street, and then told his brothers abou
il. At that time the total stock wa
worth only $3.50. A stock Of fror
81, 900 TO $1,000 would be needed for th
new place. They borrowed tn