San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-03
WHOLE WORLD
MARKET FOR
ALAMO CITY
PRODUCTS
Statesmen Carry Fame Of
Goods Over u. S. and )
Other Countries.
This IL the sixteenth Of q series
Of articles published BY The Light
showing why San Antonio Is des.
tined to be the metropolis Of the
Southwest.

With an annual business of more
than 5000, 100000 and with a trads
territory radiating 200 miles in all
directions, San Antonio is always in
a state Of prosperous growth. Nd
matter what conditions may affect
other towns and cities or the agricul.
rural population, San Antonio has this
steady inflow of business which does
not vary, other than TO grow at its
rapidly expanding rate.
Travelling statesmen from San An.
tonic penetrate the four corners OF
the United States and into the neigh
boring republic Of Mexico, q trail of
orders following them as they 90.
COVER WHOLE STATE.
This is but one of the many fac
tors that place San Antonio's bus.
mess on a reliable basis and allow
for no cessation in prosperity.
Buyers visit her markets from San
Angelo and Brownwood on the north
west, Beaumont on the east, Palestins
on the northeast, the Valley on the
south and all West Texas.
Her dry goods manufactures cover
all Texas from the Louisiana bordef
to Brownsville, northward to Pales-
tine and San Angelo and westward
into New Mexico and the entire Re-
public Of Mexico. Radio supplies, auto
equipment and accessories cover a SIM
liar territory with the exception Of
New Mexico.
DISTRIBUTE LEATHER GOODS.
Leather goods, saddlery, harness and
shoe findings, manufactured in San
Antonio find good demand in West
Louisiana, all of Texas, New Mexico
and even in Cuba and the West In.
dies and extend TO Pennsylvania
points. Drug and drug sundries are
supplied out of San Antonio to all
Texas, Southern Oklahoma, and that
territory lying east of Torreon, Mex.
leo, and down to Mexico City.
Workmen's clothing, bearing the
San Antonio label, is sold over all
Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, points
in Kansas and even up into Nom
tana. Mems riding breeches are sold
in 30 states, including New York.
California and Illinois.
Household furniture, erockery and
glassware is distributed from San An
tonic to points as far east as Hous-
ton, north to Waco and San An
gelo and west to FL Paso. Her chilli
products are well known and sold in
every state.
IN GREAT TERRITORY.
Ladies ready to wear garments,
made in San Antonio, are sold all
over the state of Texas, parts of Okla
homa, Missouri, Arkansas and In
/ Qldnd, "ull6 Culluutu CiOlA0hs manu-
featured here is sold in every state
in the Union.
San Antonio's market Of the flu
ture lies at her very door. Here with
in a radius of 200 miles lies one Of
the richest of trade territories, as yea
only % per cent developed. An area.
whose resources are beyond ealcula.
ton, awaits the builder, developer and
the commercial traveller. Equal in size
to the entire state of Ohio, yet with
only a population of one and three
quarter million as against ohio's six or
seven millions, It is virgin field for
the manufacturer, jobber and mer;
chant. Here lies San Antonio's OR.
portunity. With the addition OF Gers
tain manufacturing lines, not nov
made in San Antonio, and the de-
yelopment Of this territory, an era q
prosperity will dawn for the Alams
City far beyond the dreams Of fhs
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