The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . rs were a couple of young men who had tliemselves for aiiuiniier of years been representatives of Chi-cago bouses. The thought came to them thatwhat they had so long done for otiiers theyiiiiiilit do for themsehcs with eroinptand s])eedy as from Streator. Tlie drawbacksof Chicago were well known to them from ex- no THE STORY OF ST
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . rs were a couple of young men who had tliemselves for aiiuiniier of years been representatives of Chi-cago bouses. The thought came to them thatwhat they had so long done for otiiers theyiiiiiilit do for themsehcs with eroinptand s])eedy as from Streator. Tlie drawbacksof Chicago were well known to them from ex- no THE STORY OF STREATOR. perience. As Mr. Howells, the senior jjartner,remarked: If I sent an order from my terri-tory to Chicago I would he lucky to i;et it filledin three or foiir days, so great is the congestionof business in the big city. If I sent it to Strea-tor, the customer would get the goods the nextday. That is the advantage of Streator as ajobbing point for this territory, and it is an en-ormous R. J. HoweUs. TJiey formulated their ])lan ; carefully, se-lected a territory for about fifty miles aroundStreator with which they were thoroughly fa-miliar, picked a line of goods they knew wouldfind a ready market, and went to work. Thelule of purchase was: Buy no more goods thanwe can discount the bills on. They liave stuckto that rule, and though their progress has notbeen meteoric, it has been safe, substantial andsteady. They buy no more goods than they cansell, and they take advantage of every one can undersell the man who discounts hisbills, and who knows his trade thoroughly atboth the buying and selling ends. It is not tobe wondered at that their l)usiness has increas-ed ten-fold in three years, and tluit they dreamof a time when they will have a wholesale es-tablishment in Streator to compare wili the bigChicago houses. The line selected by them was cigars, confec-tionery and grocers specialties, and they havestayed closelv bv their selection. Thev are gars, som
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