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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV1I1 REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT EARLY WHOLESALE TRADE--WALTER BROWN'S VISIT--BUSINESS ACTIVITY--PRODUCE HAULED TO CHICAGO BY WAGONS SHIPPING FACILITIES IN TUB THIRTIES-- MARINE ACTIVITIES REVIEW OF 1837 CHARLES CLEAVER's HISTORY WHOLESALE TRADE BY DECADES PROPHECIES OF EARLY WRITERS GROWTH OF JOBBING TRADE POWER REQUIREMENTS CENTER OF POPULATION CLIMATE AND HEALTH GOVERNMENT OF CHICAGO LIBRARIES OF CHICAGO POPULATION BY. DECADES--GROWTH OF COOK COUNTY SKETCH OF DANIEL P. COOK LUMBER STATISTICS--ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIES--STEAM POWER MANUFACTURING CONDITIONS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VAUJE OF PROHIBITION. EARLY WHOLESALE TRADE Even as far back as 1833 the business men of Chicago were reaching forward to establish a wholesale trade, and in the first issue of the Chicago Democrat in that year there were the business advertisements of "forwarding and commission merchants.' the forerunners of the great wholesale and jobbing houses of later years. The shipping firm of Newberry and Dole advertised that they had just received an "assortment of dry goods, hardware, crockery, etc.," which they offered "to sell low for cash," and other firms are found making similar offers. The names of B. Jones, Daniel Elston & Co., Daniel Carver, John H. Kinzie, and llubbard & Co., appear among the advertisements. Ilubbard & Co. say in their announcement that "Dealers in the interior will find it to their advantage to call before they go to St. Louis or the East, as these goods were purchased of importers in New York, and can be afforded at low prices." Quoting from a summary printed in Taylor's "History of the Board of Trade" it is said that "Russell & Clift offer at wholesale and retail books and stationery; Wm. H. Taylor, boots shoes and...