Show HOW AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG lOW IOWAN AN STARTED HIS FORTUNE IN SALT LAKE The young man ambitious to succeed in life who Imagines he- he must go So to Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago or New ew York or sonic some of ot the tho other great cities of ot the East to find his opportunity opportunity op op- op- op may le learn a very ery valuable le lesson on right here in Salt Lake from some ome of ot our own successful men From Froma a 3 stock of oC such a as a n pe peddler ler could carry about In his pack to carloads carloads car Icar loads of or goods dry and shoes as The Telegram advertised the New York Cash stores store's new Invoice yesterday Isa is isa isa a big stride But there here Is man many a L man mun of this city who could make It with proper pu push h and pluck a as William VII Wil liam Battling dl l. l Mr came came to Salt Lake from Atlantic la Ia in 1890 and on 1 May 1st of or that year opened a small 5 and cent 10 store During the first year car his rent and other expenses devoured all the profits but he was making friends and having great faith In th the future of or the city he determined to continue In bUSIne business business busi bUSI- ne ness an anti and weather the storm In his second year ar he began to make mo money and as the profits came In lie he Immediately Imme Imme- Invested In them in goods gOOdR outside of ot the line which he at first carried and thereby increased his hlll trade During the second year shoes and anel other articles articles arti arti- cles des of ot p wearing apparel were added and when Mr l Bartling removed from West Temple and Second South streets three years ears ago he put In a a. big stock of ot dry goods furnishings and footwear At Atthe Atthe Atthe the present time lime the ordinary buyer buer either man woman or child hUd can secure In the New York Cash sh store almost anything that could possibly be desired Mr Ir Bartling says tia's that every day is 19 bringing him additional customers which he expects to retain A representative of at The rhe Telegram had hada a very pleasant chat with him concernIng concerning concern concern- ing log his business training and Salt Lake experience Mr Ir and his family now live at the ford hotel We e opened out store on May 1 1 1890 he said I I 1 obtained m my business trainIng train train- lug Ing In a a. bl big department store at Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic Ia la first capital capital capi capi- Where did you OU get your our tal I saved sa It out of ot m my earnings In the store In which 1 was employed cd Why did you come to Salt Lake I 1 had heard a great deal cleal of the city and believed ed It a u. good hood place to start In Inon Inon Inon on a n. small scale and work up In this I was not mistaken I 1 well t remember my first days day's experience In business here My sales were exceedingly light I do not remember the exact amount we took In My business principles were cash and no false pretenses one price to everybody e and that price the lowest that that MC c C could afford offord What wa was the net 1 t result of ot your first years year's business In Salt Lake Lako We lost mon mone money y speaking from a a. strictly pecuniary standpoint but we ye were making friends who h have vc done don much for us since that time We Ve made more friends each t-ach year Vear and were In Increasing Inere increasing In- In ere creasing our stock nil all the time The second year we 0 began begun to make mone money and have been makine more moro each year ear since A AH As our business increased wo we have been adding to our stock and now our trade which Is still Increasing right along Is entirely satisfactory Although we had made some mon money y before removing removing re re- re- re moving mo from West Vest Temple and Second South streets our biggest gains have come since sincee e e established ourselves on Main street What have you bought for tor the tho fall fait trade Mr Bartling was waN asked We WP have purchased a oon bankrupt rupt stock of ot shoes all new goods at SO o 0 cents on the dollar in mens men's women's and children's childrens chil chU- drens dren's sizes and In addition have a largo large general stock of ot dr dress ss goods furnishInGS furnishings fur fur- and In iii fact everything that can call be purchased in a general store Will the priced high stores store or th the price cheap-price stores win sin the tho most popularity popularity opu- opu larity in the coming cominS' year here I believe bellevo that a store between the two tto as th tint New York Cash ash store Eltore will be the most popular as 19 it caters catcH to the masses mases What h ar are your our predictions as to the growth of or Salt Lake Lake- and your own growth I believe that Salt Lake has a n splendid splendid plen- plen did future before her and we expect to try and keep up with the procession There Is no reason wh why the city should not double In population within the next ten years ears and the New York Cash CashI I store certainly expects to more than double or treble ebb in size In that time Wh Why do you take so much stock In newspaper r advertising worth catering caterin to Because everybody c reads the newspapers newspaper and people on the lookout for Cor bargains always rC read tho the advertisements ad Then again no reputable table merchant can afford to advertise something that he ho will not stand b by The people have learned this The re- re suit Bull Is II that when a merchant of ot standIng standIng standing stand- stand Ing advertises a 3 cut sale the people know that he means what he says sas and If Ir the they are In need of ot anything adVertised adVertised advertised adver adVer- they go JO and bu buy It judicious advertising ad ad- always 1 pays What William Bartling this Bartling-this this self solf- made made- merchant merchant has has done some other ambitious young oung man alan can also do The cities of the East gast arc are crowded One nf or orthe the tho largest dry goods houses we know of In the East Rt t netted IR lust last t year on gross Fross sales wiles of or but profits profit or 10 per cent It Is IR understood one of ot our large dr dry goods concerns h here re netted netted net net- ted led on gross sales of oC but or 01 25 per pel cent profit Salt Lake with Its new era of ot pu push h hand and prosperity ought to bo good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough for anybody's ambition |