Show THE BUSINESS CENTER A I talk with one of the he oldest settlers and business lien men A representative or of TUB STANDARD engaged in conversation yesterday with air mr stratford of E stratford sons and during the talk some encouraging cou coura raging ginK facts were brought to liht light in regard to general business in this city E stratford A sons is one of the oldest furniture and carpet houses in the city and has had an exee excellent excel lant llant opportunity port unity to observe the changes a in the business bus busin idess ebb aspect We carry remarked mr stratford lines of gooda in oar our stock which can only be found as a usual thing in the largest cities of the country it is the unusual thing for us nowadays to sell cheap goods A marked chance change has come about in ogden trade within the past two years for instance we never up to a little over eighteen months carried any 0 or fine velvet carpets our bales w were ere largely confined to ingrains while bile here and there was fold a body brussels Bru but moat most always a cheap tapestry itry if anything better than a wool ingrain was desired now we carry not only the best ingrains bat but body brussels Bra Brue esele sels velvets velvety vel vets t te e waltons wil tons etchu a considerate consi considerable derae variety ri e ty the same is true of our furniture trade we bay mostly fro from in grand rapids michigan shob sheboygan gan chicago and st louis we wo od find nd t that h at our sales it es of cheap common furniture such as was seen in almost every house a few low ago is supplemented by a it demand for the beet best and most elaborate articles manufactured in wall papers the same thing is true we have to keep every thing up t date or we eoon soon find that we are not in it when a year or two ago it made no difference 1 if a pattern was a little old style now we have a trade which demands the very latest productions duct ions of the leading manufacturers of thi country this tendency for better gooda goods eligher in grade and price goes to show that ogden has rapi rapidly adly taken her place with other metropolitan cities the entire character of our population is changing of course the incoming of new now people to the city has his largely brought this about heal rest estate has advanced in value and property owners have been enabled to sell for good prices and this money has been placed in circulation then too the new people from the east and west west are all used to having the best and our older residents seeing what others have follow their example how flow do ac you flad find tride trade this I 1 Bp I 1 pring ring asked the reporter trade this spring in some lines has been heavier than it was last year in others not quite as large but on the average we have been a thriving and growing trade do you OU have b a ve any jobbing trade wel well we do not pretend to do a regular J bibbing jibbing business but nevertheless we have a considerable and growing owing trade among the country merchants merc merchants ner chants lants which will undoubtedly increase until we will be forced to 0 open e n a j jobbing 0 b b 1 n department ogden it is the h e n natural a t 0 r a 1 distribution point for an immense see section tion of country and all ines lines of business busness are becoming depre dented in jobbing bouses houses it Is jig a peculiar feature of most every alouse house of this city that they have all a larger or smaller jobbing trade with the surrounding surround surrounding towns and villages this fact Is to in n itself it elt one of the strong arguments which favor ogden aa 08 a bobbi jobbing point nt when jobbing business bu s ines unsolicited ted is 1 crowded upon the retail merchants it is a strong indication of the opening of exclusive jobbing houses |