II.—The Wholesale Merchant
Exercise 263
Oral
Each of the following should be developed into a paragraph:
1. You are a manufacturer and wholesale distributor with a factory on the outskirts of a town; would you have a warehouse in the center of the town? Give reasons for your answer.
2. What would be the advantage of having your warehouse near the railroad freight depots? Near the docks?
3. What would be the advantage of being located in a large city with many railroads and with water transportation facilities—Chicago, for example?
4. Speed gets orders. With this in view, what would you recommend with respect to the equipment for handling? What would you suggest about the number of people through whose hands the order would have to go before being shipped?
5. If you were looking for big trade in a big city, what kind of stock would you carry? Musical instruments? Clothing?
6. Would it be a good plan to make a specialty of certain brands for leaders and to quote a special price on them?