Excerpt from The Commerce of Kansas City in 1886: With a General Review of Its Business Progress
In presenting this review of "The Commerce of Kansas City in 1886" to subscribers and the public, the publisher wishes it to be understood that it is his intention that this work should form the basis of similar publications, the various issues of which will be made at such intervals of time as the growth of the commerce of the city may suggest - the principal object being, to afford, to country merchants in particular, and to bankers and capitalists in the east and in Europe, the fullest information regarding all the most important business interests of the city, and to present in each issue as accurate and complete a statement of the condition, development, and prospects of each leading line of business, as can possibly be obtained.
Statistics, compiled from the best and most reliable sources, will form a large feature of each work; but these will be elaborated and illuminated with carefully-written reviews setting forth in concise form all the particular advantages and circumstances that have led up to the present stage of growth, and which give promise of yet greater advancement.
Where institutions, corporations, firms, or individuals are personally mentioned, it will be, as in the present volume, for the purpose of illustrating the subject, and demonstrating the accuracy of the statements made.
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