Glick Mercantile Company Is Proud
of Pittsburg Heritage
Glick Mercantile Company is proud of
its Pittsburg heritage where it was founded in 1907 at
the comer of Ninth and Broadway by John Frederick Glick,
father of the sons who now form the company located at
113-119 North Broadway. A wholesale firm dealing in dry
groceries and soft goods items, the business also has
a small drug line and operates within a 60-mile radius
of Pittsburg. Employing 26 persons, Glick Mercantile
is proud of its em-ployment policy in which offers no
job without perma-nency. Karl Glick, president of the
company, said any time an em-ployee was added to the
staff it was on the premise the job would be permanent.
We hire no one on a seasonal basis, he said. When works
become a little slow we put our workers to another job
around the plant.
Saw Future of Pittsburg.
The founder of the company came to Pittsburg in 1900
as a grocer salesman and retail store operator for a
Topeka firm. Believing in the future of Pittsburg, be
opened his own business here seven years later. Through
1921 the company used a team and wagon to make deliveries
in a radius of ten miles. Two trucks were ob-tained in
1921 to handle merchandise transfer. One of the trucks
was of the solid rubber tire variety. In the office is
a framed invoice from Bruffy Brothers in Franklin dated
in 1908. It listed tobacco, thread, brick cheese and
sugar with a total cost at $10. The sugar, 100 pounds,
was invoiced at $2.50.
Karl Now President.
The elder Glick died in 1939 and his son, John, was named
president. John died in 1955 and Fred became president.
He remained head of the firm until last month when Karl
was named president at the annual meeting of the board
of directors. Each of the sons, while at the helm, have
adhered to the sound business policies established by
the father and they have a concrete foundation for the
business to continue to develop and flourish.- “Industry Appreciation Week Section,” Pittsburg
Headlight &
Sun, April 17 & 18, 1965, p. 17c