Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-04
From she y. Y. Courier, of saturday lsst-I
Dry Goods.-IS59.

OtS NHoOuSS-AS SSSs
The year which is about to close, mas
been extremely variable in the aspects
presented by the trade in Dry Goods
throughout lis course: and, in the agg5re-
gate, as respects the trade in foreign goods,
quite unsatisfactory. Manufacturers and
dealers in Domestic Goods have fared bet
term few grades OF Cotton Goods.
they have enjoyed IA year of great prosper
ity. To the prudence. however, with
which manufacturers have bOrue them
selves, and the financial strength OF the
leading commission houses, 10 whom their
accounts have been ccnfdei, must Il great
deal of this good fortune be Nttrihuted-
But this branch o.. the trade has not
escaped. In Prints, particularly. the fall
season has been far from good one, but
results have been attained by the course
pursued with these goods which in u
measure secure the future from the unta-
vorable influences that have ruled during
the period referred to. The same is true
of DeLaines. The low-priced-not cheap
British goods which were largely il
competition with Domestic Prints and De-
Laines, have not succeeded in maintaining
themselves, and little trouble from them
may bc anticipated in the immediate
future. Prints have also suffered frmo
being sold by leading jobbers below cost.
Drills have experienced year of uninter-
rupted prosperity; the export TO China Is
about 64 per cent larger than in 1888:
lhcy close ,his year buoyant in price, and
sold Jar ahead of production-the regular
China Drills SIa9c, s months. Brown
Sheetings and Shirtings were depressed
during the greater portion Of the fall sea-
son, in sympathy with the general aspect
OF the market for Dry Goods, but have re-
covered towards the close, and from s. lc.
we now quote Standard Sheeting 5 4C,
months. Bleached Goods of THE rcgula.
Boston makcS--have experienced Il very
good business, and some Irregular goods
hrifig closed out at concession produced
no effect upon the others. Printing Cloths
have been very high-G4x6+ goods were
for several months ri 5Ic, but the i'll sue
cess of Prints during the Fall, and the
consequent stopping OF several large PT!u.
Works, enabled Printers to effect contracts
in October and November on the basis e
5fc for 6+x64, and Il large proportion oI
t;ic available machinery is now az work on
this price-lhc goods being il process Of
dclivcry;-for goods for immediate de-
livery, 5?c for the same coun; lust be
paid. Denims, Stripes, Ticks, OsuaburGs,
&c, have experienced Il good trade. and
prices have been well sustained through
out the year.
Domestic Woolens, if they :.avr spcri-
enccd less decided prosperity IL :.ay;HipE
that some cotton goods can boast have
certainly met with few oT 40 reyerscS.-
Domestic CaSsimcres, Doeskius. Union
goods. Cotton Warps, Satinets, have well
held their ground in spite OF sharp ronI-
petition from German goods. These I've
quite failed 10 Te-estabIish tacmsclve, III
favor. y hardening Wool Market, ana tie
large importation, have caused man t'--
turers To operate with caution. The sIy.e
OF goods produced by them, although 4
hibiting little variety. has been superior
and this branch OF trade close in bcttc.
shape than il opened with the wear.
All the leading houses in thc Dry Goods
Trade OF this city have exerted a powerful
aud decidedly beneficial influence "a an
effort 10 place the Dry Goods fr:te II the
country upon more sound an. su"~tEr-
tial basis. - regards i.s responV, ,Di!I,y,
than it has hcreto.ore been cre,::t.l with.
incompetent persons have been 'l'Sy"uT-
agci from entering or continuing IN the
business, leaving il to those who hA' g becJ.
cuiucatcd IN it, or from uti!er advantages.
may be capable OF managing it. Every
man. said Dean Swift, ''OclJcvcs himself
capable OF managing = horse. editing 1"
newspaper. and farming snail property
lie might have added, as applicable TO t..!s
country Al least, to tais lis. ct l.':lTer='l!
qualifications, that Of conducting ;He Dry
Goods business. Probably To- couccit 81 5tr
yuaug men has been the cause of cqua!
nsi,chief 20 themselves, their friends and
legitimate branci! u: trade.
We come now to Foreign Goods. An
excessive Importation a trade large, yc.
slow aud iBanimatc; = sc:ui-panic in French
Dress Ccods. under the influence of which
they arc forced upon the market through
the auction rooms at Il great decline froul
;raGe yriccs-have produced their ua;Tra!
rc5u!t. All the favorable anti9iHati"nS
which the spring season justilisi tie trade
in entertaining a. the opening oi tte iall
season, have failed Of realization. 70 be
sure. much Of the importation OF FreIrh
Goodswa trashy, and perhaps cvcu TIE low
prices at which it was closed out. werH AL
that could have been expected. The Eng
!iSh Goods, Of which there We're few con-
signed here, except very low prints and lie
laincs, were selected with reference 10 the
wants of this market, and went on sa;'sfac-
iorily, UnGe- the circumstHnccs-H1 losses
of any moment were incurred. The year
closes very Hat liz ;his branch OF tie Dry
Goods trade; but the large impOTtationiS
believed TO be IN good hands, and there
will probably not be crisis like lbat Of