Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-05
Decline In Prices.

III. Brooklyn N s. raiou in m editorial on
the decline o the price. Of Dry Goods, gives us tho
following
The decline IN prices T. gradually extending 10
nh branches Of trade II modc itself felt in the i'm.
porting ana ,ohhing houses almost simultaneously
VIII the beginning Of the doolinc in gold, ut least
. '1on as II appeared certain that this fall was 10
ha permanent The Mrgcr retail houses have yield
ri g. il llc later ma 'hr smaller establishments
will soon have 60 follow The fall in all articles
except proy ion, las boon woudoriul and in some
staplo il hG' teen 90 iluaby greater than that of
gold, Thu, the figures o ne markets tell us that
ono who may have invested given sum in gold At
200 on the frat of February would realize much
moro from It, sale now nj 100 than be- who having
invested tkD aomc amount ut the same time d, lry
goods, iron tens IA, At the then current prices
would from at the rates now prevailing In dry
good, there arc really noiyol values, ,lObhcrs who
are not obliged to part with their goods, fix nominal
prices upon them considerably above what they en-
poet 10 get and wait the turn Of the market, Those
who cannot do this, but who must keep trade alive
are content 10 receive the best prices the purchaser
will give, which arc worry seldom up to tho asking
ratos,
We hear Of iobbcr who, in comparing notes
with his ncighbor called up nm importer Here,
said tho importer by way Of Illustrating the condi-
ton Of trade 'i- piece Of goods for which ask
you a dollar a yard if you should ask me if
would take eighty cents, should answer, No; but
il you should positively offer me that price you could
have the good' And that, il is said, is the way
the dry goods trade is now conducted
.Iobbcrs are now asking for prints Of which the
best qualities have sold rs high rs j6 cents yard
from 10 to &c cents bleaChed muslins are held at
from % 70 2s@ cents-in September they ranged up
TO - cents Brown domestics have not fallen as
low proporionally, the best being held at 45 cents
blcached table linens are held at Sl37! and the low
grades Of Irish nons at so cents n ward Woollon
goods have never been g. high proportionally rs
cotton, hence their decline has not been as marked
They have fallen generally about 20 per cent; fancy
goods have fallen about % per cent. These it will
be remembered are the asking prices, and We seri-
ousy doubt after examining retail stocks, if they
can be realized in sales Of any magnitude
Uniformity cannot yet be said TO be established
in retail prices Many establishments may still at
tempt to maintain the old standards or at least keep
as near to them as possible. The more enterprising
one, however, keep even pace with the jobbers in
the reduction Of rates, and we have had goods Of
ered US for even less than had been given US the
rates at wholesale. We have seen prints from lG
to p cents q yard; the best can probably be OBJ
tanned for 90 Alpaccas are from 80 cents to Sl37!,
and We have -een a large assortment Of challie de-
LANES for q cents yard. Certainly no one ought
now 10 pay more than 30 cents for delaincs any
where. Blcachcd shectings may be obtained at DIFF
fcront prices according to quality from Waltham
rs at ., cents to York Mile II at a. We found
Portsmouth browns, Be-, ut is cents extras, ~, at
90 and other marks in proportion. \ ladys ord-
nary pn-moncy will again suffice to supply her
with spool cotton since Carks white spoJl- can be
purchased for 10 cents each. Table damask rules .
from s. % to Sl7j yard Canton fannels from 80 .
to 30 cents, English mcrnos from 30 to Is cents |
French from $40 to Sl7i, and Richardson's Irish .
Bnon' from soto 81! cents