, 1866-01-01

This important branch Of trade has been dustin
guiehed Tor Its unusual activity. The yeas jus
closed, has shown At increase IN extent and impor
lance. quite beyond What might BE- expected fpH
ne natural increase In our population. The bust
ness |: confined to comparatively tew hands, wht
maxi make 4 specially, and they ale thus enabled e
ha: been. that Ne arc now supplying largr number
Of Western dealers. who bur recently drew thesl
1sR1.ss peE9s.. n'" 81 LOUIS ''nsnna" anu o'hs'
Tie season opened brisk, and though declining
somewhat during The extreme hot neAther, eoou
.aisd snd as9ai5ed tnssea.ed actlv'ty, wtth N ID
great measure 10 good foreign demand r. n
high ralcs of exchange. There has a:3Sf Hutte, t1.
as ha1s Of sessi1Y ths hsh o make less hsa
% t6eiT uenai @ smonnt @ y considering Butter
1o ., yef sa se WIN ''e a'a'o
The r1s.safacture Of Cheese In The Northwest Is
ip+.esns quite rapidly, and weaze plea+ed tolearn
tA!me,s u 1uinoi.. Wisconsin and Iowa arc gEadu-
ally nEprecialing The importance whlch attaches to
.hla branch Of their occupation.
TuE DRK GOODS TRADE.
: The ,mpostaneu Of Chicago ss Dry q ooda mar
ket for the Northwest, y becoming mt - nanilest
cago had no recognized position among the Dry
Gcods markets Of The uuited Ssates. In those
aas g. sI e 81 oa
but within the past three or four years an entire
te.olutIon has. been accomplished. Chicago has
The coanlry-one not attained 10 much By the cur.
rent OF trade, a. BY The enesRy and perseverance,
her 3chberz. There arc ID this city upwards q
thirty large Dry Goods houses, any Of which will
compare ieyota6ly With The houses IN New York in
point Of stock, and a far as prices ars concerned.
tee comparison is decidedly in 1asor Of this city.
Nebsaska, Kansas, Northern Missouri, mInoE,
Western Michigan and Northern Indiana and
more adsantaRes 10 be derived hero than at any
excepted. Escn in the Umpire city, he indueues
b appreciated III we ind that within ne past fonT
ss s1s Il Ssv q rS1 Sdt
Dry Groods Exchange. We may be pardoned tor
saying that we hase been compelled 10 publish In
port Of he na.rxet-a ma,1er OF news the NeSS York
d&tlIes, with all their enterprise, do not do The
Dry Goods market during the year has been very
t. a1d 4a,s
eIoed by The daily variations IN gold and the Laws
Of supply and demand, though tor the past two or
,htee months ths former eea;ea TO aass any mate
speealatise lever. Tho gradual decline IN he
IT e. ses epss S eea ~
depreciation ia the Du Goods market During
the arst week IN January, Staatard shee.ings sold
A. aad f2e et 81 snd q q ae
date until about August it there was gradual
ndfuthtpE IN pf1nte-fe1l1uR On August hlA II 5tc-
ever declining to S2s advanctnGto
4sHe-taling back 70 *. a9s1n advancing to Ahe.
In bleached goods the 'supt and downs" have been
equally marked: EARLY in the year WaulsHtta sold
al G0c and On April 21.t sold 1T a9c-n decline IN
about fourteen wseks Of Sc, and e July Hsta At
the months Of Aususs and September
ths stock was extremely ,, rednesdm ssd.,
tbe E' breaking ont q Il the REBELLION, and under
m active demand the market advanced 10 69c-the
years trade, On the whole, hts been prosperous
ono. Goods were turned over quickly, and A.
though in sone Instances Losses were sustained our
jobbert fully met The market, md whenever rally
In prices took place, they did not mark up to the
New York quotations, but a fhada under. The
country buyers bought here tn preference 10 gotng
elsewhere. 1t woula be matter Of no little inter
est TO note the amount Of Dry Goods in detail Eod
By onr Jobberr, but IT ls Impossible to obtain the
figures. We must content ourselves With giving an
estimate, and after careful figuring hnd TINT the
do not all iar short Of ts6, ,oo o,he Carpet tIade
alone oggFpgating one and oue-nAf millions. 0ur
estimate Of the sales last year Was 335,tU0,uUt
which was little IN excess Of the actual amount
This gear the actual eales have been much lnrger,
though aggrcgattng but httle moEe in cash.
30c, md Standard sheettngs SIC; This year, es,se
md 39c-a decline Of Is per cent OH the Prints and
IS per cent on the Snntaid Sheettngs. Estimating
The decline at 20 per cent on The cntl1o l1tt, the
amount ol goods sold this Jeat would at LAST years.
prices. have realized about SO, Uo0, ,000,
Richmond Prints, Standard Sheet1ngs, Wansutta
Bteaehed and Deiatnes during the year
WEEKLY PRICES or RICHMOND FRIErs, STANDARD
sNEEIxxGs, wAXsUfrA HLKAcHED GOODS A.1p DE-