The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-01

Dry Goods--Hardware and
ShOes---CRFPets-
From the Evening Express OF TueIddv.

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| DRY GOODS.
There has been great rivalry on the
the part of both jobbers and commits
sion agents TO reduce prices, and amid
the excitement very low quotations
have been made. Standard Nader
print shave been reduced TO I25z cents
per yard, and there was considerable
done at the concession. Mousseline de-
LANES have declined from - to l6al7
cents, but the agents are SOW to agree
to these low rates, which are below the
quotations current before the war.
Standard brown sheetings have fallen
to l5S cents, and inferior makes have
declined i'll greater proportion. Wam-
sutta and New York Mills muslins are
are still quoted at 25a2715, but other
bleached goods are lower and irregular.
Corset jeans and canton fiAnnels are
lover, but not much IN demand. Dem
inns, stripes, cRmbrics, and in fact,
everything is lower. The whole mar
ket for domestic cotton fabrics was
never in more unsettled and feverish
state than at present The market for
domestic woolens is very dull, and only
very few styles Will command previous
prices. In the department OF foreign
goods trade has been very duh at phi
vate sale, and importers continue to
force sales through the auction room at
lower prices generally. The panic in
domestic goods has had its effect on
foreign goods, and caused a duh, heavy
feeling in the market. There is u con-
tinued desire on the part of importers
to close out their stocks at the best
prices they can get, but the decline here
has not been so marked as in domestic
fabrics.
THE HARDWARE TRADE
In the department of hardware there
is no change to notice, and the market
is generally very duh. Prices are
maintained, chiefly from the want OF
trsde, but there is no doubt that large
order would bring a commission from
the present asking rates. The volume
of business this fall has been unSatis-
factory all around. and the late trade,
so eagerly looked for, has not come for
ward, The trade with California is
much lighter than usual, nOtwith-
standing the abundant harvests of that
Stale.
THE CARPET TRADE.
The Carpet trade has been rather
quiet during the week, but prices for
enc goods generally are maintained.
The stocks OF English goods are very
much reduced. and Crossley's Tapes
tries are held at 81 IS, with
sales in the auction rooms as
close as 81 s21z. This certainly
shows very steady market The do
mestic manufacturers are generally
sold ahead of production on Tapestry
Brussels up to the 18th of November,
and prices are sustained, Fine ingrains
are steady, but common goods can be
bought at II concession. The trade has
been good throughout the season, and
is in a very healthy state. The profits
may not have been large, but the mar
ket has been steady and uniform, and
entirely devoid OF the wild fluctuations
in some other articles of merchandise.
THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE
The boot and shoe trade has become
dull, and the season is about over, al
though there's still some little business
doing on orders and second purchases.
The retail buyers have taken hold more
freely of late, but the bills are not
large. Some standard makes OF heavy
brogues are in demand, but as gen
erAl thing heavy goods are lower 10
sell, and there is some disposition man
Tested to close out stocks. The manu-
facturers have not made much money
on the seasons business, and unless
payments are better, the jobbers' profits
will be smaller than anticipated.