The New York herald., 1868-04-06
TRADE IN THE City.

N the Tax on WAN 1t0ctureo OOooS-Tue
Present and the Fut are.
Trade In the various fines OF business in this CITY
may at the present moment be called active. In
many branches surpaSes that OF last Spring. or In
deed, of any time in 1851. Very much Of tbs, how.
ever, is forced Spectators IN hardwe re- textile
fabrics and grocerEs are SO to speak, "fearing the
market in the iDterests OF manufact' Arers OF home
and importers o. foreign made goo'xs. The conse
Quence OF such injudcsous work is<extrene caution
IN the movements of Western dAlers, who are at
present the best customers our Merchants have
Among dealers taere is a feeling of insecurity.
While sorle speak confidently OF the immediate fu.
ture as se as of The present. Others are despondent
persuaded that until the clsse OF the Presidential
election or the adjournment of Congress
nothing positive can be said or done. OF
course these look through political spectacles;
ard although their own leager and cash accounts
may tell them different story they cannot accept
1t as truth outside OF thoE own immediate custom
They are EmplV "wen sstablishedn exceedingly
fortunate" or. these falling, some other excuse
Is offered to account for their prosperity. We ex-
persenced an instance OF this kind yesterday While
converting with gentleman on the prospects OF the
whoesale grocery business, in which he has been en-
gagec many years, he assured us with most
solemn visage and dolorous yudce that trade never
WAS In so depressed condition. at is,o he con-
nnned, "qnite a~iow as 1t in 1857, and perhaps
we live till the close of the year we will find that
many a our new considered soundest houses like
sose Wch Struggled through the disastrous wear of
dS31, on whose storm dashed shores 60 many mer
santne Establishments strand ed and peristeG win
De compelled TO close their d. )ors Sir thpre never
tn Was 80 uissIrous year. We cannot calculate ON
are -,of GO . semenI Congre Ss may make, and men
sho. os so .enwse as 10 tempt to cross q bridge
tant ant? ? & a. any inomen1 break from under their
ss wtn me week eighty houses in in IBIS city nave have
nr rnin aAu ior S4oOOO0O0. Others on the brink
W,Ii I'm, t aau @ once these ommence tumbling where
margin so narrow that O ma fasa ston ,,ov a.rS a. &c
heitu ncSt TO tie bottom.T
we locked at the spesF er and were for a time in
SnaoS ~ peneNe SO he rvOusly and earnestly did he
con,aro vs. "eie re- ally standing at the mouth Of
hurv tho oraa toioano which at any moment might
asas % M 1 ra1u't ana ealth OF the metropolis the
III such is the COT ,siitinn % huSn al -.
~ "itnout potloin or legs to sit stand on-pray
dSh,r ~ ~ % o' oiose your Books, lock up your SAFE
20 into fe conntr s. put down your shutters and
ION, have been ather fortunate this season. he
was eneep;,c =, t cn mot individually, complain.
ticnlarlv ;; U ' ue generally, not oil my own par
Anoter Wholese he grocer assured us that business
wonId d''i'-h" ha ch better than he had believed 1t
ef we we give the tove an indication simply, of
hio deeiing, governed by temperament,
casSnS as or accident, which prevails among ali
AS rule IL n ,av ha sofa th. ,ray,, a., , ,..
S,arta,p w'ia anVN xpated by the most saugune
Of all pursuits the hardwara rrhin ;nnd Wy e, H
nt1 osr every xticle OF made of IRON copper or
4 GOOD h"s2 OF compounds OF metals, there Is
rbe eoUu n ousa less yielding fair margin Of profit
act,rep ~ @ repeal OF the tax on articles manu-
.inGS oT ot, TINS country will benefit makers OF all
VI cuL cry and surgical ware Before the war
,nv ~ tn ers were protected In these specialties
,ins, WIG nc ;xtent of twenty five per cent ad valorem
20 . hoa ioi elgn competition. Since then the tariff
Tor6eJ ~ Used to thrty.fve per cent, but this has
nst on ' margin of profit or OF protection. The
n9taru % w materials used in the getting I'D of
80 so Ous, together with the taxes superadded,
@ ave ra.a' reduced than helped this trade should
WIN I pass the law now before them, alluded TO,
n% u y, nc p manufacturers OF hardware generally
h. nu sa s branches OF 1t specifically. SO far
me nar,i the trade mas been good in the cutlery
- lo pa eularly so while in other branches such
20 tural implements, saddery, hardw are car
~ -, e0oos 3c there Is, 80 far, nothing to COM
dih Oh. The recent advance In cotton al the South
ias eve merchants There much greater confidence
nan mas been entertained since the close OF the war
nd the hardware trade has felt the reaction. A
hger 'eadth OF cotton will he cultivated this sum
uer tha II last, and II prices continue at anything
IKE the present figures an unusually heavy bus
iess oi necessity must follow at the North. West
n mcl chants are not taking 'stOck, ii is termed
,heLr d ais are In number as many as hitherto but
nelI otings are lighter than they ought to be; at
east aaf the impression OF our dealers Still all
hngs' considered In all Lines OF hardware, trade is
arr an nj, what is much 10 the point, sound Cash is
nefea % mach more frequently than even short time
since the cessation OF hostities there has In no
eas0n @ be SO large business IN carpetnys done. |
,aro ri goods are ranging less by twenty live cents
N the yard than they were this time last wear whe
al other Qualities including the imported a re- |
In nattings, pisun and oheckered all imported. |
here has been sight advance OF about i've per |
cut These goods are at present greatly affected by
south mn dealers, and in isct are in request much
more taan formerly, at the North. Previous to |
mana At Me South ipdeea esssfS for Srre s IN se .
perici qualities the trade usually looked |
beyoS ,dt the Potomac for customers Iu ths is
cnare a. and La their place mating. are suostituted
Sales is season oil carpet goods interior account
have o' hen favorable, and bpers select with conl-
denle. The Wesr has been doing so well during the |
pas IN rec or four sesons particularly In the gram
grown states, which have entered largely INTO the
hat In
pecunis riiy stronger than any other section; and
conseq lepty, from It large and growing trade is
the carpet line been disappointed The trade has
been, we repeat exceedingly heavy. Row long II
may be accepted assured-tnat buslnes !, viii con.
tlnue active ior general as well local q aaud u.l
Eight or ten days ago lars business n. q done In
Dry goods. IL Is now exceedingly active Tut some.
Mnat hinsiVe; Inere mas been rapid In crease IN
prices Drought about by spectators anj xents OF
Manufacturers, who have presumed upoa favor. |
ane market ana tue consequence Is that VIA &c there
are many seekers country merchants are !. rad TO |
puy largely. Iney do hot ike to be- tech nic=ly |
speaking, 'stucx"-their shelves filled viii goods |
marked at prices that will have tendency ia drive
away consumers. Beyond thirty days not,r nv a |
guaranteed m the dry goods market particul r,y in
musIins, sneetings shifngs aud the suneror mail
ties OF textiles. Inc recent advance in cotton n,ah
beelns 10 be about sensitive To the toc, a. rnld
has doubt ess had much 10 do wIfh ms Incraa S on
the consequent partial check TO trade.
In ihls connection II should be stated that at the
,nsii M goods can now, less the cost OF
g., ~ dS low 0xufcS as IN
THIS city In the Interior Of this state BalnoraIs 81, ID
goods Oi Ike quality are largely made and viii cnt a.
pare iaNorably with similar articles from ahrossl /
While cassneres and doeskins equal to those knov,n
as OF the Harris u manufacture are turned ont MI
the clotn nllls VI Indiana. These qualities compot
successfully with the imported. Illinois N alsa aG.
yancing rapidly In the manufacture of certain mali,
tiee OF goods The shaws made in the woolien WORKS
o uat otate are exceedingly beautiful desigu and
hDe IN quaify. They are sought for with aydI,y and
on Ihe Atlantic seaboard are unfrequent, sod as
imported. In dealing therefore, with Western men
maEifacturers at the East and merchants here
shoSd not forget the broad fact that M few wears
growing their own wool, the people OF the conpIop.
wealts beyond the great lakes may take the marg1u
even IN cotton 10 themselves.
Although slight decrease was experienced I'm !
coal az the monthly auction sales lew days since
the trade Is prosperous. No reaction IL Thought o.
demand lnruluhnuf a !