New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-11

amounts to twenty-five and in some cases 20 NIFTY per
very much Influenced BY the weather and reasonably
cold November all that is needed 70 MAKE Gs ~
clothing doing much business thar they were 81
s ~ s ysi agG Su sss HAVING large Southern
ness, and dealing In the H nssuusb ss the
South This wear is buying goods OF better quail.
ity and In much larger quantity than u dy Sae
and trowsers worth about %. were good enough Tor
slave but now African gentleman is not content unI
match The Western demand for clothing Is parsyey
light and class Of goods These are
this rivalry percepuby tends to reduce the New9oIk
clothing trade with that section This TACT Is 30 un9en
ern business have found IL necessary to fory them.
selves by establishing branches In chicago OF 3D. LOUIS
BOOTS AND SHOES.
There has been little complaint this Fall In any branch
of business but In boots and shoes the trade has been
something astonishing The number Of buyers has been
unusually latge. and the rush was great during the
month Of September that customers cases actu
ally could not find statesmen to attend them The large
stocks in hand the opening OF the soon
swept and the factories were put in operation 20
only made very heavy purchases but took better 9na
Of goods than ever before Georgia hrm end
ing order with the note: " BE sure anu
send the best quality, for as S. every every nome me-
in this o TO o go ya 70 much from last
years figures but they will probably advance nasmuch
the iourneymen shoemakers are enrolled are than
likely to raise their scale OF charges Deloe inc cSon
closes.
In hats and caps the Fall trade opened very iavoraoy
about the middle of August but few heavy ana uhex
pected failures occurring soon after checked IL material
w. 1t has ered however and at present buyers are
eager sellers are willing the trade IS steady, and 1t
PROMISES to be good to the end Of the season. Man
ufacturers have been remarkably cautious during the
last year, and there are scarcely any heaVy STOCKS
ported although the absurd custom Of using French or
English "dies" TO mark the lining is stl IN vogue me
is drifting rapidly back TO Its proper position In laoes
hats fashions change rapidly that only the shrewa
The favorite styles just now are the sailor and " Au-
gusta hats In hats and caps as IN other ran e,
but the not noticeable rs the Southern spring
trade i'll this line was very good
JEwELRY
The retail trade In jewelry, watches, and slverware
has been extraordinarily good during the last and
the leading houses Broadway are doing a
business onefourth heavier than they did
last year. The American manufacturers In these
lines have driven their European rivals To- the wall ana
control the market almost exclusively. The wholesale
ewey trade 80 per cent better than was year ego
especially with the South where the demand is unusually
great One buyer of costly goods for the New.Or-
leans market repeated his IN ten days anS
leading manufacturer this city has had 800 men az
work all the year without being able TO get ahed OF MS
orders The of this business comes just before me
holidays and there Ia every prospect OF an uhpIeee-
dentedy good trade XtDecember Prices are ABOUT te
same as last year. with slight downward tendency III
the goods on which the least pro1t Is made
GROCERIES.
In the Southern grocery trade there has been an in
of about so cent and for fully Go per cent OF
these extensive purchases cash has been paid The trade
began two or three weeks earlier than usual, money
being easier than hitherto in consequence OF the good
cotton crop of 1868 and the very good prospect for 1903
The Western grocery trade is not 80 good as IN iOre
wears There are a good many doubtful dealers whom
is not trust and the reluctance OF farmers 10 sell
scarce Prices vary but little from those Of last year
sugar has rapidly during the last ouror five weeks
influenced by the Cuban troubles, but other groceries
display a slight downward tendency
HARDWARE
The hardware business from Is to so per cent better
than last yearor year before This increases wholly In
the Southern States In theiWest in fact the NewYork
hardware trade rapidly losing ground, except In the
finer branches Prices are little lower than last year.
The home demand, especially Tor builders hanTae, Is
very good ard style Of elegant and costly bronze
knobs hinges &c. is coming into fashion. The trade IN
table cutlery and tools Is very brisk In pocket knives
Sheffield keeps the lead, but in table cutlery the Amer.
can manufacture rapidly taking the precedence IL
a curious fact, kind OF coastoNeweastis phenom'
enon that few OF American tools have lately
been Sheffield. The hardware trade is best IN the
Spring especially IN agricultural implements but IN
sktes the reversed and the traffic promises 10 be
brisk this Winter
sEwGNG-MACHISEs AND PIANOS.
The sales of pianos and sewing machines during the
last year have been remarkably large. The leading
manufacturers are doing heavier trade than be
fore since they began business Their manufacturing
facilities were never greater and they never before
SO far behind their orders The South Is taking fully
three times many pianos as last year. The principal
makers OF cabinet organs doing an equally thriving
trade aud selling l2 instruments this Fall where they
sold 80 year ago In sewing machines the business has
been positively igous A single firm has sold 10
less than S 900 machines during the last i've months,
and behind It's orders at this moment so urgent
il the demand that orders from Europe have IN
repeated instances by Atlantic Cable. This firm Is max
ing machines day, aud Intends soon to increase its
capacity 10 500. ...
In general there is reasonable degree OF prosperity in
the publishing business although the book trade has
been decidedly dull during the year. As consequence
number OF good books have been published, for when
the market bad, publishers Will touch only the best
works The trade this Fall Is pcreeptiby better than
WAS year ago, although the Southern demand las not
increased notable feature IA the recent book trade
is the Introduction OF standard juveniles, like Robinson
CrusOe and Pilgrims Progress, geniOsly reduced 10
words OF one syllable. There has probably been In
during the year IN the number OF EngsInade
books put market with American imprnls for the
publisher often manufacture large edition IN Luz
gland nay the extra costs of freight ana customs ana
then sell the books cheaper than II made here. The
growing inrOads OF the English upon the American pub
fishing Interest are significantly shown III the TACT ta
10 less than five powerful English houses have
established active agencies IN this city. one or two
of them within a few weeks. Among American pup
fishers there has been rapidly increasing disregard Tor
the tlme.hOnOred ~ the courtesy OF the trade
foreign work exclusively entitled TO IT, aud there have
probably been least hundred books published during
the year by two more different firms All tis II hehy
advantageous TO the public. who nave, IN at least one
instance. obtained good book at the price OF the white
paper The chief houses engaged IN this warfare are
Harper Brother, aud their two rivals, lppncou Coa
and Fields osgood Il Co There have been during the
year instances OF what the French call "a s"cces
destne, meaning literary success without necessarily
implying any special financial gain. fofslers LIe OF
Waiter Savage LandOr and the Diary Of Henry Crabb Rob
nsOn examples OF this. III pecunary point oi VIEW
Gates Ajar" and " oldtown Folks" have been decid
edly successful and two sangune publishers an
cpate very heavy sales of books 10 be published this
Fall. Among these is novel by Augusta j. Evans
Of which 10000 copies viii be printed and bound before
single one Is sold. III -.... -..A
FURs, STOVES, AND PICTURES.
These three lines Of merchandise grouped together