The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-08

coming In brsk1y, and generally flrst-class
Eoous only are III demand. The Southern
trade Is now treble that Of any year since the
war. Payments from the West for last sea-
sons purchases nrc generally about n month
behlndhand, while the Southern purchasers
nrc liqultiatng with commcndablc promptncss.
Large amounts OF money are now required,
however, to move the crops; when this Is nc
compllshed, settlements with Western pllrchas-
crs, 1t Is expected. will be promptly made The
prospect Tor y good spring, trade, especially
fur as tho Western trade Is concerned, how
ever, the competition which has grown up i'm
the western cities hus rendered the hold of
our New York merchants upon livery insecure;
tai dealers extra Inducements for laying i'm
their supplies here, the probability Is that very
few of them will be found hereafter in the New
York market.
HATs sd CAPS.
Until 4nilc lately ais trade has been re-
markably dull; but within few weeks past It
has taken favorable turn, and promises to
continue fair until the close of the season. For
months past many Of the large hat factories
stocks OH hand found Il difficult to induce
purchases In fhct. when the present season
opened 1t looked us If this branch of trudc
were continually roming III for other goods.
Probably the same reason which affects the
trade with the West In respect to clothing may
5oassigned as n reasonfor the decadence Of the
have begun TO manufhcture on thc!r
own account, and to supply the home de-
mnnd In their various localities, whereas nearly
MI these orders were formerly filed in New
YORK. a very fur business IL now being done,
however, In felts-both wool and fur-and the
orders Tor silks are increasing. The great i'm
nctus given to the business, lately, was from
the California dealers, who, rather uneS
pectcdIy, threw heavy orders on the market,
and caused revival In the manufacture Of
felts, which hnd been almost entirely sus-
pended. The Southern demand is much
greater than last year, and Is mostly for felts;
orders for silks being mainly confined to the
large cities of the South, while wool and fur
hats arc generally worn in lesser town and in
the agricultural districts.
HARDWARE.
as appears to be generally the case Nth
other branches of trade, the Southern demand
is greater In this line than 1t llas been during
any season since the close of the war. The
trade with the West, on the contrary, Is not
the same rs In 1868. The low charges for
freightagc have brought In from the West nu-
merous orders that would not otherwise have
been received. Tho home demand is very
good, and In Itself Is sufficient TO keep dealers
busy. This remark is applicable especially to
builders hardware. A good share of these
goods go also to the West, but the Southern de-
mand Is limited AS respects agricultural I'M
plements, however, the case Is exactly re-
versed. Shipments are made TO the South In
large numbers, and the best improved mnnufac-
lures arc beginning to find ready market in the
Southern States. At the same time fair
demand for agricultural implements Is kept
up from the West, but, proportionably, 1t is
not so great as that which comes from the
South. Heretofore 1t was thought that the
commoncst and most old-fashioncd goods were
good enough for the negroes to use, but under
the new system of labor Which obtains there,
the negroes have taken to buying their own
tools, and invariably require to be provided
with flist-class goods. Prices bid flir to con-
ttQnG tErOlIJFl nj mn iol
change. Tho trade in mechanics tools and
In table cutlery is very brisk, and the South
gets q very large proportion of these ship
nfents. -
On the whole, 1t may be said, not only that
business Is brisk, but the prospects are de-
6fealy sbeffiEl ,na Whole country in ms pros.
porous q condition as it was in the rrsy years
before the war.