The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-17
THE FALL TRADE IN NEW YORK.
The City Crowded with Buyers - The
Merchants Overrun with Business
Streets Blockaded and Hotels Jammed
Chicago Spreading Her Wings.

| Merchants Overrun with Business
Streets Blockaded and Hotels damned
Chicago Spreading Her Wings.
The New York Sun, of Tuesday, says:
All our hotels are jlmmed with business
men from all parts of the country, who have
| come to purchase their fall stock OF goods.
The amount of sales among all branches OF
trade averages thirty per cent. beyond those OF
last fall and fully fifty per cent beyond those OF
I the spring. AS yet they have been chiefly con-
| fined to Northern and Western buyers, but
Southwestern men are coming IN and purcbas-
! ing to the extent oil nearly double the amounts
| of last year. Their action is based on the heavy
cotton CROP which has now passed the usual
possibilities OF failure through worms and
weather, and can be safely calculated upon.
Trade has opened only since the beginning OF
this month.
THE DRY GOODS TRADE IN CLOVER.
The large dealers are having an advantage
over the small men, especially in dry goods.
They are giving longer credits, and monopliz-
| ing the bulk OF the business. Cash sales at
thirty days are less the rule than Of late since
the war. and an approach to the old times OF
eight, twelve and eighteen months credit ls
being made, not only IN the ready granting OF
| four months, but increasing the time 10 Blk,
adding interest for the extra two months.
Every heavy dry goods house is bee hive.
| The clerks and statesmen alone would form a
regiment, and are distinguishable usully from
buyers by being in shirt Sleeves and carrying
| pencils on their ears. Goods are dragged
from boxes and scattered in dsnrdlr. e"A Ae"h
loft is scene OF confusion.
cHURoH.sTREET UPSIDE DOWN.
Little Church-street, across which scen-
tifc shuirter OF tobacco juice could hit key
hole, is the chief mart OF the dry goods men,
n akno lrh0 fr0Y X.
fest time till dusk Passengers by the Broad
way and Seventh Avenue cars tear their hair,
| and find no prospect OF reaching their goal Tor
hours. They are irremediably delayed by de-
| liberate caruc9p loading goods, or by dead
| lock from which there is no hope OF extrication
| for hours.
FALL STYLES NOT OVER BEAUTIFUL.
There is general growl among dry goods
dealers at the ugly styles Of the present season.
The taste Of inventors seems to have been e1.
hausted. Retailers snarl, and say they can't
Law siege to the women with such patterns.
Buy, however, they must. The country wants
goods; and, whatever the prospects OF gold or
political measures may be-, they are compelled
to invest heavily.
SOMETHING ABOUT COTTON AND WOOL.
The present high price OF cotton has caused
suspension of work at some mills. which may
tend to produce scarcity OF manufactures be-
fore the season Closes and render prices high
er. The size of the coming cotton crop does
not promise reduction Of rates. Europe is in
want Of it, and will absorb heavy shipments.
Cotton goods generally are selling well. Wool
lens are improving, especially the higher
| grades, and the same may be said OF all mixed
qualities. Foreign goods OF all kinds show
proportionate activity with domestics. For
| tunes are everywhere in prospect, and period
! OF heavy trading Is upon US.
rur ruryrNn
The hotels in the evening present an un-
usually animated and lively appearance. In
the Iobbies OF the hotels, in the reading Ioome,
in the bar-rooms, and in the billiard rooms, can
be seen merchants from all parts OF the Union.
You will find the Western man generally play
ing billiards. He is O tall, stout, healthy
gentleman, with ruddy complexion. He IS
genial, open-hearted, good-natured, and socl.
able. His coat is off, and he appears to enjoy
the game. If defeated. he plays again, and
will keep on playing until midnight just to WIN
once. On little mahogany table 10 his right
| lies his tayorite beverage, which every now
| and then he sips. Ol an elevated platform
| are soft cushioned chairs, where thoughtful
and moiionless. sits the Southerner. He wears
q long chin whisker. His complexion is sallow.
| His iet-black eve sparkles with animation. He
ls of o thin and delicate physique. he wears
| broad-brimmed black felt hat, and is dressed
| in deep black cloth.
THE DRUMMER.
In the bar.room You find all sorts from all
parts. Beside our country cousin, with his
| tongue rafting at fearful rate, is the acute
| drummer, who off-rs every inducement that
can bring custom to his house. He spends
money freely. He sells on commission, and he
can we'll afford to regale bis customer with
wine, suppers and choice seats at the theatre.
The dry goods salesman ls the sharpest OF the
lot. He begins his apprenticeship when boy,
and by the time he attalns his maj he
knows every prominent buyer in the country.
He ls q close observer OF character, and can
tell his man at glance.
HOTEL SCENES.
From o'clock until II the multitudes
| throne all the avenues of the first floor of the
hotel. They are scattered in groups Of four,
five, six. or more. The prospect of fal or
decline in the prices is discussed. Views are
Boots and shoes. hardware, drv goods, groce-
res, drugs, hats and caps, and every variety
OF merchandise comes up in its turn, and re-
ceiyes tul share OF attention. The crowd
| continues to surge to and fro. One man will
listen here, and shortly after join some other
| group, and so on throughout the evening. At
midnight the buzz and commotion has ceased.
| The strangers have retired for the night
CHICAGO SPREADING HER WINGS.
| Last Saturday evening we met western
gentleman at the st. Nicholas Hotel, who is IT, e
reprtsen 'ative Of wealthy dry goods house,
and is we'll known in mercantile circles. He
info med Us that he was surprised at the small
number of buyers from places west of Chicago.
Their number is diminishing greatly every
year. The majority OF buyers in the city hail
from the South. he attributes this absence ef
Western merchants to the fact that they can
purchase their goods as cheap in Chicago as
they can in New York. The former city IS
gradually monopolizing all the Western trade.
They are having earthquakes again on the