Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-01

IS diVided by some ten houses PaAs
whien also combine a retail department..
mas been heavy, but as in other
branches ofTtrade; prices have been seri-
ouslg affected by the decline IN ana
cott1n-For~these reasons dealers VIII
not be able 20 carry anything 90 the crodls
OF their ledgers.a Stocks WersIboo&
large at the opening Of the fall season
not only here, but througnonS ne WOE
and theF anxiety Of country
dealers 10 work of their excess before
making uew purchases caused late spring
frada and a fighter one han dealers had
reason TO expect. Collections also have
been slow comparatively, while goods
have ranged at aboub The same rates as1n
the Eastern markets. The experiences OF
the mast wear. however. viii exert a bene-
fetal influence; indeed is already beng
felt. Instead of costly trips East anu
-semi-annual purchases, dealers from the
interior have found out that they can here
buy, in a small way, weekly or montnlys
on equally a. good terms H1tho1 ne
expense attending a long Journey am
the less which must ensue BY many Jays
absence. Besides, their stocks are fresh
a benefit appreciated by no d better
than the dealer who has regular custom
ers, who, by their weekly visits 20
his store, become as familiar with a SIX
months stock as the dealer himself. Be
sides the wholesale houses alluded To-
above. We have s0mething over oDs hun
bred retail dry goods houses, many Of
whom also al country orders to a limited
extent, but whose trade in this way Is In
the aggregate very large.
Boots and Shoes.
n il our last yearly review Of our rem
eral trade and traffic, We had occasion TO
eongratulate our boot and shoe dealers
upon the Improvements noticeable in that
branch Ofbusiness, wscertainly have more
80 - Faau nrcrr6 of thar arraaaaa dn-
ring the commercial year Just closed. We
have six wholesale firms, whose business
has shown an increase Of fully hfty per
cent over that OF last year; and there are
others who deal in boots and shoes at
wholesale and retail, in connection with
the dry goods business. The gold huctua-
tons have not affected the market so
much as the other branche Of trade, and
prices have been very steady and firm
throughout. Very heavy stocks are now
arriving, and we hope and expect to an
nounce a corresponding increase in tbs
business of the coming year.
Our wholesale houses are as follows
but as we said, there are Others who, be-
sides their retail department, sell sxclu-
| siveIy at wholesaler
friedman Bros. Goodbar & Gillilsnd;
Hill, Terry & Mitchell: Southworth q
Thayer; j. s. Levitt & Co; Walker, Bros.
& Co; 3. LOWenstein & Bros; Menkn
Bros. A. Seesel q Son, and ]. II. LoeW-
enstine x Bro.
Eroekery.
The wholesale droekery trade OF our
city is represented by four houses, whose
! aggregate sales foot up into the millions,
and who offer Inducements found no.
where this side OF the manufactures As
a general thing, all the wares sold here
are imported direct by way of New Or
leans, and freights are about as low to
this point from ports in Europe as they
are to New York, consequently dealers
are enabled to buy at the same or even
lower figures, han can be secured in the
Eastern markets. The trade is growing
/ rapidly, and, TO meet the demand, stocks
are at all times complete and second to
none in the West or South. Our leading
houses in this line are Lloyd, Clarke q
Co., Charles N. Erich, WIN. Jack and
Ben. h. Puuen.
Hardware. ED
We have six wholesale hardware es-
Establishments, besides one or two special
agencies Of peculiar brands Of ron The
trade is in the hands of live energetic
men, who are rapidly extending their
business, and the years sales will amount
to severed million dollars. Our most
prominent houses are Orgifl Bros. & Co,
McCombs, Keller & Byrnes, Barbour,
Wilder Il simpson, Allison Bross A.J-
White & Co.. E. H. Martin and Charles
Stout & Bros.
Clothing.
The clothing business Is growing in
importance, though as yet we have but a
few houses who deal exclusively IN
clothing at Wholesale. The number who
keep wholesale stocks on hand, however,
in connection with the dry goods trade
is about equal to those who deal in boots
n shoes in connection with dry
goods. The sales for the past year will
reach something over g, OO0, 900, and the
demand is steadily increasing Sehwab
Il Co., j. d. Williams, Johnston q
Vance, j. @. Ward, SprOUle Il MCGOWAN,
! Steiner Il Bro, Menken Bros, B. LOwen-
stein q Bros, A. Seessel & Son., J. II.
| LOewenstine Il Bros, Vendig Bros. & Co,
J. W. Sneed & Co. are the leading dealers.
Drugs.
The wholesale drug trade of the city is
also assuming proportions commensurate
with the improvements nOticesbls IN
other ranches of business. b sales in
this line will probably reach one and a
half million dollars, n are distributed
between six or seven firms, who, also, do q
retail business. Ours leading dealers are
Messrs Mansfield & Higbee, G.. ". Jones
4 Co, w. N. Wilkarson q Co, Goodyear
Il Falls, J. C. Ward q Co. and Theodore
HOerner.
Imports.
The following tabular statement shows
the comparative imports OF leading ar
ticles into Memphis for the year IS68-69
and IS69-70: