Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-09-01

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r their sales amounted to nearly
, 800 600. Up to this time business
3 had not been SO systematizsd as it is at
present. Boots and shoes were only re-
, garded as secondary branch of larger
business They were kept by the dry goods
houses, who also kept many other lines of
goods that have sincs formed a separate
department of trade in our market. In the
years 1866, the additional shoe houses
OF StrIckler, Ellis 4 Co, Gardner, Shop
nerd q Go, and Cooke, Bailey and Co,
were established, making, as it appeared
tnen, quite formidable array of houses,
sufhclent to meet the then demands of
: trade, selling, perhaps, but little less than
Sl,oOoO0O annually. Finally the war
came; business YVES suspended, and
changes came over our trade. In 1865, some
OF the old houses recognized, and other
new ones were established, until now we
nave SIX first class houses, Hollins, Burton
20, Wright, Hooper Il Co., CArrick,
Rollins Co., Pigue, Manner Hall, A G.
Adams q Co., and Cooke, Settle q Co,
that will compare favorably with the same
number OF houses in any city in the Union.
They are conducted by men that are COM
petent, of integrity and enterprise, and
representing large amount Of cash capt.
tai, and enjoy high degree of credit,
none in any branch Of business more SO.
They purchase their goods direct from the
New England manufactures, and have
every facility in the purchase, that the New
York, Cincinnati or Louisville merchants
can have, and they can and do job their
goods as cheap as they can be bought
west Of Boston. We feel proud of this
branch Of our wholesale trade, it having
increased from single house selling
| $4,000 worth of goods, and this year its
purchases will amount to 10000 cases,
its sales near two million and a half
dollars, and market that is acknowledged
as having no supe:ior in this particular
branch of business. We invite with con-
fdence our Tennessee merchants and the
! Southern trade generally to our city to
| buy their boots and shoes, and they will
find the statements of the UNION AND
AMERICAN verified.
The Wholesale Clothing Trade.
Before the war, there was only one
house devoted exclusively to the wholesale
clothing trade. which did a business of
about 800, COO per aDnum. At that Pc
Rod the clothing business was regarded as
part of the drygoods trade, and our job
bers generally were not supposed to have
an assorted stock of goods unless it was in
part comprised Of clothing. Since the
war, the business has bean sep araied, and |
the wholesale clothing department! is quite |
feature in our market. One of the good |
results of the system by which |
the trade is nov CONTROLLED, Is the |
encouragement given to m :nufacttring |
in tits line, and the large am, unit |
of money disbursed weeklyto tailors, seam |
stresses, etc. In the busy Seasons, these |
clothing establishments give employment |
To upwards of five hundred hands, thus af- |
fording support to the worthy and in |
dastrious women and girls who could in |
many cases not be able TO obtain employ !
msnt elsewhere. From all the informa- |
ton we have been abs 10 gather in regard |
to this branch of trade, we can report this |
department of business as extremely |
healthy, with sales for the year ending 20 |
date, of over 100000. The wholesale |
clolhieTs we notice are making extensive |
preparations for the coming season, and |
will enter the lists with large stocks and |
renewed hope of a prosperous future.
Drugs, Dyestuffs, Etc.
No one business has been more prosper |
Gus, or has increased more rapidly than |
kudb u DAuSS, hJCotuuSy ONC1
and the trade is still upward and onward. |
In the main prices during the year have |
fluctuated but little, and with compare |
lively steady market, combined with en- |
terprise, capital and competition. the res
pective firms have been able TO hold their |
Old trade ard secure also a host of new |
customers from this and the adjoining |
States. The business of the year mas been |
CnnciHaroh1xy q million 6Ollaru
The Notion Trade.
There is but one house in the city de- |
voted exclusively to the wholesale notion |
and white goods trsde-that which was in |
augurated and so successfully managed for |
several yens past by Messrs. Cowan q |
Co. But while this is tbs ouly firm de- |
voted altogether to this department, large !
and attractive stocks have been kept by |
the d ffsrent dry goods jobbers. We were
a little astonished to ascertain that the /
GALES in this branch Of business amount to
upwards of $500, 900 per annum, showing |
that the trade is perfectly able to stand |
alone.
Che Hat Trade.
The hat trade, as aseparate branch CT bug
mess, is beginning to assume immense pro-
portions Until within a very short Pc
Rod. boots, shoes and hats, in business
point of view. were ore and the same, and
the majority of our boot and shoe jobbers
continue in the same old channel, and
seem to have no particular desire to |
'';hrow up theiT hats" We have, howev-
er, two wholesale houses devoted exclu-
sively to hats, who have accomplished
much in building up separate trade.
From the best information at hand, the
sales for the past year Inay be set down st
$3.50, 600
The Hardware Trade.
The business Of the past year, ali told,
foo;s 10 S6O0. 900. This branch Of trade
is conducted by sound and sagacious men,
who are fully alive to the wants Of the
trade. We venture to say that for ade-
quate stocks, low prices and iibsrsl terms,
Nashville can compete successfully with
any city in The Union. The volume Of
trade for the past season greatly exceeds
any former year, and We look confidently
for q still greater increase the sess1n to
come, as the merchants all over this and
the adjoining States are satisfied that our
m lrkeF is every way sa is'sctory.
.I-,'e and Leather Trade.
Ui Inc many industries IL our midst,
QOEaS ndN5 hIatie ulOI6 hUDStAutisl pEORTGSB |
Of late years than that includtd in the
Leather and Hide trade. The former is
represented by eight frms several of
whom operate also IN hid s. The houses
of Burns & Co, John Morrow & son, and
H milton il Cunningham, in coluecticn
with their leather trade, are also engaged
extensively in saddiery hardware, and the
first named in coach ware also. The houses
engaged in leather and hides are j. Inns
den & Co, Walsh & McGogern, Locke 4
o., @. a Littersr and ) Steinan Al
though quite difficult to ascertain the SC
tual amount of sales annually, it is safe to
D It it down at million and half o. dol
lars.
Live stock.
The trade iG this department for the
past year has been very satisfactory. so
far as tbs amount handled IS concerned,
but the latter part Of the year has been
rather unsatisfactory 10 stock raisers, par
ticularly in the item cf cattle. Prices fer
the LAST three months have been unusually
low, ard by co means remuneratiye. But |
notwithstanding the general dizziness
which marks the closing of the commercial
year, bushes has been large III compari-
son with that of the year p:eyioUs, and |