Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-29
The Dry Goods Trade.

hVlh INC NEW 1OEk NOV. 70.
A retrospect of the past week is indicative
Of decidedly improved tone in the market,
and the gradual restoration of confidence all
round. The actual transactions of the
week were probably not greatly in excess
OF the distribution of like periods immedi-
ately preceding but there was much less
hesitancy in selling goods, and buyers
evinced more disposition to operate in such
staple fabrics as they considered had
touched bottom prices.
The jobbing branches displayed increased
activity as compared with the recent de-
| preston, but the traffic was uneyenly dis
| tributed, and while some firms gave evil
| dence of much freer movement of goods
| in all departments, others were emphatically
| dull, owing probably to their indisposition
| to accept the situation and offer induce
| ments sufficiently attractive to bring forth
the boarded money in the interior, the ex-
istence of which has been amply proved by
the recent ''closing OUT sales by some Of
the most important houses in the trade.
| who have within the lasttWo weeks effected
cash and short time sales to an amount
greatly in excess Of their most sanguine
expectations.
The accounts from the interior are salts
factory and encouraging. The jobbers in
the West report an active consumptive de-
mand and easy collections, which reports
have been fully confirmed by the liberality
of their own purchases, and the prompt
tude with which they have met their obli-
cations in this market.
BROWN SHEETINGs AND SHIRTINGs.-
Heavy standard and fine brown make were
taken in moderate lots from the iobbers,
but the aggregate sales of the week were
unimpOrtant. Prices were without materi-
al change in first hands, and jobbing rates
continued irregular. Standard weights are
held at from III to 12c, according to the
brand.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS
There was but moderate business from
first hands, until Messrs. Woodward, Law
renee & Co. reduced the prices of some
popular makes for which they are agents,
when brisk competition for their possession
ensued, and they were speedily closed out.
The following are the reduced brands:
Lonsdale to 125c, Blackstone AA to lie,
Hope to 109c, and Greene G. and Red Bank,
Severally, to sc; Androscoggin L was also
put down to 12Rc by the jObbers.
PRINTs.-ThC aggregate distribution of
the week, although less important than
when we last wrote, was large and salts
factory on the whole. Nearly all standard
makes are held by the agents at Zoe, the
exceptions being CochecOS, which are lie,
and Gloucester, Richmond and Allen fan
cies, which are DC. The very low prices at
which Gamers fancies, Amoskeag and
Wamsutta prints have been offered by Gar
her & Co. on the unique and-to the trade
not very complimentary terms of Hcash
before delivery" have induced large sales
to a class of buyers who are unable to dis
eliminate between low prices and intrinsic
cheapness. That Gamers fancies at the
present prices are cheap rs compared with
other makes selling at shade higher prices,
is fallacy, when the inferiority of the
styles and colorines are considered. 1t is
well known to the trade that Carriers goods
have dragged from the outset of the season,
and that shortly after its commencement
their fancies had to be reduced &c per yard
below other competing but greatly superior
makes; hence the further reductions have
become necessary.
FOREIGN DRY GooDs.-The imports of
dry goods for the past week, as compared
with those of the two preceding years for
the same period, were as follows:
1871. 1872. 1873.
Entered at the
port. 81, 256,155 81, 226,OSO 81, 223, 422
Thrown upon
market. 1,9O9,sO7 1,27O,45I 90, $40
Entered for con-
sumption...... 1,464,O72 794,s7O 5O2,756
The most notable feature of the week
was the presence of an unusually large
number Of buyers from the larger interior
cites, whose early purchases had become
well distributed, and whose stocks required
renewals, which they have been able to
effect on such favorable terms that their pre-
sent profits will probably compensate them
for recent losses.