The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-03
THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
What our Merchants and Mamafact,irer
Say About Them.

Say About Them.
Knowing that there was feeling Of
anxiety among large portion of the
community with regard to the immedi-
ate future of the business interests ol
our city, a STAR reporter started out
yesterday in quest of knowledge relating
to all branches Of the tall trade. Stop.
ping at the first house Of Importance in
his path, which happened to be'a whole.
sale dry goods establishment, in fact one
of the largest in the West, he proceeded
to use the reportorial pump upon the
proprietor, drawing forth the fact, which
WAS also confirmed by other large
houses in the same line, that people in
that branch of business felt greatly en-
couraged. The prospects for business
as they presented themselves were very
flattering. They had found that the
damage to crops had been greatly over
estimated, and that quite large yield
of corn and a fair crop of wheat might be
expected. Letters were being received
daily from all parts of the country
which were very encouraging, especially
those from the Wabash region, where it
was expected that the most damage
would result.
The farmers in that locality since the
waters had subsided were busily en-
gagged in threshing their wheat, and the
present indications are that there will
be fully three-fourths of crop.
The dry goods trade was not the only
branch that saw anything favorable in
the future. The clothing houses have all
had their men out upon the road for
weeks, and orders are coming in daily,
and while it is true that the profits are
not as large as those Of the past, there is
every reason to believe that this years
business will be fully up to if not ahead
OF last year. At one Of the large cloth
eng houses the reporter found one of the
prominent travelling men who had just
returned from Central Kentucky, where
he reported that prospects were OF the
brightest, there being no scarcity Of corn
or wheat and asuperabundance of grass,
many of the farmers of that portion of
the State declaring it as their belief that
this will be the largest crop raised with
them for twenty years, and moreover, if
the crops should prove small the differ
ence in prices would fully make up the
difference, for while grass is as plenty
as it is this season, and cattle bringing
erage OF three last year, the failure of
the wheat will in that section make very
little difference. The same opinion pre-
walls in many other localities and in va
rious States.
The boot and shoe dealers, with one or
two exceptions, are fully as sanguine as
the clothing and dry goods men, having
received and still being in daily receipt
of large orders which they are able to ill
with very fair profits, though many Of
the country customers are slow in their
payments, using the reported damage to
the crops as convenient handle to grind
out the tune of "hard times" In fact,
all the branches OF trade are doing a
much better business than they had ex-
pected from the indications Of two or
three weeks past.
The hat trade, as represented by some
Of the leading firms, is doing remarkably
we'll, although it is true of the hatters as
of other merchants that they have been
making extra efforts, which will, In a
measure, lessen the profits.
The iron, steel and hardware men are
in good spirits over the future OF their
respective trades, and especially 80 are
| the hardware merchants, they receiving
and filling orders daily, which makes
| their houses look like old times, and
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| which leave room for fair profits.
The grocery trade which is largely
dependenv upon the success OF the grow
ing districts is doing tair business at
present with encouraging promises for
the fall. Coffee, sugar and molasses and
all staple articles are bringing fair
prices, and orders are being received
daily for goods in small lots with the
prospect OF daily increase both in the
number and quantity OF orders. The
statesmen who are out ON the road report
the corn crops in all sections Of Ohio,
Kentucky and the bordering States as
being very large. The wheat, though
damaged to some extent. taken upon an
average throughout the country will
yield more than an average crop.
Throughout the whole business com.
munity, with but very few exceptions,
| the opinion seemed to be established al
most as fact, that the coming season
was one full OF promise to all merchants
who would use the requisite amount OF
on nternrisa and Darsavaranca