, 1875-03-10

vantage ovet EsHtern oues tlIat lhcv vcra 1,o.,,
manufacturers aud Iohborn, wi,icl, was p,,ralr A
Chicago idea. They found that wherever l;I,,.
cAEo goods lad bseu Introduced ti,cy were miner.
neting Eastern manufactures, aud believed s snat
| III fow years. 1t would bc impossible a1uoht Ia
hcl Eastern goods IN tho Wcst. If encl, goo,s
continued to 10 sold. tltsy boliovod Chicago mar.
t1sahts as would handle tl,em from the fact thai
'Ms!hof n fscs that they weso determined moro
.nnn ,.. ever before to control tho trauA OF
t1, ene en-, Which belonged to the city. Their
ra,an maao 10" 10 extended to within fow 1,unisetl
easte!n li''li'.. They hcloved Tint lhe boot and
n.,n ~ t1atla " Chicago for tho year would exceed
ny o' l'er cent TIM tTalo of any provious yoar.
| boa"Err niAsErT MlL19
~ 1ho bt,0t nni el1o stora Of Messrs. Dou-
Rett Dassett 4 Hills. tho reporter Learned tjMt
Aonts tile usual number of aprinc orders vera
coming IN. Eonle parts Of The country wnra mnro
l"aitor uMvGmatn tnaa Others. and "cro sending In
grain probably causing them to lloIi b,.k. In
Illinois and Iowa. llownver, tic tra,,o wa fpj1v
equal to tliat Of Las. ecaeun. aud there was NJ,
teason tta Thy u should not continue 70. Colicc-
t'ona hafi Kept up 70 we'll that it, !l,st lima tIIero
WAA nothing to complain Of. III tho country ntoets
WeTo light, hut In tho city tho wl,Desae I'M, saa
woro very well nupp'ted. TAo best n,nn,hs for
tite boot and ahoo trade arc generally s1srcl, an!
Apsl'. but on account OF tho backwarineps Of
tho s:as III tho probability waa that t!lo country
merchants svond huy lightly at present. and ro.
tlcnish stocks latcr on la The an,lue, At al,out
alar Or Juno. Ihcro NAB no rcanon apparent
wAy more goods should not DO sold tllis spring
AT the bnos and aloe storo of
., unEEStfEf.uEH. NosESTHAL 1 CO.,
nos " and 30 Lake street, tho reporter co yeraetl
viii tho senior i,attnor OF tllo concern, as FOL-
1ieportcr-W1,at are your expcctasious this
spring in scyaItl to trade?
Mr. Gree'sfeltes- anticipate good trade,
having already sold 10 per cant more goods this
spriug that up to the sayne time hut venr.
iteportor-lIow aro coectiona7
ar. Gfoouafc!dos-Ihey are iittlc allow. but
not more 20 than ia Install at this time Of tie
year. Through the wintcr our collections have
oeen protsy good. TIE country folks arc very
buying moro Rpati.glv and juftlcton.ly than ho-
fore. 40 that their fuancldl condition is vars
strung.
1seportcr-1Iow are ntocks7
s1r. 0scetlAfelaer-TIte wholesale stoci,a ar.
heavy, aud The retail atocka arc light. lIoucs No
can laok With certainty to good business,
c. u. HENDERSON ca.
ta.ed that thn severe weather Ind rather hene-
trade largely with alt tho Wcstcru anl Sorth-
Western btates. md the demand for footwear,
Especially for high and ileAyy boots, has rarely
beon excellcd III their experience.
c. II. rAltup 70.
had an equal experience, atd were raneuine AZ
10 tho proportlonato tinaucin1 pt0iik OF this
year and last. JlIoy believed That tho raturuy Of
,ho tFade would DO largely in excess Of those of
!sH. Tho heavy linz Of goods, eHpncislly. had
~ t1nnaunae demand this season. The prospects
Of tue spring trade wcro exco!lent, ~ tho
chances vcr" that tho weather wo,li,i become
warmer , wl!hn few days and All exception
~! earls spring might bo lonknd
CT classes Of goods. Tho spring trade OF ths
year would 80 farther 10 show that Clicaro waa
t6eco1n1sE the ettreput OF tho trade of Ill The
states west Ut Ohio.
bn6nErr. nAssErT 1 HILLS
had nothing 10 ilud fault With Uu the 7ontrarr
tfaue slad becn very active aud tho s,'r.n,, rrps
poets wcfo lEost faypratle. Their cu,,t,try trnLe
waa especially prosperous, owing to tho great
EoRAuu,