, 1875-09-30
Reports Of Representatives. Of
Loading Branches Of
business.
All Regard tho Season as Ono Of
Solid Prosperity.
Tile Country Merchants Are Buying
and Paying Woll,
An Increase of Business Observable f.
eryw!cre-'0plaiunS as to It's
Cause.
Development Of Chicago as a Business
Centre..-Condition Of the
Country.

What Secretary Reynolds Learns
from tho Country Dealers
It has bean remarked for hntno tt'no that tho
Exposition yearly attsac!n largo n1i'nbofS OF hef
chsuts TO the city who taAe tie Opportunity OF
combining sgt-koolng with tbctr tfade interests.
4 Tn,Dvsr rnnorter falt littfn curious to learn
tho olyect this bad Oh general trade. and 5es-
ser,1sy interviewed a n,lHlber Of leading firms
in 1iffefcut lines. Tn ruporsa arc very onco'snB~
Ing. Almost every brancl, of trade has ax1e-
RANGED marked improvement, wh!'o tho dry
goods and millinery trades report the last two
works Tho biggest tlev ever haa Following tre
tho Interviews in detail:
MAxpEL.
Tho reporter noxt Interviewed Mr. MaNn!el, Of
Atantel Dros, dry goods md carpets. No. 123
State glrcot, with tho following result:
Reuo,ter-Aos Is tho fa!l trade shaping. Ms.
MAt,dcI?
Mr. Mhndcl- l-E5celIcntty have boon In tho
business twonty-two yoars, md eau safely Bay
we have never had such fall traip.
Roporter-Uo ybu think It will cu1ltinuo good 2
3tr. Mando-I do. Heretofore thero Lad al
ways been something to hinder trade, but this
your 'n1'o 70 t'o'pe ~ fHaFei's "a uo'ot' aa e1.
ce!'on1 ouS,hess 'nfousi'oo1 'no he'aon' At a'
cyents We have ma'lo preparation for 1t.
noportrr--IIow will it couua-o with ,nat fall
~. ,,an,ol - ,,Il h., -, ;.~,..a ~ IN ~. IN
per cent.
Raportor-lIow do you account for thta large
lncreAHo5
Mr. Manael-welI, buBinoss IL in sotudor
eon"l'tu'. teop.' n@'o 'een o"''6
II INN nd tr1
in position to lh,y. Our trade nor is moro for
snbetauliuI than fancy articles, peorlo do not
.. b.,et,fora tu,v what t,ey can do n ,t},upt
~ ..,r .,,r.
.;u;. oAos. n''>a'' n.,.,
wholesale millinery, wcre next callcd upon.
hey had al encouraging report 10 tnntst. as viii
Ls heen frum tue following consertation:
Nepurter--1 would like to baya your opinion
an tie fail traslo, Mr. Gagn7
Mr. Gage--wc ell, it il oxcolont, 10 far, and
nco M rcaaon why 1t Bl,onll uot continue active.
farmers havo hh<i good cropd. whcl, are bring
ing in rood w!ces. and everything 1udicates a
soason Of prosperity.
Ito, o;sor-Ars you nhoat, Of last tali
A[f. Gage--fr1; a little.
largely IN your line prcsume ia fa!r criterion
! VI proHperlty?
alr. G.go-Ycs; II they wore hard pushed
| t]ley could TO With ltt1e Or no millluory. For
Instance. lake Nebraska Rnl hansus w.lero they
| have been hard an for two or three yeats. This
ycat they lnyo had good crops. aso consequently
feeling good. and arc coming in and buylhg
| largely. fool bottor about the trado now than
! lid month ago, When the weather hrcatcne't
tho crops: but now that the corn IA noar1y out
OF tho way the prospect has hfiRhteued, anu. 81
before SAID. We arc foaslng lilo eaect OF tula III
! III Increased trade
| ...., u. =. FISK CO.
The reporter nr1t turned ha ateps to D. D.
| Fink Il Co.. Wholesale tntlllheta, wabash aFo'
| me xnd Washington Rtrent. where thero " o.
| every appearance Of p stirring bnHuesa being III
progress, lh anH.or to tho reporters opon1nR
question. ono OF tho monitors of tho firm said
| tho fall prospects rorc never hotter.
i.erorter.iiow have tho *n1cH tpeneaF
Mr. F.-fery we'll indeed. Last week whs
Que Of the biggest weeks wo evur hAd. knti Oil
.alea up 10 ths lat OF Oc:ober are in cxcess ol
last year, with the prospect OF considerable H.
crenhe. OF course circumstances may occur te
hurt tho tEado. but there iB every prospect Of q
ln,ge incrrnHe over last year. It will DO good
! subbtan&ial business, too. Tho outlook IL hak
Ter than for tho last two Autu1nns. This wcel
! :ah begun veFy we'll, and will probat!y be Tux
biggest Of the neaeon.
hcposter--The johhlng millinery, l under
cago.
Mr. Fit Ia hottcr represented hero thar
anywhere in America Tho press hes no
| fact, There ATE houses here which slOM large
stoc4 than anv Now York honsc.
RePottor-How 40 yoI account Tor Cnicaeo
| pre-emlnence In this ~ wei! ~ Ia Moat t1ltiER
Mr. F.-It arises from tho fact that NO hnrs
e1l Gods creason bchud and around ns, whil.
New Yora jobbers derond mainly npon locn
trade. Thsro Ia no question tina. the Distributing
trado Is going 10 centre in tho West. That FAC
ID heing recognized all over the country. To s.
East to purchase in onr business il the yeries
tonscnse, Thero would be more sense IN East
asn men coming hero for thcir supplies. 1ndoed
they do 1t In 1nenanre now.
AnRAn YHEscu.
This next firm interviewed Was Ahran Fsono
4 Co.. Wholesale crckerY, clllua, and glassware
Mr.. William o. Chapman, a monlbur Of Tho firm
/ sad tloy lad had good trado 40 far, aul IL,
| prospect was good. Customers wero buyipg no
largely, but carefully aud quite literally. Ill
tralo woulti foot up considerably in sdvAnce Q
iast year. and wnuld be much healthier. rrlco
as general thing ruled lo.y, but thoy uero grad
usliy working upwards. III stating tho ousloo
was cr,courngng he did nut moan 10 convoy III
IDEA that .t %aa bag thug iii Of = auu.len, bp
| that trade showed \ Holla Improvement.
uLssns, r1tAxxt1w mAcvEAau / %.
usro also lutarviowul on tl4o subject. sfr. Mac