New-York tribune., 1876-08-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ENCOURAGING TRADE INDICATIONS.

ENCOURAGING TRADE INDICATIONS.
lKlCHlNTs GENERALLY HOPEFUL OF GOOD FAIL
BUsINEss-CoNIHG OF BUYERS TO HEw-YoRK-
sTEADINEss IN PRICES AND STABILITY IN TRADE
From present indications the whOsesale dry
goods merchants predict @ very brisk Fall trade
Already nerohants from The far Vest and Southern
States have arrived In the city and purchased their Fall
supply Of gooos The activity noticeable in the whole
sale ccnters Of the city confirms the antcpations OF
coed business during the The sidewalks oppo
ete tie large houses blocked ell day with cases OF
goods received OF IN preparation for shipment The
clerks In tho Wholesale houses have returned from Their
Summer vacations. end the luness observable few
weeks ago has disappeared anh activity prevails in
Ger TO ascertain tire feeling OF jobJing and commits
sion merchants III regard TO trade prospects
a TRIBUSE reporter recently visited several
warehouses The representatives OF the firms
called upon, without exception, expressed their
belief IN very prosperous business during the Fail
months Mr. Robinson the suIerintcrcent Of II. b.
Cafn q Co.'s store, said that the prospts VI the dry
goods trade better The store, at the time
reporter visited IT, crowded with people buying
goods. The superintendent said that their firm was
already very busy and many large packages had been
sold lie thought the recent great auction sales OF dry
goods had very h, ,netcia eject upon the market Tho
auction sales had taken place at the proper me and the
consequence tina. steaGness III prices had been
attained When chaGts felt that no more extensive
auction sales would take place. they knew just exactly
where they stood and how 70 act.
Several Of tie salcsmen OF A. Stewart & Co.'S said
tbat many OF their western customers had already mae
large purchases. The smaller jJb5lng houses rely upon
the indications OF the larger establishments in regard 10
trade prospects II business opens well with hc great
houses II s indication that oil will receive good
share OF patronage. The smaller firms have not
made many extensive sGies ns yet. They say that
they cannot look for brisk business until coo! weathes
Many buyers who hgNo come 10 the eity tliS
Summer Intending :" make their Fan purchases nave
l1av fNl.
Of August pnss by Moreover. many Of tho country
merchants sped the summer at resorts nea, heTi M "rs
make their purchases before returning 10 taer homes
people viii rush 20 the city and business VIII begin In
earnest
Some Of the agencies for WOODEN mills and houses en-
cgrd crciusiyfly In the cloth trdc visited by the
reporter The representatives of several mt tad ta'
they had already sold every yurd of clot thetr factories
were Able "a manufacture. Some AZ them were weeks
bchnd with their orders The commission icr, ha1's,
whose trade begins several weeks before the 1oDins
houses. reported soon trade "a neaVy c.ohs % media
proe lhe sale % higpiiccd foot- =" n,j tlas- ~ n'
near % great rs In former yehrs 'auud''nreN nave
taken b, od of this aud regulate tor pr"JItlon ac-
c'idingiy Tho demand Ion nn."r"d soo1s ls rs -
UcgcLGuls un that u III" decrease 10 the demand Tor
oi drS goods will be couilci few articles Ola quality
,uperiol COo's tia, Auoiio., can prOGucc. Many
nar6ct each year. American eoods takius thtir piece"
St mach lower prceS A an usts'.," c ihc dfhc ia
the CONSUMPTION O French and I"gi.h ."nd iuc'chhis
merry much sought after BON Engu'h hud French
Of Dir, good. sores Their rare l. Ii.d vth An'
can ,iurhans. In patterns roseni"ins .lk or wooiIn
teen ~ every "thcr cla,s o. imported goods.
Thcsc Is a marked change ob~'rsal'c this ye'r In
caloa- anJ purclaue only Ia quantities "a meet the
present demands Of th"il rus;aLrrs Dealers have NJ
as favorable eisn - return 10 stability IN ;r,de.
Retail dy rcods merchants wlA Iun no ri,' and sr.
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