New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.
LEADING CITY MANUFACTURERS ANTICIPATING At
ACTIVE MARKET

iPApINd CITY MANUFACTURERS ANTlCHA'iN" nv
ACTIVE MARKET.
The boot and shoe trade for the ran season
"a stated 10 be slightly better than was last year, anu
dealers and manufacturers look forward To an aouNo
market during the coming month The pienIlW crops
and the increase Of trade with the south nave
IN spre traders and manufacturers with hopes Oh Oct
a., times lint s the spirit OF speculation Is not 1et IN
+he market Manufacturers are not preparing heaVy
Attacks md buyers are selecting more than they can
dispose Of duriug the coming season Frces nave va
ned somewhat since last year Those OF mems heA''
boots have risen ON OF an advance III tue lne
grades OF sole leather but wOmens and mems hgp'
shoes prices have fallen between seven ana ton per cent
Richards, wholesale boot and shoe dealer Sllu ="
n 1RbuSE reporter recently The season Is just oes
ming ana during the last two weeks has Deeh N@Ly '
factory There are numbers Of Southern anu "''
buyers now In the city, and am told thcro arc "0'
,r for,,r than usual Some arc buying and some arc
s,iu examining the stocks OF the difercht uo"'oi'
is no speculation IN the market now some DuS1
49,, ,- dolivery IN September aud October, ana G'he
few cases along to supply the Immediate oei'Hu "'
they leave the bulk of their STOCK 10 DC Soii' VI W
farmers shall have gathered in their crops lLe u''
a. oh,.ev for ucdium-prioed goods, even among peo'
ME Of ample means Long Branch deaer "Ho "','
with me said that a few days ago weldreS>co son'
IN yolred into his store and after examining several
hos b,rrbt pair for 81 30, saying these WlfioDuSV
a. well for the present Thore Is slight increase III inc
- ~ mons heavy boots owing 10 the advance In solo
i,ber Tho dealers will be unwisc if they try To Keep
nm tho b piees OF leather for though the prospects III
o agricultural districts are good every one is econom-
cal and viii buy very little at high prices II loDDcIs
cannot cot reduction IN leather, thcJ VIII SUM '"P
giving orders for the season. - =, , ,,,oo Mann,
member 81 tha East New-York Boot and Shoc Manu-
factuing Contrary said that very good adFlcS h o,tI
received from tho West and south. Al Chcago anu
81 Iouis the shoe market already actNe anu VI
caro shoe dealer told how ne hld Dnugilt hucn
stock than usual anticipation OF large uvtlau ~
fg.. 10 Gafv
w. iurfs inc aud payments made nom lhal anu VueI
iors of the country were more regular. Ihtic Nau Di
fewer large failures This year than last ana conn ~
was being restored. The homo ana neShoOfnS Eau
hs a steady market The demand from PcnnSNINaiHi
was slack ana IRON ali parts OF the country came c'l
TraGe Is steady" said member of the BY STATE
Shoe MANUFACTURING Company, but dealers ana NNte,I
aud Soufhrru buyers l0Okng for cheap drtc ea anu
manu- acturers have 80 prepare that STOCK 10 sun
cusfn,nPrs The Of WOiucns ana chhuIoH 'ii"
have fc sluce last YEAR, hut this ieIuclio Is uue, no.
so much o. The nara uhts rs 10 INV NV'"l INV
Mr. Psrk Of the finn OF Miller & Park, sad mat me
market had been GOOD during the past IoitNSu'' any
shoWed am inward tendency last week SHOES OF
,nc,i'nm uIice wero eagerly bought. Western ahd
Southern buyers hoped TO have Geua TRADE Ia "
part of The Fan when crops were stld 1he con
Of tne war i'm Europe would probably create osi'u
grain, and the farmers WOOd SCI oH 'i4oii
grain nj once ana hold il IN order To raise prices
The ssDs trade IN Pennsylvania WOu ne ui tlIs "a
on accunt the great strikes, ana agents were AO'
doing much ia that State 90 e,o
Edwiu C. Burt. the woli-knOwn Manufacture OF me
shoes i'm this city said that the recent STRIKE I'D MS "a
tory had some what checked his business Tor lhe, m
e had a cN ret OF WOrlmcu and was hliins MS "Ide4a
as rapid possible. He declared lA!t 'a ~ ISu 81"
would have their effect upon trade bat would not Do
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