The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
THE FALL TRADE.
A Universal Feeling Of Satisfaction
Among the Merchants.
THE UNION WON BY TRADE.
Views Of a Variety of
Dealers.


Dealers.
Al she Indications that the fall trade this year
VII prove the sess and largest that has been trans
acted since 1879 the year Of the last panic BY the
fall trade 20 which this article refers meant the
Wholesale business done In this city with the jobbns
houses BY merchants from the South and West 1. is
~ his ume-the beginning and middle OF August
The country buyers arrive and their
purchasing Of fall and winter goods and Of countless
miscellaneous articles besides thai salabc all ths
year round BY coming In August those who live Al
dtstant points OF the South and West enabled 70
have their purchases sent In for the
The great retail fall trade OF ;his city
begins before October. The reports Of the large
jobbiny furnish very tsr index Of
the condition ~ least Of the agricultural
part back bone the country Tho great majority
Of those upon whom the HERALD reporter called yes
terday and tho day before gave their decided
v,ction that business would b good tho coming
SON better than Tor several years past and from the
cheerful and saneune faces Of the merchants aud
their clerks IL would hard 10 infer anything else
than hopeful and buoyant spirit prevailing among
them. An old customer or two might be seen In most
Of the stores, reminding one OF the lew and early
robins that come harbingers OF spring So these
occasional customers indicated that the tall trade had
opened. All the stores appeared TO have full supply
Of goo on hand
vIRws OF rHouGHrpuL Y1pERIKNCKp MAN.
Mr.. Dunn par.ner The house Of h. B. ClaHin
Co., said IN q thoughtful, measured manner-"we ex-
pect good fall business, but nothing extraordinary
for that would DO next ,mpossibe The indications
tina, the country rounding slowly better times
and that is the way should be- Tor when finally
reach by gradual and easy stages something like inc
same degree Of prosperity we enjoyed before the
VIC shall ieel solid ground That Is what all
OF as striving 10 reach. The people IN tho West
have had, according to all of advices unusually
abundant yield from the SOIL except Of the
tom lands OF the Missouri Valley. the have
lodged and done damage " the crops; but tue whole
the West has exceptionally blessed. From tho
South from every section Of IT, We have received most
encouraging advces, not tho least among them being
those from South Carolina and Louisiana. southern
buyers arc bore In store to-day from both these
hs" snS expec more sooyneFn s n os sr
people IN ante belixm tunes depended solely on their
crop oi cotton, or OF sugar. or OF rice or tobacco
eordng 10 their respective localities, but since the
they have gone into subdivdng these enormous arms
that were once 80 common and now they are drawing
their support from dozen sources before they
bad only one. Fhcy growing most OF the things
they were formerly compelled to purchase from lhe
~Ssn sSsy snd 0as Ss sbs
SUIT Of debt for those accessories which in prior
years they had no option except to buy they
see the prospect before them OF q greater b0nanxa
than ever in the cotton crop. This they will not IN
future DO compelled to mortgage To pay Tor the
Baries aye, even halt the uxuries OF lie The south
srn planter lew years hold his crop Of cot
ton he might hold his gold. Tor he will have
sacrifice. Thus It s that the Southern merchants are
coming here this year uncommon and buy
ing r'oh ana liberal lines Of goods. Tnen, beyond az
and that too, encourages thcm 10 be and makes them
cheerful, and they will be IN the iuture perhaps
among our most regular and esteemed customers. As
Tor the West, tnero 100, as well as III tue South
they have learned habits OF thrift The extravag
In buying which oLce charucteristic oil tho West
and whereby New York merchants lost millions of
lars has ceased In great Degree The West looms up
to-day with enormou OF in the
products Of her soil that Europe Is even now calling
for and this makes feel that despite riots strikes
psncs everything else, .no future prosperity Of
America assured beyond peradv"nture. might say
trade this fail."
4 BETTER BASIS oy TRADE ESTABLISHED.
Mr.. Dunn spoke further about the credit system
which was the bane of trade between NcwYork and
curtailmsnt OF this and much sounaor basis oil bus
ness transactions now prevails ell over the United
sta,es. In ac the principle Of 'cash down" bound
10 be down ut certain date Is the rule.
WHAT ADOPTED FOREIGNER THINKS.
Mr.. E. 5. Janray SAID, IN response 10 the question,
"What Is your idea as TO the prospects OF the tall
traaes 1T will very likely be tar enough but don't
appvshend that account OF the great crops West
South shall ind much appreciate difier
tween this year and last when these crops are
moved will past The time affect iali trsue,
and by he PERIOD they are aid for spring will almost
have around. The spring trade next year IN my
opinion will feel far more the influence OF the present
agricultural prosperity OF the West tnan the tall trade
Just now opening.
AN UxcoMMgKcIAL TRAVELLER
The reporter he was leaving Mr. Janruy's store,
Cum, who had lately gone mot unlike Dickens "Un-
commercial rraveer'l on "a ten weeks trip
the entire West DE was, IN the Eng
lish sense commercial traveller (Amcr-
can drummer), but OH this special occasion
he naa been out by great mercantile hfm
New York simply 70 ''look the ground" and
thus he uncommercia Tor he sought orders for
goods the ordinary drummer does, but led
any now with great Stock of philosophy ana trade
errdition. He said Tor ance, There may be
there is lack oil ready CASH in these Western States,
but they abound in wealth nevertheless, and II Is
folly 70 think that because man Is not rich in shin
plasters or dcmonetized silver that he Is not
other Ways fthe South or West be rich cotton
them credit Tor what they hold without ask ing the
so-called money And now, what Is this money
OF which they speak so much ~ Bur let this he the
Termination for however eloquent nvincng the
genteman's discourse, 100 many people woulu hooI
the columns OF the HERALD with rejoinLers, aud It
to leave most serious attempts
political economy.
Mr. Devliu, the great clothier, was absent. but
pf assistants answered the reporters inquiry by
laying, 'Uur TALL traue has hardly commenced yet,
but from the very litle We there may probably be
. very good TALL trade ahead; )" and that about as
guarded and discreet an answer as the reporter re-
served on his travels.
Mr. wullman OF Lesher Whitman Co., Nos 500
and 504 Broadway, dealers IN the WIDE world OF hosiery
anu Yankee notions said think the fall trade this
year will be- better than usual because The crops
Our best bus done June, and the rca-
Boa, suppose 49, because We have SORT OF universal
dealing aud are counned 10 ason but stiil
lo.ked forward 10 brisk time between now and the
latter part of september"
ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS SOUTH AND WEST
g Mr. Martin, par. ner oi William n. Lyon, extensive
dealers IN fancy goods, broadway, sad Tao pros
pect far regards the South and West excellent
Down Fast tue interruption OF manufacturing indus
try good deal ielt aud IN Pennsylvania The suspen-
production has had the result OF parayzing
trade, but thess Will soon right themselves. heurd
kh,s mn "A Ia Ia
weller cut ar as Dakota ana he says the appear
Ance oil everything lie very encouraging Our agents
Who have sent Souh anu W eat TO solicit orders
nnan imousy report the prospects thing
10 be desired"
MI DicEersop, OF Lee, Tweedy Co., Broadway,
dealers ANA importers Of DARK aud heavy aresn aud
other goods said Yes, sir, the prospect better
than Il Teen Tor lev years past IL Bar ife
early for 10 be busy because our goods are mostly
oil y late fall and winter class, stl tho indi
cations that the trade hsial will prove 10 be better
tnsn ias, year out not more than tnatnothing extra