The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-27
BEJTER TINES AHEAD.

III The Sun.
IEYTER TIMES dHElD.
The whole lower part of the city gives
every evidence " active trade aud the return ~
more prosperous days During business hours
Broadway and the streets adjacent thereto below
Broome are crowded with busting people, who
find their progress grently impedcd. owing othe
transfer Of merchandise from stores and side
walks to trucks. Never before. Mt any period
since the close ofthc war. have dry goods iobbcrs
transacted in September 50 large n line Of bust
ness as durlngth the present month. while the gem
era mercantile trade Of the pnst two weeks has
been the most active that has been witnessed or
experienced among wholesale dealers for years.
The hotels arc crowded with guests. the ma
jority Of whom are country merchants come TO
make purchases. the West and the Southwest
being more particularly represented by the
buyers now in this market. The fall dry goods
trade has opened in such manner as to con-
vince the most skeptlcal that New York will
transact heavier and larger trade than ever
accomplished before Many dry goods houses
are nj work by gas light till ~ or o'clock TO fill
orders. When We consider the growth Of the
country since ante-hellum times-thc loss of
southern. markets during the war. and the
sheer impossibility Of the South because Of pow
crty. to buy at the close Of and Tor some years
subsequent to the war except from hand to
mouth-it will ready be understood how the
abundant crops OF the last four. and the enor-
nous crop of the present year. will enable that
part Of the country to buy. consume. and pay
for n larger amount Of manufactured and other
goods than ever before. The West. which was
almost entirely exempt from the devastating
influence Of the war. has grown with a rapidity
Il..t. 4 Lii.
too. IL laying in her fall and winter supplies on
a scale and with Il libcraliy never seen in
years past. Outside Of dry goods the trans
actions In clothing. hats and caps. boots and
shoes. hardware. wooden and willow ware
are in the highest degree satisfactory. while the
interior iohbing trade is progressing 50 favor
ably that even n moro liberal demand for fall
and winter goods cannot be- much longer de-
ferrcd. Another visible proof of the actual re-
viVal Of commercial activity is tn. frequent
hlockades Of drays in Hudson street, at the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad
freight depot, well at and along the
wharves of the foreign and coastwise steamers.
Dry goods people will tell you with cheerful
smiles and beamng eyes that the trade this
season promises TO be- simply immense The
number of merchants from interior towns in the
Western and Southwestern States, who are here
III ll'IsOn lhylnE III npl Only present supplies,
hut likewise making arrangements for further
shipments to be forwarded during the late fall
and winter months. Is unprecedented ut this
early period Of the season. Country merchants.
and especially those from the Northwest. say
the recent advance in wheat has impaired
very cheerful feeling among farmers. aud that
business Of all kinds Is thereby receiving an in
creased stimulus. Receipts at Western centres
are increasing and show that farmers have
been letting out n good deal " wheat. and will
continue 10 do So for the rest Of this month. in
order to realize top prices. There Is already in
the tar West scarcity Of ears with which 10 re-
move the crops. Another substantial proof
OF returning prosperity NAV b" found in the
increased earnings of our great trunk lines un-
der the West bound freight pool system Before
the adoption Of this system the net earnings 81
the four main trunk lines from West bound
business were merely nominal. amounting t.
smn,OOO for the whole year. Under the pool
INK arrangement the actual net earnings forthr
present year Will reach s2,3OO.OOO. a clear gain
of two million dollars. The proportion Of
freight awarded To- each line by the appOrtiun-
mont scheme Is as follows: New York Contra.
30 per cent. Erie. 80: Pennsylvania Central. % ;
Baltimore and Ohio. .. The former di~crimi-
nations against New York ON Mc,t-bound
through freight from Liverpool to Chicago
no longer exist With the closing Of
navigation will come the usual annual augmen-
tation Of rates. That these rates will be" fixed"
~ high as the pool think the public will stand
is n matter Of course. We believe the profits Of
tn" four main trunk lines. during the srason of
lN1I-1s. Will. IL the present pooling system be
continued, and. n il probable extended Ia all
freight carried over the roads both ways. great
~ exceed the most Sanguine expectations OF the
pool managers. The revival in business spreads
in every direction. giving new life and hopo 10
all Interests. New York. rs the counting house
and commercial depot Of the nation. must great
ly benefit by the lively times ahead. Large
numbers OF our citizens merchants. bankers.
and other business mcn-who have been spcnd-
ingthc summer I'm Europe are returning by every
steamer. and their presence within the last few
days il u notable feature Of the " street and
the commercial exchanges. The -trinsoncirs
Of the last three years have burst most OF the
bubbles. and contracted trade and tradesmen
into more solid and legitimate conditions. The
opening Of the new era 81 activity will be- char
acteri1cd by caution. prudence and wisdom.