, 1879-03-10

- tb.nt they bAv9 10r years pnht, anu tAss
i'll ssrd feel h'?Ry Rs1 e0Ga' 20 eom9 naxo
IsdsdlssSSI| alsS |ast year of fully la] per cent? but
p%s1s.s %sn dealers arc selling vastly moro goods,
y "..is,nr ut lenst 80 per cent greater re-
..a' rs ,hap they did last year, Tie general
ittnF ID mora encouraging than 1t l'as oech ios
.11y, y. rsart Ths house bus some Texas and
Ms!3',i M3sai'p Southern trade, which Is constantly
rowing better.
GROCERIES.
cUhst ara the spring-tra prospectsi" said
d. reporter to one Of tho house Of Durands j.
INIT yery bsllltnnt, We thinls."
'"WhYi'' ,.....---,
"Vsn, nearly everything Is depressed, SUGARS,
nrtes ete., arc constantly settling, but dried
fnl. seeu, to be littlo active"
aAre The Indications my WORSE than last
rnl' A. ,..,...
h,n,r. ara rettfug for their products. Thcro 10
.,,,sstv any margin, and we don't look for any
No Imnroyemert until after they got In their
our& But we thlnk VIC snall nave 1a's ueaA1oy
tul. ia The spring-uot big rush."
"tiow are stocks!'
pin hitter condition than In '7S1" - 4
"As 10 satortmcnt yes; but there 10 always
s1tlt ysrlcty here,
ehhfe buycrs cauttousi"
pYu. on account Of tho unsettled price OF
1hs l:.1ing artscIcs; and competition Is very
tlose.n -.-.
Judgment Is necessary In nmaking sales, now
tNeschsuts have to discriminate, and doubt
tplm.n aEa dropped; but the credit Of the couu-
iT1b better than 1t has been. The slow men
a.ep2E ou and ,.4 gynE w o T. .raa ren erodt %9
rea haYo disappeared tnostly,-taon who would
sa,her make !nrgo than safe aales." -.
aWlll not that fact hcip trade somol"
AWellt Il will make 1t less rlaky."
Franklin 3lacVcagh, on being interviewed
nd:
,"Tesac was hctscr last month than WAS ex-
uttea. and butter than last year. Tho spring
isde, though, doesn't get to the grocers before
Aprl"
"Aul the prospectsl''
.'llool, wc tltnk,H
Us the outlook any potter than that OF last
Ieal'
"Yes; everybody il fecliug botter."
"Ilayo Prices struck bottom yetl'
nIley must DO somewhere near It,"
"Do you anticipate T. larger trade than
rusll"
'HYcs." q
"Wli not the fact that the farmers have been
h,Ie bad ctgectl"
"We don't belioyo that will make nuy differ
tass; hut The farmers llayo really had an i'd
nnee on pork products an! gratn.''
y lke reporter next v!stted the house OF j. W.
Doane d Co., who said:
,,"ws think tic prospects are good bocause
0e prtces OF farm produces arc good. Any flu~
GOOD"
"aes,es than last ycarl"
haA T F,Fnr NA
.i bavs m sis XIV yxsp spoa ahd i1 w.
DO you think there will 10 any beyond the
No. There Is a steady increase from year
yesr. Wc have looked upon that Gs suso
G.hg. Aud haTo realized ft.h
.sWi!l the failure Of the crops in Minnesota
ana Northern Iowa have lny eGcetF'
ato@o tg localities every year"
"lhe elect, II any, will be mora than bal
toeed BY the natural Increase aud the d0manus
"We think ao.n
spisgue. Warner j. u. regarded the outlook
1pistty fayorable.
.r.,a,a r%sI|! tue prices Of farm products have any
tasyYs ay.s !ussicd tho repoztaF.
s,,a!t no you look for IN Increase beyond tho
sll!al tuolH
NM, ."!s., the trade which cones from tho t'll[ug
Ipm .ss'ri1isory tributary to Chicago. think
oatwaat'ona arc favorable except the low p1jca
aWh,pp' aWn pp'oducts." tsL
sihey ~ S'ut III e'oehat" ass.,,u,
we ordtnariy cntsr ,,n',, t,,s o,tu. W. saSa
ntah WV" way 'p''''@ ''"o'
w ahtfade opens in April really, docs It not1',
p,,..s n ssegsna a' to be active III March. but the
a. aetlsitF Is In April.h
w. W. tn' pf1ess a. low a they will Gol''
ls,1.s ,a,nk n soi but cur predictions have not
tthss qeen YGFtlau, Wc ara Drcparad fnr
aafs sn,ey event" Nv 's'~''N '''
AY.s.s AYs {, oetsor feeling prevail In tho tradot"
,,,.as ss. most everybody seems encouraged By
i,s 10y 1 tesumnton, and tho belief TINT prices
d, e,snss touched bottoul. II there Ia
tpslaee don't think there viii bo d great chauco
postss st'9 present year either ia The volume Or