Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-17
TRADE INTEREST.

TRADE INTEREST.
MICHIGAN is shipping the largest crop
OF peaches since 1875.
The California grape crop this year
will be an immense one.
NINETY FOUR farm emigrants from
Durham, England, left New York on
the 10th instant for Texas.
A CARGO of the skins and oil of 5000
pelicans has arrived at Corpus Christi,
Texas, from Bird Island.
MILK is thirty-fve cents gallon at
Leadville. If they could only strike q
milk well their would be millions in it.
AT Middlesboro, an iron manufacture
ing locality in England, an order was
received from the United States for sixty
thousand tons Of pig iron.
The retail dealers in New York are
replenishlng and arranging their stock
OF goods tor what they anticipate will be
the greatest season since 1872.
FALL RIVER produced 100000 pieces
OF print cloth last week, a gain of 5000
pieces, and more than two. thirds of the
full limit of production.
AN ice manufacturing company of
Boston is turning out $4,000 pounds g.
day. Tits sold at $40 ton. The margin
OF profits is 1915 on each 1000 pounds.
A STRIKE has been inaugurated among
theSyracuse coopers. Its quite general,
only three shops being now running.
There are used in the city three 10000,
900 salt barrels annually.
The first export of apples from the
United States to Europe was made in
1845, and they brought IS and So bar
rel. That country now receives 10000
barrels OF American apples per year.
SIXTY-sEvEN THOUSAND tons of old
iron rails have been purchased in Eng
land for 81 eculative account in Philadel-
phia and New York. A part of these
rails are On their way to the United
States.
A POOR man a few years ago purchased
a piece of ground at South Amboy, n
j. and commenced selling the, clay that
lies under its surface. He has dug great
shafts and tunnels, and il said to have
earned fortune of 100000.
The import of dry goods at New York
for last week were So, $50, 81, and the
total amount marketed, $2,805,966.
The total imports of dry goods at New
York since January l were $61 1868, 842,
and the amount marketed, 59,012,157.
The Boston Merchants Association
will seek before the next legislature to
protect business men and creditors from
extortion attending in many cases the
making of attachments for debt, and in
insolvency cases. It is said that in the
case of dry goods firm of this state
which failed not long ago, expenses
amounting to ST. 100 were heaped upon
the estate, and this out of a total of
assets of $4,000. The first expense was
that of an auction sale-over $300-in-
Guiding keepers charge of So per day,
when the law only allows So.
IT is stated that the short credit Us
tem is being generally adopted in Chica~
go and other centres of trade out west
Many wholesale concerns are doing bust
ness upon a purely cash basis. Dry
goods, hardware, boot and shoe, hat, cap
and fur houses, which until lately ex-
tended their credits to three, four and
six months, are now invoicing at 80 and
60 days, and such has been the success
full working of this plan already that
well-tO-dO firms which were welded to
the old system and averse to the least
innovation are now represented to be
following the example Of those who first
reaped the benefit of the much-needed
reform. There are others who are cult
waiting a strictly cash business by allow
ing the usual discount, which many buy
ers are now availing themselves Of.
A CURIOUS fact has just come to light
in regard to the prosperity of the iron
trade in this country. In negotiating
for the iron work on the extension of the
new state, war and navy department
building in Washington, the officers in
charge of the work, instead of advereis-
ing for bids, addressed circular letters to
the prominent iron manufacturers and
contractors, requesting them to submit
estimates for the iron work. The replies
demonstrated the remarkable fact that
the majority of the contractors declined
to bid for the work on account of the
large number of orders ahead. Contrast
ing this with the present condition Of the
English iron manufacturers, who are
shutting off work or cutting down prices,
shows another evidence of the return of
prosperous times for our people and
manufactures.
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