The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-01

TIE BuS1HEss BooX-How TRADE Is
LOOKING Up IN THE CrrY-A PERMANENT
Revival, AND no MrsrAKE.-Thet ecupera.
ton ottrade and the Frightening up Of al
branches Of business has been the subject
Of much comment and co~ngratulation by
the newspapers Of the country; and q. re.
porter Of the 1NTKLIT0EXcER strolled
around among the business men Saturday,
10 ascertain the dismenSions Of the boom
in this city. From all the facts cleaned
he Is Nratfaed to remark that the improve.
ment In all trades and business is 80
marked that he feels warranted In
spelling the boom with q big B. It has
not been 30 sudden aS 10 startle every.
body, and give rise 10 suspicion that It ID
only temporary and will soon fade away
but the Improvement has been going on
steadily, until It has now reached
q point, by nc means the highest Of
healthiness that will take unlock
ed for disasters To destroy.
We were careful TO put the inquiry as to
prices, sales and expectations Of o contin.
uance Of the reaction, and everywhere we
met with that confident tone and hopeful
assurance Of q real Improvement an i'm
provement that had come to stay. Money
was reported easy, payments prompt and
buyers making larger purchases than for
FIVE years past. One merchant reported
that q customer dropped In the other day,
wiped out a score oil old bills and made
new purchases for cash.
In the course OF a conversation with q
prominent wool and iron merchant, we
were informed that both wool and iron
were steadily on the advance, more espe-
Cially iron.
"What are the prices realized now on pig
iron compared with a few months agoH"
We asked.
"There Is an advance Of four dollars pei
ton"
slow is the demandP"
Active; very active. As late as June
sold % tons for $l8 per ton, and had hard
work To dispose Of the small lot at that
price. On the 10th Of August l sold fifty
tons for So, and to-day fifty tons more o.
tho same iron for the same price. So you
see the demand Is keeping up with the
price,"
a glass house firm Is reported to be
oyer.run with orders. A representative O.
the firm Is reported as saying that theil
orders we're so numerous that they could
select those calling for the ware on which
q better profit was made without, bother
ing with those calling for a class Of goods
upon which little, Il any, profit y made,
Mr.. VIM. dillingham;, OF the wholesale
grocery house Of Neill & Ellingham, was
approached on the subject otthe boom In
his line.
"Trade is good, said MI. E., land pros
peets for a continuance are bright"
"How are the buyersY"
"They purchase freely, and are prompt
in their payments. Prices are stitfenin[
up with the prospect Of remaining. WI
look for an excellent fall trade, and fee
very puch encouraged at the genera
outlook for the permanence OF the i'm
provement."
Dropping in the wholesale dry good
establishment OF Messrs. Simpson 4 Hoge
We found both members Of that firm busy
but they found time to answer our in
quiries, They felt the effect OF the i'm
provement in their business, The sum
mer trade had about closed, and the fal
prospects doomed up with increased en-
couragement. Their customers were buy
ing more than usual, and payments wert
made promptly. They considered the re
vival Of the business interests OF the Coun
try a reality, and had no reason to belieyl
that it was not permanent.
Mr.. Jacob Snyder, iron merchant, wa
asked il he had reason to feel encourage
ment in his branch Of business.
He said he was very well satisfied witt
the way business was improving, and tel
that 1t would continue to Improve.
Are prices now obtained satisfactory
Entirely so, but we expect q further ad
vance. Orders are coming in briskly, ant
some purchasers are paying cash without
asking for time.
The fancy grocery trade was reported
excellent by Bloch Bros. Their sales hat
kept up all through the summer, especial
ly In the two last months, which are gene
rally considered dull months. THO fal
season had not opened up yet, nevertheless
some purchases had been made for tina
trade. The outlook was decidedly encour
aging, and they thought that everything
in the business had a healthy appearance
Mr.. NJ. A. Chandler, with the firm Of L
8. Delaplain & Co., wholesale dry goods
was asked about the improvement IL
trade with their house. Nj. Chandler re
piled that 1t had been steadily increasing
for the last year. find by comparison
that our sales have exceeded those o
each month last year, with the exception
Of February. The outlook Is decidedly
encouraging, and we look for a good fal
trade. Prices are sti1fening up and buy
erS purchase with the feeling that the
goods will not drop.
Mpssrs, T. g. Mofrat & Co., and Thos
Hughs 4 Co., merchant ~tailors, were in,
terviewed regarding the prospects with
them. Both houses reported having beer
buster the last few months than for Ave
years past. Materials have advanced; ant
they stated that they bought with a con
fdent feeling that the prices would b.
maintained.
Other houses we interviewed expressed
the same confident feeling Of the perma
nency Of the revival in business that VI
have stated above.
The retail houses are experiencing greai
improvement in their business, and look
ing forward for better times yet to come
PERSONAL MENTION Henry Brannon
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