New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-30

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crops aud the general excellent condition o. the
Amember Of tie firm of Butler Pi,kn o. "ca ata
The amount of business done by lie promises W 'c
greater than for any season Tor nteen wears ,n,rx
crease If business IL general throukhout c Su,hn,,
but particularly there Is Improvement In the southern
States. Merchants are buying with greater ro, an
their goods Many are s, y n inside Of thirty days
One thing may noticed: there Is nor 80 mu I, o.
spirt OF speculation as there was ast season.
merchants are buying sc l. and not with view 10 an
advance in prices Collections are nucn easier tnah LOT
some years. and failures are very mifequehL a., WI
goes to that the country is III hea'hiu s''e VI
H. b. Uaau Co.'S great dry goods store presented rSc.
very busy Stout porters wherlng sf2ng %
loaded with neavy bales and boxes were pushing 10 ana
fro The streets all three sides OF the store WeIe
lined with carts and drf the two three scores
Of statesmen their shirt sleeves we're trying 20 Supply
OF The hundreds OF hul crs "ho were
waiting 10 be served. Mr.. Ca1n was too busy 10 Oc
seen. and referred the reporter to one oil Ills superb"
You see busy are; 1t taxes Us to the utmost
10 take of our customers Our business is nTSc
in * ess of last year, and has been. night along loI
some months. From tue South The increase has peen
noticeable don't know thai we entr S %u
large aud satisfactory business ~th the souh
AID the buyers seem all hopeiui ana conenteu
cash ahoat too. han usual so mucn circuit -
asked last year, and Dat yOn know Is gooh sis
Although we are busy now nlGlil anu up, ~. -.
many more BUYERS to come, m0re tnan we have now;
and do not think nearly as busy as we sh" Do
little later III the falL"
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The same feeling of hOpc,ulne,s was found to be en-
tel 10y engaged in the boot and shoe trade
G. T. Ricclov presidcnt of the Bay state shoe and
Leather company. said there were all pIospecis ior
large trade during the present season Prices were ru
ing lower year. but promised TO continue hf.
Thcre general expectation of large yo,umS OF
bu ,ncss. Merchants buying with grtatef lccIom
tnau year. which was an Indication vi an eAP'o'"
ton tdeir rart OF a more active trade. 49,
Nathaniel Fisher.uf the large wholesale shoe house
at No ~ Murray-st said; -
muen Dctter than a-t year. Last fali we had
grand BOOM. ana an was excitement. Prices buslhr-s
and every thing up hulrah but this year,
Trade has eased very rapidly mas incTe Sc" on
"a much basis The crops all over The oouur are
much better they have been FOR years, ana th
buster farmers Manufacturers. trace people ana
hporng men are me Oettcr lof our BUSHES ime ~
nte advanced over last laI, Du our Ius. ohoas
nnd no fault and buying largely. There Is nov SO
much credi asked as usual; eltner. M'ae tnr ,o
wiling 10 cash ana snch rs a. ash loI ''.o'
credits tue class are very Wiling 10 acc'hio
IS steadly improving. The BUYERS putting II larger
goods than usual. Everything seems to lndi'
and what IS even Better yet all hands whether buyers
OF sellers very busy ana seem to be perfectly salts
flea ana gOod-humOrcG"
ACTIVITY IN DRUGS.
one of the largest drug houses in the city is W. H.
! scnieffe in & Co.. No. 40 Wiamst. william A. GEL
la.ly. one of the members of the firm, said:
.'Trade this summer win has been unusually good
We have been KEEP busiy employed during the hot
tner ngnt and day fiing orders The pressure oi
business has been great that many OF us have fai
bad to orego customary summer vacation The fdci5
there has been uninterrupted stctn Ol business h
ing tie last wear For ms year theTe mas peeh au III
crease the corresponding months OF as year Oh 40
40 There Is every lDdicallOn now OF =
large lal trade one o. the hilAen lra'IeS 80 l,I rs
the number of mere Ians who are coming the CITY u"
buy heir goods. The number Is certainly larger tIa
for many years This may be said to be good iudca-
uon OF The prosperity Of the country Another indca
| goods There was falling of in prices afer the i'm
| pelus winch trade received a year ago. some OF the
| goods have again recovered, and The indications are
tiat he prices OF drugs viii remain firm Yes We looN
forward to larger business TINS fai man we nave ever
| done"
IN THE sADDLERY TRADE.
Charles G. Harmer, of Hammer. Hays Co., the large
saddlery house at No ~ Beekman-s, said: Business
is and the prospect, for the fail are brighter
than they have been for four live years We are en-
TREY satisfied Customers plenty and prices are
tactory On European goods tnere is falling OF
of price on American manufactures there is slight
advance THIS is good thing for the wcrkiI gnen and
the consumers do not complain. / think there Is no
doubt but that the present prices continue through
| the season. There are buyers III town than
there bceB AT The pondng pefOd Tor seNea
wears. They are all guOd-bumored and hopeful, 100:
Iney are buying they meant business aud saw Od
tunes ahead. is no longer the little hand TO NOUN
style but merchants are puts III Sood stocks OF gods
tel you Is returning TO The old channel RAPIDLY,
and VIII soon be as sohd as II was years ago lhere Is
not so much credit asked as during the lasi rev rhs
There is cash, and marked increase OF vitality
Woo en- goods lttie more than they Old last
year but charge customers only the old prices
| could tell more but IL Is OF no use: can
decd,d Drovement that there Is every prospect OF
III continuing; ana tha every ora ana sol1
meet is lise ourselves, abuDdanty satisfied with the
present, and with the outlook"
| TIE SALE OF STOVES AND MIRRORS.
| The manager Of the Union Stove Works at No. 70
Beckman-st. said: In way this is the best fall
trade for years. Why business for August already
more than doubles what did during the month
last year, and orders constantly pouring in. The
secret Of 1t all is confidence between business
being restored business is rapidly returning TO the
od-fashoDed solid channels, and OF course the Whole
| country feels the good efects We have melted this
year over rs per iron than we ever did be-
FORE and have been ID business over 1Ory years
Where customer used to buy one or Two Stoves AZ
ali raid In
hundie ed If II the merest every -day incident of
year. The Wcst is the particularly busy spot our
orders rom there alone are taxing the eapaci OF our
fac ores the utmost We make all kinds OF stoves
big and tle-cookng stoves, bedroom stoves and oar
| lor stoves. We comfortably III AXE about 4pOOO
| year. bat we pushed that we are max az
Arrangements for increased facilities for work"
| The mana ger tnen took the reporter the elevator
aud wrnt with him from the cellar to the roof. The
building literal; packed win stoves vi all Kihds
and descriptions every floor and IN every nook and
corner. This he SAID Is only sample OF what W.
S w De Shipped as soon as possible Within week
stock vii, be in tell YOU rnis looks like business.
Trade Is again conducted on sound conservative
basis and business men IN all lines feel much better sat
| isfen than they have for long, long time"
X. L. FerscnDem. No ~ Beekmin-st. manufacturer
of 10 king glasses, said: My business, although not
compared with that Of the great wholesale houses
all the United states yet tells when the business
generally are doing WELL n do not buy mirrors
| when trade dun times hard, nut lst now |
| am as busy as possibly be- TGere are no empty
houses up town. They taken az soon as they are
dnisned and they are all beng furnished handsomely.
The prices not nigh as last year, but
they and everybody seems satisfied with them
About credit is asked last year; but where
asked generally comes from those we are per
fery willing To trust. Men DO not come here unless
they have money u lend. and when business Disk
with me- may be sure that the commercial world Is
| lively and that the merchants generally are making
| money
| ENGLA.YD'S BALANCE OF TRADE.