, 1880-01-01
saWoo,0 900 for 1std, md ss.0o0, 900 for 1873.
Number 0f MET, employed, roo,
DRY GOODS.

DRY GOODS.
T1E SALES or TIE PAST YEAR
show material increase, bcIng about IL nor
~, rnr,,so ~ ~ nv aa,,t H., ,., a,an ,a.,
~ ~, lncft"se o. ~ POT etsat IN Eohi over lsI1.
Inc volume OF snrs IL estimated Mt Sh9 900,
against s4o,0oo,oo0 for 187S. The capital en,.
sr nm nm, silg1,t ,n,rnoso Il, t,,n n,,,,,,,,t ~
s'o ~ ,,. asn' ''elease u. wv N,l,oni,t IN
scs'et' ny 'eull"s hotisea pN'h9 mot far from
cil'tai To TINT lost IN the Stultnher failtiro.
~ ,,l new hflns nave entered thn fanks.
s, ing o''rfent OF a D''slnsss ,,s VT was generally
prices In other ,leparimcnts, anil the tra,iu
was r,.hor ie.a nr.,1,,a,o in +, ts1s ,rmto ,."o
,',s VIZ .".no. Ia ,.. so'oC ~, JUL ~ 900 p,"s
oelns parea closely Ihe above-hotcd In
trntlc In the autumn seusou, which opened
an r,tnr finn, usnoI on,1 WAC n,uct, tha m,st
o"tt,n t.mn,, H., N,a ,,,,ta,. ~, ~ .,a NV .,s
"1..v9 NJ. hl'n"s III lne history ol 1no uaae'
especially IN September.
Tho nvcragc advance in tho prices of wool
Gil md linen goods was nl,o,,t il mar cent. Int
thow ara sitl, ehnanor thom NJ ~ ~, hc,tnIur c
~ I1 ~ ~" w. a, u sc ,;nr s", Nv .o 'ns
n further npsoyeInent,-ccrta1nly So II tho
cotton cron Of Inst ycnr wera M per
,ccnt snort na cattmntna hv rho 1IritoI stntno
cnm,,,;ss,nrnr ~ rrr.,,,it,,ro @ ;rno ,,,"sl.ot
Suhi"'7'.o!toi y. Aei'c"ltuto' AMo l''aihas
At present Is only moderately wDll supplied
With goods, the Is4pertuous, stocks l''.y'ng
M ntnn well worked down, ant! It would seem
mat there Il not ellouE'l OF tho rAw material
crease in production Us to aga!n elnt tho
t1nrket with nnnufacturcd goods: 1t Is bt',
!iesen tlat tlie a.lvnncs already erected VIII
NOT cnecK exports, rs Gngllsfi prices are also
sqa YsaF sd e ' ssP saP2Es at rvs %e i ny Ssss
Ettlue OF good? than our competitors IN tile
European innrkets.
THE nus1vEss OF THE CITY
Is steadily widening: stttl growing In nil H.
rrctlons. Ench Year brings III ntlti!tional
custom from the old sections, and witnesses
TIE advent ct fresh buyers from places far-
thor removed than tho outskirts M of the hnsl. 4
ness nrcn the previous year, The South is
eTcast1g ncr Icases wiih gnoa eroR
@ e8te"s est9Saf ine Ohio r aid nss ese rs s'e e
rs PENNSYLVANIA, while the westward trade
u II @E}HetmT rnny w,t te asxs0penff
s eso Viii lintsyye tayesf sorpi pf0Raos s sne tie % G
goods trat!e Of the r. Misslsslppl Valley, rs t 5ho
pivotal p0into OF tho whole Northwest. Hho
has built mp her trade ont, of the liye, actlvo
ms OF o e1mntr eayE ~ inc
Tie competltlon between THIS c!ty md nd the
three years ago, blt Is stu close enough e
ea''1Sa o'aTSias ~ f'!s']fss r to DO on small
We nntn growing demand Tor the better
class, Of goods, but - these are now supplied
by domestic manufacturers, there Is nQ IT.
er yt % Cen sns 1f fl1eeg lsgsa seost e two ae
tnIaS YEAR. pst oF some ast rfyiva ~ pq
day of preference for foreign goods, simply
bScnusc t9y nrc f9Ie{g + trapit,lIly pass1!ng
yenTs our foreign iMpoFtatlonhs % q dry Eols o'nG
9s st!ks, which are not manufactured In tho
United Suites. .....---
Thts branch has ruled onfte active. Tho VOL
un,n IF snms ahnwinW % nm % i,,creose @ nf nhont @ n
nr cont or a" II Il n.smu; ~, ~ NJ 81 @ 0 nw,nst
$5,oo0, 600 In ISIS. The capital his Increased
nTSccs n o1nnt n5 NOR rnutl int II was rhfnfiv
III the latter pnrt of tho year, md thero was 4
tlle ayerage quotations Of tlio two years were
not fnr t5om being m g sgal The risv 5 H. prizes ss
pnst threo months. There las been only q
business. i '' ~ N'' '''''''0' - ''~' - '1'o
The volume Of trade was f9lr TIL autumn,
II fat o as S oyor besn @ st met Witt stocks wofe
iig]t to bcglTl with, and goods could niJt
be obtained rapidly enough to meet
tic wants Of customers. Mnnufact-
urers had been losing nancy for
two or ii,reo years previously, md in 1878
MANY Of the wi3cien mills shut down tntire-
ly, Of were running on short time. This de-
crsascd production, and the smaller supply
BY the long, cold winter TINT preceded it.
The imnortntIons Of foreign EOods were
light IN 1870. These were noNrly confined to
farmers satina, md fino broatlcloths.-
i,nWnyar. Wiz i,iuher nrjces on this sitio ~
Tie Atlantic. NV1 notu that the quality OF