New-York tribune., 1882-04-10

crease in the cost Of manufacturing and IN inc cos.
of materials. We pay out In cash from 70 10 ;, % p
cent of what we get for clothes, Tor naNlns
them made The mills work n different ian =, now
from that which they formerly employer. ihey y
make up lot of samples on sample looms anu AZ I
Ii II orders they no longer make up Ioi Oh soVVV
and then take their chance of selling them. We
have already placed our orders for fall goods nc
deal only with arge cities, IN every paS paaao ~ ad
bad crops as much as if we had the smaller Case VI
retail trade Prices for the better class OF eools Ic
sitter than year ago, ana the gehel"i ou'A0''
the seasons trade is good" l;,1,-, ot
Broadway and Houston and Crosby-sts., anu WI VIZ
do large retail business say that Tor Ie Jas iaS' Ti
alone they oversOld their estimate by @o'vvv.
demand, they say is all in the direction OF tae Pe,,
ter class of goods and people only buy the best wheh
money plenty. .e,s r. %
Broadway and Canal-st sand 10 lne IePplooi
The volume of business with rs IS larger ',ifsr b
was year ago. Our trade for February anu 'l1io ~
was fully 80 per cent over trade Tor the col!c
sp0nling muutisin lSSl or either oi the H'e e"I9
previous. Trade is better nerally peOplg nHeo '
more money and demand high grale Ol ,,s Ciosu,
That shows whether or not we are llospotN'oii
Suits that were most in demand last year rahgeu
from SO 10 Sl3 this season from - 70 % ~,
you see while perhaps we are not sellhR IN eu I; Ia
quantities As "a year ago, the difference III qunii.S
aud corresponding increase III prce fey Pu, Plr,ed u
decidedly ahead far as the money Is COh0 -
Between here and California, all throush 'HI len
and West the clothing merchants are III ho'i'NS
condition.
LIVELY SALES OF GROCERIES.
"Comparnr the first three months OF tins year
with the first three months Of last year." said Mr
Leqcett. of Francis H. Leggett & Co., wholesale
rrocers at No. % Reade-st. lwho will shortly move
into their new ten-story building. at West broad
way. Franklin and Vauck-sts.l, I'VE have done not
less than 33 Is per cent more business Inc growth
of all sections of the country has made an increase
everywhere il the active demand. There has been
a general advance in prices, largely owing 10 the
heavy demand. The retailers have al made money
~ ,ycll as the obbers and all stand well there Is
no difficulty a. ali about giving credits, Oar Dusl-
mes is almost wholly done by travelling agents.
oviug 10 the lively competition. bur there is room
for All of ms. and plenty Of business Ior alL Inc
market j. verv firm said before; there has b,en
An advance of 10 Ier cent IN Spring wheat ana
mr. cent in inter wheat within the last iorihFhi:
The advance In corn ac Is starch and tns Is JUS
the beginning OF the active season III '1tt s'ap.e,
Barley oatmeal hominy AID all gram prcuuc's haNc
+. G. Hazard OF L. c. Hazard X Co., whole
saIe grocers at Nos. 1872 and l9l Cham oeIs--l''
said: al had an idea that our bu.He-. "dS
du1ler than usual this srilg, and mace an ihNes-
ticatinu ID SaiI.ly myself. What l discovered WIS
that instead Of a falling off the first three months
show an Improvement indicating a net lncrearo oi
100000 in the business OF the entire year mere
is q general advance IL prices trade III ire SCUM
is coming up m the while and tie figures nave
given Won indicate the general outlook SO Tar as we
are concerned"