New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-04

got good deal OF sympathy. because ti,cI WIZ
was hard and their pay small, while they only
wanted small increase; but it does them no good
to pretend that their strike Is success WIEN y.
isn't Business has got to go on somew snS that
shows their miscalculatlon DO not see put what
the companies are handling freight as well as ever
The statesmen for Western houses must De snort od
ideas If they can find better argument to hold
buyer than the one of freight blockade that iS
ended"
OPINION OF ANOTHER BROADWAY FIRM
The reporter asked Mr.. Webb, of Durham, Buck
ley & Co., what he thought of the reports that
go DDS could not be promptly shipped. Mr.
Webb promptly and frankly said that any
such report was lie. Its good scheme,
perhaps" he continued for these Western Joo-
bers to use the fact of there having been strike as
lever 10 keep hold of their trade Why, our goods
are being shipped off clean as whistle every
day. How do these jobbers who make such a pug
bear of the strike get their own goodsf presume
they say: Oh. we laid goods IN Deioio '! as
strike began hen they give Themselves h here are
having an old stock of goods TO sell. lhcIe d ar
queer ways of doing business Our TRACE 10 neon
ginning 10 wake up. While II was iiRht' oui JUL uop
venience from the strike was not serious W. have
we ship goods readily enough. .,IiOa onr
thought of sending out circular Ie'.oi that div
patrons that the strike Is over anu an"ds Of
could be sure of receiving promptly any eoouo ".
fered We imagined that this canard OF a Ieigno
blockade was being clrcuiated rom 'ne mfhather
made by country CORRESPONDENTS nro,nnlv If any
e Sore is freight blockade let him go
around the piers and depots and see i9r hiiiset
We expect do good business this 1aii ana 10 ie'
buyers have their goods without any delay IN SNIP
ping them"
NOT WORRIED IN THE LEAST.
1--WE have shipped comparatively little since the
strike began" said Mr.. Pedder, of the firm OF
Arnold Constable & Co.. as he sat In his pleasant
Office overlooking Fifth-ave. Our trade REEVES
about August 10 or 90" he continued " but DO
not an tcipate any difficulty in sending OF goods
We handle only foreign fabrics, and the demand Tor
them comes later than for the domestic
goods Still we have been shipping carpets
right along and they have been forwarded
promptly. / think the strike has been. greatly
magnifed here in the city as well as out West. vi
course the jobbeTs out there Will make What lhey
can out of 1t. But then there are always some
croakers and GROWERS. should be glad to see the
the newspapers burst their bubble. l. am sure 'he
strike doesn't worry us IN the least $3.50, 81,
One of The firm of HITshkind n Co. sad that they
had not yet received any orders except what were
sent in by their travelling salesmen,, VINO WeIe
started out about week ago: ne piderahv
later than The dry goods business. what shipments
had been made he said. had been forwarded Will
One of the frm of II. b. Clafin & Co. said
"Well, if they have been making calard 0ut
West of the strike IL hasn't kept our trade away.
ERAsTUs wIMAN's OPINION.
Frastus Wiman, of the mercantile agency OF X u.
had heard from several sources that an impression
had gone abroad that as freight could not be
readily shipped from New-York owing TO the strike
the trade of this city woud be likely TO be good
deal restricted this fall. From information reach
ing him, he thought this statement was most I'M
trueI and calculated TO mslead. The truth was
that in view of the increase in the number OF trunk
lines of transporta ion the facilities for shipping
freight were greater now than ever before and as
for theystrike of the freight handlers, there was
daily evidence of the fact that 1t no longer EN-
barTassed either the leading shippers or the rail
roads For his part, Mr.. WImaD anticipated an UNI
usually large and prosperous trade In the
next few months. The purchases during last
winter of seasonable goods had been unusually
restricted, owing TO the exceptionally mia
weather and the demand for autumn and winter
fabrics it was expected would be proportionately
large for the coming season. Already there were
indications of greater activity. The inquiries as
to the standing of merchants indicated numerous
purchases and he had heard from outs side persons
of other evidences of growing trade FOR IN
stance, the months of July and August were sup
posed to be the duest of the year, but he under
81 God that the receipts of the Western Union lele-
graph Company had never been so large in ITS pre-
yious history the same months of the year. The
agency and the telegraph company he said might
safely be regarded trade barometers and great
activity Ill both indicated healthy condition oil
trade.