Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-09
A BOOMING SEASON
For Fall. In wheeling Wholesale
Trade.
JObbsrs Uuite 10 ~PrOnOuReing the Outlook
Bright Buyers Plentiful, Orders
Heavy and Collections Fair.

the city in Q news sense, they are lively
enough in q commercial way. Though
September has been Just fairly inauguraied,
the fall trade, with iobbers and wholesalers,
has already briskly opened and the promise
OF q booming business for the season Is
most encouraging. Travelling men are on
the road and orders are coming in fast and
heavy, while collections are fair, If a little
slow. The farmer has marketed neither
his crops nor his stock, which accounts To-
q little stringency in the money market,
but this is expected TO better itself daily.
DRY GOODS.
Mr.. ". B. Simpson, Of the firm Of Simp-
son & Hoge, gave a brief, though exhaustive
resume of his business. Said he: Taking
the past seven months Of this year and com
pairing them with corresponding months
last year, / find that five Of the seven show
an increase IN our sales. Last year was q
good one, 30 that this years increase of
business 10 very encouraging. We expect
q big fall trade, which has, IN fact, al
ready begun. The dry goods business has
settled down and steadied wonderfully.
Fer several years there has been Q steady
shrinkage of values, until now things seem
to have reached the very bottom, and we
are selling staples lower than l ever saw
them before. Prices are low and steady.
Two immense auction sales came of in
New York in July and August, but the
prices were nearly up to the market,
though the goods were not IL season."
Does not this low price affect your
marginF'
mo, we make as much as ever, and yet
give our customers better goods at lower
prices. Manufacturers profits are just as
great, too, which is accounted for by new
labor.saving machinery"
How are collections"
Nothing to complain OF. Our routes
are so we'll collected up that l seldom find
it necessary to write ahead of a collector
and ask customers to have money ready
Mr.. LII S. Delaplain, Of the firm OF L.. s.
Delaplain & Sons, spoke most ~encourag-
ingly Of the outlook. 1--WE are doing a
booming business" he said, "and see only
the best OF prospects in advance. One OF
our men has Just come in from OF the road
and reports a good demand for goods. Or
ders have been freely coming in, and We
have been kept comfortably busy all the
time.
How are collections"
COLLECTIONS are q little slow. Some OF
the farmers have sold their wheat, but the
crop was light. Oats and corn are still un-
marketed and so is stock. A month later
will bring a relaxation in money matters
"You feel encouraged over the outlook
DECIDEDLY go. Business prospects were
never better"
GRQCERIEs,
Il don't know how it Is with Others"
said Mr.. Robert Simpson, but for myself
| can say | never did such a business as |
have in the past six months. 1t has been
..l g., .n 20 - pattofa,,ar-
would, Of course, be useless"
will it keep up all fall?"
Undoubtedly it will. The season is
now underway and traffic is moving along
swiDmingly. Yes, sir, business Is at its
best just now
Mr.. NJ. Reilly was found in a very ami
eble frame OF mind over the prospect.
THE grocery business" said he, lis in q
fine shape, with the exception OF lard and
meats. The failure OF McGeoch, rof Chi
cago, added 10 speculation, have knocked
the bottom out of meats and sadly demon.
allied them. The large spectators can
elevate and depress the market at pleasure,
leaving others TO grope along. However,
this failure may have a good effect and
work q good remedy to speculation. Men
are wary and afraid to go in heavily and a
natural condition may follow"
How do you find money"
"a little tight just now but It will loosen
up by and by, when the farmers get mon.
ey. With the exception ef wheat the crops
generally were good and stock has been
handled successfully. Stock, let me tell
you, is a very important matter in West
Virginia. Well, when stock and crops are
moved, the money market Will ease ITSELF
HARDWARE.
Mr. J.. r. Greer, OF the firm OF Greer &
Laing, looked up from his work to say he
was feeling very well over theo outlook for
the fall trade. There is a general tone OF
health about business that is pleasing to
merchants. Country store keepers are do
stocks quickly and proftsbly. All seem to
be flourishing and none failing. tits true,
money is a little scarce with them, but that
is to be expected at this season, when the
value Of the farmers years work lies still
in his unmarketed crop. 1t will relieve
itself later on. But trade is bright and &C.
tive, and the fall outlook is very promis-
ing"
HATS AND CARS.
Mr.. C. B. Reed, at Harper Bros, told the
REGIsTER man they would do from $4,000
to $l5, OnO more business this fall than Lass.
and yet last fall was considered very good.
Our Mr.. Turner" said he, has Just come
in of the road, and his reports and sales
we're very fiattering, indeed. The tone OF
trade is wholesome, aud buyers seem not
afraid TO take hold of the stock they want.
Men who bought q half or quarter dozen
hats now take UnbrOken packages without
hesitation. They buy more largely AMI
more f~requenlly, and certainly nothing
could be better than that"
Making many bad debts"
No indeed. We find collections reason.
ably good and have no difficulty in settling
within limits"
BOOTS n SHOES.
Fall is our harvest time" said Mr.. w.
T.. Hughes, of the firm of Vance, Hughes
& Co, and this one promises to be a fine
one. The season has already opened up.
which is a little earlier than usual"
why is thatY"
principally because buyers in the spring
and summer bought continuously and
seemed to be only piecing out their stocks.
Now ell old stock is cleaned out and our
customers come in ready for almost a com
plete outkt II cool weather sets in, we
will have a booming, early trade,
will throw us back very Don.
sidersbly. In every way, business
is good. We are not affected, to any e1-
tent, By labor matters, except among the
mines of Perry county, where We only
send a few goods now. Yes, you can say
the outlook for fall is q fine one and mer'
chants are pleased and prosperous"
GRNERAL.
And so it goes. Druggists, tobacconists
and notion men all agree that a fair fall
trade TO all and a rOusing business to many
is sure to come. Depot clerks growl at the
large increase of business, but the j0obing
portion Of the city wears a happy, content.
ed look.
TAKE all your family and give them a
happy WHIT TO the Automatic City. II will
prove the most enjoyable entertainment Of
their lives-s lasting benefit.
The Way We lance"
A pleasant little hop was given Friday
evening at Beethoven hall by a trio Of pop
ular gentlemen from the East End. Messrs.
N. l.. Prayer, John Smith and VIM. Pad
den were the gentlemen composing the
trio and tnOk charge of the floor in a praca