Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-28

cuNplrIuN 90 rilE piN Gnops TRAuE
The Boston journal al Thursday, Dee 2lsi
says OF dry goldS:
"our trade is Just ~ you roe Il. said q
member OF ono of the principal dry goods
iobbing houses yesterday az he stood by tho
window looking out NJ The Teams struggling
! throush tile heavy snow, land va don't eN.
poet suy business until alicr the nrst Of Jan
nary III ucnrly all the lohbing sioios sales,
/ men were standing round chatting, with nr-
! pafcntly no customers ~ walt ON Or .ofdcis
| 10 MI. The snow storms have mtorfertd
/ with movements In NIL departments, and The
| volume OF salcs for II woclt past has bern worry
small. With continuance OF the wlniry
weather. heavy goods viii probably nnd a
quicker distribution. but the season fof
wholesale purchasers IN nearly over, aud
spring goods viii soon bcpin to attract alton.
ton. During tha next week 81 twu denicrs
win be employ d ~ STOCK taking aud
squsFng accounts Gbr the ynnr
and very lRht baeilcss may b. looked Ior.
Tue lobbcra have Ind pretty good years
business, and close with small slncl,N Many
OF thom VIII rcorgaBizo for the coming year
and Start on with younger blood and IN.
creased facilities for securing fair share OF
the Interior trade.
with tho commission hbusost the only ten.
tureof Importance chntin irs to hr u settling
down II, values nr blonchcd hheeiiDgs and
hhirtlngs. AZ tie low prices popular brands
Of shiuings have moved OF readily enough
but the poorer ~ des continue To move
slowly.
"fn the mntkntfo clothing woOlous iierris
the same tame lone previously reported.
Jobbers ara not giving mtoD attention to
spring styles. CIoihicrs have placed their
contrRcts, but ON very conservative basis.
Tho severe " 10 her has lnspir Il more non1-
denco aud VIII assist retail cloiliiers to I'm.
load their winter stocks This viii haze
good effect on tho market lator on whom
Hgenlsv u HEIR fail samples.
WHAT Tils HAiLnDAD, no.
An address rec 'ntly delivered Ia England
giyos a foreibie description OF The great work
performed 10y tho modern transportation
syAienIs these pilhy sentences "The iron
horse upon 80 ron way BROUGHT HE towns
and counties and klngdciIs aDd The steam.
ships bfOHght tie continents within epsy /
rcacb. The raw materials were brought Ia /
the pace Of manufacture aud tho maDniac- ,
ture1 goods spread iuondcasf over The world. I
Thesc powers re'Ji''n IN the toopenlDg Of
works mai insufficient mower had compelled
10 ne clOscns tafstiJ h"Ftippfu ttifuHF M
dnsircs and were the inoanr OF bringing into
existence thousands Of Industries previously
upknowu.'
cLi.snTrg sALrs.w TffI JDiDEiy. Il
The last Issue of the Economist and Dry
Goods liepDfter sayti
soruo OF The lobbos viii on Wcdneslsynnd
of sest week hold clearing sales .of
all their open stock OF psiuts. sinshsin.,
iifess goo.is. doinesilfs, etc. They will be pui
up in conveniently sized tots, aud die loD
price marked 0a ihNn IN plain ngGres 20
hat buyers can wai upon themselves with.
uut asking gbestions oi the saia tiaen.s eex1s
Their entire open siDck VIII " offered. aud
the rates named viii be sucb rs viii be bar
gnina. This Dlaiiacr ~ reducing stock pro.
para'Ory 20 Inventory his been pnoiiccd ~
.oino honses the past season or two. nad 8e
result has b7ra satisfactory 10 bgfh seiirfs
and burer'. Donbti :. tiiere VIII bs large |
crowd Of bnyors 10 attendance, aud .Hcb a.
cannot " present ~ person yiil DC repre-
sontej ~ TIC saiesmen In The house ulll
generally attend ~ tbuir wants.