Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-10
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
INDICATIONS OF a GOOD FALL
TRADE

The Season a Month Later than Last
Year-No Prospects for Boom. but
Merchants Confident of a Steady Trade
The Great Wheat and Corn Crops
What Business Men Say.
The prospects for a good fall trade in
nearly every department Of business is
very promising. A reporter Of the MORN
ING News called yesterday on a number
of wholesale ana retail dealers, who ex-
pressed their unqualified satisfaction at
the condition Of affairs.
Mr.. Henry SOlomons, Of Henry SOLO
mons & Son. wholesale dealers in groee-
ries and LIQUORS, said: "The season is
about twenty DAYS later than last year,
but has opened up quite brisk ana We
nave no reason 70 complain so lar. can
say that business has assumed the pro-
portions OF boom, but it IS very goOd: ~ -
almost too early to saw what the future
has in store for US as the cotton cIOp Hds
not vet been gathered. The rainy weather
Of the past week will, l fear, be followed
bv rust. ana the supply lessened in that
vVav 10 the injury Of some Of the planters.
In two or three weeks from now more
reliable forecast can be made. Apart from
these contingencies, however, the pros
poets are as good, and, on the whole, bet
lEA Andu AAAA1 NAtAAE AcloA NeNAs
A HEAVY GROCERY TRADE.
Another well-knOwn and leading firm
in the Wholesale grocery trade SAID;
"While we do not care to be quoted we
have no hesitancy in expressing our views
as TO trade ana its prospects. our eusl-
ness usually begins 10 crowd US about
Aug. This year it did not begin until
about Aug. 20, but since then II has kept
our entire force busy every day until late
at night keeping up with It. In fact, our
correspondence in connection with IT Is
generally two days behind"
Glow are prices in the market COM
pared with last year!"
DROP IN PRICES.
eve do not handle bacon, but every
thing in the grocery line-fOur, coffee,
| sugar. etc.-are from Is TO > per cent.
/ lower"
.'What is the general outlook in the
| grocery trader"
eve believe that a fine business will be
/ done this season. The majority of farm
| ers are in a better situation than last year,
and we don't expect to find them at loss
| for the Wherewith to make purchases
| freely"
Glow are cOllectiOns?v
| eOf course money has been compare
/ lively hard to obtain during the past few
/ months, but the majority Of our cores
/ UOuUEuIH nave EEEuAdLEu lnEAl OANEA1 AZ
/ cOrdingly and have met their bills prompt
/ ~. We anticipate no difficulty on that
| score, and have had none worth mention
/ ing"
ABOOM NOT LOOKED FOR.
Messrs. c. /. Gilbert & Co. said: "There
/ is no such a thing as boom in trade up
/ 70 this time and we don't think there viii
/ be. but we are doing a good run Of bust
ness and think that trade will be fairly
/ good during the entire fall and winter"
| Mr.. Louis kaytOn. Of the firm OF Her
/ man & KaytOn, dealers in provisions,
said: Il cannot say that there has been
| cessation in our business during the past
I year. Hence, when YOU ask how the sea-
| son has opened with US, l may say that
we are and have been doing big busi-
! ness for months, and that the prospects
/ are clear for a continuation OF good
/ trade for some time to come.
A PROMISING OUTLOOK.
/ "As I said on two former occasions, we
/ cOnfine ourselves to legitimate trade and
/ have nothing to do in the way Of speculat-
ing. Our collections have been uniform
/ " good, our correspondents being unexcep-
/ tiOnally prompt. We have had no trouble
| in getting all the money we required at
| reasonable rate. We think the financial
| outlook for all who do a legitimate bust
ness is good in every department Of
\ trade"
] ''What about pricesg"
/ ssThe high prices of last year We're due
l as much. if not more, to the influence Of
! speculation as to the shortage In crops.
| Bacon is about as high now as it will be
/ for a couple Of months to come. Flour is
/ lower than it has been for some time.
| BIG CROPS IN THE WEST.
"The wheatcrOp not only in An8rica but
IN Europe is unusually large, while the
/ corn crop in the West is exceedingly
/ PROMISING They have had no frost yet
/ to do it any damage, and if they can have
\ none during the next week or two the
/ Weld will be one of the largest known for
/ wears, in proportion to the acreage plant
\ ed. Everything indicates that the pur-
/ chasing power Of a dollar will be greater
l this fall and winter than last, and that
/ the provision market will have down.
| ward rather than an upward tendency
/ Mr.. Lee Roy Myers, the Well-knOwn
/ dealer in cigars. tobacco and wool, said:
| ssThe wool season is over, and, Of course,
/ il is unnecessary to say anything about the
I trade in that line at present. The trade
\ i'm cigars and tobacco has been very good,
/ and is not affected much by seasons.
| READY RETURNS.
| .sOur business is done mostly on short
I credit, and we have no trouble in making
/ collections. Cigars and tObaccOs are in
| the nature OF luXurles, ana perhaps are
| more promptly paid for than any other
| kind of goods. L think the prospect of
/ trade is very good, but do not anticipate
/ that we shall have what is termed "a
! BOOM"
ACTIVITY IN DRY GOODS.
/ In d conversation with some Of the
| leading wholesale dealers in dry goods
| the reporter learned that business in that
/ department is good, though no marked
\ animation had developed, it being almost
! too early in the season for a great de-
mand. Orders have begun to come in to
meet the urgent needs of dealers in the in
\ terror, but they are not as free as may be
/ expected when the cotton crop shall have
Y been gathered.