The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-16
TRADE AND TRAFFIC.
A Drummer's Description of
The Cause of Complaint in
Business Circles
Low Prices and Lots OF Goods
Offer Extra Inducements to
Purchasers.

"How IS business ?" inquired reporter
Of a leading eastern drunIm yesterday.
"We!l, I'll tell you, said the drummer,
business, so far as the selling OF goods is
I "On.emad, WAS never better with me.
cake lots Of orders and big ones at that,
but tie truth is there is not much money
IN them.S
"How is tina, don't You get paid for
lhem."
'Yes, you bet we do. Nearly every
order nova days is cash. There is less
credi. business done than / ever knew be-
fore. Nearly every merchant demands
cash orders. 1t is Only once and awhile fiud
one who wishes % purchase on time. The
trouble is margins are 50 small and goods
30 ci.eap tia. it creates a great drag and
n N who have been used to Counting their
;ryf-s aud per cents. b7 thousands have 20
count them by hundreds now"
''Yol think. then, /; j. not lack If con-
umptiyn, ever pr1f':tiJn or lack Of
complained Of
III is my deli 5ers.c conviction /: Is oil
oSiEg tn - unsettling Of valuatiops?"
VIA. iU you think wiil be the result?'
From This % there will b. a marked
Improvement. Everything is at bedrock
now and aiulos: every branch of industry
has sdjUs ed ITSELF To the situation. The
next trouble viii be surplus OF money
asd cash viii 60 begging, unless prices
Hump up all at once TO keep pace with the
supply. Bat Ili .ell you, YOU don't want .
long disquisiiion on this subject. To prove
I am co:rccs, Just You go TAP town and ask
every merchant you see, ROW is times
Just as you I'D me. I'll bet you a new
bat every One Of them will tell you dull!
dull, sI.h a fios as loEg as my arm. But
Il you Il k them about their supply Of
goods they will tell you they have the
largest stock OF goods they ever purchased
Ask them about the price ard they will
tell you they Can sell goods cheaper than
ever WIS known before. The iact is the
merchants expect big sales aat they will
have them, but prices have been so low
they have been tempted u purchase more
Iareely than ever In their lives. It's their
big stocks that make them feel little
shaky, but you can Just bet your boots
they are safe. They'll make big prof.
pretty soon. But my trains going-good
bye"
With this the cosmopolitan vendor
jumped on the cars aud was soon steaming
west.
Pordering on his queer assertions the
scribe visit large number of stores and is
convinced there is much reason iD his re
marks.
Every branch of trade in this city shows
the fullest lines OF goods ever presented
and prices are lower than ever known be-
foie-indeed, after pricing the numerous
necessities of life, to say nothing
of the luxuries and the endless display OF
holiday goods, one is led TO wonder how
person of even ordinary physical ability
can fail to find employment sufficient to
keep him at least comparatively comfort
able. Sedslis to-day has a supply of ev-
cry description of goods sufficient for all
Central Missouri and many Of them so low
that il purchased at retail east, the freight
would amount to more than the price o!
the goods and ii is evident every citizen
and the farmers will never have better
opportunity to supply themselves and they
should take advantage Of it before the rush
of business causes a reaction and drives
prices up to the old standard.