Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-30
A CLEAN or LIANT
10 Prospect IN al Branchss Of
Trafic.
A Brighter Outlook Ahead in Business,
Though noaey is Close---fall
Trade to Bightea---Nails
Still Dull.

superinduced by the labor troubles growing
out of the steel nail, there has been q gen.
eral impression that hard times would come
upon us in the fall. People have talked Of
it, Familiarity, as though they knew it must
come, sequentially, until the belief has be.
come general 1t is probable, however,
there is more of fear than Of truth in the
belief, as REGISTER reporter found yester-
day in his rounds among the business men
of the city. The future is too prone to be
colored by the present and it is only the
thoughtful, hr-seeing man Of business who
can safely predict how times will find US in
the fall At present it is dull-unquestion
ably so. But there is nothing ext,sordi
nary in thin, and nothing that cannot read
lily be explained This is the lnterregnum
between fall and summer and purchasing
traffic is suspended. Everything necessary
for summer wear und consumption has
been purchased and it is yet too early to
buy for the fall. Such time comes every
year and is the healthful relaxation Of the
business heart.
RETAILERS VIEWS.
A prominent retailer said yesterday to
the writer: II am. inclined to be discour-
aged Mt the outlook for fall, though ] might
be puzzled to give my reasons for it But
everything seems slow and backward and
there is not that hopeful promise that al
ways look for at the end Of August The
mills do not seem to. be preparing for 9
steady run that affects every branch Of re-
tail trade in the city The summer season
has not been what il might and reports from
the sountry are not encouraging.
us it not early, yet for tearsf Might
lot a change set ia.y'
"Yes, am willing to admit there is time
for improvement, if it only comeA With
the frost change may come and there may
be brighter outlook from the mills to cheer
up business. We are inclined to make too
many future drafts on the present. There
is no doubt though, that money is scarce
and collection slow We are compelled to
keep accounts with our regular customers
and many Of them are now in arrears. Ii
they can settle before they need their fall
goods, they will buy more, otherwise they
will Lot.
WHOLESALE MEN HOPEFUL"
The wholesale merchants are inclined to
take more pleasing, rose-colored view OF
the outlook. Most Of them are not affected
by the condition of the city affairs, as their
trade is wholly with country merchants and
the small towns. A dry goods jobber said:
I'VE are doing nothing now, Of course, and
while we can't tell what the fall will bring
there is nothing to make us Respondent.
Money is close, and that is all can find to
complain of. think there will be q fair
demasd for fall goods when the time comes-
There is one thing remark, which is that
merchants are cultivating the practice OF
buying for the present only, as regards both
season and necessities They keep their
stock as it is required, and do not buy
ahead, as they used to do"
How do You regard thatY'
AS a measure Of prudence and thought
that is TO be commended. Certainly not as
anything to alarm. We are doing il our
selves and can know the advantage think
on the whole that fall trade will be good
and money will relax. To be sure, the crops
in this locality do not amount to~much--
corn is nothing, tall pasture burned up aud
feeding will have to begin earlier, but still
am expecting a good and profitable busi-
ness.
KIND GOVERNMENT.
A jobber Of boots and shoes said he an.
ticipate ed very fine trade, though money
was little close. An early fall and winter
will help this trade immensely and that was
what he was expecting. He took occasion
10 remark that "the fostering care Of the
government was not helping the business
any," and taking a boot from case, went
on:
81 was a saddler by trade, and al my
life made what is called the saddle seam,
which is rs old as the hills. But this man
Walker, the shoe man of Worcester, paten.
cd that seam and made fortune out Of it.
Here it is running half way mp the leg OF
this boot, and when people want heavy
boot, they won't have. one without the saddle
seam.
How did he get the patent, II the seam
was already in use9
Il dom, know, but he did get It and made
fortune on it,
OPTIMISTIC OPINION.
A Wholesale grocer simply said business
WAS good and would grow still better. A
hardware jobber said pleasantly they had
roihing to complain Of and drug man be
could not grumble at the outlook" Traffic
on Main street seemed brisk, for August.
and late in the week, and the receiving
platforms Of all the depots we're crowded
With goods.
AASCFACTURISG OUTLOOK.
As so much, locally speaking, is made to
depend on the mills, little information
from them will be of interest. II seems,
from enquiries yesterday, that prospects are
not very bright, in the nail line. The mills
nav run all winter but il will be in de.
.ul,ory way, and not pro6tably to the own.
crs but as il is the disbursement Of money
20 the men that is the interesting point, the
other does not count here.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.