The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-27
TRADE GOSSIP.
What Retailers and Inn
pOrters Have to Say
About Dull Times.
An kll-ROund Talk With
Honolulu Business Men
on the Situation,
How is Bus inesS?''

nothing more-yesterday, of our business
men, with the following result:
Messrs. J. NJ. Dat & Co., newsdealers anC
stationers, Merchant street, report business
quiet, but it might be worse. Orders from
other islands have fallen off considerably
which may be owing to the fact of its being
so near the end of the quarter that bushes;
looks too much like cash.
l.. b. Kerr. merchant tailor, ia the Same
block with J. NJ. Dat & Co., says business i,
good. There is as much business now a,
there was four or five months ago, but more
competition.
II. McInerny, gentlemeu's furnishing
| goods, corner of Merchant and Fort stree Is,
reports busin ess as very dull-duller than
ever he has known it to be at this season of
the year in Honolulu.
On Fort street, between Merchant and
King streets, the following firms were SINH
larly questioned:
Broglie & Spear, manufacturing jewelers.,
say: Business is very quiet-nO business
at all hardly. Some people say it is on ac-
count of the money question. This is all
nonsense. AS long as we can get drafts on
San Francisco from Irwin & Co. for one per
cent it's all right. That firm has done great
things for the small dealers"
S. Roth, merchant tailor, said: 81 do not
| find business bad. Can make living and
keep all hands employed
Mrs. Thomas Lack, lock and gunsmith
| and sewing machines, said: Manage to get
| along. If the gold law was fixed up think
it would better times
Mr.. w. E. Foster, harness and saddle
maker, reports business as quiet. Very dull
in his line. Money is very scarce.
A. L. Smith sewing machines, fancy goods
and notions, says business is very quiet.
Doing little; But only a little.
Thomas Tanuatt watch repairer, has
plenty to do.
A. G. Ellis (whom our reporter caught on
the fly says he is off for Idaho on Wednes
day of next week; no business doing here.
Thomas SEVERN, successor to A. A. Mon
tana, photographer, says business is quiet,
but cannot call it dull.
Keystone Saloon, corner of Fort and King
streets. The barkeeper reports business as
slack, but manages to get along; can't COM
plain.
Along King street, on the lower side, the
following reports were gathered in:
j. T. Waterhouse, general stock of i'm
ported goods. Captain Lees, the manager
reports business moderate in both Wholesale,
and retail lines.
A. Kraft, jeweler, watch and clock DEALER
Business dull.
F. Oeding, express business, said things
are not very rushing had been too flush in
past times. People have spent their money
too freely. In good times they run in debt,
and now can't get out of it.
H. G.. w. Lincoln, builder and architect, said ::
:" Comparatively speaking, business is brisk.
I am doing two considerable jobs and other
jobs of less note"
Robert More, machinist and repairer of
machinery: Business is fair, and am en-
ploying the usual number of hands"
Brown & Phillips, plumbers and gas fit
ters: Ono business that's just about
what it is. Still, we do about as much as
others in our line"
J. H. Bruins, Jr., cabinet maker and furni-
ture dealer, says he can't complain. Fair
business.
Anchor Saloon, corner King and Nuuanu
streets Doing a fair business, considering
the times.
Wing, Wo Chan & Co., importers of Chi
nese goods, Nuuanu street: Business very
dull. and has been for six months.
Mossman & Co., china and glassware ::
" Business is pretty dull-duller than last
year at this time, and that was a bad year.
Going up Nuuanu street, the first firm
called on was WolfeS& Edwards, grocers
who report that the retail trade was not very
good.
Cosmopolitan Saloon, corner of Hotel
street: " Business very poor, indeed. Net
proceeds of sales now about two-thirds of
what it was a year ago. The coin sf the
Kanakas is getting less. Many drinking
mechanics have left the country -
Hollister & Co., druggists, report business
rather quiet, but not more so than usual at
this time of the year. Always dull at this
time. Consider the hard times complaint
as chronic and contagious.
Loves Bakery: Business not very lively.
In the temperance lunch room attached to
the bakery business is fair.
Geo. C. Mclean & Co., patent medicines
palms, OILS anu SIOCSIlSS DuSluSSS TuluGE
dull, but having been established so long
have regular run of custom.
]. Cunha & Co., Portuguese grooers: Bust
ness slow. Nothing to do.
NJ, S. Pereira Portuguese, dry goods and
clothing; Business dull losing money
waiting for better times.
! Along Hotel street to Fort street the re-
ports we're
! Empire Saloon Business not very brisk.
! a. Shepard, jeweler and watch repaircr
| Business in my line is not very good.
N. a. Gonsalves & Co., dealers in Ameri-
can dry and furnishing goods: Business
very dull hardly anything doing.
William Miller, upholsterer and cabinet
maker, reports business quiet jobs com