The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

p.onss ON goods were considerably smalla. -
MAI ueaiers nave bought in small oSaSss
Anere was no decline in prices on %rs~nsst
GOODS The average reduction on Nor
h ma,es was about 10 per cent, Some oftfie b
tba Ioa, n@ve oeen forced to close on a0eoHnt
ha as Nv NV prices Mr. Holwsg thinks the botse
mas oeen reached in the 1r;eas -, $500
wares Already some advances arc ha;,,xs 49,
again. ne expects rather a light hns;s,ess = :,
ne. O ~, th .'ee ;,, months, but thinks that
that tune there Will be a gradual irnnrevsss.,e5
The sales In our goods" said M I'll F~s1z
OF Spelgel, Thoms u Co., the urnitnra rsarssf
turers: nave NOT been as large as N aNe3K
years. Prices have declined about ia mr. a.
out we found II difhcult to sell after making >
reduction. We have manufactured as much
nave employed the same number of askn as al
ing the the previous years, and have III /
the same wages There IS a laN
surplus sur OF stock which sells slowly. The peqlH
aie ouying as little furniture as they can "a
~ ons Win The business generally could nof s.
~ a much worse condition. If dtere - al
nange 1t will be for the better. but thefo 1nsI
o os greater demand before there eSd1pe rnuaN
oI an Improvement Where that 8aIELnd is %
come from, is more than we know. 81 q n +. Is
The trade in holiday goods Il sttkes IL
Kipp. the wholesale dealer, twas 81 80 a :
the previous year, but the purchase %bre res.
orally of cheaper class; and retail dealers
bought in smaller quantities than Ill breviO1
years There were, however, srnore cnktofnal#
While there is an increase in the YaAmN IL
the trade, there was decrease in tie lash rs
ceipts of about per cent"
Mr.. Frederick Fahnley, of Fahnley NNIcGre1
che wholesale dealers in millinery goods, efaA
that trade was as large as during the prevln
year. In the spring it was unusually g9Qd III
in the fall there was something of a O. fase
the prices. Present indications fotelthe ne
year he regards as unfavorable to bunuess. r.
w. Fl, Griffith, of Griffith Bros, thought Z
there was little cause to complain abcnA busA6
N lima
about the same as during 1888 The eNeral
preston does not affect the prices Sflin2l
goods. If people can buy at all. saq u
the prices that are asked. Mr.. Gr1Ttn thin
that there will be an Improvement ~ tAe &c
next year. @
I'm the wholesale drug business, ENS# IL
Kiefer, there is nothing to complalm anpas
There has been something of decline IN prleess
due to the general depression IN Z Ssnas4 bus
the bulk of sales has been as large as during tht
previous year. Some of the prices ara ALREADY
advancing again. Quinine has appreciassd IRON
Is to 20 per cent The sales during the year u
drugs have been proportionately ,arfse e11ouet
to make up all shrinkage In value. s4SN6
THE WHOLESALE WHISKY zsRAnzs 81
Although the receipts of the Internal reva1iH3
Office indicate marked increase in trs COLI
tions upon liquors and tobacco, it is claimed tAs
the wholesale whisky business has been M
usually dull. The collections of revenuo III
during 1884 at Indianapolis amounted to s., 29z
489.1l ''The wholesale whisky trade" saIl
Major James r.. Ross to Journal reporter, 'sha
not been satisfactory. There has been de
crease of about Is per cent in the sales. Ths
quantity sold has been as large as usual, bu
there has been decrease in the profits. TA4a
is a larger surplus stock left from three syea
ago. and the market is in an unsettled state, u
1 think that the outlook for the next year is c.
siderably better" IN
1.-THE whisky business" says Mr.. MEllany d.
the firm of Mullany e. Hayes, sis suffering fFun7
an overproduclion and under CONSUMPTION, aud
the exorbitant profits of manufacturers wild
have refused to adjust their prices to the9 times
They want the same profits they received u
former years AS capital accumulates in ths
country it tends to reduce the profits on al
kinds of business, approximately to the stanard
of mere interest on money. Whenever bust
ness offers uncommon profits capital flows in "a
restore equilibrium and so the whisky business
will have to be adjusted in time. The Quantity
of whisky sold during 1884 is abont the same q
in 1883. but the reduction in profits has MAJ
the result of the years trade wholly unsaNs6
factory I do not look for any revival IN WI
business before the last of next year. The npb
duction is being reduced and the business
regulate itself on the old principle ofsuppiY 4N
demand" NIL