The Indianapolis journal., 1885-04-05
INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Indianapolis Holding Its Own as a CONNER
cial Center.

Indianapolis Holding ITS Own as CONNER
cial Center.
The journal has invariably expressed the be-
lief that indianapolis, as a com.nercial center,
was holding its own, and that her merchants
were among the most solid, best business men
of the country; therefore, it is with pleasure we
reproduce the remarks of the Indianapolis
Grocer Of April on the local business situation;
and these remarks should have the more force
from the fact that they are written by
q Meridian street merchant whose
business surroundings enable him to write intel
ligently. The Grocer says: Finances have
tightened and the movement of goods has sym
pathized with the slowness in collections. The
railway returns, if eollated, would show local
freight traffic eaualing the shipments made dur
ing the early spring of 1884, but there is an Ill
concealed disappointment when each succeeding
year does not overtop all former records. The
city that can rise to high-water mark of previous
business exhibits has made q remarkable run
Indianapolis has done this, and that too in the
acknowledgements attempts to take from her much
coveted territory and trade. If q small pro-
portion of the work expended in the dis
cussion of the rights and privileges of mer
chants could be turned loose in the direction
of practical application, this city could soon
double its present mercantile traffic and draw to
itself permanently millions of dollars of trade
now drifting into more enterprising channels.
Talk is cheap commodity and, unsupported, it
is simply wind, and very low grade of wind at
that Ye shall know them by their works. not
by the;ss elocution paper declaration A pc
tition is a wonderful affair; every merchant in
the iobbing center gets on 1t when new post
master is asked for yet freight Determinations
and diversions from New York; local rates for
merchants in the small towns that owe al
legiance to Indianapolis; reasonable lust
and practical collection laws; the abuse
of the contract system by salesmen and
by the house; the publication of the names of
tributions made by the overconfding jobber--
and a dozen other reforms are allowed to remain
totally dsregarded. Canned goods fare getting
some extensive advertising through the trade
papers, aud dealer would readily conceive a
great shortage in those preserved luxuries
after going through the literature of cans. y
Moreover, there is no cause for alarm. Fish
bought early are proving good thing; the out
look is for another improvement. Beans are be-
coming stronger, and homegrown are pretty
we'll concentrated in the hands of large dealers
Dried apples are held by country dealers at q
price which prevents a profitable turn by
the iobbers; the Southern supply is
good and depresses the Indiana product
The egg market has been phenomenally weak
for the ante Easter season. New York has
been glutted, and shippers have in many in
stances found themselves loaded down without a
market. They have been paying eleven cents,
selling from store at twelve cents. Goose eggs
have sold for double that figure The poultry
market is not as strong as early in the week,
and lower prices for eggs, poultry and butter
may be loaded for the coming week.
GRAIN.
The market to-day was active. Dealers were
in good humor and bidding on Change was
| spirited The Board of Trade Price Current
says of wheat, that under light receipts all
good milling grades will readily bring full quota
tions, and feeling is steady. Futures dull. We
quote:
No. 2Mediterranean. o. t................. t.. 95la
No 3 Mediterranean, 0. Observation-Disclosures. 81
No 2 red o. {. S4lo
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