Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-28
PROSPERITY.
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a Healthy Revival IN Business After a
Long Season Of Unnatural
Depression.
Tue Merchants aud Manufacturers OF
the East Feeling Better than
for Long Time Past.
The Fan basIness % 'eo shows mig In.
crease. Over Inst Near...A SLOW
but Steady Growth.

NKw York, Sept. ~ The World this
morning publishes long article on the
prospects OF trade. II gives Interviews
with leading dealers 10 various branches
OF trade IN the mercantile ceniers Of the
country, As result Of rs investigation
Il says the long ptrlod OF depression 10
husincss seems now 60 be giving way 10
one OF prosperity. Merchants aud gon.
eral trsdosmen agree that the prospects
OF fall trade are very bright, There Is no
boom, but a steady, healthy growth.
Every one sees the Indications Of better
times, II le the universal opinion 10 c0m-
mefclal and financial circles thatnot only
Il the present condition OF business bet.
ter than 10 has been for number OF
years past, nut that the future k Of
greater promise than Tor long tlme.
In Philadelphia the revival OF business
seems to be genuine and solid, Merchants
OF all classes, commission men, iOhhers
and retailers are beginning 10 look
forward 60 an uncommonly heavy trade.
rhs great dry goods houses, wholesale
groccrs aud dealers 10 staple mewhandlse
are working night and day. The great
Misunderstanding districts OF KensinRton,
Richmond aud Southwark cannot turn
out goods fast enough 90 an their orders.
The general opinion OF the bnsiness men
here Is, that this Is not merely boom,
but healthy revival after season Of
unnatural depression,
In tho iron trade business has Increased
80 per cent. since this time last year aud
the demand for coal Is enormous, Capt.
tallsts and manufacturers are stu very
cautious about making large contracts on
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stability Of engagements with operatives
and the existence 81 strikers N some
quarters, but on the whole the relation
between employer and employees vs. bar
monious.
A Boston dispatch shows the same
bright outlook and an Atlanta, Ga, dis
patch says there In marked revival
OF business IN that city Do.
yond question the assertions
growing out OF the prohibition dispute,
that business has been injured, has made
The discussion OF this point very promi-
nent, There are eight railroads eentoring
in Atlanta All report heavy gain in
business
In interviews with merchants and man.
ufaoturerB OF all classes, Il n aacertalnod
that the fall business shows an increase
OF from 90 90 40 per cent. over the same
date last year Thero Il marked falling
on in tho credit business, Country
traders ore purchasing With cash, which
shows that Atlanta's commercial terri
tory Is standing Well
\ In dry goods, hardware and agricultural
implements great activity exists.
The drug trade seems 10 be the only
one which lAnguishes
A San Francisco dispatch says that
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IL very little appearance Of revival
During the past month four OF the
heaviest failures ever known there have
taken place by the suspension 81 Kc0eg
Bros HubRrt Wood & Co, Hoffman 4
Co. and Baum Co. More than 81, 300.
600 has been lost 70 the Pacific coast.
The failures for August were seventy
against sixiy-four In July, and this does
not inclnde thefour heavy ones men toned
The exports from San Francisco by sea
during July were ~ 100000, and Tor An.
gust, ~, 500, 900 Tho wheat and -four
exports by SEA for Jnly were 8 $50 900;
for August, o. 400, 600 The fact n tho
completion Of the Northern pacilc and
the Canadian Pacific has cut largely into
the trade OF great many merchants OF
Southern California, who now buy almost
wholly In the East, and the merchants OF
Oregon aud British Columbia do the
same. There has been very large
number OF failures 81 grain growers,
mostly Ia San J0nquin county,
and the liabilities will be
heavy With small assets. This
loss falls mostly on local merchants, who
are obliged 10 carry n large iine 81 credit
for the farmers. However, there has
been n very heavy wheat crop The Wins
crop promisos % he 1900, 600 gallons or
more. The raein crop IL between 100000
and $4,000. The iruli-Rr0wcrs are do
| ing WE'LL The orange crop also
promises 70 be fully ~ good az
last year, when over eco carloads were
sent East besides those kept for home
consumption. The extension ~ the
Northern Pacific through the coast coun-
tries ~ having good effect on business.
Many large ranches belpg cut, settlers
are coming III rapidly New towns are
being laid nut sud business med are o..
tablishiDg branches, which will help San