Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-13
TRADE MOVEMENTS.
Jobbers of Millinery Report Salts
factory Opening.
KANSAS CUSTOMERS TO THE FRONT
Situation and Outlook of Trade Good in
Lines of Apparel,
BIT POOR IN ALL EATIBLE LINES
MOVEMENTS.
CUSTOMERS TO THE FRONT
But POOR IN ALL EATLBLE LINES
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY, March Il, 1889.

TUESDAY. March Il looS. J
The snring opening of the wholesale mill
linery trade last week, was the most en-
oouraging sign of the times, that the COM
mercial reporter of THE DISPATCH has
discovered this season. 1t is pleasant, after
hearing daily complaints of the deadness of
trade 10 find department where the sunny
view is taken. Come what will, the millinery
iobbers of Pittsburg never fail to have their
spring opening the first week Of March, Then
the seasons styles are shown to retail dealers,
who come from all surrounding towns to equip
themselves for the coming campaign, receive
pointers as to fashions, and how to use mate
rials for new styles of head gear. Reports of
last weeks opening are most encouraging.
Following is the statement of one of our job
bing millinery firms: I'VE have never had as
for trade. Sales were not so very large last
week and we did not expect this. The aim of
our
March Opening.
is 10 get our customers here, show them goods,
make the impression which will bring in orders
from now on till June On the three opening
days we were thronged every day, and all
hands were as busy as bees showing goods and
styles. Our customers came from as far East
as Altoona and West as Crestline. Already we
begin to see results of the opening in the orders
coming in, and you may put it down for our
this season, but gain. The situation and out
look for our business was never better at thus
time of the year.
member of another jobbing firm spoke in
the same strain, and stated, among other things
that new customer from Kansas was present
at the opening and left comfortable order for
goods 1t was pleasant to hear that retail
millinery establishment beyond the Mississippi
should be furnished by our city of heavy
weight industries in preference to Chicago, St
Louis and Cincinnati.
lie nTadc crlnH1
to the far West was glory enough, but thanks
to the enterprise of our jobbers we begin to
send feathers, laces and other paraphernalia
that go to crown the ladies of the land.
Dry Goods.
The season is scarcely far enough on to fur
nish satisfactory pointers of the prospects in
wholesale drygoods lines. Trade so far shows
no falling from last season. In fact, the vol
ume of business has been better than year
ago at this time, and that season was an i'm
provement on the previous one. The time is
here when the spring trade should be under
full headway. Rough weather the past week
has checked the movement of trade, but more
hopeful feeling begins to spring up as the skies
begin to brighten. A few days of bright
weather and settling of country roads into
passable condition is expected to bring the
activity to trade which has not failed from year
to year.
It is in the line of materials for the inner
man that dealers complain most of this spring.
The earth was too bountiful last season for
the producer, or produce dealer. But in the
line of goods for the comfort and adornment of
the body, the feeling among jobbers generally
is that trade is fair and outlook good.
This fact has been developed by frequent
interviews with iobbers in woolens, clothing,
gents furnishing goods.
The closeness of margins is generally CON-
planned of in these lines of trade, but volume
shows an increase IN last year or former years
and unless jobbers are far astray in calcula-
tions, good year for trade is before us.