Telegram-herald., 1889-12-31
YEAR OF GRACE 1889
Has Nothing % Brsg OF Il the
Way of Business.
BAD WEATHER, ROADS lyD CROPS
uAs~ ehiilias fszdsasy Bat Sst ssariy
.s 81 = sh1sins "a aisht Haze
bssa EKpeets1-C a eil sctishs
6o@d Ttil L@t<iS 30 Glook

Take it for a. 10 al from a CONNER
ca po.nt Of view, the year of grace
Isss has been somewhat d.sa appointing
l- started cut fairly enough, znd tne
outlook vas promising Tor lafge vol
ume " business.
llis state of affairs continued for the
nrst nalf VI the year with. OF course,
she inevitable slowing up during the
bot months. Ihis, however, was ex-
pected. What vas not expected. how
ever, was that the summer eOnseryat
should continue Oh after, according 70
al precedent, e should cease. such,
nevertheless, proved % be- the case,
and the volume Oi business, from that
Ime % date, las been by no means
wat 10 should ue. The causes tor tu-s
are pa.paole. Crops have been Delow
tlr Standard, and the weather nas been
distinctly 0i 4 character ~ appdu busl-
ness men. They hoped against hope.
Decreasing sales were regarded with a
forced cQuan NIFTY, tho fruit OF trust
tlaL the Christmas season would
come Oh clear and cold, and
"a Dr.-k holiday trade would, partially
ar least, rec0up them for tle lo.se,
previously sustained. A Tar as tle
weather went, the hope Was not yer.-
he'd. There Was an Increased activity,
tut only u certain branches. and those
ot dec.dedly cheaper line tlau ln PIE
YOus seasons, had been well patr0uzed.
The heaviest sufferers. ot course, are
the clotAcr-. heavier lines OF furnish
lngs, and those carry ug large lines OF
cloaks, wraps, etc. Ihcy report, how
ever, au increase, though not large, lu
the past few DAYS. III the Temperature
becomes colder and keeps So, tbs spark
may boz famed lut0 tlame. by using
plenty ot printers NIX, that Wal mate
rally lglteu the burden they now
undoubtedly nave % bear.
wholesale grocers report the volume
OF trade for loc3 nearly as great as
that Oi l,.s. The crops. the roaus and
tic weather, however, have been felt
Iu tlls lue a. elsewhere, and while some
claim au increase, chiefly younger
houses, for obvious reasons. set the sem
tImcut ou the whole IS tnat, while the
year can not boz called disastrous, Yet
considerable more could have been
done without materially increasing
their force. say oDc-tcutl and lt would
equal l.,8. The retail trade IS and has
been quite up 20 the standard.
DRUGGISTS. wu0i -aIc and retail claim
that tne wears business fully equals
that 0t lssS. There IS no desire 10
deny 10.
Dry goods dealers, retail, state that
a scveu-elgnths business IS true bill.
The demand has been for cheaper
goods principally. though z fa.r trade
has been done I'm tine higher priced
ARTICLES. The lob0ers acknowledge
Itrceptlble falling OF.
Boots and shoes seem % have held
their own pretty well and the volume
would have been much larger had
Jonbers been less conservative. One
house claims 10 could have increased
its trade $4,000 hgt to doItwould have
been Oolg % take chances. Retailers
claim an average year very Lttie II at
0l. Inferior 20 l>.S.
Rubber goods. leather and rubber
helung porting goods, mill and frc
department supplies, etc., report a
good stable year N.tl au Increase 0i
- out ll to ID per cent over 3.t YEAR.
I.ors slT that, tle nrarlhle fuc-
tuas luS aside, a- much wheat aas been
ma fck e8 40 Us good prices, aud as
mlt tcu t1ur made al4 Sold as u the
prs Tiou, wear. Ihe weather has. how
evf "a totally cuued tue saie Of coar~or
Crf .us. such 3sooru arl0lts. .u tGc Jpusr
PctH usI.l. l.at trade shows "a loss Ok
iuf 81 90 pDr cent. white has Isl e drug.
aQd - r.r ceut. ot tle h1- 1ess % thar
ifue u l.-> has not beeu done during