St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-25
The Change Of Weather Pre-
sages the Beginning Of
Fall Business,
And Will Dispel the Cerulean
Hue That Had Tinted
All Trade.
Chicago Officials Smile at the
Story OF the st. Paul
HaWkshaWs.
Some Idea Of the Daily Rou-
tine at Relief Head
quarters.

The abnormally hot weather Of the
last two weeks has had most depress-
ing effect on all lines of retail trade.
Mems furnishers are prepared to sell
winter overcOats and heavy clothing,
the dry goods people have their winter
and late fall stock en- evidence, the
! hardware men are trying to sell stoves,
| and the furrier pants in his own door
! way. wearing linen coat. while behind
| him in almost absurd contrast are the
skins and cloaks of seal and bear skin
that he wants to sell. The weather was
unreasonable. entirely out Of all reason.
Who is going to bother about buying an
ulster when he finds even negilge
shirt oppressive? Who stove or a seal
cloak when the former would be simply
dead weight and the latter simply an
article of possible future usefulness.
Trade is dull with the retailers. 1t isn't
their fault. They have the latest and
best of everything to sell. 1t isn't the
fault of the public. The latter would
purchase if its needs compelled.
There is plenty of money af1oat, aud
the chief reason why the present
trade situation is viewed without alarm
is that the depression is only tenn
porary one, due alone to the t0rrid wave
prevailing. Prior to the advent of this
heated term the retail trades did an I'M
mense business. They will get it again
with the first reasonably cool day.
Charles /. Mailer, of the Wabasha
street firm, Field. Mailer & Co., said,
when approached on the subject:
Trade is light. The hot weather has
done it. No amount of persuasion
or advertising VIII induce people to
shop in such weather. We are not at
all alarmed at the situation, because we
recognize plainly the cause. The money
will be spent just the same, only little
later on.
jacob Manufacturer says:
''Oh, its little dull just now, of
course. Can't expect anything else
with such weather. We can
not ipterest people in win
ter goods with the thermometer
geSt winter trade we ever had. however,
and shall certainly realize our eXpecta-
tions.'
Werner's and in fact all the millinery
houses report good trade up to couple
Of weeks ago, and, strange to say, they
have not suffered SO much from heat as
some of the other lines. In the grocery
line Kennedy 81 Chittenden, of East
Third street, unite with the rest of the
trade III calling 1t dull for the last week or
too. Mr.. Kennedy said yesterday after
noon that the heat had damaged trade
considerably, and he wanted to see
let-up pretty soon. Mickey Bros. of
the Big Boston state that with the
weather conditions as at present it is
impossible to move winter goods. Ran
som IL Horton have the same to say
with regard to furs, though as a matter
of fact it doesn't make a great
deal of difference whether they sell the
seal skins now or later, they will sell
them just the same.
Tarbox, Schlick & Co.. boots and
shoes, say they have done fair trade
during the hot spell, but would have
done much better under more favorable
weather conditions. About one-third of
all the different lines were visited, and
everywhere the statements are the
same. There is no sign of discourage
ment, however. Everyone knows there
are millions i'll sight, and that the win
ter trade will be the liveliest in the his
tory OF the city. They all braced up
when the cool wave struck the city, and
in few days the retail trade will be
humming.