Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-04
AUGUSTUS BOOB
Beyond Question Is ShtVa BY
Many Lsdssrs.
Last Years. City Trade By PaF tns
Best on Record.
II Makes up for the Loss on Country
Trade Caused by Fair
Weather.

A. this tine Of the year the merchants
are comparing thsi; balance 70, tie yea,
las. cIosed With those Of former years
they sFs now realizing whether o, act The
yssr 1897 Vas q srospsross one fer them.
Ia relation to this question tbs conversation
given below iasy prove interesting TO our
citizens
A JorsslL reporter Vas IL . Water
sass: store Srtari.y when 9 couple Of
well known business msn came IN. They
began to talk 70 the proprietor sbou: the
business daring 81 december 10 thu
month s!ssys count on the m3s!, sid one.
''iof 10 ~ tia: time that my country trade
10 best and most Pre- q able. Well, you fel-
lows Know that acce We dida'I have much
snow las, month re dtH't have mach coun-
Try trade. Il made me feel kin; Of bIas
ba. when came to hxurs up my receipts
for the year vas surprised to see that
tbsY we're greater thAo in 1890 -"
Il had the came experience" broke Ia
his companion. IAN fall III, traders have
beer feeling gloomy and yet & lot Of them
told me tn = taornlnz that 1891 vas a bet
ter year than $50 "
That's rather outiou,. said the propris-
tor Of the store, in a thouzh:fui way, FOR
there can't be the least doub. that the
country trade this fall hs, been way below
the average"
that's the retRlt Of the good wealth
En-" Interrupted the first business mao, -"
the farmers hsve been TOO busy to come to
town. Bat if's funny that 81 should be
ahssd Of 30, / don. undsrstAnd--"
us very simple. boys" was the abrupt
remark Of one u Augusta. mos. noted
lawyers. who hal been li,,eling ntently
to the cJhyersat on.
Il iont see it that way" WIS, do
you mean "How's lhn2n cr.ei out the
three business men together.
The lawyer stood up he had been Issn.
ing against the counter. As sail iIs
very simple" be replied. rs this, IA,
gasts has had the most prosperous year
Ia her history. New industries have been
started. and old ones Increased IN capacity
building has been unusually active snd
everything has been literally booming. Not
one Of those blsnked Western skyrocke ct
boom, AID the lawyer .ighed-"bat 8
good. strong. thoroughly healthy growth.
"Pehsps you fellows n9tc ID ia the JouR-
Val the other morning ;ha; this ovsrseers
rumber Of calls upon them for assistance
What's that mean: Thss every body has Ind
q chance to work
There are mighty few tenc msn.s np.y
ia the c.iy sai sill the boarding h)uJes are
crowded"
BY jitgo but yeu are right" iH,errup ed
the proprietor, my city trade has beat
anything I've ever seen in Augusts, and Ii
must have been pretty big 10 make up for
the falling { a Of the country business"
Look here" said the second business
man, "it's just struck me that our loss on
the country trade is only temporary. I'm
willing to bet woIl get IL all back and m 1re
too, before mex. summer
The others ali agreed with him and dur
lag the animated and enthusiastic coaver.s-
ton that followed the reporter slipped out
Up and down Water street he went, in And
cut Of the many stores. Msa after msn
ws, qas stoned Rs 10 how his business for
1891 compared With that for the previous
year O g and all asreed With the fret
men hs had overheard. Country trade
doll bu. wonderful increase in the city
business "-"Business for 81 beats every.
thirg on record ard ii looks as though 90
would beat that "
Year before last vas considered 3 phe.
rontns! business year but n has knocked
the spots of il. IL never believed Angus
ia was booming until Looked over my
Iedgsrs yesterday These ard q bundled
like them wera reuarxs itted down by the
reporter. They we're made BY business
men engaged in all the different liae, Of
trade. Every one was e1thu,iss.ic.
There was one little thing tlss struck the
reporter. Those men who were most GER
tain and most enthusiastic we're, without
Exception, sjvef isers in the JouRHAL-no
CONNER, Il, needed.