Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-09-10
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
A Synopsis of Tucson Prices.-The General Dry Goods and Groc-
 cery Markets.

"There it a line display of goods, '' said an expert ia business who had held down yard sticks and measured off silks and satins and lawns and ribbons and faces for years and whose utterances on business goes at a premium In commer- ing, there is fine display of goods and the quality is really good and you may Lear some exclaim as to prices, but when you come down to figures actually Tucson is do ng as we'll in bargains and prices as could be obtained in Los An geles, Sacramento or San Francisco. You see that great big building there, with the curtains down?"
 "Yes, yes, see it,"
 "Wel!, that building cost from S45,OO0 to 548,000 to construct it, and the stock of goods they are carrying there is im- mense. You do not see it all at a glance. It is stored away in the cellar and m the rear rooms and upon the counters and shelves in innumerable array. These goods are not shoddy but are first-class goods as are carried in any ] rirst-class establishment In any city ranging with R population of Sl00,000 You sse that hat store over there"
 Yes"
 "Well, that pretty shaped hat there with those rare flowers and that exquis- ltely arrar ged bunch of ribbons setting off ptrplu xI-Irh fh hot fly line humming bird laced in there with wings so natural and realistic. Do yo1 know that that pretty bonnet sells as cheap here as you could get it iD San Francis co?"
 "Oh, indeed" said the earnest listener "hO V do you account for that?"
 "Well, rents are high ip San Francls- co and are not very high here, and an- other thing, this special llne of business IS not everdone in Tucson, and Tucson young ladies are good dressers and at- ford considerable patronage to thIs line of trade and consequently the more patronage the cheaper our millinery and hat stores can afford to dispose of their goods. There is a pretty well shaped untrimed straw hat selling for D cents"
 
 eau they afford to dispose of it for that price?"
 Well, will tell you how that is. You notice that the weather is becoming cooler, the nights are delightfully."- pleas ant and the signs of winters approach is near at hand Well, just so soon as these premontlOrs are apparent the shrewd and live merchant or merchants q of ct1nh crCnAc a ll rra tually be in demand during the winter months and by snch attractive prices and ready sales as naturally follow such reasonable charges, they place fresh and new goods upon their shelves for winter wear and thus keep the sag gAcious busi- ness wheel in methUdical motion. Now you observe that we'll stocked grocery house there, that is supplied with every article that a civilized community ceuld desire, both substaptials and lux uries. There are sacks of sugar and cans Cf honey, and elegant cheese and rolls of fresh Arlzona butter and in fact your eyes can take In at a glance what 1t would take me hours to rename over to you. Now there is fruit store, look thsre will you, see those beautiful peaches, those lovely punches of grapes, that enormous mellop there, see the fig and nectarine, see the cantelCpe, lemons, lines and the elegant plums, all these are from tie fertile gardens of Arizona, the Eden and fruit mecca of all the the southwest, tHe,-the-" Here the fire alarm bell rang out notes of warning and the reporter hastened as fast as his motive powers would enable him to see if he could bs of assistance to the city.