Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-03
THEY ALL SEE GOOD
leading wholesale GsOces Feel
Encourages ard Confident
COLLECTIONS ARE EXCELLENT
ans si.s 0ask,ok far ths Fail Trade
Never ws- Eterter--oplaioas ~
FEososaent Jobberl

tue - 80 - - 4N[~-tA.t a. 1t41te -
ne hetser tsmts coming - The universal
hopelaiaess q TIE > halesslls greeers q
the Gag. They unite Ia declaEine that
fhs oatlcok Is faF better than & has beea
any trns aonng the past sixty days. and
tat the gsneral coalition q business
iasnnatss aAsalthf state q Affairs among
TIE Fetah dealers o. western and north-
srn Miehig4n. A rvportsT for TIA Has
AID iatervisRsd some q the leading
inbbers u me city yesterday and the
foilowing hopeful opinions were ex-
pressed:
Samuel NJ. Lemon. president Of the
Lenon a Wherler company During the
pat sixfy days there has been a general
sffiDgency in the monsy market. and
naturally fbe grocery business has been
Affected. bar tsade during the past two
weeks has been better than if was daring
July OF the iirst two weeks of August.
Co.ieefi0ns have been very good The
eourtry merchants have beea paysag
their balls rather than accommodating
pew debts; bat that Is bright promises
fpr better fall bnsinesz Stocks are
hoe and must be replenished That viii
result ia a good business The retail
dealers Ia the smaller cities have been
htEie Affected b. the tighfness % the
uoney market. They do not do much
business With the banks. other than IN
the natufe q depositA They are not
borrowers. and when the banks began 10
shGt d0wu ca loans. they were not ma
terially hampersd. However,, they be
gan a. b. little more careful In their
buyine. and met their obligations
promptly. As business revives they will
r. 10 coalition % lay in new stocks aud
pas promptly The present stringeucy
- ons q sentiment rather than actual.
and look n0r y steady improvement IN
tl14es.
Mr. Oiney - Hopeful
William Olney. treasurer Of the Olney
& Judson Grocer company hook for
reasonably good fall business There u
no bonn. but trade Is good a. the aver
age. We have % hustle a little now Tor
it. that's all Collections have been all
right. and dent know Why they
sho1iin't continue 80. Groceries are
staple articles. The people must have
them. The first thing q man does when
he gets his months pay - 10 liquidate
with hls grocer III he doesn't. he gets
no more Roods. Consequently. barrel
of sugar - just az good as gold TO the
man that owns Il The stocks Of all the
retail grocers ars low. and they will have
q hoy heavily for the fall trade. In
fancy ARTICLES there Is a falling of In
busioe but there is little decrease In
tAe demand Tor staples. The people
have money o. buy with They've sim
Ply stuffed IL in the traditional old stock
INK. 10 keep for a rainy day. Jobbers
have. and viii have no fault to find with
trade.
Mr.. Ball Il Encouraged
q. A. Ban. treasurer of the Ball-Barn-
hart -Putnam company r. Collections
are holhng their own. and the outlook
ssenls xossl Tor healthy trade. | look
for tue average fall business Retail
ers must have stock. and the people
must eat The outlook ~ encouraging
from ever point Of view.
William ~ Freeman Of Hawkins &
Go. We have nothing 10 complain OF.
The, stringen,,y - not real. u IL the pro
duet II The calamity howler. and II peo-
pie would think timcs we're good IN
steal If bad. th1e EO0ld be a speedy
rssumpton Ia Ill klnds q business.
Collections are coning satisfactorily.
The retailers have allowed their stocks
g. run ,i.5xn. and they viii ali have 10
buy heavily Tor the fall trade. The
fendaiun n trade has begun 70 swing
back. aud expect business viii be bet
ter than the average this fall
Anos S. Masselman. president q the
Nasselman tiroccr company have
no fault a. hnd. Business has been sat
isfarfary in every respect. Collections
have heen remarkably good. and II they
hold ,fp we cannot Justly have a word q
camrlaiat Tfafie - everything -
could hoce for. and Ne feel encouraged