The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-11-23
TRADE Is GETTING BETTER.

| Conservative tIeWS-ben-
| nett & Co. Report an In
| crease of Business of
10 Per Cent Over
| Last Year.
Business is improving
That is what the business men OF
Winston Salem tell THE SENTINEL.
The panic which has been with US
for several months is slowly but sure
ly passing away-and we hope never
to return.
THE SENTINEL interviewed four of
Winston's leading wholesale firms.
Without exception they report trade
improving. Collections too are get
ting better. These firms are looking
forward to prosperous year during
1S94-one of the best in the Twin
City's history. They predict no boom
but expect to witness d sound and
steady growth-the only kind that
will give any city firm and perma-
nent foundation.
THE SENTINEL propounded the fol-
lowing questions to representatives of
the several firms:
GLOW does your business this year
compare with other years-the panic
considered ?"
els your business improving ?"
Chow do you regard the outlook for
business next year,"
The replies to the above questions
are given as follows:
VAUGHN & COMPANY
SIN reply to your first question we
will say that our trade during the
year has been exceptionally good-far
better than we anticipated. Collec-
tions have also been satiSfa ctory-in
| fact they have been first-class consid-
ering the times.
] Country merchants in some sec
tions tell US that their trade has i'm
proved during the past month.
"In regard to the outlok for trade
next year, we will say that u our
| opinion it will be good. Everything
points in that direction While we
do not believe there will be anything
of mushroom BOOM we think the
trade will increase gradually, and to
such an extent that every merchant
will feel and be benefited by it. In
brief we are looking forH ward to pros
porous year in all kinds of business.
Country merchants, in our opinion,
| will use better Judgment in the future
| than in the past. We mean By this
| that they will buy goods as they need
| them; they will buy for Immediate
| wanLs-what they can pay for when
| the bills fall due. Many of them
have learned a lesson by oyerstocking
| themselves with goods on long dating.
| Our trade here is SO situated, in that
| other competitive cities and towns
have such great advantage over
Winston-Salem in the way of car load
freight rates, that it is almost impoS-
Sible to make this a distributing
point, as we could do, had we the adj
vantageS of ether places in car load
| rates. In other words we have to
ship a great many goods from the
mills and factories direct to the par
| ties we sell to. II we had car load
rates we could ship first to Winston
and then break bulk here and then
ship to our customers.
''In order to give the people some
/ idea of the rates WinStonSalem mer
chants are now paying we will quote
| the following figures: On grains anC
| meat from Chicago to Roanoke, 2
cents per cwt.; to Winston, 40 cents
Grain products 30 Roanoke, % cts.
to Winston 80 cents.
son sugar and coffee from New York
Philadelphia and Boston, to Roanoke
| cf,ffoa oonfS. NJipcf0n . N
gar to Roanoke, 20 cents; to Winston
81 cents; syrups to Roanoke, 20 cents
to Winston 30 cents; soap, same rat'
as syrups.
''To make it more palmer to tn
reader we will state that on account
of the car load rates, the Richmon'
jobber can now ship sugar to Wilkes
boro and make his profit, while tn
Winston jobber has to deliver it a
about cost.
'Winston-S Salem have been working
on the freight rate question for th
past year and some hopeois now enter
talned that the wrongs now perpf
trated Will sooner or later be righted.
GILMER, MARLER s. COMPANY.
"In answer to your inquiry abou
our trade compared with other years
we will say that upon the whole
| (which this year has been an exceptio
} to any other in our remem berance
) it has thus far been entirely satisfa'
, tory.
! 1T is true the financial depressio
effected US to some extent, and durin
! the months of July and August, whe
!, every man woman and child, and il
Guiding all the papers of the countr.
? were almost ready to give up. we te
T felt the same spirit come over II
/ However, we now feel that we wei
only wanting the cart before tt
horse Don't understand that we al
: now doing more busines than ever
we don't mean this, but we are havir
a good steady, substantial trade.
d ssThe difference between this ar
J. the same period last fall is that the
sales were falling off buyers wan
2 having been supplied for the mo
= part in July and August1, but now '
!. notice continued improvement, bot
!. in sales and collections big sale
/. but frequent. This we think bett
all around and should make goo
season.
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