Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-01-17
MIR. FRED FOX.

that they can't afford to raise cot
ton at Is and buy corn and meat
They had Just as well come to it,
and | think they are coming
MIR. \. BLUM.
4 think 1894 will be in a brighter
and healthier condition than last
year The majority of the people
are in better fix in that they have
their own bread and meat and they
are economizing more than ever be-
fore. | think one more good crop
will fix them ali right
MIR. Mo HANF.
II am satisfied prices will be lower
in every branch OF trade. All depart
nents OF business are looking up.
think the prospects are extremely
bright
MIR. ISAAC DREYFUs.
q don't see any reason why "a
should be any worse than 50 has
been. l don't think, however, the
prospects are very bright. Still, we
should not be discouraged. Farmers
and merchants are in better condi-
ton than they We're Il year ago in
every respect. The farmers have
meat and bread The merchants
hayn't bought as heavily as before,
hence stocks carried over are much
smaller I think the tariff question
will effect the markets in a great de
gree. To sum it all up look for bet
ter times, though the prospects now
are not hattering. II we will be
more conservative we will come out
all right. | think 81 will go further
this year than ever before.
CASHIER W. u. HEAKN.
I fear may be too sangaine, for
having lust passed through the frey
ordeal, the panic of 80, and come
through victorious. I think the
trouble is over, hence look for bet
ter times. We have barrels OF money
and the money market is growing
easier every day Better times are
surely ahead and not far off.
MIR. ]. Il. TALBOT.
4 always enter upon Il new year
hopeful. | think the panic is over.
Everything is in better shape and |
confidently believe 81 viii be de-
eidedly better than last year"
MIR. JOHN o'CoNNELL.
"Well, sir, l think the first part OF
this year will be quite dull, but take
it as whole | think we will have
one of the best years we have ever
had. :"
MIR. L. e. HOWELL.
81 think for the next sixty orninety
days times will be pretty stiff, but
after that time they will continue to
grow better. After clearing up.
settling up and Iiquidating old affairs
every thing will get on more eeono-
mical basis and the times will be de-
cidedly better
MIR. HOWELL WEsTBROOK.
Il don't see anything particularly
bright. The hill farmers seem to be
in better condition than in former
years; they seem to have some
money and more or less corn and
meat The people in the bottoms
don't seem to be in as goodcendition
as formerly, CA account, Of course. oi
the two recent successive oyerfioWs
Also the labor there is not as vel
controlled as in former years. There
is enc good feature manifcstina
Itself. both merchants and farmers
seem 10 be coming to cash basis
which if persisted in, is bound te
eventually make more satisfactory
business.
MIR. JOHN GILLESPIE.
Il think '94 Is going to be a hare
year. don't think there is as mucl
meat and bread in the country as i,
generally reported. speak for oui
customers. Idon' think the outlool
is bright by any means
MIR. ". II. LANGFORD
II don't think enough OF the yearhaf
passed to form an opinion. Thi
prospects are for medium business
! 1t is Just like a man who has hat
] typhoid fever; he cannot recover al
at once One extreme usual.
follows another The resumption Q
trade can't eliminate at once.
think the worst is over and that til
people have arrived at that poia
where they know what to expect.
MR.. J. X. REINAcH
Il think that orr merchants are NOR
conservative. They are buying onl.
what they see ready sale foI
! They are not going to stocl
up with goods that are no
salable. I'm inclined to think th
commercial world will realize thi
year what the banks did last yeal