Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-16

weather has set In, great many Oh o"'
patrons are returning from inc springs.
This will no doubt improve things very
much: but az long az our large factories
keep such small forces employed as nv
do now the outlook for an extraordinarily
busy season IL not very or1gnt'
Mr. Y. c. Rand corner Sixth and Clay:
81 can't see much Improvement In trace
at present, but think the outlook indi-
catea a good fall and winter trade
The Furniture Dealers.
Here Is the view our furniture-deaiers
have taken Of the business situhtloh'
Messrs. sydnor & Hundley, I'll east
Bread street: Business In the furniture
trade has held up through the summer
remarkably well. and our fall trade Is
oneninp nm finely. The demand for
medium grades is good and considerable
interest manifested for the higher grades,
which can now be found in Richmond as
plentifully as elsewhere. There Is no longer
any need OF buyers, however fastldlous'
going anywhere else to supply their
wants. This market has made greater
strides in this direction lately than ever
before We believe the establishment oil
the traffic bureau will enable us 10 reaeh
much OF the trade adjacent 10 hichmonu'
TO which we are entitled: yet our country
trade has been Detter VI i"'S si'' w
have ever known
Charles G.. Jurgens's Son. AL cas-, broau'
eve have felt decided Improvement In
tho mast three or four weeks, and
think. from the present Indications, we
will have an excellent fall trade.
Nessrs Haskell & Hatton, 429 east
Broad: business with us has SHOWN
decided improvement In the past two
weeks. and indications point to a good
IAN and winter trade. Collections, how
ever. remain about stationary, and are
not what they should be-
The Jewciry Trade.
This Is the manner IN which the
Jewellers regard business:
Messrs. Nowlan IL Co.. 92l west Main:
"You may say for us that our business
has kept up unusually well during the
summer months, and we think the out
look very encouraging for fine fall and
winter trade"
Mcssrs. c. Lumsden Son, III east
Main: THE Improvement in business Is
being felt, and We look for good fali
trade. There has been perceptible in
crease in our manufacturing depart
ments."
Good Prospects SIN.
The musical line Is one. the pulse of
trade. Rlchmond's dealers are cheerful
over the prospects. and speak of the out
look as follows:
The Hume-Minor Company, coo east
Broad street: Business with us has re-
sumed its normal condition. We are busy
receiving and shipping. and the prospect
for a large fall trade is so encouraging
that we are laying in an unusually large
stock OF pianos and organs
The Richmond Music Company, 2l3 east
Broad street: business IS getting back
10 its normal condition. Every week we
notice more inquiries for our goods and
more sales. and we look for quite an
active trade this fall. In our small goods
and sheet-music department there is quite
n change for the better. However, this II
the season for increased activity in our
line. yet We think there Is decided
tendency towards business Improvement"
Messrs Walter ID. Moses & Co, 1905 east
Main street: Cuisines in our line has
improved quite perceptibly in the past
three weeks. Many inquiries lead MS to
look for n much-imprOved condition oil
affairs In the near future. our CORE
spondence covers every portion OF the
State, and we gather from 1T that the
improvement in the condition OF AFFAIRS
Is marked and general"
Messrs. Manly y. Ramos & Co were
quoted in the Dispatch several days ago
as saying that there was decided I'M
provement In business.
Books and Stationery.
The booksellers and stationers are as
sanguine as any other class, and discuss
the outlook as follows;
Messrs. West, Johnston e Co.. 907 east
Main street: "Our business has improved
wonderfully in the last two weeks. To
considerable extent. ours IS business
OF Injuries. SO that the improvement with
us is a sure Indication OF better feel
ing throughout the city and State. II
You want an illustration you can find II
~ the sale Of General FltZ. Lees Life
OF General Lee" the first edition Of IL
having been exhausted in less than ten
days after publication"
The Everett Waddey Company, 1l05 east
Main street: Trade in our line is picking
up right smartly. Indications point TO
large fall business. and collections are
improving right along. our customers are
using more stationery and printers'-ink
than they have used for some time past.
and this alone is an excellent sign that
things are looking better and business re-
viving with its old-time vigor. l think oil
of us can safely count on good sales from
now on"
SALES AXE GROW lNG.
The Baughman Stationery Company.
Main street between Twelfth and Thir-
tenth: I'VE regard the outlook for the
fan and winter trade as encouraging. Al
though sales are not as good as before the
depression" August shows a decided i'm
provement over July, BON IN sales and
collections; indicating that the tide has
turned, and that a gradual but steady i'm
proVement may be expected, both in the
wholesale and retail trade"
Messrs. ]. w. Randolph & Co., 1902 Main
street: In our line this is the time our
trade should commence. While II is not as
large as we hoped. yet We think 1t Will
gradually improve. and be better than
last ar. Most of our country customers
so reduced their stock in the last eighteen
months that now. with the tariff question
settled ana the good crops they can see
their way clear TO buy a larger stock
We think trade has improved very much
Hardware and Cutlery.
In the line of hardware, cutlery. &c,
there is promise Of brighter times II
the Richmond dealers are prophets. Their
opinions are here given.
Messrs. \. &. Clarke & Son, 1910 east
Man: The outlook is, we think, alto
gether encouraging. Our trade throughout
Virginia and North Carolina has I'M
proved considerably in the past few
weeks. The condition of things in the
South is far better than in the West
and northwest and with the good crops
being gathered this fail the prospect for
a general revival of business throughout
this section IS very fiatter.ng. a member
of our firm recently made a trip through
New England, and from the number OF
additions and Improvement he noticed
being made 10 already large manufactur-
ing plants We judge that an increased
demand for goods in the near future is
anticipated by the manufacturers, whose
goods are used in large quantities in the
South"
Messrs. L. W. Harris & Co., 400 east
Broad: "Our business shows a decided
improvement. \ large number Of our
patrons are returning TO the city. We
expect a good trade this fall, and winter.
In fact, there Is every indication OF bet
ter times. The tariff law OF the country
having been settled. merchants can pur-
chase with more confidence"
The Drug Dealers.
This is the view the druggists take OF
the situation:
r. \. Miller, corner Fifth and Broad
streets: IL don't think there has been
much Improvement in business in our line