St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-21

Collections are excellent. Money Is
coming in rapidly and many customers
are anticipating payments. Our busi-
ness, if not quite equal to that of two
years ago in dollars and cents, has been
fully as great in volume. The determ-
lining factor for the immediate future is
the weather. Wnen obliged to retire
from field work the farmers will begin
laying in their supplies.
A. A. Liudeke, of Lindeke, Warner &
Schurmeier-Bu usinesS is very good. At
present it consists chiefly OF order trade.
Although goods are now cheaper,
transactions have been 80 per cent
greater than last year. The volume of
trade Is as great as in 1892, but, owing
to depreciation, the money value is
more than fulfilleq, and the outlook is
bright for next spring. Business has
never been steadier than this fall, and
our record for last August is
the best by far for sixteen years.
The extent of our territory has so much
increased of late that some of our big
geSt orders have been from people who
went East and returned to buy here.
Domestic goods are now down to bOt-
tom prices i'll anticipation OF tariff re-
duction; but foreign dress goods will
not be much cheaper until the begin
ming of the year. Since Oct. c0llec.
tiOns have teen very good indeed.
Cases are not few where country mer-
chants are discOunting their bills.
L. G. Field, of Field. Mailer & Co.,
expressed his surprise at the Increase of
the firms business. 1T is not only
| vastly improved over last year, but is
| at least 10 per cent better than in 1872.
| In fact. it was never better at this time
| of year. Though our credits are col-
fined to this city. we find collections
are excellent. There may be slight
| falling off from the present rush, but
| the outlook is for a sound. steady trade
| during the winter. Prices are very low,
| and OIL woolens and many other goods
| have been already reduced in anticipa-
| tiOn to the new tariff basis"
81 consider st. Paul one of the very
| best markets in the whole country. All
parts Of the Northwest contribute lib
orally to our mail orders. The low
prices and large stocks of our local
merchants have brought i'll numerous
orders from regions supposed to be
tributary TO other large cities"
In the above views Frank Schliek. of
the same firm, fully concurred, adding:
"fhe stocks, faciliJieS and terms OF our
retail merchants are now so improved
that it can no longer be said that the
balance of the shopping trade is in
favor of either St. Paul or Minneapolis
Our present business is astonishing.
We are gaining rapidly over the record
Of 1892, and have loug since ceased to
make comp arisons with last year.
The cry Of widespread commercial
distress is all moonshine. Both whole-
salers and retailers are doing excel
lently. and no one IN business Oh a
fairly sound basis should fail to succeed
as we'll as ever"
AT Mannheimer Bros big store, Will
lam p. Reid was enthusiastic. "Our
business since Aug. has been away
ahead of any previous year. 1t exceeds
even that of the boom year 1887, being
not only half again as large as last year,
but far ahead of 1892. For the winter
and spring the prospects ale excellent.
Our mail orders are much more numer-
Gus. for people now realize that they
can purchase here as cheaply as in Chi
cago, Boston OF New York Collections
are very satisfactory. Woolen goods
are now. OF course, much cheaper, and
further reductions may be looked for in
certain lines"