The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-31
GOOD TIMES COMING.
Representative Business Men Say
Trade l. Improving.
The City 10 0verrun with Buyers,
Msstiy from the South.
The Rush At the Custom House Still
Continues Unabated.

That an era Of general prosperity IL
rapidly approaching was demonstrated
BY the statements made to an Evening
World" reporter to-day by members OF
representative Wholesale firms in various
branches of trade. The large importing
houses Of che metropolis can, in a COM
mercia1 sense, be regarded as the pulse
Of the entire country. and at the present
time, especially In the dry-goods and
clothing trades, the larger houses are
pressed to their utmost capacity with
business.
The city contains more out-of-town
buyers than at any one time for years.
The hotels are filled to overlooking, and
In the wholesale district an air of pros
perity prevails. This Is due to the relief
from the suspense regarding the tariff.
3, There Is a great revival in trade
said Howard 8. Jaffray, OF the big dry
goods Jobbing house OF E. S. Jafrray &
Nov that the squabbIe at Washington
= finished the people are getting little
more confidence and are pulling the curls
between their legs SO long.
There are two reasons for this re-
yival-the season and the settlement of
latter. We have all we can do and are
working at night"
Mr.. Jaffray considers the present re-
good times. He says the merchants
throughout the country are gaining con-
hdence daily, and that means revival
OF trade. He has been sounding brokers
on Wall street. and finds this opinion to
The large establishment Of the II. B.
Claim Company was crowded with out
OF town buyers to-day.
hin ivlA tu Tn ha
Q year ago." said Daniel Robinson, the
Vice-President. said, but not as great
as II was two years ago. We are very
meft Of the tarifr question. We now
know what Is what. We did not know
that q month ago.
Mr.. Whiteman. Of whiteman & Phelps,
importers Of woollens and cottons, at
4o-42 Leonard street, took a conservative
view Of the situation. He said business
was above the average for the past few
several years ago. II had heal healthy
tone, though. and he thought that
dealers generally were gaining conf
dence, which is an exceedingly good
AZ Faulkner. Page & Co.'s, importers
OF nannels. &c and 6S Leonard street, who
supply much of the jobbing trade, It VISA
that jobbers who had been holding out
were now stocking up generously.
In the wholesale grocery trade the i'm
provement was not 30 marked
Mr.. Nichols, of Austin. Nichols & Co.,
said that grocers, as a rule, keep a GER
tain amount Of stock on hand; They
SRe a ai @hs II aray
creased. they could not attribute it to
the tariff question more than to the
felt. a beneft from the large number
Of buyers In the city, especially those
coming from the South.
lean Grocery Company, formerly Thur
Der, Whyland & Co.
The wholesale hardware dealers are
In somewhat similar position.
Business Is certainly very good" said
w. r. Gray, of Patterson, Harral &
Gray. IS Chambers street.
TT is far above the average. The
Western trade has been taken away
from the East by large manufacturing
concerns moving. West. They have the
coal and gas there. and many have
West. The Southern trade still comes
to New York, and 1t Is heavier this sea-
son than for some years"
MT Wiebusch,, Of the Wiebusch. Hi;
their hands were working day and night
filling orders that have accumulated
during the past sig months; They are
Of bond daily, and 1t will take a month
more to get their orders shipped.
&c. L; Besnheims senior partner OF
Bauer q Co., ClOtnleTS, SAID
the clothing business was now expert
encing boom such as they had not
seen In years.
1.-THE tariff question was regarded as
q disturbing element" he said. Now
that II Is settled. the city Is full of buy
ers, and they are ordering large sup
plies, and as a result business Is ex-
cellent"
SeverS' freight agents for trunk lines
eaid that the settlement OF the tariff
law had not affected their business as
yet. hut they looked for 1t very soon.