The evening world., 1894-08-31
5000 TIMES COMING.
Representative Business Men Say
Trade Is Improving.
ne City Is 0vsrrun with Buyers,
Mostly irsm the South.
~ Rush at The Castem- House still
Continues Unabatcd.

4 mat IN era Of general prosperity 1,
+ 11oidly Approaching was demonstrated
. ~ fhe statements made to an Evening
<fortdy reporter to-day by members Of
,I1D<ossntAtive Wholesale firms In various
IS1rdhes OF trade. The large importing
o<1ee OF the metropolis can, In n com
11fc1nl kense, be regarded as the pulse
1k lhsr snxfYsi country, and at the present
1J1eo,r especially in the dry-Eoods ant
( 3>h1ng trades, the larger houses are
+ 1sssd 10 their utmost capacity with
11InGSGl sAt1sc rif'" y.uH,r e r 20
ne city contains more 'out-of-towr
rfaes than at any one time for years
" hotels sre filled to overlooking. and
] II the Wholesale district an air Of pros.
. 13ftty prevails. This Il due to the relief
IloI1 the suspense regarding the tariff.
There 10 q great revival in trade, u
1o6ds jobbihs house OF e. s. Jaffray q
Now that the squabple at Washington
4 0nlsfs4 the people are getting 4 little
1ore cogqdenGe and are pulling the Surls
19kWetn ti1elr legs 30 long. '"'.
sfh4ra, arc, two reasons, for this re.
3xIfat-rthe Sea sop and the settlement of
me t1fin question-but principally the
teas. nSTe an we can do and are
~ Jaffray considers the present re-
<|yal of trade the forerunner of general
.ed times: He, says the merchants
[ouchgut the country are gaining con.
1pee daily. and that means a revival
NAds. He has been sounding brokers
VIII street. ana finds this opinion to
I6e large esta bllshment Of the H. B.
4din Company was crowded with out
town buyers to-day. ,
'sr business Is greater than
the yeeF aBFS snia Of PAp 'se
no S Years not aga as ea are as very y
wv attribute ,sa y greatly to the settle.
1v~ what 10 what. We did not know
<H1t q month ago. ~
Mr. Thiicman.. of whlteman & Phelps,
Wportefs OF woollens and cottons, at
<i~12 Leonard atreet. took a conservative
<sfw 81 the situation, He said business
.:ks abovs lkes sy 81, \, r. foT the past Few
Ieny. : Though and he thought that
1ence. which is an exceedingly good
EsylsSnsr Page. & Co.'s, importers
*Hpply much OF the jobbing trade. It was
@ ho had Sds seE Kdns e ont
Fere now stocking up generously,
4 lutshe wholesale grocery trade the i'm
sss i:so gas NJ ~ 70 ar Mesors co.
|H1lJ sbat tgroeers, as a rule, keep GER
s.s stap \ I. .,,s s!sI.s psesssaIy il every
sG they could not tribute IL to
LIE taf:w question more than to the
bsnsts s from the i haa; h9 nUmSei
sinx from the he soui i eSpe''4"S ''0's
I, 9}ae same story was told at the Amer
ssn y 81 { Fry 2; " S0%pany. formerly Thur
THE wholesale hardware dealers are
~ somewhat similar position. ''''
Gray G 81 Ts5s Gsrra i'e
Gray. x5 Chambers street. ~
1T " far above the average The
sstern trade has been taken away
|<onesrns. moving. West. They have the
GOAL and gas there, and many have
xxi, g Aavaltags q this and moved
10 New York, and II is heavier this sea-
& Mr. sX3ebusch,. of the Wiebusch, Hill
'4ar Company, 81 Chambers street, said
{hsir hands were working day and night
HIIinE orders that have accumulated
ouring the pasf SIX months: They are
Eettlpg hundreds Of cases OF goods out
1aore TO Get their orders shipped.
u. Bernheim. senior partner OF
{{trnheim, Bauer q Co., clothiers, said
the clothing business was now expert
encInE a. boom such as they had not
zeen IN years.
The tariff question was regarded as
disturbing element" he said. Now
nat II is. settled, the city Is full of buy
,Etr. and they are ordering large sup
4l,ss and as result business Is ex-
Several freight agents for trunk, lines,
11d that the settlement Of the tariff
~ hAd not affected their business as
<et but they looked for It very soon.