The evening world., 1894-08-31
5000 TIMES COMING.
Sssntatiysf Bnsiness Nan Say
Trade II Improving
The city u 0vsrrun with Buyers,
Mostly from the South.
rhs Rash u tho Custom House still
Continues Unsbated.

That an era of general prosperity 1,
Z rspidly approaching was demonstrated
y b. the statements made to- an ~Evenins
z woridy reporter to-day by members Of
wholesale FIRMS in various
branches Of trade. The large importing
houses Of the metropolis can, in a com
rnercial 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 ART
pressed to their utmost capacity with
business. 80
The city contains more out-of-towr
buyers than at any one time for years
The hotels arc filled to overlooking. AND
\ In the wholesale district an air of pros.
parity prevails. This 10 due to the relief
4 from the suspense regarding the tariff.
There In a great revival In trade
eaid Howard 8. Jaffray, of the big dry
foods j9bbins house of .. s. ,Jafray a
Ncw that the sauabble at Washington
out Of tbeif tails which. have been hidden
between their legs 30 long. =.
viSAl-the season and the settlement OF
tha tariff Snsstion;;ybut principally the the
Mr jsffrxy Considers the present re-
viyei Of trade the forerunner Of general
good times. He says the merchants
throughout the country are gaining con.
81 trade. He has been sounding brokers
on wall street ana finds this opinion to
me. large establishment tof;.ths H. q.
tC1anin Company was crowded with out
4 sour business is greater than It was
year age" said Daniel MEL, Robinson: the
a. Il was two years ago. We We are very
menf Of the tariff question. We now
,know.what 10 what-.-Ws did not know
Mr.. Whiteman, Of whiteman 4 Phelps,
Importers Of woolleps and cottons, at
zo-za Leonard street book a conservative
ws sw . s. ses shs ps.t fsw
years. yet 4 fsrll licked the snap of
several years ako n had a. healthy
dealers ssnssnsS na were safnns coh
dence, which is an exceedingly good
Tase Ca ,mIor xss
supply much Of the jobbing trade. It VISA
that jobbers who had been holding out
vfns ns Up srS. Ii. i'm,
Mr.. Nichols, OF Austin, Nichols q Co.,
s s tans sf . To- s on s sssD ssy
ssSRl; r. a sys1y
ne nsnth O. August had GRADUALLY in.
the tariff question more than to the
1865 e. q The yiea; They 1S BAG; however:
g fso% thss south s,s especially .ho''
The same story was told At the Amer
le.n grocsrx Company. formerly Thur
The Whoisssis S.rdw.r. dealers ar.
IN q somewhat similar position.
Bgsinsss 10 certainly very good" said
~ p !. Cray s ;S Of Paterson s,tsse Harrai q
ut IL far above the average. The
Western trade has been taken away
from the East BY large manufacturing
coal ana Sss thsrs. and ns many n'i have we
west. The Southern trade still comes
70 N ..n Y fsl .o and Il Is heavier this sea-
ra AZ co MsS;sh q ms az. aal
their hands were working day and night
during the past 81. months. They are
getting hundreds of cases Of goods out
OF bond daily, and q Will take . month
more to get their orders shipped;
ssrnhsim sas:a EN- snlo Slo astn'r sal. Il
tho clothing business was now expert
encing boom such a. they had not
"The tariff question was regarded as
disturbing element" he said. Now
ers. and they are ordering large sup
plies, and as . result budness II e1-
cellent"
Several freight agents for trunk lines
law had not affected their business as
yet but they looked for 10 very soon.