Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-06

pairing for n heavy fall and winte
| trade In dry goods.
Mr. y. s. Terry. head OF the TER,
, Dry Goods company. declared he wa
, too busy TO talk, under ordinary CIR
cumstances, but that he always mac
time TO say a word for Fort Worth ant
her prospects. have noticed" sait
he. "a marked Improvement in th'
temper OF the people that come to oui
house. Our customers now generally
seem cheerful and hopeful, and " w
do not have a Big fall and winter trad'
l shall be greatly disappointed"
The Crawford Dry Goods company
represented by Mr.. Woody, said; MI
Crawford Is now In the East com
pleting his purchases. | have Just re-
turned after several weeks in the great
markets, where went to lay In stock
for the house. II may be that In this
case, as In many others, actions speak
louder than words II so. II may be
only necessary FOR me to assure you
that We bought heavy for the fau and
winter trade. A very close observer
OF conditions before leaving home. as
well as a careful study OF the situation
after getting there, / considered war
ranted me in buying an unusually
heavy stock OF goods and OF better
grade"
Turner & Dingee are grocers, who.
II they eat their own food, Indicate
that II Is healthful They are not
dyspeptlcs. on the contrary, they are
OF that tribe that can see good in some
things. Everything points to good.
big, healthy trade this fall" said they
IN unison. In fact. Is more than pos
slble that we viii have the best trade
the town has ever known
The senior member OF the firm OF
Maddox a, Ellison, when asked for his
- III. ola Nla.sa al a. a..
not make much fuss about II. but We
think things are looking up. Now that
the prohibition agitation Is over. peo-
Pile viii get down to business and Fort
Worth IA going 10 move forward. We
have been studying the situation care
fully and decided to put in big line
Of goods. Our customers are In better
temper and are better buyers"
The r.. j White dry goods house did
not wish 10 be interviewed. but ad-
mltted that the fall trade promises
something better than the summer.
Mr. Evans OF the Evans & Roe shoe
house. In his brief Interview. called at
tcntiOn to the fact that people are
much more liberal buyers now than a
year ago. and that there Is much larger
demand Tor the best grades OF goods.
"The advance IN shoe leather" said Mr..
Evans. "is o. Itself as strong indication
that the general shoe trade is improv-
Ing. or course people must have shoes
but the number OF pairs they buy and
the price thcy pay for them depends
much on the condition Of the exche-
quer"
J r. Mitchell, one Of the Main street
jewelers. said, In answer to q question:
Il have just returned from an extern
slve trip through the East and am
pleased with what I saw on my return
! need not say that 1 am more than
ever pleased with Texas and Fort
worth. FOR I think that In the feeling
~ every Texan on HE return home.
But ! will say that the conditions of
business. as they appear 10 me. fully
Justify the opinion 1 formed before
starting | suppose that no business Is
better than mine as an index to the
country as to the plentfulncss or scar
city Of money. I sell chiefly luNuries
and people buy luXurles only when they
have money TO spare. So when the
iewclry business Is looking up, you may
safely say that money Is getting more
plentiful. In factories and wholesale
houses or the East orders for the COM
ing season are far better than az this
time last year I sm backing my judy
ment with my money"
Our season has not opened yet"
said Mr.. Mcbride OF Morehous & Nc
Bride, n 1ewelry house whose name
stands with the best Our trade Ia
not like the grocery trade. II is con-
fined principally to the holidays and
the seasons Immediately preceding.
But | can tell. even now, that our
trade will be better this season than
last, Crops are good the cattle market
is fine. the building that Is going ON In
the city shows a confident feeling and
30 l am sure Of getting my share of
trade"
There r. no more enthusiastic Fort
Worth man than the senior member OF
the Parkei-l.owc Dry Goods company.
we believe In Fort WORTH he said.
We looked through the cities OF
twenty-seyen states before we decided
upon location FOR our business. We
selected this town because OF its loca-
tlon, and itS energy compelled faith In
II. II has Just gone through Il very
trying year and our faith has only
increased. All signs point to an lmme-
dlnte Improvement In business. Cotton
commands good price, M do all farm
products, and cattlemen were never in
better spirits. All the markets OF the
United states are receiving heavier or
ders, which IN turn Increases the de-
ihahd for food, clothing and luNurles,
ana Fort Worth IL IN the procession"
81 look for decided Improvement In
trndc after the middle OF September"
said a member or the firm OF Butta
Bros. THE cattalc and cotton crops
VIII put money In circulation as II has
not been for two years, Tho country
stores. and to n certain extent the city
houses, have already begun TO feel the
Improvement. look for good trade
very soon"