The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-14
BUYERS BRING GOOD NEWS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TRADE, THEY SAY,
BRIGH TEST IN YEARS.

Out.of-ToNn Merchants sim Arriving In Undi-
minl~hed Numbers. and All BrinGinE Cheer.
tBS IntsiiiRcnco or tho Revival or Business
Activity Throughout tho Entiro Country.
The rush of buyers and merchants to this city
on the Merchants Association excursion. which
began on Monday, continued practically una
batcd yesterday, and the Wholesale districts
were visited by scores of mon and women from
nll parts OF the country, many Of whom had
never boon to New York to trade before. Besides
those who camo to tho city there was an unin.
terruptod stream OF applications for non
resident membership In tho association. Tho
hard work the association has been doing
has resulted In stirring up interest In New
York as a buying point In every State In
tho Union, and in towns and cities whose mer.
chants have hitherto considered tho markets OF
tho metropolis beyond their reach. In the first
mail delivered Mt the rooms of the association
yesterday morning there wore moro than 200
applications for nonresident membership.
Several OF them came from California nnd
Oregon. others from the South, and some from
Now England. The nonresident membership
rolls now bear nearly 20, 900 names.
The local interest in the organization is no less
marked. Tho applications for active member
ship number about twenty-five n day. Among
those who applied for membership yesterday
were the Mechanics. tho Chatham, and the Cor
holu btAohb bthN0t hho tuhNAbb bouo' VI ANA
denburg. Thalnann & Co.. the United Statos
Rubber Company, and the General Electric Com
pany. The rooms Of the association, in tho
New York Life Insurance Company's build
ing, al Broadway ind Leonard street, wero
crowded all OF yesterday with resident
and nonresident members. All Of them
who were interviewed on tho commercial
situation spoke hopefully Of the outlook.
In most parts Of the country tho effect of tho
r.tur,,n- rr,,,>,r;ty hoe alrn,Ay hnnn fo1t and
the prospects for II good fall trade are better
than they have been for years. Tho reports OF
merchants covered almost the entire country.
Representatives from Nebraska, Ohio. Pennsyl-
vania, California. Kansas, Massachusetts,. Gcor-
gia, Arkansas. and North Carolina all expressed
tho same views of the situation. Those who
came from manufacturing towns reported that
the mills were all running, most of them on full
time, and that the feeling was hopeful and con-
hdent of n steady Improvement In commercial
conditions.
ment might be seen already in more liberal pur.
chases by consumers. and a tendency among
agricultural States 1t was learned that The farm.
ers. feeling sure that the market for their prod
ucts would be a large and rising. one, were pro
pairing TO buy supplies or, q much greater scale
gan. The tradesmen from small towns were
particularly Sanguine OF u good fall market.
goods and novelties. 1t is common to
time comes for the laying in Of holiday stocks
the trade Will exceed that for many years. They
believe that BY b tho end OF December the i'm.
iday goods will surpAss the calculations of man.
ufacturers and wholesalers; all of whom are pre-
Tor years. All of thom agreed that the present
visit OF merchants to this market would result
majority Of them said that they had been able
to buy to such advantage here that they would
repeat their visit, possibly in the autumn, and
certainly in the spring of 1893.
William +. King. the President Of the associa-
ton, will attend the conference of the
Of the Southeastern Passenger Association at
Old Point Comfort on Monday, to explain the
try to induce the railroad managers to grant re-
duced rates TO New York to the merchants in
abe ARRANGEMENT sGrlnsSrS; MF with kin th eS assoe IL aono = H isv wiil
appeal n,l1 t9 bs shs e on the t gro Sisit nat n IT. they EVIL win DO
points on their lines, and he thinks that the rail-
roads will see that the excursion must result
The association has received twenty.six re-
plies to thirty-four messages sent to the passen-
ger agents OF all the roads in the Southwestern
ana Western railway associations asking them
ifthey would put on sale excursion tickets at
New York. between Aug. 81 and Sept. /. the
dates at which the second series OF excursions
in the Joint Traffic Associations territory are
to be rum. Most Of the roads will abide by the
decision Of the traffic associ" tions TO which they
of the replies, however. that the managers of
the roads would find a way to grant the request
without breaking their traffic agreement, and
Notwithstanding the stand taken by the asso-
citation.
Every effort has been made by the Merchants
!Associat on to make the stay of the excursions.
lists in this city a pleasant one. Arrangements
FOR visiting the theatres and roof gardens and
the points of interest in and about the city have
been carefully made. and tho various places OF
amusement have been visited nightly by hun.
dreds of men and women from out of town. Not.
withdrawing tho fact that many have Complet-
cd their purchases and returned home, there are
Sill hundreds of out-of-town folks in the city,
and ns more arrive on every train the number In
town shows no decrease.