Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-12
SEE GOOD TINES AIA.D.
Merchants Buying Goods I'm New
York Talk Hopefully.

The New York World prints number
of interviews on the subject OF return
ing good times, given by merchants from
all sections Of the country. who are now
in New York buying their winter goods.
Among them are the following:
J. c. Goldthwaite. cloaks and furs,
Columbus. o., said:
THE tidal wave OF prosperity IS ap-
preaching. / have travelled tnfousl,
twenty-one counties i'm Ohio recently ana
never saw such crops. AS far as poltlcs
are concerned, Mr.. Bushnell has no snap,
and IL t. a question whether Hanna, with
all his power. can be elected. ~.
A. r Bolton, Lake Charles, La, sal1'
Business I'm my section of the country
Is merely dependent upon the lumoer pro-
duct. and this at present is IN iull ac-
tiyity. In Lake Charles we have nItech
so twenty saw-mills, and the same num-
her OF lumber-yards. The SaWmillS en-
ploy an average Of 200 men each. and
this number Is fully employed. The farm
ers have suffered somewhat for rain, and
the rice crop IS not as good as In FORMER
years. However. general business Is not
dependent upon farming conditions
4. :. Kuhn Of Kuhn q Co., dry goods,
Vicksburg, Miss, said:
General business in Vcksburg is good
and has been 20 since January. The out
look is very assuring. We nave a natter
ing cotton crop, irrespective of the over
flows. The South possesses resources
which could be taken hold OF by northern
capitalists with immense profit. We have
recently organized in Nicksburg n trade
organization for the express purpose Of
interesting capitalists IN the North i'm the
wealth of material that lies untouched
in the South for want Of financial as
sistance."
George Bauer, of Wild Brothers &c
Bauer. Alexandria, La, dry goods, said
For two years our particular section
no Irar y frarnafN fortunate rtTffh It's
agriculture. and as a consequence gene
raj business has been good. trade regu-
lar. and no commercial fluctuations. The
spring season was good. and our summer
business is consistent. | might say that
the recent rise in sugar has helped gene
raj conditions"
L. II. Parish. Of Parish & Proctor. CAL
vert Tex, general merchandise, said
I'VE have had a drought for over thirty
days in our section. and business has been
seriously affected. This continuance Will
mean backward fall business but other
wise conditions are favorable"
u. Besten, Of Bcsten * Ldngen COM
pany. clothiers, Louisville and lndlanapo-
lis SAID
business. botil I'm the Louisville and In
dianapois stores, has been better TINS
wear than for several years past. our
profits figure an advance Of over . per
cent"
r. j. Howe. of Howe Brothers. Carroll
ton Ky dry-goOds merchants, said:
Il have come into town to make my
purchases for my fall and winter trade.
Agriculture has not been I'm prohtaDle
condition i'm our section for some months,
and money has, therefore been hard 10
get But the prospect for the faH ana
winter is bright"
dry-goods and carpets, jamestown, n
Y. said:
Jamestown harbors a diversity Of in
dustries There are large woollen ana cot
ton-mllls there; also. furnituro-tactories'
bicycle-works. steel and rolling us,
paper-factories machine-shops, ana, IN
fact a little of every branch OF trade anu
industry. They are all busy, employing
complete forces of help. and working lull
time This is I'm view Of new business
orders for the fall and winter season. In
my own line we have had some quiet
times. buIat no time has il been siuggishly
dull We have every assurance OF a SAT-.
isfactory business for the entire winter.
William Davidson. of Scruggs. Wander
WORT & Barry Dry-Goods company,
cloaks and suits, ST. Louis. said;
"The general business in st. Louis IS
good The foundation OF prosperity Tor an
business there rests upon Agricultural
conditions and these are highly promls-
ING. The wholesale merchants are away
ahead. and the banks in the past year
cleared - per cent. We confidently look
for n prosperous fan and winter Dusl-
ness"
V. ". Harrison, Of Hotchkiss & co.,
Cleveland. dry-gOOds merchants, said:
.'The universal feeling for the fan trade
Is good Confidence has returned ana
large purchases are being made strikes
are over. and money Is M circulation ne
new tax on wool has set the wOOllen-mllls
M work. In short. there Is healthy UNI
d9rcurrent Of feeling which insures per-
fectly satisfactory fan business.