The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
FLoCKTONEW YORK T0BUY
YEARLY 800 MERCHANTS FROM ALI
OYER GOT HERE TESTERDlY.

rn,r,y.p,v Period or nsauoea R~ates-TAose |
mere Report Good Ttnes AWNING or Ar
vtVed-New Works. the Great Market Place.
Nearly 800 merchants. all nonresident men, !
beyu Of the Merchants Association. arrived in
this city yesterday, having taken advantage OF
tho reduced rates which the association has
secured for its members from most OF the rail-
roads and many OF the steamship lines. They
came from as far West AZ California and
Nebraska, and among them are mon who have
not purchased their goods in this city in many
years. Others never purchased here at all. and
still others have not been in New York
aimee the hard times set In four or
Ave years ago. Such q variety Of out-of-
town people, who have suddenly decided
that New York is. after all, tho best market
for them to make their fall purchases in, has
not been in New York In many years, and their
presence speaks we'll for the work OF tho Mer-
chants Association. As many moro as camo
yesterday are expected to-day by various
routes, and by tho end Of the week IL is expected
there will be at least 1000 merchants from out
Of town in the city, all having como on the
strength Of the arrangements made by tho asso.
citation. Before the thirty days. which is the
time limit on tho reduced rate tickets. have run
out 1t is expected that the number will DO
doubled and that the New York trade will begin
to get some idea Of the scope of the work the
association means to do.
The number Of merchants who came to town
yesterday was larger than was expected. The
circulars announcing the railroad arrange
ments wero sent out from this city only two
weeks ago, and the territory included in the first
excursion was only that west Of Buffalo and
Pittsburg and east Of Chicago and St Louis.
Merchants In other sections in Q hurry to mako
their fall purchases lost no time, after deciding
to como to New York, in getting to Chicago or st.
Louis, so as to get in on tho reduced rate. That
accounts for the presence in the various parties
that arrived yesterday Of mon from California,
Nebraska, Louisiana, Minnesota, South Dakota,
Texas, Oregon, Washington, and ermud The
excursions from most of this territory do not
begin until later in tho month. but there were
evidently a great many business mon who didn't
feel like waiting.
The merchants from the West began to got
here carly in the morning on the first trains.
A group of sixty-hve came in from Bermuda
on the Orinoco on Sunday. Among them were
the best known merchants on the island. They
are all nonresident members Of the Merchants
Association. Unlik mosto Of the merchants who
como to town. they didn't drop in at the rooms
Of tho association in the New York Life build
ing, but sent around word that they were here
and would come around and register to-day.
The register of the Merchants Association 10
interesting. By q glance at 1t anybody can tell
Just how many out-of-town merchants arc in the
city, the name of each one. the town and State
from which he comes, the name Of his firm, his
line of business, and the last time he was in the
New York market as Q buyer.
The first man to sign the register yesterday,
which meant that his name In first on the Mer-
chants Association record as q visiting member,
was n. Deutsch, g dealer in re clothing, boots
was s. Sokoiaski Of Abbeyville.. La. . dealer in
ling companion. Il. Braunig. also q dealer in
Deutsch was enthusiastic over the arrange
ments that had been made to induce merchants
iets and Come to New YORK. N
%Ersry merchant nn,S h Rax EETT I Hoo and n small nall Y u the =
have been presented to them, and they know
s market It i is f tSe e eoSn syay There 1hs best Is no o'i depyins
that New York 10 the great commercial centre,
but for the past few years it has S,I not been
been hard; but they are pic picking up 5apldiS, and I'd
10 the out-of.town merchants as well as the resi-
dent ones. Thousands of merchants will como
S Ssf in New y YORK GG a day Without witt their presence Be:
Ing. felt in every branch Of trade"
Ban Francisco Merchants Association. was an.
other arrival yesterday. He spoke in the same
woyyld r work MFi 10 Oe sSe : sntir See eoun ahs s 10 Save Se II
chants come to New York and make their pur-
All Of the merchants who showed up at the
rooms OF the association yesterday. spoke en-.
Enthusiastically of the business outlook In their
picking up, rapidly, according to their state.
ments, and the country seems to DO on the verge
and confidence in the Administration make in.
evitable. A number OF the merchants, In con.
Siaef daR. w 81 BUSINESS q sss M TepHdits soo sai Be t iefs be be
hind for good and the country would ind itseli
in a moro prosperous condition than i had beer
Glenn & Co, dealers In dry goods at Springfield aid
."Ihave Just come in from a tour Of the prin
cipal towns In the State OF Tennessee. and every
whore I found business in an exceedingly
aasss snt that Spa q ehsnse for .h mefSs ssss4 has wsF sn SGn;
come. and / found this feeling extended down
70 the smallest dealers Msn II, In every y, h branch tS Of trad 5sds
be Is going to b able to hold out were over foI
ness again for eight hours each day. as It used e
b. II the men ! saw know anything about wha,
South is going to be better than II has been fol
years. II 1t is SO in the South 1 think you car
count on 1t being So ELSEWHERE rSc. T ,ornd tb.,
crops were plentiful and the farmers hopeful
That is q condition the farmers haven't been II
fSr = s aens s'% them l al R pr Tennessss s0V though a@S'
and they know It isn't g phantom, because they'v,
Merchants generally In the South regard tn!
arrangement by which they can get to New Yorl
at q moderate rate a good one: They. like 4
make their purchases here, and they will Away
do 1t when they can at a reasonable rate. The.
have been practically barred from New York 70
some time, but they, have always held TO the be
lief that 1t was the right market, and will, i fee
sure, flock here In great numbers during this fal
and the coming winter" .
H. H. Kaufman OF Kaufman Brps.. dealers Il
dry goods and general merchandise at colum
This is my first appearance in New York il
q long time. 1t hasn't been from dislike that
have kept away, for i regard the city as tn
greatest market In tho country. but the time
have not been such as to allow a man from IN
part of the country to- come all the way here :
make his purchases. i have been doing my bus
ness in st. Louis, Chicago, and New Orleans 70
the past few years, but, like many another mer
chant, ! will be able to come to New York hort
after: l think the railroad fare arrangement be
tween the railroads and the'Merchants' Associl
tion will work great good to New York as we
as TO the rest OF the country. 1t is another sig
Or the times that such, an arrangement. shout
he made. Trade is picking up everywhere,
condition that is due to many things. but a
much to the general inclination of merchant
to COOPERATE In bringing about prosperity a
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