The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-06
THEY ARE RECEIVING TANGIBLE
TOKENS OF THE RETURN OF
BETTER TIMES.
VOLUME OF SALES PLEASES.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS ARE LOOK
ING FORWARD TO A MARKED
BUSINESS REVIVAL.
PRICES 4REsaTENDrNG UPWARD.
Wholesalers and Importers AttPib-
ute This Largely to the Passage
O6athe DingIey Bill.


The jobbers and wholesalers of St.
Paul are wearing satisfied smiles these
days, in consequence of the volume Of
business they have been doing this
season. They all report that sales have
been fully up to all expectations, and
that collections are good, although oW-
ing to the continued warm weather the
latter have been a little slow in COM
ing. The reports from the country
merchants are all to the effect that the
retail trade will be larger than for
several years; the farmers have been
quite busy with their farm work, but
as soon as they have marketed their
grain there will be plenty of money in
circulation.
One thing is noticeable, in tour
of the jobbing districts, and that is
that the prices have a strong upward
tendency, and in some cases there has
already been a decided advance. This,
the wholesalers and importers say, is
due in nearly every instance to the eff
feet of the Dingley bill.
''All conditions are favorable, and our
fall business is very satisfactory said
R. A. Kirk, of FarWell, Ozmun, Kirk
& Co. '"The volume of trade is much
larger than last fall and will doubtless
continue so fer the balance of the sea-
son. Prices, are firmer and everybody
is satisfied that the bottom has been
reached and that prices are substan-
TALLY on the up grade. Customers,
however, are buying only for their
wants as they have abandoned the
practice of specializing on expected adj
Vances. There is no doubt of a sub
stantial Improvement in business and
there is good reason to believe it has
come to stay for some time. Farmers
are making improvements as fast as
they can with the very large amount
OF work necessary to thresh and Sc
cure their crops and to prepare for
next spring. The whole country is in
good spirit and we may expect that
everybody will feel it's effect before
Ions"
Business is very good with u.s." said
Paul H. Gotham, of Gotham & CO.
Last month was especially satisfac-
tory. Collections are only fair, but
are picking up. We have been run
ming a full force in our factory, but
are now nearing the end of the manu-
featuring season.
According to- John W. De Camp, the
We'll known commission merchant, OF
the firm of De Camp & Boyer, the pub
lie is not getting the best apples grown
this syear-at. least not just yet To
Gil b e reporter he said: ''The
southern states,, that is Illinois,, Mis-
souri, and Kansas, have, been selling
their. first grade. apples, to the cold
storage people and have placed on the
market a rather inferior grade, pass
ing it off at No, /. The stuff that is
coming now was packed in the face
of the hot weather and shows it. The
prospect is that winter apples will be
higher in price than usual. This IS
certainly a season for grapes; they are
large, of a fine quality and cheap The
first receipts of the New York grapes,
as we'll as the Malagas, are Just ar
irving, and are prime. They are
cheaper now than they will be, for
now they have to meet the competf-
ton of the Ohio and Michigan fruit.
The California fruit season is about
over, the last of the peaches coming
| in now. Only the winter pears are
left, and the consumer will be obliged
to depend on the barrel pears from
Michigan and Illinois. This has GER
tainly been a great year for the con-
sumer, and the dealers are satisfied
though in some lines the profit to the
producer was so small that you could
not see it,
Fred E. Powers, of the Powers Dry
Goods company, reports that the ad-
vance ordeps for dry goods keeps up,
but the warm weather has a tendency
to make business very dull in the sort
ing orders. Collections are good.
Prices are advancing, especially on all
wooden lines"
eve are getting orders for the Log
Cabin maple syrup from as far south
as New Orleans, in fact from all the
southwestern states" said P. j. Towle
Our business is very good and we
have taken more orders this year than
ever before
c. w. G.rdon, of Gordon & Fergug on,
reports that their business is the best
this fall that it has been since 1892, and
the September sales are fully equal to
those of the corresponding month in
that year They have been pushing the
Gordon hat, and its reception by the
public is all that they could desire.
The continued warm weather has
had it's effect on business" said Chan
ming Seabury, of Seabury & Co. The
farmers are doing their fall blowing
and are not marketing their wheat
The slump of few cents has caused
them to hold on to it, as they all feel
sure it will go to a dollar before spring.
I Still everything is as good as l expect
ed, and our business has been better
than last year. AS regards prices, there
is continued upward tendency, and
merchants who did not take advantage
of the bargains when they were offered
are the losers.
There has been big advance in
ouinine.'' said c. P. Moves, of Noyes
Bros. & Cutler. Il don't know the
reason unless it is because it is con-
trolled by few manufacturers, but it
has gone ups per cent within a few
vance of 5 per cent in. morphine and
10 per cent ii opium. Alcohol and lin
seed oil are somewhat lower. The man
ufacturers of bottles have advanced
their prices and the jobbers will be
obliged to follow Suit. Business in gen.
eral is keeping up to what we expect
ed" 50 bsi
ii *u*
E. A. Konantz,lof the Konantz Sad
dlery company, said: Our business
has been very. satisfactory and exceeds
our expectations. Our sales last month
were larger than ever before in the
history of our concern. Collections are
satisfactory, although somewhat later
than usual. although some of our heav
lest collections are now in, which We
do not usually get until well along in
October or November. The price of
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