The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
BUYERS GREATLY PLEASED
work or THE MEROHANTs' Asso.
CITATION APPRECIATED.

More Out-of-Towu Merchants Have boon Her,
AIrendy Than In Any Fnll since Is8H, ana
They Arc stni CominE-LocaI Trade u.s
Pronted TO tho Extent Of Miiiions OF Dollaru.
Tho second series of excursions from the Yves,
and Southwest, for which the railroads of the
Joint Traffic Association offered reduced rate.
to tho Merchants Association, are now we'll
under way. Tickets wero placed on sale on
Friday and they will be sold up to and includ.
ing tomorrow, all through the joint trafae
territory. Already the merchants are begin.
ming to pour in, and by the middle Of the week
over o thousand are expected. Tho oflcorn
of tho Merchants Association have beon doing
q little figuring Of late, and they find that since
they began their fight the influx Of merchants
and buyers has been greater than in the fall Of
any year since 1892. by the time the present
excursions are over they expect TO knock out
the record OF that year, too. 1t ia estimated
that the trade Of New York has been benefited
to tho extent Of millions of dollars already and,
all In all, the oficers arc highly satisfied with
their work so far.
J. g. Juhring, First Vioe-President OF the as
ISOLATION. and ono of its ablest hustlers, In
speaking Of tho work Of tho association, said
yesterday:
II am pleased to say that the visitors to the
rooms Of the association have expressed great
satisfaction with our movement and have
stated that the only regret they had was that
the movement had not been started years ago.
A great many Of these visitors have said ex-
pressly that they have como here through the
influence of the Merchants Association, and
they unite in saying that they are mere than
s~atiafed, not only with tho facilities and accom-.
modations offered at the rooms Of the associa-
ton. but with the advantages the New York
market has offered In the selection of goods. For
instance, Charles ii. koehnan Of Dayton. o.,
came in to see me Yesterday morning. He said lie
/ asked him what had induced him to come
this time he replied hat he had read some Of The
, firSplbS sd Of ths MS e A. sl 4 ss ssig tbai f fSs that that
publicity which had been given 10 the work Of
the ASSOCIATION in the newspapers had iatr.
of buying goods In other cities, but had learned
that he could do better in New York On fancy
prIss, than anywhere else, N
Tho phenomenal growth Of our association
i indicates os os e9nldeSe Sow In y iss ef iEaSn Snd as var a
rants its directors, all Of whom serve without
compensation, in asking the fullest measure OF
work of the association has already been felt
in many directions, Our house has felt it d.
time of the year than ever before III the history
Of our business. and from what have seen
convince me that the work Of our association
II have talked with several hundred buyers
within the last week, and they all speak hope
fully of the future. They say business is vast.
" improved over the corresponding period of
last year, that the farmers everywhere ara
happy over the increased crops and at being
able to obtain good prices for them. This
enables the fsrmers to indulge themselves where
heretofore they had been curtailing their en-
spend more money for food, clothing, farming
IMPLEMENTS. and other necessities, as well as
some .luNuries. The outlook is very rosy;
There is never smoke without some fire, and all
this talk coming direct from the local mer-
chants throughout the country, who are in
various localities, is pretty good evidence that
there is a degree of prosperity greater than We
have experienced for several years.