The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
BIG YEAR ron FIREWORKS.
PyrOtechnics Plentiful Mt Prices
Lower Than Ever known.

PyrOtechnics Plentiful Mt Prices
Lower Than Ever known.
If indications are not deceptive the COM
ing Christmas viii see the most lavish use
of fireworks in Savannah ever known in
the history of the city. The reasons for
this prediction are not difficult to discover.
1t is based on two facts.
The town is overstocked with fireworks,
in the first place, and the Wholesale deal
ers are selling almost at cost, and in the
next place the manufacturers have sold
cheaper this year than ever before. The
low prices at which goods were offered by
the manufacturers caused the dealers to
lay in large stocks. Some of the orders
were slow in arriving, and as a result
nearly every dealer in these articles finds
himself with a large stock on hand and
Christmas so near by that the prospect of
disposing of the entire lot is not bright.
In spite of the low prices at which the
goods are offered this year the people in
the country are said to be buying much
less than usual and this leaves just so
much more on hand to be disposed of in
the city.
sThe Christmas money of the small boy
will buy more fireworks this year than
ever before. He win be correspondngly
just so much happier and there will be
just so many more burned and broken fin
gers and damaged eyes for the doctors
to look after.
The prices are remarkably low. Roman
candles are offered by the dozen at a lit
tie more than what they cost apiece a
few years ago. The prices range at about
half what they were last year. The big
thirty-ball Roman candles can be had for
IS cents dozen, or ga cents apiece There
are young men in the city now who re
member when they gladly paid five times
this price for such things Candles of
lesser caliber range downward in propor-
ton to the little two-ball fellows, which
can be had at cents per dozen
Big four-pound sky rockets, which sold
last year at 81 apiece are offered this
year at s.. % per dozen, and the two-pound
variety can be had at $1.25 per dozen.
There is good reason to fear that thesN
low prices may be responsible for many
serious accidents.
Firecrackers from the little peppers to
the big cannon crackers all range propor-
tionately lower in price. The little Chi
nese peppers are offered at two packs for
cents. Heretofore the ruling price has
ago it was 10 cents a pack. A great
many novelties in the way of fireworks
are being offered, and there is big OPP
portunity to delight the children a a small
outlay of money.
few years ago nearly all the fire
works used in this country were imported
Now they are nearly all manufactured
here. The dealers say that the quality
of the home manufacturers is not quite
up to the standard OF the imported goods
but the greatly reduced price more than
makes up for any loss on this score Not
only the children, but young people gem
orally and many who are no longer young
In years, but are still young at heart.
make use of fireworks to express their
exuberant delight in the joys of Christ
mas, and If a change has not come over
the people Christmas eve night will be a
carnival of fireworks in Savannah.