New-York tribune., 1897-08-11
PRICE THREE CENTS.
STILL THE BUYERS COME
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS IN
THE LAST FOUR DAYS.
THEY THRoNG THE OFFICES or THE MEn-
CHANTS ASSOCIATION AND BRING ENcoUR-
AGING REPORTS OF BUSINESS FROM
VARIOUS sECTIoNs-MORE CON-

AGING REPORTS or BUSINESS FROM
VARIOUS sEcTIoNs-MoRE con-
CEssIoNs FROM RAILROADS
To the several hundred merchants and buyers
who came to this city on Monday for the pur-
pose of making their fall purchases at least i've
hundred new arrivals were added yesterday. The
opportunities that the Merchants Association Is
holding out to traders In all parts OF the coun-
try have been taken advantage OF with such
eagerness That there at this moment throngs
of buyers in New-York who have never before
patronized the metropolitan market The vigor-
efforts Of tn Merchants Association in lay.
ing before the retailers OF the United States the
advantages and benefits Of the NewYork mar
ket. and the pecal inducements ,ffered in the
reduction of travelling rates. have already
brought here. and will continue to bring. great
influx Of out-of- town business men,
From centres as far Vest as Nebraska and as
far South as Louisiana commercial representa-
tives have already arrived. with the result that
the wholesale houses. the large commission
merchants the hotel proprietors and producers
generally are beginning to feel the revival OF
trade and business activity which IT is ex-
pected will now continue without interruption
throughout the autumn.
NISlIOkS Al HEAD2t
The offices Of the association yesterday
an even more animated appearance than on the
previous day. From early morning until the
hour OF closing the rooms were filed with con-
stant stream of merchants and representatives of
out-of-town houses. either registering their ar
riva, or seeking information as to the bes, pur-'
chasing sources for their particular lire OF mer-
chandise. Several OF the merchants who reg
bad the them.
The arrangements made by the association with
the railroads provide that merchants who are
members Of the organization can extend the re-
duoed travelling rates to the immediate members
OF their families Altogether 1t Is estimated
that the Merchants Association has been In
strumental in bringing since Saturday last not
fewer than = 900 people to New-York. and the
deduction to be gained from these figures Is that
the association will be productive Of more proht-
able results than were anticipated by the most
enthusiastic of those who were interested In the
inception of the movement
The first woman buyer to respond to the IN
vitation of the association placed her name
upon the register yesterday. She was Miss j. Il.
Shrum who is in the millinery business at Co
umbus Ohio. She did not care to talk for
publication, but nevertheless. expressed herself
pleased at the opportunity which had been ar
forced her to examine the styles and select
goods from the leading New-York wholesale
millinery houses.
MORE CONCESSIONS SECURED
The officials of the association have been sue.
cessful in completing negotiations whereby an
other avenue of transit has been opened to out
of-town merchants to this city. The Norfolk
and Western Railway has consented to sell
through tickets to New-York to members of
the association at the rate of one and one-third
fares for the round trip. with time limit or
thirty days between the dates or September
l to 4, inclusive. and September 10 to II. in
elusive These are the dates between which the
tickets on the Trunk Line territory will be
placed on sale The Norfolk and Western Rail-
way Company enters the Trunk Line territory
by connecting with the Baltimore and Ohio
road at Washington and the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Hagerstown. 1t also connects with
the Old Dominion Steamship COmpany's line at
Norfolk
The Norfolk and Western Railway has also
asked the other roads in the South with which
it directly connects to place on sale its tickets
through to New-York under the conditions
named as to dates. rates of fare and time limit.
The Norfolk and Western Railway does not be-
long to the Southeastern Association. and. there
fore is not bound by the action taken by the
latter. This channel, together with the con-
cessions already granted by the Seaboard Air
Line and the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany, opens up large part OF the territory In
the eastern portion of the Southeastern Associa-
tion's section and serves to bring many OF the
merchants in the Sorth who are members OF
the Merchants Association in position where
they can get to New-York for reduced rate
Of fare, and have the same benefits in their
boy al bpe accorded
TO their brother merchants in the territory OF the
Joint Traffic ard Trunk Line associations.
NOT BOUND BY ITS ASSOCIATION
Moreover. the Texas and Pacific Railroad has
refused to acquesoe in the decision of the South
western Railway Association not to grant re-
diuced rates to the Merchants Association. f. p
Turner, the general passenger agent OF the
Texas and Pacific road has intimated to Presi-
dent King that round-trip tickets will be for
sale from all points his system to st. Louis.
for several Us in August at the one-and-
onc-third rate. Consequently merchants upon
the Texas and Pacific route will be enabled TO
reach St Louis. where they can avail them
selves of the reduced rates Of the Joint Traffic
Association. The railroad runs through Texas
to Ell Paso, and touches New-Orleans and 81.
Louis and the fact that it should have granted
concessions after the declination Of the South
western Association. or which II Is n member.
to agree to the proposals OF the Merchants AS
sociati)n. IS regarded an important victory
The comments OF the visitors who reached
New-Yor< yesterday upon the conditions Of
trade and commerce in their respective districts
were in many instances. interesting. They
brought with them also many encouraging
ports of the revival Of trade and hopeful pre-.
dictlons Of coming prosperity. II. NJ Harrison.
of Hotchkiss d Co. Cleveland. Ohio, dry goods
merchants said: THE most hopeful feeling for
the fail trade exists in Cleveland Confidence
has returned. and large purchases being
made Last year heavy discounts were asked
for cash business. but little discounting Is being
done now. Strikes are over and money is I'm
circulation. The new tax wool has set the
woolen mills at work. Real estate is more ac-
tive Large tracts Of land are being bought
and spectators are energetic. In short there Is
a healthy undercurient OF feeling which insures
a ,,arfnntir % ,isfnntnr,. Tn h,,ni.,...n