New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-13
BETTER TRADE ALL ROUND.
MERCHANTS BrGIN TO FEEL THE BENZ
FIT OF TIE BUYERS VISIT


MORE RrorsrRATIoNs 1T THE OFFICES OF TIE
ASSOCIATION THAN oX Any PREVIOUS pay
ROSY PREDICTIONS CONTINUE
The wholesale merchants Of this city. the hotel
bes.r,rs and Ncw-York business men generally
:,.e heyinn;ng to feel the beneficial effects o.
The efforts Of the Merchants Association me
reduced rates which the association mas sue
ceeded IN obtaining for out-of-town buyers from
many Of the more important railway s!s'e'''S Va
the country and the circuarHng WORK zone IA
,,,.in.- ,s,o,e merchants and retailers the ad-
,a,,aces 70 be derived by buying in the New
York market have attracted here numerous w
commercial representatives who nave hi'her'o
n,,,rhased their stocks at other points OUTSIDE oi
this city.
DESPITE the az empt which has been haoc ~
wholesale merchants In the great ci'ies Vi III.
West and South to antaSonize the PurPoS
tho Nevx-Yor,, organization. ana the refusal OF
the Southwestern Railway Association u so''
tickets 10 members Of the association or the one
and-ose-third lasis the success OF the moVe'hen'
has already been placed beyond question. al
,h,s ,,opent NaW-York Is full 81 buyers from
ont of town and as a result a greater business
&c bojnr done hy metropolitan merchants IMAM
bas been transacted during the month OF August
for many wears As a rule the buying for the IAN
,,oda does not oren until September Is wen
under way but according to the of1clas vi the
association, contracts for several nhhohs Vi uoi-
lars have already been entered INTO AS mas
o,ro,a,. 'baer announced in The Tribune, the in
.rn.ssd number of BUYERS who will be induced
IN xisi, this market in consequence of the prlVi-
leyes held out to lhem by the Merchahts ASSN
cation will mean an increased expenditure III
She METROPOLIS of fully S250O0uO0 before the end
of the season. It is safe TO say that the apathy
10 which President King has alluded as haNlhs
for years been manifested by the merchants vi
the Emrire CITY. and because of which they have
severely suffered IN pocket, has now gwen wa!
TO an organized energy that will have perma-
nent existence in the form of the new Merchants
Association.
REGISTRATION RECORD BROKEN.
Miro persons registered yesterday at the Of
fees OF the association than on any previous
day since the reduced transportation rates went
into force The arrivals included buyers lroiH
all narts Of the United states. embracing repre-
sentatives from Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota
Louisiana. California. Missouri, Texas, Idaho
and Arkansas. Among those VINO registered
late last night was one man from Texas. who
said that he had not been in New-lork ZOE
forty wears. and that he had come this time as
Association. The expressions Of opinion con-
corning this work are universal in praise OF IT,
Now that the first trips from the Joint franc
territory are under way and have been so sue
cossful the Merchants Association is working
,.ieorouslv toward increasing the number OF
those who will come in the latter part OF Au-
eust from the same territory by endeaNorinS TO
omen the gateways in the extreme West 10 ST.
Iouis and Chicago - that merchants living De-
vond the Mississippi and Missouri rivers ma!
Ie able 10 get 10 those cities within the dates
when tickets for the second sets OF trips VIII
be on sale. These dates are August - To o.
inclusive and they cover all the territory oil 'he
Joint Traffic Association, bounded on the west
ny n line from Chicago 10 ST Louis, on the south
by the Ohio River. and extending TO Inc east
ward as far as line from Buffalo south ~
Parkersburg and other points intermediate De-
| tween those cities but not including those
\ cities and those intermediate points. Last night
-he Merchants Association sent out thirty-hve
separate dispatches to the general passenger
agents of all the roads in the Western ana
Southwestern associations asking for reduced
rates.
4 HEARING BY SOUTHERN RAILROAD MEN
Yesterday morning William +. King. pres-
dent Of the association, received the following
letter from Joseph Richardson, the president Of
the Southeastern Passenger Associations AL
the suggestion of Mr.. Turk. general passenger
agent Of the Southern Railway, beg to IN
wife Your attendance at the meeting OF the con
ference Committee of this association whicn
will he held at the Chamberlain Hotel old
Point Comfort. at 10 a. m. August It. Ihis Is
the outcome OF the circular letter when was
sent on August q 10 each Of the sixteen ROADS
in the Southeastern Association asking the
privilege Of being heard at the speciaI meeting
in the hope that the argument might result III
, reconsideration of the action which taken
by the Southeastern Association at its last meet
ing in AsheyiNe ~ c. on July -. and which,
If successful. may allow Southern merchants
even better facilities than they nave no" loi
reaching the New-YOrk markets.
sor-TtIrRN EXCURSIONS ANNOUNCED.
In addition TO the rates announced by the sea
hoard Air Line and the old Dominion Steam
shin Company and the Norfolk and Western
railway COMPANY in Southern territory, the
Plant system of railways in Florida has issued
a circular announcing excursions on August y
T.; and IA from all points in its territory to
Richmond Norfolk and Washington, at the
rate Of one fare for the round trip. with a
afteen DAYS limit on the official announce
nIent Is also given the rates via the Plant Line
from Washington to New-York and return, al
a reduced round-trp rate. tickets being good
for ten DAYS The system also makes a further
announcement Of excursions 10 New-York by
the ocean Steamship Company at Savannah
with the permission Of the Southeastern Asso
citation, and the Ocean Steamship Company
also announces special excursions from Sayan
nah TO New-York from all points the line
Of the Central Of Georgia Railway, including
Savannah. on the dates August II. IL and IL
AT the rate of one fare for the round trip. Thus
Il is that the work Of the Merchants Asso
citation is rapidly producing good results. and
is laying the foundation for uniform action by
AL these various lines in the future for the